The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, June 10, 1900, Page 11, Image 11

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THE V\ EATHER. "V Forecast for Sunj ay and Monday; Georgia: Rain Sunday, with brisk .and possibly high eas, srly winds; Monday showers. Eastern Florida: Thowers Sunday, with brisk and possibly high easterly shifting to northwesterly wtadw. Monday fair. Tyes<ern Florklal Fair in western, showers in eastern WDrtion Sunday. Mon day fair; brisk northerly winds. South Carolina: Rain Sunday, with SrSk" and“poss.b high*"iiorTheasterly winds; showers Monday. Yesterday s Weat*\er at Savamah— tempera ate 3:13 p. m. 87 deg; e:s Minimum temp* rati re 6 a m... 63 and. grees Mdan temperature 7S (Vg.cet Normal temperature '.Sucgrcs Kxesos or deficiency of temper ature .OJ-cegrcej Accumulated deficiency' since Juno 1 2 degrees Acctimu aed deficiency since Jan. 1 161 degree? Rainfall 00 inch Noffti?l , % 22 inch Deficiency since Jui e 1 88 tm h Deficiency since Jar. 1 10 inch River Hepor —Ti e light cf the Savan nah river at Augusta at 8 a m .73 h meHdian time) yts-.rday. was 21 3 f et. a rise of 8.0 feet ; ur.ng the preceding twenty-four hours. Cotton region bull-tin. Savannah, da., for,the twenty-four hours ending ;it S a. m., 75th meridian time. June 0. 1900. Station* of Max Min. Rain Savannah district. |T*m. Tem. fall. Alapahe. Ga.. cloudy ..! 84 | 67 .32"" Albafiy. clear | 84 j 60 i t 2.37 clear | 85 67 .15 abridge, cloudy .’ SO 68 1.62 .-•Uasihinn, clear 9u 75 .00 . Fort jJaines. cloudy { 84 6S 1.22 •GainCfiVllle, Fla., raining! 92 69 .80 . Miller)*' Ga.. clear 89 68 .00 ' Quitman, cloudy j 88 66 .68 .'fiavftnnaK, . cloudy 87 69 .01 ‘ jrhomasvllle, ‘cloudy |BO 68 .98 . v\'.ayCross, cloudy 8? 67 .30 - ;• •Received tpo late for telegr ip d* m at Special Texas Rainfall Records. Long \ift.w. trace; Sherman, trace. Heavy Rains.—Good water. Ala.. 1.50; G.. 1.88; Albany, Ga.. 2.57; f\pl abridge.*, Ga., 1.62. - i Dist. Averages. ; ■ ■ I No. I ; ; 1 Sta-!Max I Mln.|Ratn Central Station*. j(ions;Tem.|Tem.; fall. Atlanta. .............. IfTT >l4 .28 • ..j IT i 88 ' j 68 j .10 . •..j 5|84 jOB .40, Ivtwon | 29 94 74 T ;;7Uttlf Rook | 13 ,94 73 .01 - Memphis 16 | 86 70 T ..Mobile 10 84 7o .48 t Montgomery 7 82 66 ,62 New Oilmans ! 12 |92 70 .CO ~ Savnnnah j 12 88 68 .70 .. .Vk'kßt>urg i 11 | 90 70 .24 ‘ Wlm-'i.yrii 10 jB6 6s .18 ■. i RtnjarhP-vVjrm over the I iit e Rook, .-• Memphis and Vicksburg .listrict*; siightly cooler in Central Alabama. Practically no : rsj.in, has fallen in Texas and ,-i Arkansas; elsewhere showers have been vwell distribute!. Temperature continues s, -high over the Western districts. • Observations taken at the same mo _■ mern of lime at all station. June 9. 1900, 8 p m.. 75th meridian time. Names of Stations. j T |v |Rain. Norfolk, clear j 78 j 6|~.00~ cifeKteyas. cloudy ...,| 74 | 1, .01 yHfvflnUngtot). cloudy |74 6 ,C 6 clear | 82 | L ; T ; Ralsigh. raining I 78 | 6 .28 '•ClMrjeston. pt. cloudy 7! | L ! T . Atlanta, cloudy |BO L, .00 Augusta.' cloudy f 84 j L. j .00 .Savannah, pt. cloudy ~J 76 | 6 .00 T jifJksonvlHe, raining ... j 76 j 1, 1 .04 •Tifpifer. 'cloudy 78 8 | .02 ’“iKe'V‘ 'Vest, clear ; SO 1, 1 .00 t’aw'pa, cloudy 1 74 8 .40 JTobiJe. clear ~..' 86 | 6 i .00 ’ Moi -.1 gome?} . cleat* ' M I j .00 ?■ OKefln?. pt. cloudy. 88 1, .00 cfeei S2 ! jo | .oo Cbrpuk" Christ!. clear ..' 82 16 .00 clear | 86 6 .00 ‘ T. for temperature; V. for velocity. - * -l' ’ H. B. Boyer, Weather Bureau. -}. t affairs AT WAYCnOSS. Working for n Fair in tlie Fall—City 4j .School Coniniencement. Way cross. Ga., June 9.—The directors of the Waycross Fair Association ore making earnest efforts f o bring off the (ad* this fail. There is not a great of interest being manifested in thrtt enterprise, and its fate is nov/ in the balance. Many people would take stock fn it If the association will agee to elimi nate horse-racing and gambling. The directors are willing io prohibit all kinds <sf trambl ng. but cannot see their way to cut loose from horse-racing. A rommit ' ‘tee is now at work trying to dispose of stock in* the association sufficient to in - jui re another fair. The directors will ' meet in the parlor of the New Southern next Friday night to definitely settle the question. The sewerage question is still unsettled, although the commission lies things it- 1 own way at present. The commission has decided io empty the sewage into- the canal inside the city limit-. Tic Board *df Health and every physician in the city ‘o&rieuiMn the opinion that this will ere He a grea-t amount of sickness, and advise * agftfhst it. The commission say it will make no difference in the health of tie 5 community and will ignoie their recom mendations. This is the way the .matter stands. Ajr Jioon as the postoffhe is removed to ittr-new location w*ork will be begun over hetiling the room now occupied by Uncle Sam. The place has been leased to the ' Warren Lot Dry Goods Company, and that business will be moved from Douglas to ' Waycross. The firm will be ready for ' business with a 510,000 stock by the first ’’of Ju4y. The commencement exercises at the ik hool Auditorium Ihsi night was one-of the best conducted affairs of kind ever held in Waycross. The room was handsomely decorated and a laig<* f audience was present. The essays nnd 'orations were well prepared and excellent ly delivered, the four young ladles and ono j * young, mah acquitting themselves in a most creditable manner. KILLING IN Bl LLOCTI. A i -i.. ’ . /tp ;,x ” 'Colored Woman Victim of nn l.’n k non m Kin > or. Go.. June 9.—-A neg.o worn n •by the name of Minnie Johmwn. near S’til •on. on the Savannah and Sat >sto o . Railroad, was found yesterday with ler -.-throat cut. Coroner St unfold went down last night end held an Inquest. The coroner's jury charged n negro v man. whose name was not 1 arn<d. with the crime. It appeared from the evidence a Idueed | that the woman's husband owed the n n ,§ftme motley, but was not hem when ic wen i for it. Ti i supposed th.. . n *U*-r ---cation took place between the mmi .in 1 • 'woipan. wherein the woman was U 11 • : 'fhc onjy witness \v.is # a small s- ncf i r murdered woman. A warrant Wes Issue i ■ ‘ by the coroner, but no arrest bus yet been made. , . Jim F \ILFi) TO AURKE. \Nkm niprrted to Ai’iinlt IlliJdlck on Ground of Instiitil?. Richmond, Va., June 9.—Contrary to expectation, the jury in the case of Rev : y. Hf H. Riddick, on trial at Lawrenct- S-Ille,‘ for murder of Dr. VV. H. Tem ple. did not agree to-night and were id . Journed over until Monday.' It was confidently predicted that with the closing of the argument to-day, til*re would be a verdict of acquittal on the ground of insanity. _ . VALDOSTA \ ARIETIKS. Flection of Roralt} for the Carnl vnl—Tin* fin u! Tournament. Valdosta. Ga., June 9.—The election last night at the Videttes armory for king aid queen of the ccm ng carnival was cne of the mest exciting contests that has been held here in a long lime, and re. u ted ir* ‘he election cf Mbs Li lan McKey as queen, and Mr. H. M Wi acn as ki ig. Ihe fria. ds of s v ial y v.ng iudies*! omi nated tht m and tlie eec ion was panic ulaily txcii.ng at Ones. Miss Lila Pa.- i ' e • carre second in tie c unt. th • tc-.re b-ng 0 t;> 46'. in fa or if. M ss McKey. The ee< t cn tickets . eld r'er ' cent t eion, t it proc eds to go t) and c rat ng < n ; u o mobiL to be us a in tnc i> r-de. A tout $l5O was r eared on the elec. ion. Tne band tournament and carnival .are to be given here cn -he 201 21st and 22nd ! this month, and great preparations are j being made fo the ooca.-K.n. The pi ratic is expected to be the handsomest j ol the kind ver st-en in this slate, a.id will piqbabiy be two miles long. It will sonsM of six brass 1 antis, thirty mer j candle floats, fifty floral vehi les, a hun j 'ha-l !ecorated bicycle riders, fifty cav ; airy riders, a score cr more cf c.ovvns, comedians nd acrobats. The commlt eo.s have been work ng irgh; and day ! for tw r o \via*ks and everything is in per •' ■ Rhai for -h ■ b g ev< n.Th 1 brn I ; contents for a $lO met wi.l Lc one ! the reamrcs of he tburniment, while the vaudeville attractions fr.ef upon the ; s 'l'-'cts arc expected ;o give good enter j tainment to the crowds. These vaudeville i shov/s have been engaged tor the three | days, and cn h of the four that have been employ m is said to be the very ! best of ils kind. Three stands are to be erected a: different places in the city j and the vaudeville performances will be 1 free to all. The coming event h is been well adver tised, the roads have given low rates, and it is expected that the largest crowds Valdosta has ever had w ill l>e on hand. THE MV LITTLE TAILORS. Tlipj Wnnt to Settle at Fifty Cent* on tlie Dollar. New York. June 9.—A meeting of th? creditors of Jacobs Brothers, the Six Lit ile Tailors, was held to-day. A statement of the Aim's affairs shows liabilities o' $129,165. The nominal assets ore $213.577. A proposition was submitted for a s ;tl meat of fifty cents on the dollar, payable in in stallments. which i under eonside atio.r. La rne Trust Deed ,FI led. Redwoods V 'lb. Minn.. Juno 9.—A trust deed for $21,000,0,-0, the largest deed ever placed on record in Redwood county, has been filed. It is given by flic Gulf and Manitoba Railroad Company to the lowa Loan and T. ust Company of Pes Moines, to raise money to build a railroad i'rcm Duluth, Minn., to a point in or near Kan sas Cky. Mo., where it is proposed to con nect with (he Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad. TlinmiiNT ille 9‘irin Di**olved. Thomasville. Ga., June 9.—-The. firm of Thomas Dickinson, druggists, of this city, has been dissolved by mutual con sent. It. Thomas has bought the infer*- est of R. c. Dinson and will continue the business. Mr. Dickinson has not de cided yet what his future course will be. His health is bad and his first efforts will !>e directed to recuperating it. Sl* of Hotel Lanier. Mncon. June 9.—J. A. Newcomb to-day bought all th.' stock of the Hotel Lanier Company. l m*ve fifty shares. He will at once spend $20,000 in improvements and new furnishings. The court passed an -Or der confirming the sale, the matter be ng in the United States Court, through the Sperry and Strang litigation. increase in tVngpu.. Kansas City. June Kansas Southern Railway to-day granted aft In crease In the minimum scale of'wages' of from $5 to $7.50. About oio men are ef fected. No Opposition to Lentx. Columbus, 0., June 9.—At the Franklin County Democratic. Convention, Hon. John Lentz was renominated for congress man. There was no opposition. Police Stopped the Fight. New York. June 9.—What turned out to be n scientific encounter was the bout in the Greenwood Athletic Club in Brook lyn to-night between Joe Cain of Brook lyn and Harry Lyons of Chicago. Lyons, with his left jabs, which were quick .as lightning, landed almos at will from the first round. Lyons punished Cain so bad ly in the ninth round that the police stop ped the bout, and the referee gave the decision to Lyons. Several Kevord* Broken. New Bedford, Mess.. June 9.—At Button wood track to-day. Jimmy Michaels rode five mileK in 1:31, 1:36 2-5. 1:39 3-6, 1:43 and 1:42, ill an effort to break the world’s ten-m-ile record, but his pacing machine then broke down. His pacers broke oil records from the quarter to ihrce-fourth, on a four-lap track. Fierce Faster Tlinn Porfer. Fall River. Mass., June 9.—At the bicyc'e races to-day a 25-mile mortor-p iced race between Burns Pierce and Charles Por ter. was won by Pierce in 43 minutes, 51 2-5 sconds. MeFnilileii Beni Mcl'nddcn. New York. June 9.—At the Pclic ai Ath letic Club to-night Hugh McPad lea of New York outpointed Kid McF dd< n of Son and got the decision. COVERS A Ml LTIT 108 OF SINS. T Much Vaunted Senatorial Courtesy Ik Often I scl for Ignoble Pur poses. From the Washington Star. Under all the forms of courtesy in th- Senate there Is a great deal of the spiiir of piracy. Senators have to watch e ch other out of the corners- of (heir eyea, while assuming that air of confidence that, is demanded by good breeding. In the House this alertness on the part of ind - vidunl members is rendered unite eksary by (he practice which makes (he speak r and the Committee on 'Rule* the arblt r of the body, with power o dcur.nn* what shHll or shall not Ik* under:;’ken. In the Senate, where dignity requir e that each individual member . f the l ody ‘ hall enjoy perfect freedom of action, tlere.l a concealed alertness on the part of * n h to guard against being < ver-reached by the other. To the ca-ual observer i w>uld appear that every senator is up n his hon or: that unrestricted freed* ni p * valla ad that the fact of u senator standir g ;> n sor for a thing is accepted a- sitflA n guarantee to place it beyond |Uf4 'on. This Is a fiction, Ilk" m ny < the s th t have grown out of the lvibits o' g..od breeding. Occasionally a m.\n gets in tl e Hen ate who does not understand t is. .S e t .i man usually blusters aid bluff abou , without making any progress with a y thlng or even comprehendii g why It that fe cannot come to an understand* Ing wi!i his colleogties. but must always be in the attitude of an outside . 1 4 t a senator get the reputati >n of lei: g cun ning and he is constantly under surve'l lance. His most innocent appearing move* and most simple propositions ate carefully scrutinized to discover whip is covered in them. Certain men in (he S. rate ure ier ogniced as adroit, and *hi * cl.o a Is so < 1- vided th o when cne of the adr dt oks Ik on one side of a quos.kn* there 1 4 one on the other to watch him. There arc cne or two jrenatt rs who make it a point, on general prlncip>, t j ke p an eye on their “slick*' coll agues, und. without, ever acknowledging the least dis trust. they are constantly playing for a checkmate. The most amiable and friend ly relations invariably exist between sen ators who play this part toward each oth THE JUOJKMKG NEWS. SUNDAY. .JUNE 10. 1000. Nothing Short of an Earthquake Can Keep the Crowds Away From , l : To -morrow morning, when we shall offer t'he most astotmdiag Bargains in New an* 1 Desirable Dry Goods ever offered by any house in this city. " As an avalanche of snow rnsiiing down t'he moun tain side gathers strength and. momentum on its down ward course to the valley below, so did our GREAT REMOVAL SALE last week gather strength day by day. It was, indeed, a WONDER SALE. Each package brought home by delighted purchasers, as soon as shown to friends and neighbors, brought these same friends and neighbors to the store at once for the same or other BARGAINS, and the ORIGINAL BUYERS CAME AGAIN AND AGAIN. —SSB c A UTIO N. Don't he misled by a few cheap baits, thrown out by would=be competitors, try ing to follow us. Remember all our goods are now marked in plain figures=*the child can buy as cheap as the parent. This is a bona fide Removal Sale. Everything through out the entire house—Winter and Summer Goods-go at the same UNIFORMLY LOW PRICES. cr. Each m ft cts the. x oth*r with a bearing of most generous frankness and complye confidence. The very adroit senator'^ivho has drawn up an amendment to some pending measure, designed to accomplish an object without disclosing it. will, aft- r he has so worded his amendment as to make it appear, as nearly as he. Can. to mean something remote from what it 's really designed for. submits it in the most innocent manner possible to the colleague who he knows holds him under suspicion, if the latter discovers the hidden purpose of the proposition he will suggest w.th equal frankness that the prop l ; sit ion does not quite cover the point aimed at—that is. (hat it professes to aim at—and that it should be changed. The change eugge t ed will be such ns to destroy the hidvlen effect, but there will be no intimation of any Ulterior motive. All the same the adroit senator will understand that hi* rtal purpose has been discovered, and lie will draw off for awhile until he tan <U vise some more clever plan for the ec complishment of the desired erd. When lie gets a chance he will return (he compli ment by blocking som* clever meve de signed by his friend. This little comedy is being olmost constantly erected on the floor of the Senate, tq the utter be wilderment of such men os have hot that delicate sense of humor necessary to its appreciation. Nearly every senator w r ho has not by long trial proven to be entirely without guile is the object of periieiual watchful ness on the part of some other sen tor. Sometimes they become mutually blind by tacit agreement. Besides t individual pairing off there are certain senators w‘o charge themselves with the guar..bin hip of certain subjects and scrutinize with suspicious eyes everything proposed with reference to those subjects, and c ru stn*- tor. Mr. Cockrell of Missouri, undertake* to scrutinize every bill upon the caieidar that is called up. The recognized right • f a senator, without breach of courte-y. io ask to have a measure go over until the next day. on its being railed up f r <• tio i, is much more effective .in preventing has y action than may appear at ilte< thought.. The obscure* motive of a measure is sure to be discovered by someone during the intervening twenty-four hours. HOW % OKFOHATIO* IS FORIIEU Large Fees to Official* Have Created n Rivalry in Some Eastern States. From ihe N* w York Journal of Com merce. Dazz'cd with the revenue New Jersey was enjoying by creating corporations to t o business In this and o'lier states, rutely the s ate thaf felted them. Dela ware, cjr.cluded to inter Into competition for the piofits cf shi g charters. It required no capital; it Involved no risk , and the possibilities were immense. There ter , Delaware enacted a law cutting un and l New Jercey n its scale of charge*, and offering Ic.ceasfd fuel ities for the introduction of wind, or water or any o h* r cheap sut stltuie for m n< y into the cu; t 1 of c rp'iia'iorM. In. order to at iiact piomoters the law allowed stock to 1> * isu <i in return for personal er vices at any valuation the dl-ectors might uj upon them, 'ihe customary provisions rega ing (he r sidence of a inajoilty of i the difvectois the lot a-lon cf the head j Office, the koeplng of the books and re cu Ik and the ho.('ing cf annual rqeetings win in th* state were relaxed or remov ed in o:\ er to make it as convenient as possible for a corpcration to pretend to lie a Delawa:<e corpcration. though its di re tors and cfticers and offices and busi ness were enti-rly outside the state. Tj irak? thing- stbl easer a company 1 was created to g*t chart us in Delaware, for concerns cutild? of the state and/ to represent ihrtn in the s aie for the very few end u important functions they were all expect:d to perform there. In order to give co'or to ill*? claim of being Dela ware corporatlcns. The cheapness of the elasticity of Delaware charters was ad vertised like ready-made clothing or pat ent medicines, and the state expected to be a veritable Gretna Gre*?n for corpora tions that were bashful ab ut effecting their ur.i n in the place of their resi dence. The r. suits have b cn disappoint ing. The capital of t.ie March corpora ion;; exceed ing $1.C0T,099 each that have been tabu lated in our columns exceeded Sofio.ooo.o 0. cf which New Jersey got nearly S3OO/09,- ClO and Delaware only $11,5'0 000. The cap ital of the April corpora!ions was $325 - 0 0,100, of which New Jersey got $228,000.- OCO and Delaware only $7.009,0'0. If we omit two abnorma ly corporations from the New Jersey list* the capital in - c r; orated in Now Jersey would siill be about fifteen times as great as the capi tal incorporated in Delaware. Not even cut rates and .‘■pecial terms to promoters have been • ffertive in transferring this business from N-w Jersey to Delaware. But there is still greater cause for mor tification in Delaware Th** capital incor porated in West Virginia was about a (bird gica'rr than that inc rporated in DeLwaie in March and re rly three times as great as that 1 leer, orated in Delaware Li April. West Virginia has been for years In the business of creating corpor ations cn (x;rtme'y easy t-rrns and no (jues ions aske 4 . in West N'irgini i charters at one time became something of a drug on the market, and the boom in New Jersey charters, whi h beguis i f w years a?o. whs due to the fooling In the fin ncial word lat the nam> of som* other state sounder a lit le bet'er (ban thf‘ nam*> of \V t Vlrglnin at Ur h il of a certificate of ir.c 'rpo-at'( n But West Virginia is f rging far ahead of Dela ware, in spite • f the lat er s templiiig of fers of promoters. Virginia Las made no vpe la! effort to get the bus nt as of creating corporations ter the fees, but even this stat<- Incor porated three and a half times as much call ul in April c Delaware did. One company orgr nixed In Virginia has a cap ital of $15,0.0,000. 1 ui, oml ting this, Vir ginia Incorporated four wth $7,000,000. The Delaware sta'esnian ought to look into the matter ani find out w’iiy their char ters do not se 1 bet'er ( liliiuwc llu<*l in f'nrSs. A duel in tlie native fashion between two Chinese occurred in the exhibition grounds recently, ia * the Lnd n Post. Pe-Ki-1.0-Sang anc! J.ong-S!-Thurng had coire to Paris as partners in a li tie bus iness in the Chinese section. Both fell victims t:> the charms of a Japanese beau ty employed in a neighboring palace, and th** l duel was and c ded on. Haviug found a se i'uded spot, the two adversaries—one li/. strong and s/upd, ihe oih r small, voluble, and ncrvccs—placed /h mselves tin ee i ac*f- ajart. Then. In accordance with Chinese ci atom, th y began to call each o.her the haul at names ih y could think of. The big. s up Id cOmhatapt re p ate 1 th ..amp tiling ov.r and over ignin; but the ether. Long-Sl-Thuong. Invented many r markable expressions of contempt: "Son of a dog. s n of ti sow. lo\vest. back wooden baton of the* lowest of unlettered m n, unearthly ar.d filthy iat, pig's flc<h." an i so forth. Finally, after an hour’s un'nt urup ed voc.fer iilion. Ixmg s- woik and him-. If up that h** had hu a’tack <f congcs’lcn. Wh n he won \fjund In an un •cnt'clous condition, the j oil* e tl him An 1 it* rpreter cxpln ned matters, howf v r. at and l.cng. having'Le n revived, the adversnrUs h ;riels. The little business in the Chinese section will be carried on as bofor-*. —lt Is a remarkable fact that MaJ. Gen. Boden-Powell was very nearly lot to th • British army six yearu .ago, by rc.ison of trgulatlons—jut as Iso rd Rober*. * jih-I never have entered It if the stun lard o' height and weight for officers hnd been then what U is now. He vas In years rapidly approaching the “time lim'd” at which majors, unless specially nominated for a command, have to take a retiring allowance. There was no chance of hU getting a etep In his own regiment. Luck ♦ly for him. trouble broke out In Ashanti, and he was one of the first officers to be selected for the stuff. _ LAUNCHING CUSTOMS CEREMONIES I’SED BY NATIONS IT •BAPTIZING SHIPS. Ynrinft Npt 1 *d f Irlslen-eil—Spot*tno ulnr Ribbon iiikl l’igrnn i ere mo nies ( sed In .Inja n—’£ Ik* Kentiu*l.y Style— V It ride Remembered. From the New Y&rk Mail end Express. “This whip." said an officer of the Rus sian cruiser Variag to n rejtorter the other day, “has not been formally christened, nit hough she is named and launched.” Tlie Variag Is ihe man-of-war which the Cramps have just finished at Philadelphia, and which the Czar need not accept unless she show s the remarkable speed of tw en >- three knots, or nearly twenty-six land miles an hour for twelve consecutive Lour*. “The launching of a ves>**l according to custom In my country,” continued the officer, “is a most Impressive affair, and, as ihe ceremony could not be properly per formed here when she wgg launched, the christening ha- been deferred until she gets home.” Several American naval officers who had gone to Cramps’ to look at what promises to be among the fastest war vessels in the world, were much Interested In the conversation, and on** asked in wonder: “Do you m*on that the Variag inis not b n baptized?” “Not according to Russian custom. It is the first instance of a christening so long delayed after the launching. There was an Informal ceremony when the ship was first put overhead, but nothing like what Is to come. You see. the launching of a ship at home Ik rellglouK in form. Tin priests of the Greek church bless all the warships of my country, which ceremony is most Impress-Hive. The priestp, who are attended by acolytes, burn In* ease nnd precede a choir that marches all over the vessel. Asa rule the profession includes tiomo members of the imperial family. Both the Czar and Czarina have participated in many of the ceremonies attending the launching of warships Tlie Final “The prieetH sprinkle holy water around the ship and over if. pronouncing their blessing as they proceed. All of this I dace before the craft leaves the ways. At Its completion all return to the,launch ing stage, the name of the ship Is unnoumv * and, the national flag is raised and ?t na tional salute* of thirty-one gun- fired." Few countries deviate- from the system of launching a vewsel, war. mer-huiu mu rine or yacht, with the proverbial bottle of champagne. Long established pr -tic * prescribed the breaking of n win---filled bottle on the prow nnd the ' I christen tlie*- Mary Ann McCann” as being all that is nveosrary in sending a bout to her nat ural element. When the launch day of , the now battleship Kentucky v. is near at Luii'l and the blue ilbbon society warned spring water for the buptltcm an*J the col- | oriels and majors demanded “straight blue grass” on the ground that the ship was one that “would never take w. . r.“ it ! looked for u time as if the wine habit i would have to go to the wall. Thar affair was compromised. The official bottle was of spring water, bu the ‘.‘colonels” fairly soaked ihe ship with whisky us sh- slid Into the waves under a bombardment of dusks of Kentucky rye and bourbon. Tin* Ju|uii<HM* Cum font. Japan, which has one of the prettiest customs In the wotld for he launching of its warships, uses sherry instead of cham pagne. a spcriul KGiKiiiß is erected around the bows of the r ■ w ship and so** ' a tea immmcdlately con*-erred in the sut *-vs of the launch .ire accommodated In a small pavilion close under the bows. The cen tral figure of the ceremony, generally a married woman, takes a place at a table to which Is attached a single silken rib bon. Tlda ribbon controls the launching , “machinery.’* Th* Japanese flag, a ra- diant sun on an argent fir I*l. floats abc*ve the hull of the ship. Huspcnded above it and gully dtvorated with brilliant stream ers Is a * age of red and while silk in whirli ore * on fined a flock of pigeons. The latter ate liberated as the ship leaves the ways. The llihlion Cut Auny. T T p to the point w here the workmen be gln to knock awn.v the shores the prepara tion for the launch, except os to the cose >l pigeons, appears to be nn ordinary one. No sooner ae ihe slious free than a shrill whistle is heard from beneath tlie k el. Th* user of tie- ship craeks a bottle of sht-rry on the |N>lnt of tho mighty ves sel's ram, an*l thVn. with n slashing blow oi a huge silver knife, severs the single ribbon that, through a cunning device, holds the thousand* of tons of steel and o/ood in oheck. There is a moment’s pause, an*l the great craft beging to move. T’he slashing of the ribbon also destroys the aee overhead, the pigeons ore liberated ot.d. rejoicing In their newly found free dom, lly away amid \ shower of Hide red nnd white paper squares, of which the ‘■age is made, t 'ongradilutions are then extended, and the builder presents to the godmother of tL* craft ihe 1 **-.tu?]fally < art'll and suitably lns< ri si silver knife with which she committed the fine vessel’ to the watt r. Flow era I wed in Daine. Replacing champagne with pigeons wan tried in this country last year on the oc casion of the launch of the second floating hospital of S?i. John’s Guild. Maine* was ; one of the fir-1 slates ir. put its veto on i wine at a launching. The owner of the I live-masted .ohoonrr John B. Prescott, I who, has experienced the most difficult' j task of getting sailors who do not believe | in the us* of grog, had hls daughter. Miss I Fannie, christen that vessel last year by throwing, flowers over the how. It was! consider* and a courageous fw-rformunee, even ! for Maine, and there Is no record of It having Lc-n rers ited. <}••-lmothtrs of i ships are for gotten after t iclr latin dilng, i so far a.s the navigator* .ire concerned.; There Is Bur one in.- uo-c of an exception! to this rule. The captain of the Nova Scotian bark Nellie Troop wus at Haiti- ! more r*ecenily with that vessel, when he! learned that the young woman for whom! the bark was named, a daughter of the owner, was engaged tr> be mu* , led. Tho captain Immediately had the bark painted white and kept ii so painted during the whole period of her engacrmom. The duy of the wedddln ; th; bark was i decorated in ihe internall mol code of wig- 1 nala and portrait of t e bride in tho , cabin wus mmo* ed in flowers, while the *•-’Haiti beiu .i reception on bond and all toasted her heabh. though she wns far distant. Afier th- hour \ moon the vessel Ia . X Ucimind fov IJ crolneM. Sj> akipß j - cciitiv of 1 .nn hlng customs, a line officer •- • cruise,' New York sold: “i believe i • 11me-honored eh nn pagn cnrL N-ii.i .; ; - . uise it lk time hon ored. Thai ; oil. But I am oppoMd n> the m;inn-*r In which the fair creature who I t• do the christening is selected. It seems to t;.- t at Congress ought to past * law demanding that none but he roines jo and .is godmothers to our uav; V* .sh.-cU .4u:r.y ■ roic deeds should he r- tnlz 1 bef.,:# social standlv.g c.r i>;- Ltleal lntiuei:-.- Take that little girl out W- at who re ently save*l a train. I do not wen r*-cai! let name. i>ut she should !>•* le fd t. n the next American wars ilp that Is launched. I am likewise ‘ .;,'•> *d to rn ;irons naming ships. Give, the girls a chance.” FORGOT \VHC:HF ONK POCKFT VV \g. IPutt n PtiNfcnger for tin* (‘npt* Nome (•old Fields ( r.me Near ili-lng Left, From the* Fort Lind Oregonian. When, the xteamer Huasalo left her wharf hint night she hud on board a man who had just been rescued from the gulf of dark despair, end not any too soon, either. He hva-a on the passenger list of the George W. Lldcr, and he had a conoid stable store of freight cached away in tigg woiJ, but In the round-up. before start li.fi. when every one was herded on shora and lined up. and only those with ticket* allowed to go on boaid again, he was un able to produce his. - lie to roarch hastily through the unfamiliar pocket* of h brand-new duck eoiit. but no ticket could he find. H* first b* '•amp nervous, then frantic, and hi* fln- K is fairly fie*v through his but • nmeout a fort every ilive empty, while the (old perspiration started in great beads on his forehead. * In v .In <lll he protect to the jo+toeman that he hnd a ticket. In vain did he turn l n e and red by turn* and bedew the dock nroun ' him v* ith cold sweat. The police had order* to 'fire” everybody who coiild i.ot show n ticket, nnd as be came in that category he was moved out of the line, Ms fingers ll 3 1 ig through, hU pockets as be waked, and his llp< moving in aesur anc< - that be hnd that ticket and had paid for it. ■ f" * v ■*; When the plank was pulled la he gazed out at the steamer with a look of>.'pa tbetle despair In bin face. His goods and < hat*. !.-• were on boaid, he had paid MO for . ticket, and hnd spent, the spring* planning fo go to Nome and make his for tune. And the absence of a mere sMpof paper from his pocket had dashed his dreams to the ground and left him worse than n hip wrecked mariner—on shore, with •> vessel o-i which he might sail in safety In plain sight. By this; the crowd hnd gathered n round I Im c ”1 wns watching the me r! nniral play of bis fingers through hta |> < kets with sympathetic Interest. "Hurry up.” shouted some ore. “and we ll throw you on board. He was hurry ing for nil he was worth, and neyar If f-a minute did he cease- to m?ke the regular rounds of the numerous pcck-ts in his Jacket with his nervous fingers. He cv*n •ore open th* bosom of his shirt and sought for the precious paper next’ Ills si;ln. hut he didn’t flrd it. * ' r,) k 'hie crowd gathered more closely* around him. and members of it began making suggestions. ", "Is*>k In your pint* pocket.” .said soma one ami he did. No ticket. "book In your vest pocket.” ahouted someone olff. He looked. Sam a reault. More uni mare people otme. Some of tt' t tried to "Buy” him, but they ho •' saw that It Win no Joke for him. and they depleted. He presently ren-hed a point of excitement which mode all com mtmicotlons unintelligible to him. and ijia way ho pi wed hlsojf over threatened,so distribute about the do-k everythin*,, fie lb’ll on his perron, including his clothe*, Handle after bundle cf papers . wgra taken from their resting placee art-I,.run through. Handkerchiefs, several handful cf money, and many other art tele* wore briefly exhibited to the cur‘ou j ga*' .cf the multitude, but there was no tioltet among them. . There were a '*w doubters In the crowd, end one man wai heard to say; only m,ikin' a grand-sturd play. I-ia ain’t got no tlekit;” but most of theee who saw the look of genuine distress on. h'e face f Moved his story, and overftcww'l with aympathv. , H. 'V t’rlchton of the White Collar I hie, who has been a purser on a i litter learner and who hns seen men In euclr a t> llcnment before, gave him some gaud advice. i,y , .e.e "V"U isn’t flrd your ticket yountyii,” said he. "in a ihousand years. tVbat you want'to do Is to go to. the pllce stiton end pay a detective to rearrh yoii.'Thnt’a the only wav you'll ever find ft.” The min mi about to'take his advieef Whei he suddenly i bought of a pxket rie Ihl not yet explored, .and. maktnga- dtv* 'ln It. drew forth the mHslng ticks V He was ’oo late to gtt back on the B’iJr, which by this time was In t v e stf.fiii, but tome one told him he could like pqe , s-.;: • on ihe Haastlo and ove take ih.a Alaska ship at Astoria, and the littite wl'h which he storied for the A'a’.i rttfset dock wtut only matched by that with Whli h he had prosecuted ht search. The crowd cheered .him as he went up th*e •Whotrf. and Mr. Crichton observed: "A moh ouffht never go to a atvartge .country tM he gets acquainted with hla own px'kgta.'' 11