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CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION.
ENGLAND SOW lift* SOME SYM
PATHY IX GERMANY.
Hnt There Ik Talk of Her Collapse a
a Military Power—Emperor ttll
■la in Make* It All Right With Ber
lin—German? to Remain Neutral
in Sonth African \flnir*—Hohen
lohe NYantK to Hold On—A n Editor
Sent to Jail.
Copyright, 1839. by the Associated Fress.
Berlin, Dee. 23. At (he ceremony at the
unveiling of the monument or Elector
Georee William, in the Sieges-A lire to
day, at which the correspondent of the
Associated Fress was present, the Em
peror looked hale and hearty with ruddy
cheeks.
The ceremony was brief. There were no
speeches, but the occasion was rend' red
memorable by His Majesty, at the close,
stepping briskly to Herr Kirschn-r. the
chief burgomaster of Berlin, shaking
hands wtih him cordially and handing
him his long expected confirmation as
chief burgomaster, consisting of docu
ments with big seals attached The Em
peror congratulated the burgomaster and
eatd he wished him many years of suc
cessful administration of Berlin, and lou l
enough to be heard some distance:
"A etty for which I feel great affection
and entertain the highest hopes, which I
know you will help me to realize."
Thus ends happily this matter, which,
lor a long time, has kept the Emperor and
Berlin on a quasi war footing.
Crisp cold Christmas weather prevails
here. The Spree is frozen solid, the big
Slueggelsee is alive with skaters and
everybody is busy with preparations for
Christmas.
t linage in Favor of England.
The change In public opinion In favor of
Great Britain, which was referred to in
the Associated Press dispatches from Ber
lin Friday night, continues.
Even the Hamburg Nacnrichten, which
hitherto has been Intensely Anglophobe,
print* a communication today from a
Hamburg merchant, protesting against
“blinden Englaenderhass” (blind Anglo
phobia).
The papeis are full of communications
from liteiary writers on the subjec t of In
var. The N< uste Nachrlchlen to-day con
tains an article pointing out that the mil
itary success of the Boers, number.rig a
quarter of a million, tig Inst a hat on
which at home alone numbers 30,(*0,0 0.
Is explainable because the liters arc a-til
ed with the best modem r.fles pnd know
how to use them. The British, the writer
adds, undervalued their adversary and
failed to appear cn ihe sett of war with
a numerical superiority, while their s*i\tt
egy was la gely ordered In l.ondon. Again
he points out, all the Brit sh regie oed te
eonno'erlrg and ware deficient in the A.
B. C of such service. To this he continue s,
must be added the fatal fiontal attack,
whlMthe Mauser gun hus brilliantly st ol
Ihe tests of the campaign.
On the other hand, a military Writer
in the Boersen Courier maintains that no
modern war has been so devoid of inter
esting features, of theoretical and stra
tegic lessons, and that the British have
proved their stupendous “asininlty as a
military nation in an unparalleled man
ner.”
The papers also continue to discuss the
problem as to what will be Great Britain';;
position hereafter, since they claim 1 tI ( T
total collapse as a military' power lias
been proved by this war.
Germany AVIII Stay Neutral.
The usually well-informed Kreuze Zel
tung contains a letter from a high per
sonage at Si. Petersburg, claiming that
the question as to whether It Is advisable
to use Great Britain’s present powerless
ness, is again being seriously considered
in Russian government circles. The mili
tary party is urging the timeliness for an
Asiatic advance. Tile correspondent of
the Associated Press can assert, however,
on high authority, that as concerns Ger
many, no such step will be joined in un
der any circumstances, but that full neu
trality will be maintained to the end.
German internal politics continue to be
as mixed as ever. The whole Conserva
tive party, including their court sympa
thizers, exert themselves to the utmost to
impress the Emperor’s mind with ihe fact
that Prince Hoherdohe Is the foe of agri
cultural interests, that the Conservatives
have lost all confidence In him, and that
it will be impossible for the government to
reign against that party. In order to car
ry this programme, the united Conserva
tive press wages war against Prince Ho
benlolie, but the statements made are
worded cunningly, in a manner for the
Emperor not to take offense. His Majes
ty is regularly made to see the clippings
of oil these anti-chancellor arguments,
but thus far they have not produced the
desired effect. Prince Hohenlohe desires
to conclude his days as chancellor and the
Emperor concurs In his desire.
Trial of an Editor.
A sensational trial has Just been ended
by the sentencing of Herr Joachim Gehl
sen. editor of a Charlottenburg paper, to
eighteen months in jail for systematic
blackmailing of financially insecure banks
and similar institutions. Herr Gehlsen,
during Prince Bismarck's time, headed the
press campaign against Prince Bismarck,
instigoted by a number of his court clique
enemies.
The latest administrative measure
against Prussian public teachers Is an or
der forbidding them to go hunting, on the
ground that it is an immoral pastime.
Former Lieut. Bruesewitz, who, as a
German army officer, murdered n civilian
workman, has gone to Jo n the Boers. A
private letter from him says he has been
appointed commander of a battery in the
Transvaal.
MAY GO TO TIIE SOLDIERS' HOME.
Application for AdniiNNion of Xleee
of Zachary Taylor.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 23.—Application
was made to-day to the trustees of the
Lafayette Soldiers’ Home, for the admis
sion of Miss Mary J. Gaskill of Philadel
phia, Ind., who is a niece of ex-Presi
dent Zachary Taylor, and the nearest liv
ing relative to him. She was bom in No
blesville, in 1X32 She remembers her uncle
well, as he paid a visit to her mother on
his way to Washington, to take Ills seat
as President. She is an aunt of Charles
Major, the novelist.
McFadden and Daly Draw.
New York, Dec. 23.—George McFadden
and Jack Daly fought twenty rounds to
a draw in the Pelican Athletic Club,
Brooklyn, tonight. In ihe first eight
rounds Daly chopped away with his letl
and George used his defensive works, slip
ping a left to the body occasionally. In
the ninth McFadden ’ started on the ag
gressive, taking ail kinds of chances. There
were two fierce mix-ups in the twelfth and
fourteenth rounds, and in Ihe roughing on
the ropes McFadden twice slipped down
Daly showed to advantage in these rounds
The remaining six rounds were fiercely
contested.
Irish Give for Harrs,
Chicago, 1 Mi'. 23. —At a mealing of the
t olled Irish Hocleth-s 10-mytn tn onto a)
pledged toward paying for an am bu (kites
•ervt.e to be scut to the Boers.
TAYLOR HELD FOR MRCEXY.
Ur Mill He Sent From Itlelimnnd to
Hasten far Trial.
Hi !:m nd. Va„ Dtc. 21.-Burn ey Tay or
was arrested te e this m ruing on th-i
charge of being a fugitive frem Justice
from Massachusetts.
In 1895 Try I r was arr- sei In this city
or obtaining mo ey cn forged lunacy war
fares. and when the case came to trial
he was given iw.o year* th the penllentl*
ary. He was a model prisoner, and when
ids time was up he went to Boston In (he
employ of tin Davis Shoe Company.
Taylor u rked for some time wl'h the
toncetn and then se ur.d a podtlon in the
slo.-a-.-e warehouse of Tarrant P. King of
Boston, ft r w horn he worked for aliout a
month ard then went bark to work for
the 1 avis ■ on.pany and iter tame o Vir
ginia and se ur-d etnpf tyn.ent at Tran .
It seems that S.MX worth of coffee wb*
rrmovtd frern .he Bo t n warehouse on a
bogus or.er. laylo teamed from re atives
that his n. me had been us il in connection
with the affair ami went back 'O Boston,
and oifeted to surd trial, but nothing
cume of it at that time.
(After Taylor had located again in Vir
ginia a detective learned about the e-se
ard wrote the inspector of police of Bo -
ton for Infirmnton and received a letter
to the effect t) a Taylor was wan ed on an
indictment warrant charging him with the
larceny of 12.000 worth of property. The
arrest of to-day followed.
Taylor positively asserts that he Is in
ro ent of any wrong doing. He says that
he is i e fe tly wiling to g> to Boston
without requisition papers and stand trial.
BOLE ORDERED ARRESTED.
flmrge Against Former President of
the Globe Hank.
Boston, Pee. 23—The trend of affairs
connected with the closing of the Globe
National Bank in this city for the first
time developt J a criminal aspect through
the placing under ecrvelllanoe to-day In
California of the bank's former president,
Charles H. Cole.
The charge against Mr. Cole is the old
one of overdrafts anti over-loans, many
to himself, and Ihe action of the receiver
of the bank ordering the arrest, while a
shock to the friends of the former presi
dent, was not a surprise.
It Is practically agreed that il was a
gigantic speculation in copper stocks in
which Mr. Cole became so much involved
that the bank's money—'and credit was
used until it was well night exhausted.
The inevitable result of failure followed
after the bank was bolstered up by the
clearing house, which paid its indebted
ness to the extent of many millions.
lIItOOKE DEPARTS FROM CUBA.
Given Major General's Salute as He
Went Out of the Harbor.
Havana, Dec. 23.—Gen. Brooke left at
noon for Florida, receiving a major gen
eral's salute as the steamer left the har
bor. A squadron of the Seventh Cav
alry hnd two batteries of artillery escort
ed the retiring governor general to the
wharf. All the ceremonies were purely
inliiiary.
The entire consular body made tin offi
cial call upon Gov. Gen. Wood this motn
ing.
Dornni It. Etjton Dead.
New York, Dee. 23—Dorman B. Eaton,
prominently identified with the civil ser
vice system, died here this morning.
Death followed an attack of nervous pros
tration. from which he had suffered for
about a monlh. The body will be taken
to Montpelier. Vt., for burial.
Bookkeepers’ Association.
Petroil, Dec. 23.—A national associa
tion of accountants and bookkeepers has
Just l>een formed with H. F. Sanger, De
troit, as president, and J.' J. Sutton, Rich
mond, Va., vice president.
SNAKE AROUND TIIR MAINMAST.
Why a Vessel Made a Slow Voyage
From Port of Spain.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dee. I.—Occasionally
a sailing vessel makes a slow voyage be
en ase something gets wrong with, her sails
or spars. Then again she may have ad
verse winds or t>e for a long time b -
calmed. In the strange experience of the
brig Resultado, however, lap ly in port
from Fort Spain, neither of there ccnlt
tions was to blame. From the time she
weighed anchor on her voyage to Phila
delphia the weather was good and steady
trade winds prevailed front a favorable
quarter.
It is a very lonely part of Ttlnldad
where the Resultado received her cargo.
A wild coast afforded scarcely a safe har
bor for tit© Resultado even during the few
days the weather remained good. Na
tives stored the cocoanuts in the hold an 1
the crew had little to do. On. Oct. 1, one
day before the Resultado weighed anchor,
the first man on deck in the morning made
a singular discovery. He hurried brek
Into Ihe captain's cabin and informed
him tlutt there was a snake on the mast.
Capt. Smith accused the sailor of b ing
drunk and ordered him out of the cabin.
But the sailor stuck to his story and the
skipper went on deck to investigate.
He found twined around the mainmast
an immense serpent. Capt. Smith thinks
that the reptile must have b en about a
fool In diameter. The crew quickly assem
bled on deck and gazed at the monster
with fear and astonishment. It was ap
parent that it must be dislodged and how
to do it was a puzzle. It was suggested
that the reptile be shot, but an inventory
of the firearms on board showid ihem to
be limited to a 32-ealiber re volver In the
captain’s pocket. He discharged the
•weapon a great many times at the snake.
These manifestations of hosti ity were
greeted try hisses and the siutko clutched
lighter to the spar.
Capt. Smith was in a quandary. Sailing
day had come and he had to go. The crew
weighed anchor and started to get up
sail. Then anew difficulty presented
Itself. Sail could be made all right on
the other masts, but not on the one where
the snake reposed. So lightly had he
wound his coil aliout it that the rigging
refused to run through the blocks. The
men were afraid to pull too hard for fear
of bringing the reptile down on their
heads, so the novel spectacle was afforded
of the Resultado sailing away on her
homeward voyage without a rag of can
vas set on her mainmast. The Resultado,
unable to get up all her mainsail, made a
slow run. The captain said that the pres
ence of the reptile cost him at least ten
days' delay.
Kor two weeks the crew despaired of
ridding themselves of the reptile. Occas
ionally they would pull a rope on which
his body rented and he would respond in
a manner that showed he was very much
alive. His muscular contractions almost
cracked the tqiar. Deliverance was at
hand, however, and from an unexpected
quarter. On Oct. 13 a tremendous snow
storm arose. For some day* the weather
had been growing colder and the snake
seemed to be In a torpid condition. When
the cold weather began It* weakened, and
when the first Hake fell on him he sudden
ly unloosed himself and fell with l mighty
splash into the ocean.
Cap* Kitt.th say lie hid a good opportu
nity to observe the snake before it struck
111* water. He thinks that Us length could
not have itmi under thirty feet. It disap
jwtltkd Instantly and wag seen na more.
THE MOKMKG EE TV IS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 189 U
! ALL THE WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
[senator LINDSAY AFTER HIS PO
LITICAL ENEMIES.
Kentuckian Considers lllmself a
Free Lance—Halley of Texas In
Disguise—Congressman Wheeler ot
Kentucky Will Remain In Wash
ington—Says He Does Not Mintl n
It onst—Grosvenor Is I nltnppy.
Hanna for Permanent Chairman.
Washington, Dec. 22 —Senator Lindsiy
of Kentucky is going to make a speech be
fore some commercial organizal.on al the
Waldorf-Astoria on Jan. 31. and will take
as his subject “The Open l>cor."
The Mg Kentuckian says he does rot
know what he is going to talk about, but
those < lose to him say that ho U going
to have fun with the politicians, partic
ul.re'.y with his political etc m e-. That
takes in a good many people, for the Sen
ator occupies a peculiarly isolated posi
tion in public life these days. He is about
the only relict of the Palmer-Buckner
party— that is the only man of the origi
nal Indianapolis crowd who is in a posi
tion to say anything. All others have
been retired to private life or soon will be.
"The funniest thing about the political
situation as I see it,” said Judge Lind
say, "is the way the Republicans are
scrambling over one another to get on the
Indianapolis platform. They have now
not only come to Ihe gold standard plank
of our platform, but in their Forto Rico
provisions, and especially in their reciproc
ity treaties, they are coming around to
our position on the tariff. They arc
scrambling onto the Indianapolis platform
as fast as the Democrats are scrambling
off of their Chicago platform.”
He 1* a Free Lnnce.
Judge Lindsay considers himself a free
lance in politics these days, and he pro
poses to take a free lance privilege in
piercing the weak spots in the political
armor of the other fellows. The Ken
tucky senator is a giant physically, as
well as mentally, and he speaks in roar
that is in keeping with his size. If he in
terjects Into his New York speech as large
a number of good American oaths to the
square yard as he does in conversation,
he will |>rove particularly interesting to
those who are so fortunate as to have
seats in that banquet the last day of Jan
uary. One thing which calls forth the
Kentuckian's good round oaths more than
anything else is the calamity cry indulged
in by fellow senator* from the South.
"There never was a time,’’ said he
“when the farmer of the South was in
as good condition as he is to-day. In the
bitter years from 1865 to 1870, when every
body in the South was desperately poor,
you never heard a complaint; now when
they are progressing and have real pros
perity, the Southern farmers listen to ca
lamity howlers and imagine themselves in
desperate straits.”
Hailey's New Hat.
The Hon. Joseph W. Bailey of Texas,
was a part of the holiday parade along
F street this afternoon, but he was In dis
guise. Friends and enemies stared at him.
.Men and women turned to look at him
after he had gone by, and all of them were
filled with wonder. The cause of it was
a tall silk hat of latest fashion. The big,
broad sombrero which have been the dis
tinguishing features of the Texan’s attire
had been cast aside, and tn its place was
a tile which would grace the swellest man
who walks Fifth avenue.
“I am wearing this," explained the for
mer Democratic leader, "Just to see if It
is true that there Is nothing more to me
than that big hat. People have been say
ing that they knew me only by my hat;
now I want to see if I haven't just as
much sense without that as with it.”
Some of Bailey's Texas enemies are in
great glee over the transformation. “It
will beat him for the Senate,” they say.
No man can go to Ihe Senate from Texas
that wears a silk hat.”
Loves to Be Roasted.
Congressman Wheeler of Kentucky, is
going to spend his holiday vacation here
In Washington.
“My wife and family are here and I see
no Teason to go to Kentucky or anywhere
else. Christmas is where the little ones
arc."
He looked very full of the holiday sea
son. with his arms full of parcels, evident
ly meant for his role of Santa Claus. The
young Congressman from the dark and
bloody ground was laughing heartily to
himsolf when I found him amid the toys
of the Boston store.
"No It isn’t the toys or the Christmas;
he explained. "It’s a hot roast I have re
ceived in one of the most prominent pa
pers In Kentucky. The fellow who runs
the paper is one of the ablest editors in
the state, as keen In his methods as Hen
ry Wntterson. He is one of my political
enemies and enjoys roasting me more
than anything else. This particular edi
torial lakes me to task for my defense of
Goebel the other day, and then goes ahead
to paint in glowing terms the sort of a
congressman the district ought to have.
All these things are painted in a way to
sort of make the mouth water; then after
telling the people of the district how
Wheeler might be all of these things 1f he
would, my critic with equal art shows
where In his opinion I fall short. It was
the sort of a roast that a fellow can't
help enjoying if he has any appreciation
of the artistic, even if it does cut him to
the quick. I make it a point to keep every
unpleasant thing a paper says of me. It
does a fellow good. When he begins to
get a case of swelled head he has only to
glance at some of the things his enemies
think. That will cure him.” Wheeler has
the Southerner's ability at word painting.
Speaking of Owens who was a leader of
the antl-Goebelites, and who has Just been
defeated for Congress, he said:
“Cold? Why he’s so cold that If you
were to sleep next to him all night, and
get up in the morning and sit on an ice
berg, you'd sweat as hard as a negro does
at camp meeting.”
GroKvenor I Unhappy.
Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio Is inclined to
be very wrothy with hts fellow party man
agers over a scheme which has de
veloped to leave him off when the state
for the Philadelphia National Convention
is made up. The General represents n
congressional district which is a bat
hed of Forakerlsm and the men In power
in the district don't like him at all There
is no chance, it is said, for the General
to got into the National Convention as n
district delegate, and no chance for him at
all unless the State Convention selects him
as one of the four delegates nt large. Now
It Is us certain as anything In this world
can he that the two senators and Gov.
Nash will be three of the big four; Gros
venor has been tak ng it for granted that
he Would bo the fourth, but he has Just
waked to realize that there is grave dan
ger of ills being set aside In favor of Con
gressman Dick, who has become the great
power umons the younger Republicans of
the slate, lie is greatly worried over the
outlook, and it Is said has carried his
troubles to the President, The young men
have mode Dick their Idol, however, and
there is no disposition on their part to
give way.
Haituu for Permanent Chairman.
Ohio Republicans have started a boom
for Senator Hanna for permanent chair
man of Ihe next National Convention.
They argue that ua there will be no con
tests at all, time will be no uved trf the
Ohio senator’s presence on the floor of
the convention, and that the honor of pre
siding over the great harmony gathering
at the City of Brotherly Love should go
to Hanna. They say that "the old man"
would like to have it, and if that is true,
there Is little doubt of his getting It.
TWO MEN SHOT IN A MELEE.
Dentil or George H. Smith, a Well-
Known Traveling Man.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 23. Clifford Ben
nett, white, and John Wright, colored,
were shot this morning at Argvie, twenty
miles west of Waycross. Both were
wounded in the arm. Clifford Bennett,
Banks Bennett, and two men named Ar
nold of Millwood went to Argyle to ar
rest a negro. He resisted, drawing a Win
chester rifle. General firing on both sides
began, with the result that the two men
were wounded.
Wash Stephens, the negro wanted, was
finally arrested and Ihe men started to
Millwood with him. John Wright, wno
was shot, was not engaged in the trouble,
but was passing by. In the conflict two
negroes were badly beaten with clubs.
George R. Smiih, traveling representa
tive of the Covington Wholesale Com
pany, died suddenly to-day. He had a
hemorrhage of the lungs and lived only a
few minute. He was a son of the lata
Dr. H. J! Smith of Blackshear and was
highly respected. The remains will be
buried to-morrow at Blackshear.
LARGE DEAL IN BRUNSWICK.
Wnyrross Bonds to the Extent of
f.Y0.000 Declared Void.
Brunswick. Ga., Dec. 23.—A. O. Cook &
Sons of Broaksville, Pa., to-day, through
Brobston, Fendig & Cos., consumated a
trade for one-half interest in O. N. Tay
lor's big cypdress mills and lands. About
8100,COO changed hands. The deal brings
into the lumber market of South Georgia
one of the strongest concerns in the Unit
td Slates. They are rated at half a mil
lion and will engage actively in the South
ern lumber trade.
Solicitor General John W. Bennett to
day appeared before Judge Bennet and
had the recent Waycross Issue of bonds
validated. The issue is $50,000 and is for
the purpose of placing in Waycross a sys
tem of sewerage.
Judge Bennet to-day signed bill of ex
ceptions in the case of the Waycross Air
Line vs. the Southern P'ne Company and
Offerman and Western Railroad. The
Waycross A.ir Line was required to give
a SIO,OOO bond.
KILLING OVER THE liOEIi WAIL
Too Much Whisky Seems to Have
Been at the Bottom of It,
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 23.—A homicide
was committed in this city to-night as th©
result of an argument over the Transvaal
war, between an Irishman and an English
man.
Ma thew Gf ason, Itlsh, and Alec Logan,
English, engage! in the controversy,
which grew warm. Logan went home, get
a shotgun and returned to the scene of
(he dispute. Gleason having left, he shot
and kill’d another young man of Irish
descent, Mike Hogan, who had been in
no way conivcled •with the dispute.
Too much John Bar’eyc m tather than
admiration for either John Bull or Paul
Kruger was at the bottom of the affair.
M ACON'S T. P. A. OFFICERS.
Mrs. Hilliard May Not Lose the Sight
of Both Her Eyes,
Macon, Ga., Dec. 23.—George Collier was
re-elected president of Post D, T. P. A.,
T. J. C. Park, vice president, and S. G.
Bond, secretary and treasurer. The same
board of directors was re-elected.
Mrs. S. M. Hilliard, whose eyes wore
filled with muriatic acid by a drunken
man recently, may not be totaly blind,
as one of the eyes is showing slight sign?
of returning sight. She suffers intense
pain all the time and requires four nurses
to bathe her eyes in ice water day and
night.
SHORT LINE TO FLORIDA.
Will Carry Yegetnhlea to the Eant
la Short Order.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 23.—Closing of truffle
arrangements to-day between the Gaines
ville end Gulf Railroad, just completed
from Sampson City, Fla.j to Gainesville,
Fla., and Ihe Georgia Southern and Flor
ida Railroad furnishes the shortest route
between New York and Middle Florida.
Fast freight and passenger service will be
put on as soon as possible. The line will
handle over 1,500 cars of early vegetables
from Florida to the East each spring.
BOTH WERE WELL-KNOWN MEN.
Death of Bey. William Rogers and
Dr. J. X. Ollphant.
Louisville, Ga., Dec. 23.—News has just
reached here of the death of Rev. William
Rogers of Stellaville, and Dr. J. N. Oli
phant of Wrens. They were two of Jeffer
son county's most highly respected, citi
zens and ihe news of their death has cast
a gloom over the entire county. Both men
have resided in the county for quite a
number of years.
WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Young Girl Dead ns the Hesnlt of n
Gunshot Wound.
Pearson, Ga., Dec. 23.—One of Ashley
Morris’ daughters, aged fourteen years,
was killed this morning by a gun accident
ally discharging in the hands of Mr. Lace
Nelson. Mr. Morris lives about eight miles
from this place, and is a well to do far
mer.
Races nt New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 23.—The weather was
dull and cloudy and tbe track heavy.
First Race—Selling, one mile. Miss Doo
ley, 5 to 1 and 7 to 1, won, with Good
Order, 5 to 1 and 2 to 1. second, and Dom
ing, 20 to 1, third. Time 1:53.
Second Race—Selling, six furlongs. Gart
land 11. 3 to 1 ami 6 to 6, won, with
Tyrba, 3 to 1 and 6 to 5. second, and Med
dlesome, 6to 1, third. Time 1:21.
Third Race—Selling, one mile. Rush
fields, 12 to 1, and 4 to I, won, with Blue
Lick. 8 to 1 ami 3 to 1. second, and Mou
crelth, 3 to 1, third. Time 1:53.
Fourth Race—Crescent City handicap,
one and one-eighth miles. Lackman, 8 to
1 and 3 to 1. won, with Alpen, 12 to 1 and
6 to 1, second, and Prince Blazes, 4 to 1,
third. Time 2:04(4.
Fifth Race—Selling, one mile. St. Lo
renzo, 8 to 1 and 3 to 1, won. with Aoush
la, 11 to 5 anti 4 to 6. second, and Uhlers.
sto 1, third. Time 1:82.
Safe lllonn anti SI,(KHI Gone.
Columbia. B. C.. Dee, 29.—Lazt night at
2 o’clock ihe safe in the etore of W. H.
Suber at Peaks Station, on Hie Columbia
and Ureenvlile Railroad, wax clown open
and *I,OOO in cash tsken. Neighbors who
heard Ihe nolee thought it Christman fire
works. There is no clue and bloodhound*
were foiled by lain.
GAHBLItU I\ HELENA.
Henry Piny Going on In Montana
With Politicians a the High Hoi
lem.
From the New York Sun.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 14.—“1 think had the
Prince of Monaco been In Helena during
the past two weeks,” said a well-known
gambler, "he might have suffered at least
slight pangs of Jealousy. I have traveled
not a little myself; have seen Mexican
barons enter gambling houses accompa
nied by liveried servants carrying bags
of silver, to play monte; have dealt ‘King
Faro' in Chicago during its palmy days;
have seen stiff poker games in Washing
ton and New York, and for the past five
years have been up and down the Pacific
Slope from Seattle to San Diego, but I
thing the games In Helena during the past
month or six weeks were as good an ex
ample of ‘high-roliing’ as I ever witnessed.
Strange to say, the heaviest play was at
the roulette wheel. The limit on numbers
was $lO, which i>ay 35 for 1; and every one
seemed anxious to play that limit. There
was apparently a coterie of politicians de
termined to break the game, and when
three or four of them would agree on a
given number and stark up their checks
on top of one another's the house would
stand to win S4O on the roll or lose $1,400,
and many times they were fortunate
enough to strike it. As an individual in
stance, one player was SI,OOO loser; four
rolls later he was over $3,000 winner.
"Of course, they did not always play the
same 'system,’ and while some were dis
posed to 'hedge' their bets by playing the
colors or columns, most of the play was
on the Individual numbers; that is, they
took the most desperate chances, and
when they made a ‘strike,’ their winnings
were enormous. Night after night the
winnings of the house were from SB,OOO to
$12,000; then again the plungers would car
ry away Immense winnings, at one time
their balance being over SIB,OOO.
"There was one of the party who had a
favorite number and just as the dealer
was about to spin the little ball the play
er remarked: 'I have a hunch that No. 17
will win and I’m going to play it in every
conceivable way.' Still within the limit,
by means of playing the various columns,
colors, low, odd numbers, etc., he had a
total of SO4O placed on the table, and If 17
hail appeared on the winning number he
would have drawn down $7,910. But his
’hunch’ was poor, and he lost. Still he
persevered and finally won his bet, but as
it took ten or twelve turns to bring the
desired number he was not much ahead
on his mental tip.
"Great care was required In order to
see that all bets were within the limit and
that the players had their bets placed as
desired. I must admit that while it was
a rather slow game in action, fully fifteen
minutes being required to make a roll, It
was fast enough in a monetary sense. It
was a nervous strain I never experienced
before; you may smile and say ‘Rats,’
but with a crowd limited only by the ca
pacity of the room for spectators, with
both speed and accuracy required In tabu
lating the result in your head when you
are beaten in three or four different ways
on one number, one realizes that there ore
even responsibilities for a roulette wheel
er. The queer part of It is that while you
may study the roulette game and figure
that the house has a most excellent per
centage as compared with faro and oth
ers, those politicians simply had a streak
of luck that was Insurmountable, and as
near as I can Judge, they put by nearly
$20,000 In the two weeks of the Wellcome
trial.
"At the same time ‘King Faro' was not
neglected. A gentleman's game fr6m
which the ordinary element was excluded,
was the scene of an extraordinarily
heavy play. The game was domiciled in
a room at one of the leading hotels, wilh
a SIOO limit, which on the last turn could
be raised to SSOO. Well, It never closed
untlf the excitement at the Court House
was over. At the end when the para
phernalia was taken back to the regular
establishment the one game was between
$55,000 and $56,000 winner, which is, I be
lieve, the stiffest game of its kind played
In recent years.”
A BEAITY OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
Tlie Comtefme de Castigllone'* Hel
lenic Worship of Her Own Liveli
ness.
From London Truth.
The Comtesse de Castiglione was, I
think, the handsomest woman I ever set
eyes on. She had all the grace of prettl
ness without being pretty, for her beauty
was of the highest style—so high, indeed,
that she stood unrivalled. Women were
so carried away by her appearance as to
drop all Jealousy. One alone was jealous,
and she was the most exalted of all. I
never understood the pow’er of Helen to
turn away wrath or blame until I saw the
Comtesse de Castiglione.
The Comtesse de Castiglione had all the
points that Phidias would have required
for a perfect model. She was stately
through perfect harmony and ease of mo
tion. It was she who brought In the
sleeveless corsage. She vyould, if she
could, have brought in bare feet and un
gloved hands at soirees. Her feet were on
show at her small receptions. Sometimes
she wore sandals and no stockings, some
times she dispensed even with sandals.
Satin was laid down on the floor. She
often received reclining in the old Roman
fashion, with the bare feet well visible.
They were like on infant's feet. Baudry
painted her lying on her black velvet
couch in the flimsiest of draperies. He
sold that, in all his experience, he never
saw such feet or hands. They were his
despair, the texture of the flesh was so
delicate. She was at first pleased with
this portrait. But she soon found it more
academical than Olympian. It olso want
ed the vital glow that warmed up her
whole person. Disgust followed these dis
coveries, and she cut the pictures Into lit
tle bits, keeping intact the hands and feet
only, for they were admirably rendered.
The baise-bieds of the Comtesse were not
fabulous. This form of homage was only
paid to the Pope until she decided other
wise. When she received reclining with
bare feet, gentlemen who knew her ways,
always on entering, knelt and kissed hum
bly and reverently a foot. She then pre
sented a hand, which was also kissed. A
baise-bieds. I remember, once took place
in an Italian man-of-war told off to con
vey her from Genoa to Portugal. All the
officers were admitted to It.
The Comtesse had Pauline Bonaparte’s
ideas about art. If we have no statue of
her. such as Pauline stood for to Canova,
it is due to her having thought all mod
ern sculptors vulgarized by their models.
Her idea of virtue was beauty. Where
there was beauty one might assume vir
tue af the antecedent. Beauty was the
apotheosis of virtue. The Comtesse in
attending a fancy ball of the Empress as
Salammho acted on these maxims. She
was attended by Comte Horae de Choi
seull as a Cathaglnian page. The dress of
the Priestess was a transparency, and the
pieces forming It were not stitched Into
seams, but held together with clasps. She
wore sandals and enameled anklets, which
were dug up on the site of Carthage. The
Empress trad to frown her down. But
she was unflinching, and a hum of admi
ration greeted her as she went from tri
umph to triumph, Chamberlains saw how
the Emperor looked and bowed low before
her.
The Comtesse de Castiglione went too
far for a grande dame, and not far enough
to hold her own. She did not under stand
that frodluallty without great fortune U
the sin of sin* In I'arla. She ran Into debt.
The F.m|*eror was not able to Imitate
Louis fjuutoize in giving MP,og(i franc* a
cmti will's RntsiDj
DEWEY’S FLAGSHIP OLYriPFA-CAPTAIN GRIDLEY, COrtHANDER.
Mrs. Gridley, mother of Captain Gridley, who was in command ob
Dewey’s flag ship, nt the destruction of the Spnnish fleet at Manila,
says of our remedy, Perunai
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the dentist. He was not the man to hide
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TRACES OF THE MISSING LINK.
Scientist Thinks He Ha* Discovered
Them in the Philippine Inlands.
From the New York Herald.
Dr. George F. Becker, the government
geologist sent to the Philippines, in his re
port expresses the opinion that the ape
like the creature termed "the missing link"
—may have had its earliest haunts in those
isles of the sea, at a time when, not less
than 300,000 years ago, they were connected
with the mainland of Asia by a sort of
land bridge, via Borneo. In this opinion
Dr. Becker coincides with the late Prof.
Marsh of Yale University, who expressed
the belief that the Philippines were among
the earliest localities inhabited by the
human species, even if the latter did not
actually start there. The time may have
been 500,000 years ago, but science always
wishes to be conservative.
There are excellent reasons, however,
for believing that homo sapiens—the true
human being, as distinguished from the
typical ape—existed on the island of Lu
zon. or in that immediate neighborhood,
in the epoch called the pliocene, along to
ward the end of the tertiary period, which
ended about 200,000 years ago with the
great ice age.
Dr. Becker surmises that the black
dwarfs of Luzon and other islands of the
group, known as Negritos, are actually
descended from the primitive human
stock in question. These black pigmies,
now nearly extinct, are astonishingly
monkey-like in aspect. The sounds they
utter in lieu of language resembles the
short and Sharp Shrieks of animals. Ap
parently they are not distantly related to
the certain savages discovered in the In
terior of Borneo not exceeding four feet in
stature, whose wrinkled skins are covered
with hair and who sleep in caves or in
trees and live on mice and such other
small mammals os they can catch.
All through the larger island groups of
the Southwest Pacific are found more or
less differentiated tribes of monkey-like
dwarfs. They have been wiped out en
tirely on all but the largest islands, such
as Luzon and Mindanao, where they still
survive In small numbers In the mountain
ous Interior Among them ore certain
aborigines of Sumatra, whose hex!lea are
revered all over with soft, dark hair, and
who wear no clothing, have no language
of their own and team with the utmost
difficulty to pronounce a few Malay words.
These pigmy peoples, according to the
belief of Dr. Becker and Prof. Marsh, are
descended directly from the original stock
of the so-railed "minting link,"
Now, this missing link t no theory
some scientist* sty. That he tnd his kind
-• wbols tribe, constituting u m . *.,a
to say that it has no evil effects and pro
duces no after depression.”
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Almanac for the year 19u0.
improved species—did actually exist has
been proved by the discovery in Java, not
very far from the Philippines, of a fossil
specimen. There were the upper part of
a skull, a molar tooth and a left [high
bone, ail completely fossilized.
Certainly the creature in question was
not human, but in size, brain power and
erect posture approached much nearer to
man than any other animal hitherto
known. The capacity of his skull seems
to have been about two-thirds that of the
average human being. From generation
to generation they Improved, physically
and mentally. Their arpis grew shorter,
their legs longer and their brain pans big
ger, until at length the type represented
by the bones dug up in central Java—the
pithecanthropus erectus, or upright mon
key-man. os scientists have named the
animal—was evolved. Here at last was
the destined ancestor of the monkey-like
Negritos of Luzon.
The land bridge to Asia, by way of
Borneo, afforded facilities for travel and
for the spread of the newly developed spe
cies of anthropoid, who, though truly hu
man, was pure beast—a monkey with a
bigger brain.
GEN. LEONARD WOOD’S TACT.
A Caban Whom He Made Mayor lis
Spite of Prejudice.
From the New Orleans Tlmes-Demoorit.
“One of the chief difficulties encounter
ed in re-establishing government down la
Santiago province./’ ways a former officer
of volunteers, “was the disinclination of
the better class of Cubans to lend a hand.
The wealthy and well-educated natives
could have been of the greatest assistance,
but they refused to accept civil offices and
hung back and sulked, complaining that
too many of the minor positions had been
given to Spaniards.
“One of the places where those condi
tions prevailed was a small town not far
from Santiago, where Gen. Wood was par
ticularly anxious to secure a good Cuban
Mayor, but he had been warned in ad
vance that none of the men considered
available would dream of taking the post.
One day the principal storekeeper of tha
town came to the palace to see about a
small contract for fodder. He was a typ
ical native of the mercantile class, fat,
garrulous and conceited, and It was evi
dent that he was the chief gossip of the
neighborhood.
"After concluding the business mattes
the General pretended to consult a letter.
'By the way, senor,” he said, ‘you ara
an old resident of this country, and I
would like you to give me a little ad
vice.’ ’I am at your excellency’s service,
said the storekeeper, swelling with pride.
'ls it true, then, as is stated to me,’ con
tinued the General, ’that the Cuban gen
tlemen are very tndifferently educated ana
fear to accept civil offices lest they ap
pear to disadvantage compared with Span
ish employes?' 'No! your excellenv.'
roared the Cuban Indignantly; ‘that’s oil
Spanish lies! Some scoundrel Spaniard
write you that just for to make you pr*J"
udloe! Our Cuban gentlemen— 1 and
pound forth his wrath and patriotism us
nearly hahf an hour. "Ah, well.’ said Wood
quietly, 'I merely wanted your <>P ln ~!*
und am aure I'm very much obll*™’
You’ll consider this conversation private,
of course,' 'Certainly,' said the store
keeper, and as the general anticipated- h*
hurried home arid told It to everybody
•own
"A few day* later one of the leading *
ban cltlsm# waa appointed Mayor and '
ono* accepted. H<* la still
Ut vflUe wilh great, nucces#.’*