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1 'S9B. was 25,35 per cent, as compared
Ji t h 16.6 per cent. Nov. t, 1887.
; renew so much of my recommendation
, • ny message of December, 1897, as fol
’ - "That when any of the United
u u-s notes are presented for redemption
i, uold and are redeemed in gold, such
shall be kept and set apart and
1 , . tai l out in exchange for gold. This
V obvious duty. If the holder of the
p t,\i States note prefers the gold and
,i from the government, he should not
jl, . ,p back from the government a
L - : States note without paying gold
jp . xehange for it. The reason for this
nv.de ail the more apparent when the
e . Irument issues an inteiest bearing
i to provide goiid for the redemption
cnited States notes—a non-interest
bi ring debt. Surely it should not pay
, hi out again except on demand and for
„ 0 | [f they are put out in any other
„ they may return again, to be follow
e !,v another bond issue to redeem them—
a.',,t’her interest-bearing debt to redeem a
non-interest bear.ng debt.
< nrrenejr l.eu l sin iron Needed.
Tbit. recommendation was made
I, ,ne belief that such provs
t ~f the law would insure to a greater
C lie the safely of the present standard,
. i. tier protect our currency from the
da. 1, rs to which it is subjected from a
,J .:,n ance in the general conditions of
,i entry. In my judgment the present
, n of the treasury amply justifies
tl„ enactment Of the I gisiation recom
n,, ione year ago, under which a por
-1 f the cold holdings should be placed
i, i trust fund, from which greenbacks
p. ~1 be redeemed upon presentation, but
„ once redeemed should not thereafter
out except for gold. It is not to be
I , ivd that other legisldion relating to
i urtency is net requited; on the eon-
I, v, ihere is an obvious demand for it.
importance of adequate provis on
r >,i will insure to our future a money
in "i dard rela'ed as our money standard
r , is to that of our commercial rivals,
if ;, neral'.y recognized.
■] ... . ompan.on pioposit'en that our do
n„ paper currency shall be kepi safe
e: y ptbe so related to the needs of our
j, . istries and Internal commerce as to be
„ ite and responsive to such needs, is
, ims"tion scarcely less important., The
F iret. in all its parts, is commended to
t . wi.-e considered on of the Congress.
< oniinorco of Our Islands.
The annexa lon of the Hawai'an Islands
, .1 |>je changed re atior.s of the United
to Cuba, Fo to Rico and the Philip
pi,", resulting from the war, compel the
im'pt adoption of a maritime policy by
j Steue9. Tr.e e should he cs
, , ,1 teau ar and frequent steamship
, mmunication, encoutag- and by the Untied
• < under the American flag, with the
, V'acquired islands. Spain furnished
i. it- colonies, at an annual cost of about
• ttvi, steamsh p lines commun eating
, port’on of the world's markets, as
as with trade cen'ets of the home
p . v. ritment. The Un ted States will un
tkrtake to do no less. It is our duly
furnish the people of Hawa.i
u th facilities, under national control, tor
Cir export and import trade. It will be
C l l.d that the present situation calls
for legislation which shall be prompt, dur
ahl. and liberal.
Tii. part which American merchant ves
f. and their stamen, performed in the
war with Spain demonstrates that this
ten-ire. furnishing both pickets and the
f. >nd iine of defense, is a national neces
ftv anfi should be encouraged in every
constitutional way.
1). tails and methods for the accompllsh
r , t of this purpose are discussed in the
n t i l of the Secretaty of the Treasury, to
v.-i-.ch the attention of Congress is respect
fully invited.
Prevent ion of Yellow Fever.
In my last annual message I recom
tnerdrd that Congress authorize the ap
pointment of a commission for the pur
pose of making systematic Investigations
wi;h reference to the cause and preven
tion of yellow fever. This matter has
acquired an increased importance as a re
sult of the. military occupation of the
Island of Cuba and the commercial inter
course between this island and the * nitod
gmtes which we have every reason to ex-
P t. The sanitary problems connected
with our new relations with the Island of
Cuba and the acquisition of Porto Rico
ait no less important than those relating
tn linance, commerce and administration.
It is my earnest desire that these prob
!• ms may be considered by competent
experts, and that everything may
i done which the most recent advances
i:. xniiiary science can offer for the pro
i' ion of the health of our soldiers In,
i . islands and of our citizens who are
< ‘(i to the dangers of infection from
t importation of yellow fever. I,
ti re fore, renew my recommendation
i ,i the authority of Congress
i- t>e given and a suitab.e appro
1, itioti made to provide for a
' luiimissi'n of experts to be appointed for
t purpose indicated.
Increase of the Army.
Under the act of Congress approved
Apiil 26. 1898, auth rlzirg the Pres.dent in
I discretion, ‘‘upon a declaration of war
l’> Congress, or a declaration by- Con
-1 * that war exists,” I directed the in.
> • is,- of the regular army to the max
tt m of 62,C00, auth rized in said act.
There are now in the regular army 57,862
‘ ,! * st rs and men. In said act it was pro
d “That at the end of any war in
' 'lt the United 3 mes may become in
'• ved, the army shal. be reduced to a
I basis by the transfer in the same
tt it of the service or absorption by pro
to 't ut or honorable disci,atge, or trans
' of supernumerary enUsted men; and
1 hir.g contained in this act shall be
’ 1 f rued as authorizing the permanent
b mase of the commissioned or enlisted
f '■ . of the regular atmy beyond that now
l • dtd by the law in force prior to the
1’ *ge of this act, except as to the in
' 1: e of 23 majors provided for in sec
,l'n 1 hereof."
•' importance of legislation for the
! nianent increase of the army is, there.
manifest, and the recommendation
0 the Secretary of War for that purpose
1 my unqualified approval. Thete can
*■ no question that at this time, and
I'" .fitly for some time in future, 100,000
1 n will b< none too .many to meet the
n- • Feliks of the situation. At ail events,
' ‘dher that number shall be required
l tni.nentiy or noc, the power should be
t • a to the President to enlist that force
1 n his discretion it should be necessary;
I the further discretion should bo glv
hltn to recruit for the .army within the
■ ve limit from the inhabitants of the
t.d with the government of which we
811 charged.
To Muster Out Volunteers.
'' if m >' purpese to muster out the entire
' nit ten army as soon as the Congress
I provide for the increase of the reg-
I establishment. Th.s wiii be oniy an
of Jus, lee and wlli be much appre
>d by the brave men who left their
i s and employments to help the coun-
II in its emergency.
r l Ik* I ninu Pnelflo.
my last annual message I stated: ’’ihe
on Pacific Ka.,wa ( , ma.n l.ne, was
1 und< r the decree of the United States
ft for the district of Nebraska on the
aid 2d of November of this year. The
•amt due the government consisted of
' principal of the subs dy bonds, $27,-
' and the acciu-.d interest thereon,
1.7:1.73, making he to.al indebtedness
( 223.73. The bid at the sale covered
■ tst mortgage lien and the enure mort
gage claim of the government, principal
and .nietest."
This iefi the Kansas Pacific case uncon
cluded. By a decree o? the court in that
case an upset price for ihe property was
fixed at a sum which would yield to the
government only $2,500,600 upon its lien.
The sale at the instance of the govern
ment, was postponed firs, to Deo. 15, 1897,
and later upon the* appl.cation of the Uni
ted States, was postponed to the 16th day
of February, ]B9S.
Having sat.shed myself that the inter
ests of the government required that an
effort should be made to obta.n a larger
sum, I directed the Secretary of the Treas
ury, under the act passed March 3, 3887, to
pay out of the tieasury to the persons en
titled to receive the same, the amounts
due upon all prior mortgages upon the
eastern and middie divisions of said rail
road out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated. Whereupon
Ihe Attorney General prepared a pe.it,on
to be presented to the court, offering lo
redeem said prior liens in such manner as
the court might direct, and praying that
thereupon the United States might be heid
to be subrogated to all the rights of said
prior lien holders and that a receiver
might be appo.nted to take pos
session of the mortgaged premises
and maintain and operate the same until
the court or Congress otherwise directed.
Thereupon, the reorganization commit
tee agreed that if said petition was with
drawn and the sale allowed to proceed on
Feb. 16, 1838, they Would bid a sum at the
sale w r hieh would realize to the govern
ment the entire principal of its debt,
$6,308,CC0.
Believing that no be'ter price could be
obtained and appreciating the difficulties
under which the government would labor
if *it should become the purchaser of the
road at the sale, in the absence of any
authority by Congress to take charge of
and operate the road I directed that upon
he guaranty of a minimum bid which
should give the government the principal
of its debt the sale should proceed. By
this transaction the government secured
an advance of $3,808,000 over and above the
sum W'hich the court had fixed as the up
set price, and which the reorganization
committee had declared was the maximum
which they would pay for the property.
it is a gratifying fact that the result of
these proceedings against the Union I’a
i.ific system and the Kansas Pacific Line
is that the government has received on
account of its subsidy claim the sum of
$51,751,223.73, an increase of $18,337,103.76.
over the sum which the reorganization
committee originally agreed to bid for
the joint property, the government rt
ceivtng its whole claim, principal and in
teiest on the Union Pacific and the prin
cipal of Rs debt on the Kansas Paella,
Steps had been taken to foreclose the
government's ilen upon the Central Pa
cific Railroad Company, but before action
was commenced Congress passed an act
approved July 7. 1898, creating a commis
sion consisting of the Secretary of me
Treasury, the Attorney Genera) and the
Secretary of the Interior and
their successors in office, with tull
power to settle the indebtedness
growing out of the issue of bonds in aid
of the cons ruction of the Central Pacific
and Western Pacific b nd-aided ra.lroads,
subject to the approval of the President.
No report has yet been made to me
by the commission thus created. What
ever action is had looking to a settlement
of the indebtedness in accordance with the
act referred to will be duly submitted to
the Congress.
Yew Jnstlce Bnllliu.
I deem it my duty to call to the attention
of Congress the condition of the present
building occupied by the department of
justice. The business of that department
has increased very greatly since it was
established in its present quarters. The
building now occupied by it is neither
large enough nor of suitable arrangements
for the proper accomm daiion of the busi
ness of the department. The supervising
architect has pronounced it unsafe and
unsuited for the use to which it is put.
The Attorney General, in his report, stat
ed that the library of the department is
upon the fourth floor, and that all the
space allotted to it is so crowded with
books as to dangerously overload the
structure. The first floor is occupied by
the Court of Claims:
The building is of an old and dilapidated
appearance, unsuited to the dignity which
should attain to this important depart
ment.
A proper regard for the safety, comfort
and convenience of the officers and em
ployes would justify the expenditure of
a liberal sum of money in the erection of
anew building of commodi us proportions
and handsome appearance, upon the very
advantageous site already secured for that
purpo, e, including the ground occupied by
the present structure and adjoining a va
cant lot, comprising in all a frontage
of 201 feet on Pennsylvania avenue and a
depth of 136 feet.
In ihis connection I may likewise refer
to the inadequate accommodations provid
ed for the Supreme Court in the capitol
and suggest the wisdom of making provis
ion for the erection of a separate building
for the court and its officers and library
upon available ground near the capitol.
Tlte Postal Service.
The postal service of the country ad
vanced with extraordinary grow.h. With
in twenty years both the revenues and
the expenditures of the postoffice depart
ment have multiplied three-fold. In the
last ten years they have nearly doub ed.-
Our postal business grows much more rap
idly than our population. It how involves
an expenditure of $109,000,000 a year, num
bers 73,000 postoffices and enrolls 200,800
employes. This remarkable extension of a
service which is an accuiate index of the
public conditions presents gtatifyir.g evi
dence of the advancement of education, of
the increase of communication and busi
ness activity and of the improvements of
mail faci.ities leading to their constantly
augmenting use.
The war with Spain laid new and except
ional labors on the postotfice department.
The mustering of the military and navul
fortes of the United States required spe
cial mail arrangements for every camp
and every campaign. The communication
between home and camp was naturally
eager and expectant. In some of the
large)* places of rendezvous as many as
50,800 letters a day required handling. This
necessity was met by Ihe prompt detail
and dispatch of exper.eneed men from the
estabfished force, and by directing all the
instrumentalities of the railway mail and
postotfice set vice, so far as necessary to
this new need. Congress passed an act
empowering the postmaster general to es
tab ish offices or branches at every mili
tary camp or station, and under this au
thority, the postal machinery was speed
ily put into effective o;>eration.
Under the same authority when our
forces moved upon Cuba, Pot to Rico and
the Philippines, they were attended and
followed by the postal service. Though
tlte act of Congress authorized the ap
pointment of postmasters were necessary.
I* was . ally determined that the public
Interests would be.-t be eerved, not by new
designations, but by detai of experlenc
ed men familiar with every bronch of the
ervtcc, and this policy was steadily fol
lowed. When the t< rritory which was th<
theater of conflict came into our posses
ion it became necessary to re-estab.ish
mail facilities for the resident population
-is web as to provide them for our forces
<it occupation and the foirr-r requirement
v.as met through the x **tts:on in*] ap
•llcatlon of the latter obligation: I gave
ihe requisite authority and the same gen
era I principle was applied to this as to
BE MOILING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 0. ISOS.
other branches of civil administration un
der military occupation. The detai.s are
more particularly given in the report of
the Postmaster General and while the
work is oniy just begun, it is pleasing to
be able to say that the service in the ter
ritory which has come under our control
is already materially improved.
Wants Increase in the Wavy.
The following recommendations of the
Secretary of the Navy relative to the in
crease of the navy have my earnest ap
proval:
1. Three sea going sheathed and copper
ed battleships of about 13 500 tons trial
displacement, eartying the heaviest armor
and no6t powetful ordnance for vessels of
their class, and to have the highest prac
ticable speed and great radius
of action. Estimated cost, exclusive of
armor and armament, $3,600,000 t aeh.
2. Thtee sheathed and coppered, arm
ored crut-ers of about 12.1 XL tons trial
displacement, carrying the heaviest arfnor
and most powerful ordnance for vessels
of their class, and to have ihe highest
practicable speed and gteal tadius of ac
tion. Est mated cost, exclusive of armor
and armament, $4,060,000 each.
3. Three sheathed and coppered protect
ed cruisers of about 6,000 Uns trial tlis
placement, to have the h gh* st practicab.e
speed and great radius of action, and to
carry the. most powerful ordnance suitable
tor vessels of their class. Estimated cost,
exc.usive of armor and armament, $2,150,-
000.
4 Four sheathed and coppered rruisers
of about 2,500 tons trial displacement; to
have the highest speed compatible with
good cruising* qual.iks, great radius of
action, and to carry the most pow-erfui
ordnance suit-d to vesse s of the r c ass.
Esiima ed cost, exclus ve of armament,
$1,141,800 ench.
I join with the Srcre’ary of the Navy
in recommend ng that the gtades of ad
miral and vice admiral be temporarily re
vived to be tilled by officers who have
specially distinguished themselves in the
war with 6pa n.
Census nml Pensions.
I earnest'y urge uprn Congress the im
port, nee of early leg slatlon providing for
the taking of the twelfth census. This is
necessary in view of the large amount
of work which must be perform* and in the
preparation of the schedules, preparatory
to the enumeration of the population.
There were on the pension robs on June
30, 1893.. 993,714 names an ncrease of near
ly 18.000 over the number on the robs on
the same day of the preceding year. The
amount appropriated by ihe act
of Dec. 22, 1896, for thet pay
ment of pensions for the fiscal
year of 1898, was *140,000,000. Eight million
seventy thousand eight hundred and sev
enty-two doliats and forty-six cents was
appropriated by the act of March 31, 1898,
to cover in army pensions and
repayments in the sum of $12,020.33, malting
a total of $148,082.952.79 available for the
payment of pensions during the fiscal year
of 1898. The amount disbursed from that
sum was $144,051,879.80 leaving a balance of
$3,431,012.99 unexpended e>n June 30, 189S.
which was covered into the treasury.
There were 359 names added to the rolls
during the year by special acts passed at
the second session of the Fifty-fifth Con
gress; making a total of 6,436 pensioners
by congressional enactments since 1864.
The total receipts of the patent office
during the past year were $1,253,948.44. The
expenditures were $1,081,633.79, leaving a
surplus of $172,314.65.
Public bands.
The public lands disposed of by the gov
ernment during the year reached 8,453.896 92
acres, an Increase of 614.730.26 acres over
the previous year. The total receipts
from public lands during the fiscal year
amounted to $2,277,903 18. an increase of
$190,063.90 over the preceding year. The
lands embraced in the eleven forest reser
vations which were suspended by the act
of June 4, 1897, again became subject to
operations of the proclamations of. Feb.
22, 1897, creating them was added an esti
mak'tJ apnnunt of 19,951,360 acres to (lie
area Embraced in the reserves previously
created. In addition thereto two
reserves were created during the
year-—the pine mountain and
Soaca Lake reserve in California, em
bracing 1,644,594 acres and the Prescott re
serve in Arizona, embracing 10.240 acres;
while the Pecos River reserve in New Mex
ico has been changed and enlarged to in
clude 120.000 additional acres.
At the close of the year thirty forest res
ervation?, not including those of the Afog
nac forest and the fish culture reserve in
Alaska, had been created by executive
proclamations under section 24 of the act of
March 3, 1891, embracing an estimated
area of 40,719,547 acres.
About the Indians.
The department of the interior has in
augurated a forest system made possible
by the act of July, 1898, for a graded force
of officers in control of the reserve. This
sysirm has oniy been in full operation
since August, but good resußs have already
been secured in many sections. The re
ports received indicate that the system of
patrol has not only prevented destructive
fires from gaining headway, but has dimin
ished the number of fires. The special at
tention of the Congress is called to that
part of the report of the Secretary of the
Interior in relation to the five civilized
tribes. It is noteworthy that the genera!
condit on of the Indians shows marked pro
gress. But one outbreak of a serious
character occurred during the year, and
that among the Chippewa Indians of Min
nesota, which, happily, has been suppress
ed.
While it has not yet been practicable
to enforce all the provisions of the act of
June 28, 1898, ‘‘for the protection of the
people of the Indian Territory and for oih
er purposes," it is having a salutory eff* ct
on the nations composing the Five Tribes.
The Dawes commission reports that the
most gratifying results arid greater ad
vance toward the attainment of the ob
jects of the government have been secured
in the past year than in any previous year.
I cannot too strongly indorse the recom
mendation of the commission and of the
Secretary of the Interior for Ihe necessity
of providing for the education of the 20,X)
white chi.dren resident in the Indian Ter
ritory.
Department of Agriculture.
The department of agriculture has been
active in the past year. Exp.orers have
been Bent to many of the countries of the
Eastern and Western hemispheres for
seeds and plants that may be useful to
the United States, and with the further
view of opening up markets for our sur
plus products. The forestry division of the
department is giving special attention to
the treeless tegion of our country, and
is intre-ducing species especially adapted
m semi-arid regions, barest fires which
seriously interfere with production, espe
cially in' irrigated rig.ons, are being stud
ied, that losses from this cause may be
avoided. The department is inquiring into
the use and abuse of water tn many slates
of the* West and collecting information re
garding the laws of the states, the de
cisions of the courts and the customs of
the people in this regard, so that uni
formity may be secured. Experiment sta
tions are becoming more effective every
year The annual appropriation of $721,-
MO hy Congress is supp emented by over
$400,000 from the states. Wide experiment*
...ive ben conducted to ascertain the
su inbleness as to soil and climate and
.tales, for growing sugar beets. The num
ber of sugar fucioiks has been doubled
in the pam two years, and the ability of
the United S ates to produce Us own
sugar from thi? source has been clearly
demonstrated.
The weather bureau forecasts and ob
servation stations have been extended
around the Caribbean sea, to give eaily
warning of the approach of huirloanes
from ihe south seas to our fleets and mer
chant marines.
Wash inti: ton's Con teini ini.
In the year 1900 wi I occur itv centen
nial anniversary of the founding of the
city ,of Washington for the permanent
capital of the government of the United
States by authority of an act of Congress
approved July 16, 1390. In May, 1800, the
archives and general offices of
the federal governm* nt were removed to
this place. On the 17th of November,
IBOJ, ifie nat.ouai congress met nere tor
the first time and assumed exclusive con
trol of the fedetat distr.ct and country
This interesting event assumes all the
more sign.ncance when it recalls the cir
cumstances attending the ehuos.ng of the
site, the naming of the capita: in honor
of the father of h.s country, and the in
terest taittn by him in t.e adaption of
plans for its finure development on a mag
nificent sca.e. ,
These original plans have been wrought
out with a constant progress and a s gnal
success, even oeyvnd anymmg taeir fram
ers could have foieseen. The peupd* of ,ne
country are Justly proud of the distinctive
beauty and governm nt of the cap lal aid
of the* raie lrstrum. nts **f 90 tnce .nd c u
| canon which he*re find ihe r natural Home.
A movein* lit lately ina-gurui and by the
citinns lo have the itnnlvei.-a;y celebrated
with tilting ceremonies, 'nt'ud.ng perhaps
the estab i hment of a ha; dsome, perma
nent memorial to make so historical in
occasion, and to give i mbfe hail local
lecocniiion, has met wi h general favor
on the part of the public.
I teoomtn* nd to the C tigress ihe grant
ing of au appropriui on for h s purpose,
and the appointment of a comm nee from
iis respective todies. It might a.so be ad
visable to authorize the Pres dent to ap
point a commit ee the eonntty-at
j latve, wh ch acting wiih hr cong essoml
and District of Cos timba comm ttees, ran
; comple'e ihe plans for an appropriate na
tional celebtation. The ain eomract law
is shown by evperence to need some
amendment; a measure prov'ding bener
protect on for seaman Is prnnosed; ihe
rightful application of the e ght-hour law
for the benefit of labor r.nd of the princi
ple of arbi,ration are sugges'ed for con
sideration; and I comrrer and these subjects
, io the careful a'tenU.on of the Congress,
j The several departmental reports will be
' laid before you. Th* y gve n great detail
the conduct of the affa-rs of ihe govern
ment dur nc the pn-t tear, and discuss
1 many questions upon w*hi h the Congress
may fed called upon >o act.
(Signed) Wi li *m McKinley.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 5, 1898.
imam's ii in \\ ti.noitF SILVER
VIOOHUS HAD WAI.DOHF SILVER.
Another Indictment for Theft
Ago lost the Badger* Probable.
From the New York Sun.
William A. E. Mnore and h : s wife
Fayne, who are accus* and of badgering Pro
prieler Marlin Mahon of the New Amster
dam Hotel and gtliing from him $l7O in
money and a promissory note for $3,000
w.ll probab'y be obliged to meet anew
charge after the grand jury siis on Mon
day. They are now lo be indicted foi
giand larceny upon the accusation that
when they were living at the Waid rf*
Astoria six weeks ago they stole
and carried away from there silver an*
outclass tableware, valued In all at abou
S3OO. According to Assistant District At
torney Mclntyre, the art cles bel nging to
the Waldorf-Ast rla were found in iht
Moores’ trunks, wh* n th se were searches
after the coup efiiad been arrowed at the
Hotel Gienob e u;on th charge ma le by-
Mahon. Among other things found in th.
trunks were a cut-glass vas* , a s lver
platter and a pair of Silver sugar tongs
all bearing the mark of the Waldorf
When the prisoners were spoken to aboui
these things Mis. M -of® gave an order
for their return to the Wa’d rf to Lawyvi
G. F. Driggs, who represented her at th
time, and the things were taken back to
the hotel. The witmssrs summoned to ap
pear in the case before the grand jury
on Monday are Pr p ie or Bo'dt, Detective
West and a butler, all of the Wa.dorf-
Astoria.
MISS GOILU SHY AT A MAN.
Fin red Tlmt He Was Going; to Pro
pose.
From the Ph’lad; Iphla Record.
Albany, N. Y., Dec, 3.—As Miss Helen
Gould was leaving the county court house
yesterday, a tall, 6iim young man, with a
small brown mustache, approached her
with up ifted hat. Miss Gould looked
frightened, and her aunt, her cousin and
her maid fluttered about her.
"Excuse me,” sad the young man, “but
I am very anxious to me l you; your fath
er ar.d my father were great friends.”
“Yes?" qijer.ed Miss Go id.
"Yes," ran on the young man, "my
name is Cuylor Reypo’ds. My father was
married in 1865, and white on his wedding
trip he was at the FPih 'Avenue Hotel in
New York. Your father was there, too.”
“Indeed?" said Miss Gould.
"During a talk between your father and
my father,” the young man continued, “it
was agreed between them that if your
father had a daughti r and my father had
a son. Ihey should marry.”
Miss Gould glanced up at the man,
staiiled, and began.edging away.
"Don’t be alarmed," said Mr. Reynolds
soothing y. "I haven't one of my cards
with me, but here is one of my wife’s.
Wiii you take it?”
“Oh, gladly,” cr ed Miss Gould. ‘‘l am
so p'eased to have m I you.
Then she glided by him and with her
femaie guard went on to the hotel. Mr.
Reynolds is a society young man.
KEI) MAN’S Dli'lMt.
Gnat HuantlUe* of lied Ink Consum
ed in the Indian Territory.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Vigilant as the deputy marshals are In
Indian territory, and drastic as the ap
plication of the prohibition law by the
courts may be, several kinds of Intoxication
safely defy all statutory provisions. Amaz
ing quantities of Jamaica ginger are con
sumed in the territory. The stores handle
ginger as a legitimate drug. A teaspoon
ful will cause choking and coughing for
several minutes in a throat miaccuslomed
to swallowing the powerful stuff. But there
are men In the territory who drink two or
three bottles a day with apparent satisfac
tion to their educated stomachs. More’Ja
maica ginger is sold in the Indian terri
tory than in half a dozen states where
whisky selling Is licensed.
Red ink is another favorite territory tip
pie. This is hot a nickname for something
else. The ordnary red ink which (he book
stores of the states sell for wrjting pur
poses is a beverage in parts of this coun
try. The ink drinker of cultivated tastes
will buy bottles by the half dozen at a
time and swallow the contents with relish.
Essences which sell elsewhere for flavoring
purposes are drinks under this ctvliization.
Anything which has a basis of alcohol Is
in demand. Intoxication is craved and the
stomach of the Indian territory drinker
doe* not quarrel w.'h the form in which
It cotncs. Wood alcohol, accounted poison
in most paris of the country, is consumed
in considerable quantities. The peddlers
buv ll in Oklahoma, djlute It with water,
and se.l It by the pint on this side of Ihe
Hr'* *
.GEORGIA KND @) i
vi ® FLORIDA.
GEORGIA.
The Cincinnati base bail loam will
probably go in (raining at Columbus.
A Lowndes county, Georgia, farmer has
saved enough hay this year from twenty
acres to bring $Sw in cash.
The mechanics of F.tzgerald have re
cently foimni a local lodge of the Knight
of Labor, with a membersnip of twenty
fit*.
There are hundreds of thousands of acre
of good vacant lands in couth Geotg
that new sett.ers might buy oheup and v
reasonable terms.
Of lour counties voting on local opt..
Thursday, Puiaskt, Whitfield and Cos
noun went into the “dry" column, B.
alone remaining wet.
Judge James D. Dillon. one of the o.d
est merchants In Brunswick, and a gen
tleman widely and favoiably known, has
sold out, and will retire from business.
Thomasville Times-Enierprlse: A lax
on dogs would educate several thousand
children In Georgia. But then you know
the yallow dog must not he interfered
with.
Mr. Roe Edwards of Columbus has a
pulverised formation closely resembling
marble, which he says came from an ar
tesian well in Richland, over lot) teet be
low the surface.
The Rod Men of Griffin have been busy
the past week In arranging for the re
ception of the great lncohonee and great
chief of records, who wl.l arrive in
Gr.ffin on Dec. 12 on business.
Tifton Gazelle: All danger of a spread
of scarlet fever Is consldeiCd over by the
city author,ties. The ch.ldren that were
s.ck have all reeovifd, and there ha
been no n. w case for lifty days.
Coidele Hornet. Nearly every prisoner
in the convict camps has filed a plea for
a pardon. With the prison commission. We
would hate to hear the tale of woe that
comes to the ears of the commissioners.
Seymour Brooks, a negro who cut and
killed Enoch Williams, another r.egro, at
Columbus, will not la: hung because he is
now a lunatic. County Physician Mans
field states that he is crazy, beyond a
doubt.
Fitzgerald Colony Cit zm: On account
of the cold weather, the Sal vat .on Army
meetings In their tent have been discon
inued and wl.l be he and upstairs over the
„ld Marcus saloon, on Pine street, until
further notice.
The Union Sunday school of Woodbine
was organized last Sunday afternoon by
■he elcclion of officers and teachers, as
ollows: Dr. Swift, superintendent; Mr.
lurnett, ass slant superintendent; Mi.-s
Luia Lang, set retary and treasurer. Dr.
jw.fi, Mr. Burnett ard Mrs. Peeples are
,0 teach the three e.a ses. The promoters
of the school have entered upon then
work with a determination to make it a
uccess.
Zebulon Journal; J. M. Brooks, one of
Molena's best merchants, is sel.ing some
, i c e this fail of tils own raising. It is
1 very fine qual.ty. and brings a good
,r ce He has several hundred bushels of
t ‘ and besdes having enough to supply
i's own ira o, will snip some to Savan
nah and oth. r markeis. Mr. Brooks plants
i 1 iitie of everything that grows in this
e ilon, but says most anything will beat
idton.
A special to the Enquirer-Sun from
Pratt, Ga„ says: "This community has
.een saddened by a terrible accident, in
vhich the victim was the son of a wol
tnown and esteemed citizen of the neigh
orhood. On Wednesday Ro coe, the 16-
year-old son of J. M. Pratt, was assisting
n the grinding of cane at his father s
face, near I ratt. In some manner the
.oung man became caught between the
ever and cap piece of Ihe can mill, and
the mill be.ng an old-fashioned one, he
tvas k lied instantly, his neck being broken
i wice, his head crushed and his jaw
broken."
FLORIDA.
Tourists are beginning to arrive at Day
tona, and all the large hotels about town
nave opened, with a goodly number of
ruests.
Fire at Crescent City Friday night de
stroyed E. N. Maull's blacksmith shop and
C, H. Preston's electric and ice plant, the
oss being 13,000.
The Key West Guards held a meeting
Thursday night and made arrangements
to g.ve their eleventh annual masquerade
hall at La Brlsa on M.nday, Jan. 2, 1899.
The biggest blcyc.e torchlight procession
ever seen in Key West was held Friday
night. Several immense floats were car
ded by bicycles, making a most novel
sight.
Farmers who have grown rice in Ala
chua county this year And that it was
the b'tti money crop pian ed. Some farm
ers real,zed a good sum from this crop,
which will be more extensively cultivated
next year.
William Munn, colored, was arrested
Friday night at Palatka by Deputy Sheriff
Howell, charged with attempting to poison
his wife, and brother-in-..,w last Wednes
day morning by putt.ng arsenic or rat
poison in their coffee.
Six dozen grapefruit were recently sold
at Orlando at *l2 per dozen. This beats
egg farming by a large margin. The
demand for grapefruit has evident.y com?
to staj', and the man who owns a few
bundled bearing trees Is a fortunate Indi
vidual
W. H. Palmer Went to Ben H. Doslers
store at West Jupiter on Saturday and de
manded satisfaction for an articie pub
lished in the Lake Worth News. An im
promptu duel wlih pi-tos followed, and
Doster was shot in the right breast, the
wound being a dangerous one.
Oranges are moving fast from the sec
tion around Sanford, and bringing good
pilces. The train or. the Sanford and
Oviedo branch ofl the Plant System
brought in U) boxes Fr day ar.,l 309 Satur
day for sh.pment to New York an.l Ph.'.a
detpbla. The fruit is netting more than *2
ter box to the grower, so that a shipment
of 300 boxes yields as much as 800 boxes
did, on an average, before the freeze.
Miami correspondence Tlmes-Unlon and
Citizen: Much has been said and written
as to the proper pronunciation of “Miami."
Jt should be pronounced as if written Ml
ea me.-, the meaning of which is flowing
waters. Miami Is not on what might be
called a boom but wherever you go tbe
, buzz of the saw and the crack of the bam-
i ..tv heard Hand ome hornt s are be
ing, tv-ry where erected; as we); as pia s
of busiu.ss and there is everywhere uu
air of prosperity.
Orlando Star- Stratvberr es have mad?
their appearance in Orlando In limited
quantities and from now until Apr,, or
.way they wl I incte.se in y.eld. it has
always oven ilie tv,.s. of Orange county
hat its citizens could have fresh sirasv
etrtes ;o. t/.eir Christinas dlnueis, ou.
h.s year som. ThaniDgl.'.i.g feasts in tins
otn.ty vvt.e topped ort with that luclous
nail fruit. Not many localities cun tur
-h strawberries fre h from the garden
, Thanksg.v.tig morning,
danatee County Advocate: J. A. Me
me of Rye, Fla., died a few days ago
the residence of D. H. Aide.man, aged
„out Si, years. He was born in Caroltou,
Ga., and had he* it in care of Mr. Aider
man's family fot the past six years. As
long as he ha-1 physical strength he fol
low, and the occupation of school teaoher,
and was a cons.s'ent member of the Pres
byter an Church, anil' s&id that he had
trusted 11 the Lord for many years, and
was teady to go and meet him.
Gainesville Sun: The cane grinding sea
son Is about over. White some of those
who hate raised much case and made
many- 1 arreis of sugar in the past have
curta.ied the output, there have been a
greater number of farmers who have en
gaged in the Indus,ry. The result Is there
is more sugar and syrup made in A.achua
county th s year tnun there was last. Ow
ng to there having been much oal syrup
on hand when the n-uv came into the
market the pi ice is far below that re
ceived last year.
Mr. R. Long of Spring Cave has a repu
tation as a near hunter. A huge black
hear visited his camp a short time ngo
while ih„ men vtete at supper, and kll.ed
a sow and two pigs before they could
reach the spot, wh oh was less than 300
feet from where Ihey we e dining. It is
needless to say that the heat did not es
cape, and It la sa.d one
never does that corn's in too
close contact with th? "old man.” Mr.
l ong has lived in FI. rl.'a -lace the year
IV.O. and k lied In Orange county lot bears
In thr. e years He has probably killed
or helped to k 11 t ot p s* than I.OuO since
he first can.e to the elate.
JEKYL ISLA.Mi'S SEASON.
lifer SIVI ill From JeUyi to St. Simona,
nnd ton I soil la Plentiful.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 4.—Messrs. Brob
ston. Fondle & Cos. have sold to the Ken
nedy Bros. Ihe piece of property known as
Jointer’s Island, near Brunswick. They
will use it as a terrapin crawl and wi'l
there conduct one of the m >st extensive
businesses In this line In this section.
The coming.of the Maurices to Jekyl Isl
and, on Jan. 14, means the practical open
ing of the island season, and by the time
Ihe holiday scison is fuly on, the island
wl.l be visited by a number of members
and guests of the eltth. Supt
E- C. Grof has Just re
turned from a European trip, where he
went as ihe guest of Mr. Frederic Baker
secretary of the Jekyl Island Club. The
;ame on Jekyl Island Is now so abundant
that it is no longer a luxury to shoot it,
or at least some classes of It. Deer, for
instance, are so plentiful that they can al
most la- ki'.ed ivith a stick, and at night
a I the gates and fences have to be locked
around the club house enclosure to keep
the deer from getting into the yards and
destroying the flowers. Recently It has
been noticed that the deer are swimming
from Jeky| (o St. Simons Island, and since
they have learned the tri- k a number have
taken It up, with the consequent r. stilt that
the hunters on St. Simons Island have bad
a picnic kiblng them, and venison has been
on many tab.es in homes of the St. B,mods
Islanders.
Tr.e deer, until this year, have been kept
on Jekyl and never were known to attempt
to swim away. It seems now that they
have Increased In such vast numbers In
recent yfars, and the supply of natural
vegetable food for them on Jekyl has been
so decreased by storm conditions during
the time their number was increasing, that
the food supply has been deplot ably short
and the deer have struck out for greener
fields. This condition of affairs has made
the deer bold, and the Initiative was tnken
by one old buck leading a crowd across Bt.
Simons sound to the Islund. They landed
near Ocean Pier, and that night .leer m?.it
was eat heartily by those who live near the
beach end of the Island.
BIG VESSEL En liftI’XSWICK.
A <I,OOO-Ton Steamer Going There to
lain it Cotton.
Brunswick, Ca„ Tec. 4.—The coming of
a steamship of 8.0(A) tons to load cotton
Is an event here that Is being looked for
ward to with Interest. This vessel Is to
load cotton. When she Is loaded it will
add materially to the export statistics,
and It Is confidently predicted that the
exports for the month of December will
be the largest ever quoted in the history
of the port.
There are rumors of a thorough reor
ganization of the Brunswick Riflemen.
'I hi se rumors are of an int‘ resting nature
as affecting that reorganization, and since
the reported resignation of Li' ut. Dunn
the boys are talk.rig aitout who will nil
his place. It is sated that the position
has been offered to several, hut Just who
will get the prize is not yet known. One
of the officers of the Brunswick naval
militia has la?n approached with the sub
ject, but it Is not certain that he will
resign from that branch of the service
to take a position in the infantry.
Editor Martin of Illn.sville .s figuring
on buying a local paper and entering the
dally fled in Brunswick.
At last night’s services of the Pres
byterian Church Rev. Hollingsworth an
nounced that Sunday two weeks from that
time his Insta lation would take place.
Rev. W. A. Nisbet of Savannah Is to
preach the service, and Rev. Carson of
Flemtngton is to deliv. r the charge to
the congr. g.d on. At the evening service
Rev. Nisbet will preach. The church has
call'd Rev. HoHngsvorth as its pastor,
after a thorough trial.
I'HOPOMEI) Mi’.V STEAMER LIME.
Baltimore ('npltnllet Makes I'sinpa n
Liberal Offer,
Tampa. Fla.. Dec. s.—Mayor M. T. Mal
ster of Baltimore, who is president and
general manager of one of the largest
shipbui ding concerns In the United States,
and who is here for hts health. Is willing
to furnish two first-class steamers to ply
between Baltimore, Tampa and the V*<*t
!nd.*s, if ihe business m. n will contrib
ute Il'fV.Glf for two years, he guarantee
ing 8 per cent., and at exp. tat on of two
years returning the original capita). This
is nn inviting proposition, and efforts ar#
now bt ing male to m-et h-s libera! offer,
and to that end the Board of Trade will
consider the matter.
The Tampa Bay Hotel op'nod Us door*
to-day at noon for recept.on of winter
t. i-.n-ts A luncheon was given to a se
lect number of guests
The ext. naive c gar factory of Guerra,
Diaz & Cos., of which Herman Myers ia
president, will in a 1 probability remain
line, and the Ei Modelo factory of Jtick
s nvll’.e wi.l he runo.ei h re. as ilia
hanking fraternity have about raised th#
S'.'.tAKi demanded by the firms as an in
d... etr.trt o c nsoi.d tte factories. Other
wise u would have move ti to Jacksonville.
TOO MANY Utll.S IV GEORGIA.
• its. Felton \\ rites of Their Deprti
dnllon- anil AVorthlesvnes*.
From the Atlanta Journal.
Among Lie many <1 faculties that afflict
farming operat ons In Georgia the dog
question Is not the least by tar. If any
perron would take the trouble to ride
through his own neighborhood in country
places and count up the dogs that can bo
seen around cabin doors, and then re
member that som- body must feed those
worth.e.-s curs, such an Investigator would
be convinced that dogs should either be
axed or th.lined out to-a reasonable num
ber—for more reasons than one.
What a dog eats In the year would go
very far toward fattening a porker that
would be good for something when It is
Sided, and if anybody is sil.y enough to
suppose that a dog can live on nothing
let him hear from pouliry houses and
hen ro. sis before he makes a positive as
sertion on the subject.
For Instance, I did not own a dog of any
sort last winter and spring. After I had
saves! eggs enough watching (when tho
hens cackled) to set a couple of dozen
hens, I had every nest broken up in a
single night, and this performance was
tepeaiod twice before there was a chiken
hatched for our own ra.sing, I put out
"Rough on Rats," and some cats that
were really useful disappeared, but the
dogs were still In evidence. I then bought
setting eggs and made another and
thiid effort. When road bands were call
ed on the public road In the spring, and
dogs, of coursg, were around their own
ers, as usual, I heard a racket In my hen
house, and despite a frantic rush out of
doors. I was only In time to see an Im
mense dog come forth with his mouth
streaming with broken eggs—and my work
was all to do over again. Now, when I
rend glow ng accounts of the value of poul
try-raising 1 wonder If all the dogs hav#
been ruled out of those favored sections.
1 tried and I failed.
After such a season of vexation and
worry I at last counted a drove of twenty
five little till keys, and promised myself
that I would have an abundance to us*
end a few to sell a!>’>ut Christmas time.
These turkeys were nearly grown at fod
der-pill.lng t me. As it rained every day
we made a big rush to get fodder saved,
with all the hands that could be hired to
go at It. On (he very first day, not 100
yards from the house, we found eight
lorn and mangled turkeys In the Held.
Some we never found, and two hobbled
home to tile that night. My flock was ra
|'luted to ten and the fodder was nhsoitite
-1 ly worrhl. es. as it turned out, because of
1 floods of rain.
I It leaked out that the fodder pullers all
carried their dogs with them, with th#
result aa before stat'd. These dogs wer*
In a famished condition, and the turkey
moat was in sight, and they helped them
selves.
Every mother's son vowed by all that
was good thai his dog had nothing to d#
with Ihe slaughter, nnd nobody dared to
inform on the guilty dogs for obvious rea
sons. Could anybody blame me for shed
d ng a few tears?
We have tens of thousands of acres In
Georgia that are fit for sheep pasture and
but l.ttle else. We cannot ra.se a sheip
where I live because the land Is Infested
with dogs that are of no good to anybody.
Bheep are" good for food and their wool
very valuable for making clothes. When
I see a cabin full of half-naked children
and the doors crowded with famished,
worthless dogs I ask myself why the
Georgia Legislature cannot legislate on
this line and relieve the tension in this
one place, if It is incapable of reducing
taxation or of withholding approprig.
tione that are bankrupting the taxpayer’s
of Georgia. The sketch I have drawn for
you Is taken from real life—fact—and one
poor struggling farmer’s wife has had
her patience exhausted by these lawless
dogs that range the fields night and day
for a living.
If It Is deemed necessary to allow one
dog to a family why not tax ail the bal
ance of the pack? My word for It, yon
would have fewer dogs nnd better fed
dogs on that schedule Why this cow
ardice In legislative halls?
Perhaps somebody will Inquire why T
did not hire somebody to go a gunning
for dogs, and supply ammunition hi
abundance?
If such questioner had lived aa long as
I have on a farm and found a mule's eye
knockid out or a lame horse, or a broken,
legged calf, or a missing hog after one
such rash squrt in self-defense, there
wou.d be no reason for asking sufh a
senseless question.
There are a thousand reasons why yljti
must bear the ills you have rather than
rush Into those you know not of. Your
barns and dwell ngs are a pledge to peace,
and 'logs must walk abroad free citizens
in a land of overburdened taxation, until
the lawmakers are as much Interested
In protecting farm products as they are
In placating dog owners who can vote In
election times.
I know a negro family without a cent
In their possession, not a dollar's wopth
of breadstuff* in their dwelling, not a
!.;ood shoe on a single foot on the prem
ises, yet there is a great big dog sitting
by the cabin fire all day (ranging over the
plantation at night) that will eat as
much as either of the grown ones In that
incapable househo <l. Homebody has to
feed It and Us owner will not work to
do It. What should be done with such a
<log? If they go a hunting they knock
out the cotton in the buds, as they rush
around and about, and there Is no help,
*no redress, no s.iiisfaet on anywhere.
Will the legislature remember these
things and give some rel.ef where it i
needed? Mrs. W. H. Fellon.
‘•Most Deronitetl Man In Europe."
From the London Chronicle.
To be Invested with the Order of the
Golden Fleece and have a Russian Grand
Duke for sponsor constitutes the nearlMt
approach to regal dignity to which the
chief of a republican state can hope to
.ispltt. M. Felix Faure, In his counting
house at Havre, could never have dream
ed of climbing to so giddy a pinnacle of
earthly ambition. Wicked wags among the
royalists asserted that the President wou.d
commemorate the event by a performance
of "Le Bourgeois Gentllhomme" in the
evening, hut no such Item figured on the
programme. M. Faure must already poe
tess a great many more stars and ribbon*
than could b? displayed on any bosom,
however capacious. but he is a long way
from being the most decorated man In
Europe. That proud distinction belongs to
fount von Kulenburg, the master of the
Kaiser's household, who holds the record
with sixty-fbrse such vanities. He thus
>nts Bi. m.'.rck, who could boast of fifty
four only, and M dike, who fell ion below
• hat Iota) But It must he remembered
that these btroes des ired many offers und
refused to pay the customary fee*.
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