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HIS ANNUAL REPORT ,KCHKT %HY HOOT DIMIMBt impomtaxt *iK<rrioN. ONLY A GUERRILLA WARFARE <nt munixnAOß. sow oarrieo 11% |X TIIK PHILirPIMBS. idtoNilrt rorntrai'llm ( finally OrnanlwHlon f >ntle Iron,,* I nrirr AmrrteiM. Ofltrera. i Mni-ar i ampalnrn. I'nba ami I’or- Hlran 'latlrra #ml Army lip. ■iraanlullaa Diariwaril—i.oorl Hr. „ult in < ulin—*i>nniah Intmlura llon aria la- Ws.hlnaton. Deo. 3—The annual report ~! P. rotary Root dl#ou#e the Phltt|>ptin< lr ir root lon. the Chinese camiraign, the u . v. iopmama In Culm and I’oriu Rico, | army reorganisation. or the cam i iiiT In *hr Phlilpplni-a durinK the |*,t , ~ p. -retary Hoot pays thr pur|*>r wa* ,o pursue the amall band of KillptnO# altered throughout the inlands. The ef ,,.rl W a auocenaful and resulted In the .•tier and practically complete dlalnte .non ol the Insurrectionary band#; toe „ nearly all the American an I m ,ni.“h prisoners: capture of many of H, |, i, ling Inaurgent*, and the deatruc* t ~f large nuantltle# of arms an I up ptle*. ~■■-rotary Hoot say* that with the ex of the military plans there, nil I uial and open reel-lance to American horlty In the Philippine# terminated, ivtng only an exceedingly vexatious and annoying guerrilla warfare, of a charac cioeely al>proachlng brigandage, which ,v.i, require time, patience and g.*l Judg nv „t to finally aupfltese. The Secretary jartber says that It require# over *lO dlf- I, ~,.„t |H,st In the Philippines because th.- Tagalos. who are In rehellion, have deliberately adapted the policy of mur dering. ro far as they are able, all of idelr . ountrvmen who are friendly to the V i.lied States. H< advocate* a? thr mort efficient mean ure* the construct km of road*, making im-dhlr rapid communication, the estab lishment of personal relation? between our oftKcrs and the people *o that we im tell who are trustworthy sources of Information; the gradually growing appre ciation of American control and good In tuition* following good civil government, at l finally the organisation of native s under American officers. The chapter on the campaign of the Vnited States tr>o|* in China commends th* fcidendld ionduct of troops and oftl- r* In the end it Is gratifying to know i <ii the Chinese have returned In gre.it i umi*ers ami there has been a gn ral i -umptlon of business, under the protc*- tlou of our forces In th# portion of vi h was assign*l to our care, and which P still under the charge of the legation guard. Tit progress achieved In the erection of i civil government in the Philippines s* ti ated at length. The substantive Imdy of B|tanl*h law v excellent aiul adequate If It could Ik* a, lied. The first *tc|* was the orgaii'za tion of courts, beginning with the Bu *me Court, headed *by Chief Justice Ar* llano and five of the ablest lawyers f the island. The criminal pro • *Mlur* was reformed and for the first time there was real protection to the per sonal rights of persona charged with * rlm* in the Philippines. The next step was tin* establishment of municipal gov ernments, placing the entire control of the affairs of government in the muni, i ltl authorities. Then the marriage law was modified and legalized civil mar rkiges; the I’nited Htates pit-nt and tr. n-rnark law* were adopted; the coast iig trade was regulated; burdensome Hpmlsh taxes were abolished; the schools w. r*. extended and Improve*!; it qunr in tine lw was put In force; the diatoms and Insular revenues were greatly in rr. ased and a rigid high Ilcen?c and early closing law w**re Imposed u|*oti the *u ! *ons tn Manila. The second Phi 11 opine Commission. b< a led by Judge Taft Is continuing the I work and. following the ordinary urse of legislative procedure, It hold* Pn sessions, takes tetlmony and re ceives suggestions from citizen?. It ha appropriate*! money for the construction of r *ads an*! Irl*igcs; for he survey of a railroad and for the payment of a su perintendent of iMjbltr instruction. The tariff law has b**en revise*! by a special board and Manila harbor I* t*> be im proved. The receipts from customs for the Inst half of the fiscal year show in Increase of sl.7&**,4ft>. but as this Is inade quate to prosecute Internal Improvements and establish schools, Bccretary Hoot re * mmends that Congress authorise a bond issue for the construction of the railroad b. '•* and on the r*>*d Itself or that the Prdt #d States make lonn to the Insular tr*o> ury to tv* repaid frm the l*lan<l revenues Tne Secretary sp**aks of th* serious *n barrassment caused bv the defective cur r- ti v system In the Phtbpplnes owing t*> the fluctuating price of Mexican dollar?. rtd he sutvmits two stigg*jjMlons, one that the. I’nlted States coin u special dollar for u>*e in the Islands of the same weight and fineness of the Mexican dollar which tall take Its chance with the fluctuation • the markt; or that tvr coin an Insular k)||ar which we undert.ik** to redeem in ; ld at *•> rent*, lie Inclines, as does the -S. < M .| nr y of the Treasury, toward the sec ond course. The report pays the Cubans have been 4 aided in the first steps of systematic If-government and mainly through Cti > n officers admintotnitive reforms have I • n introduced to put the business of >*rnmeirt In fairly good condition, w h*-n ti complete Cuban administration finally assumes rontrol of th' government *f the island. As per cent of the p**o pl* >uld not r#nd and write. It was not demi-d advisable that abaolmely un r* trie ted suffrage should lx* e*tul!l?hed. I‘•silting to the development of the primary branches of education the secre *ry shows th*M In Che first six months of • ** calendar year, the enrollment of 'cholars ran up from 17.106 to 113,13 V He • \ that Che pressure for education Is ♦ truest and universal, and that the ap propriations for this year for that pur -1“ • amount to about $4,600,000; but even th* n It will be impossible, with the re f ires* of th*. isiathi for n long time vet to come, to fully meet the demand for ** • learning so long withheld. The roporf • ll* r.f how the charities of the island have been brought Into systematic con dition. and the hospitals Improve*! With ••• • exception, there was not a place in f'dr.i i (he time of American occupation, 1 ° which a iwitient could go with any reasonable prospect of proper facilities Hr ’ are The eondltlon o f tlie Insan-* was particularly dl*tretn.ir They were con fined m Jails, filthy and ragged and treat d literally like wild beasts. Now they ore eared for according to the dictates f modern human Hy. The prisons were filled to overflowing *ith wretched creature** living In lnde rlhshle fllih and squalor; many had aver l***en tried or convicted. An Am*r n pardon hoard promptly released Wn p-Doner* of thl* class. The prisons were '••ned; an Inspection system ostnbllshed; ’>th epamted from adults; the untried r '*m the convicted, and the Intolerable i* vat delay in trials was ended by the r*- 1 > dish men t of correctional courts for lofty offenses. The writ of habeas corpus also baa bean Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey America's treai. si guhrtsc. CURES Consumption General De ofllty. La Grippe# Colds, Bronchitis. Malaria# Dyspepsia, Depression, and weakness from whatever causes. Li* oolf Whiokry uir.l l>f thrUi>v*rnm<>iii m a irtlinn#. This i m tumnux*. it* aur? you vrl Hr ’’i 11 *®*- ‘kuxxttiA an-i roc©ra if titrrci. si.u> • Mm. ’•ml f*r tf*ciuwlicrl l><>"Kl4>(Aad t , Miaionit!i. l*ufTy Melt WMihf l 0., Il lipoit r, ft. f. provided. On*' n suit Is th.*r many of ih prtnons art- now wholly without Inmate* other things acromp!ishr*i In Cuts have been In the direction of public works, th© erection of lbcht hoiiso*. the revision of ihe tariff. th© * mablluhni* nt of an inde pendent. treasury* The revenue' for thr tat fiscal year amounted to 917.QU0.000. ..'•• HX-ilnit |7,O®MM) for fhe precling *lx months# anl th© re vival of indutdry continue*. The tobacco crop I* large and tin* , th** sugar < ane area is x tended. the fruit production la in* rr.using; the mines at Santiago ar* In full of>erntic>n. and lalior Is In *l*-rnun*t nt Rood prices. Curiously enough, now that Spanish sovereignty hits departed. Sinn ish Immigration Is ** ttlng in. and be for ■ th** end of December 60.i00 will have reachr*! Cub.* within the pant year, Secretary Root m\s. “Only doubt as lo the stability of the futun government, and uncertainty a- 10 the continuant© of a market for her products. retard thr In flux of capital, .md the development of Cuba's extraordinary resources It Is to be hoped th*- #i>© action of the presept constitutional convention will speedily re solve these uncertantlee." In l’orio Rl**o. vsiin•• the army contr4)lle<| up to the hr-t of May. Its principal func tion was the Improvement of the civil ad ministration. accustoming th* ptoide to th* exercise of th* power of government, thr continuance of the work •*? relief which the great hurt lean© made neces sary. Since then the telegraphic system of the island has been reconstructed by the sig nal corps, a census taken and the tuxa tlovi system straightened out. The rejort recommends an appropria tion for th** relief of th* native Esqui maux in Ala.'ka in dang* r of oxtermlna* tion front u series of fatal epidemics. Noti* e is given that the War Depart m* nt does not lnten<l again to furnish transportation to imjovert.**bed and uoeuc* < e.-sful Alaskan miners. The health of th** army is said to hove improved steadily since th** clos** of the Spanish war, and. now that the Phllio t In* troops are Karri ©one* I in jcood quar* ters, it Is hope*l that the death rate from di*a< will continue to fall .*• that It will reach th** normal in th** United States. Army reorganization details, already mad** public, are discussed at some length. Secretary Ttoot sums up the military re quirements in the Philippines as follow-; For the Immediate future, atvoot HOW men. This number mav ie progressively •lecrease*! by the gradual disappearance of real insurrection and the restoration of order an I by the substitution of native * troops, costing less than half to support. At no distant day the islands themselves will he able to pay for their own police protection. Provision should I** made, therefore, for a minimum fore** of 60.000 wi*h an authorize*! maximum of 1> •*> ami with authority to use native troops In place of American soldier*. %TTOH\KV ttKNKH.tI/h HCPORT. Condition of flic Work of •* 1 nlted Mates Supreme Coart, Washington, I>ro 3— Attorney Hen-nil Q r ; n , ihta afternoon wnt hU annual re jiort to , v itli u Matetnent of th* con illllon of the work of tlw- Unltart State- Supreme Courl. which ehow■ that ifit appellate rares were ilockete,! ami 371 were dl-poecl of. leivlnn 3u3 •ae *tH i>en<lliHt On July 1. I*. there were 3.137 Knlteit plates convict, In the vartou, prl ons an*J reformntorie* of the country, a rain,t 2.9 Eat the close of the last tteial year. In W 7 of the I.S etvll suit* termin ate.! rturlns- the l ist tKewl yr Jislttment, were for the I'ntleil Slntes. tn 2*‘ aaalnst the I'nlted States. wen- either dis tnlssed or discontinued owl 23 w-ero ap pealed. Of the 17.033 criminal prosecution, tar. mlnaled durlnn the Wtet year 197 were ~r..seeutlons .a,.ter the customs laws. In which there wore 1* conviction*. .27.. un der the Internal revenue laws, tn which there were 3.718 conviction*. I.SM under poetotllee law In which there were TO t-onvlctions. and under naturallia. lon act,. In Which there w-re four discontinued and two entered nol pros.. 9KI under the Intercourse law. In which there were CD convictions; V* umler penaton Which there wen 14T. convictions; 53 for emlieaalement. In which there were 32 convictions; s,l*' miscellaneous prose'U ttons. tn which there were 4. convlc "tli.. .iKKr-Kale amount of the judgments rendered In fa.or of the Knlted civil suits during the past year was tn. of w hich 353.7*5 w as actually whib* $5-** 74* wm! olt*iwl during the >***i on Judwtntnt render-d In former years .ual *27.130 was otherwise realised I" cHll ""•The amtr.sal. amount oftln-s ures and | nalll< s ;m|-.se.l rturlnu the year In criminal pro*.. .!■ lons was 3705.137. of which llht.oai was collected. Th. Attorney Oeneral renews recom mendation that Conarea* provide for *n appcail on ' h < l r * ,h * - wvernment in ( , a> . ot declzlon advw to th#* l Suites by Hie court* on demurrer, Inter nos, and to Indictments. < iivlnu t the Increase In the o hulldinK material th- Attorney Oeneral ml,* , n additional ai>troprlatlori to .on -truct anew hulldinK for the department of justice In keeping with the dlsnlty and credit of th- govern mow l. —Beareh for the casket containing: the remains of Charl-a foehlan has been ol*n.loned at Oalveston. The note I actor diet there in November lart >'>W .'h' l some unknown r-ason the notallle <w-k t contalnlnK th. *> was still In Halves ton when the terrible tidal wove swept over the place B-pt * last. The caket was swep' from the recclvlr.se vault and I* now believed to have been carrlisl out to sea. fOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS; *saf'MLkhtia Dgirt Dtmoomfort mmd DmmommJ " dmKMmj wip rc** Mother’s Prlcnd" fi nui, y?N known or used. JTcucpt Comfort and Smfmty \ Mm4rn&nSp w here the virtues o) u fCotncr's i Friend ” are known. ] It I, the one and only liniaie#t tn IbewoiM that byoot—srd , 1 application fobs rtuldblrth ol tt, terrotx. Every om# ( ••/ n,5.0l be •* should tell her friends ol It, ahstbei '~*dwi now of not. , *" J W nV r" .-WISH, nK4.iT. ATnR exx, Allaata. iM. THE MOIiNXNG NEWS: TUESDAY. DEX'EMBEK 4. 1000. ttllTMftX XEU % ITKVfs. The Meter ftWM Ther•*—%*mtlt Ueer* gin ltallr*al •%%tension. Quitman, Os . l>ec I.—-Hetween 11 and L' o'clock law night many |eo|le In this county wen* startled by the dazzling light of an immense meteor, follow* and hv a dis tinct deton** ton, watch many took to be a:, earthquake 8* marked w*re the phe nomena that people in Quitman and In other part* of the county wen* aroused from sleep an*l In some instances, rushed from ttieir hotts* to *llscover llw* cause of the disturbance. Mayor S S !i net has been danger ously HI wMh appendicitis, bvit In is r*st- Ing puietly to-day Tin* extension of the South Georgia Rillrotd from Quitman to Greenville. Kla., n dlsliince of thirty miles, b rapid ly approaching completion. Hy March 1. 1901. a r*guiar passenger schedule will be estaidlshtnl from lleartpln*. th** northern terminus of the road, where it nmnef ts with the Georgia Bout hern ihml !".• da to Greenville, a station on the Florida Central *nl l*eninsular. Th* b*Mith Geor gia will then lx* sixty miles In extent nntl will pas** thnnigh some of the best farm ing and timber hand* in Georgia and Flor ida The approaching marriage of Miss Ra chel McCall of Quitman and Mr C. F Cater of Macon has been announced for D**c. 12 Miss M* Cull Is a daughter of Capt J. G. McCall, well known among the Baptists of the mat** * trustee of Men e.r. Mr Cater w.s a ii utenunt in th** Third Georgia Volunteer Infantrv, sla lioned In Savannah during th* latter purl of lSStk. where h- was quite a o*.ial favor, ite. TI RPKftTm: HTIM. lit>l ||oft KD. fterdlet In Ifllnn t iise tpprnvcil. Other Unimißß >rw. Wavcross. Ga.. Dec. 3 Ketterer A Deens turt>*ntine wtill. n*ar the ftVay eross Air Line depot was <|* stroyd by fire this morning about 10 o'clo k Alxnit 10 barrels of rosin and h few barrels of spirits w**re destroyed also The still was too hot when n charge of turpentine was poured In ami in an instant It wa ablax*- The loss Is aliovit S2#7t or SXD, The rgiila* quarterly term of the City Court of Waycroaa w.s cj|!*#i to order this morning by Judge J S William.**. There is a heavy docket, and court will he in session all the we* k. if not longer. A white woman attempted to ornmlt suicide Saturday night In the vicinity of the Waycrors Btcnm Laumlry. Hh** iHiught vial of lamlamirn iiixl was In the net of swallowing the when It was snatched from h*r • There Is general e.tinfliction express'*l all side* at th** outcome of the preilm- Ir.i.ry trfcil of ih* UeCkllAl) boy Katur *iay. There was w*rh h preponderunc** of evidence tendtug to ln*h> .ite that they acted in self-defense thin no oth*r l* is lon could have been reached. Th** Mc- Clellans have always Iwcne a goad repu tation m the communliy, anl never seek trouble with any one. W. t’. T. I . I Oftft KftTlOlf. %n I mxnnlh I nrf Ddr-icntion In %r**lnn nt \\ nli inn tun. Washington. I>#c. 3 —Th** Nut lonn I Con vmtion of thr Woman'! ChrlfgUn T**m perinco ITiion >* oaibd to order .it th*p Thett#r thl? morning. Th# PrMldnt. .Mr?. IJiliftn M U. Strvona. le llv**r#d hrr annual addrot* Nearly firtO *l# l**g itci* wiro an?* mbled. r*pr#*.***ntlng every *tat* and territory in the t’nlon. Delegate? of flvo c*olor**l union?* olao w*r* proient. Th* roll caW *how#-l thirtv-eix twtlve evangfdltite and oight lecturerx alio in th*lr pluros. Th#* d*b-gati.>n Ik larger than In the ten year* preceding. Mr*. r*orn#*lii It F>rbc*. prfsliknt of Comufticut. was nppoint*-*l K#*rg*sint-at arm*. ('ommiii#**n on cr#i#*ntlal>. rourte l#*a and pubilcation* wore ap|M)inlc*f A cablegram waa Knt Henry Bom**r kH. prepldcnt of the World'* Woman** * 'hriKtian temperance l*nlon. exir* M?ln the love and loyally of her Ameri itn con taltuency. Th** young women members called the "V'*" are in large numberh al thi* convention. TIDE TOW till) THE CM'ITtHf. The Urn* With Vlaltora li> II o*l lu*k. Washington, I He. 3. —Th* opening of CVmgre-H at noon to-day drew great crowd* to tho capHol. On June 7, last, the find H?qilon of the Fifty-Sixth Congrc-H a*!journe<l and th* recond ae?ion began to-day with many momentous* nutation? awaiting the atten tion of the national lawmakers. Early In the day th< tide of travel turned down Pennaytvanla avenue to ward the capitol, and by 11 o'clock the galleries were overflowing. There were a number of early conferences among Sen ators an<ißepre**ntatlv#* as to tie* wrtlt'i programme Hpenker I lender-* *n arrived nt 11:15 o'clock and was soon surrounded by m#*mb#TM. Most of the army of spec tator? flocked to the House skit*. Miron IHlalll* %T NIdTUONKRY. Ilia f>eleflrtln %<llresed tn Ala- Itnnia f are. Montgomery. Al • . lec. 3 Mayor Diehl of lUiffalo, a**cofnpanled by E. Mack and other distinguished citizen?, ar rived here this morning. Th#* delegation was accorded the irivlloge of addressing the Alabama legislature In Joint s#*alon on the Pan-American Exposition and the representation of this state thereat. The party left to-night by special invitation, the South- rn Industrial t*ot venilon. which #teni* to-morrow at New Orleans. u pi: wov r nd ri>T. % Member of Hie t on*rrnin'* In mil) til%e Out thr Xfn feme nt. Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 3.—A mmlrr of the family of Congressman Wise gives out the Information that he has not the slightest Idea of making any contest for the ?‘it of H. 8 Maynard in th* next Congress, as his hoalth will not permit it. This la the first time that this Information haa been given out by n member of hi? fam ily. all prior publication* have be-n mere rumors. Endlrnft at Iteaafort. Beaufort, 8 C , |>et 3-Rear Admiral Mordocnl T Kndlcott, chief of th* Hureati of Yard* an*l Inv ks. arrlvrd hart last night and proceeded at once to the naval station. Ktrrikm:ii of u %ii msrahtmeht. Secretary Sends ti ktafeatenf tu ( unimitter ** % iuropr lations, Washington. IVv. S The Secretary of War forwarded to-day to tht House t'om mlttee on Appropriation* a <omiMt.ittv* statement of War I*< partm*nt estimate f<g the ft sen J years Iftil n<t ISO 2. together witfi a statement of appropriations for the current fiscal year. The estimates for 1901 immint to sifL - ts3.k&l, and for amount to 1171.773. W.. The spi’roprl.itton* fut the present fiscal year am Him to 114k.LX6.934. in an accompanyti.g letter the Sivrmary .'.■*>s there Is u /iet decrease In the esti mates tor the < tvftl establishment for the next fiscal year of KX.2D. on account of xai.trie?* of evnployes in the War Depart ment. *lli** estimates for the military esf.<t* luditnent, which provide for the support t.f th* army and for the Military Acad emy. anuamt to |114,5Ni.229. They are sl.- 017,109 less than h total amount appro priated for lik** purposes for 1901, and $14,- less thti were tin i-i.tnat*** f**r the present fls<a! year. This twhuMion l n.a*le principally in the items of pay of the army and quartermaster's expenses in<*iultng land un*l water transportatl.n Thff < Mlm.iiin for public works. Includ ing river* and harbors fortilb atlons. etc . amounting to Si*.4*V.6L. are $1X3.24.% more than th* cellmates for 1901 and 9-i1.710.xM more than the appropriations f>r the pres ent tlsixtl year Tills increase is acc<Hint ed for by the fact that an aggregate sum of tSDootkOOO Is included in th* present es* tlmates for the river and harbor work, exclusive cIT < ontinumg contract work, for which no apf>roprta4ton wa- made for the current fiscal year an*l but an in crease of in the estimate for gun and mortar batteries and an increase of |2 M5.39N In the* estimate for armamens of fortltlcas iruis. "T re*‘apltulatc.’’ sys the Secretary. In inclusion, “the estimates for ih.* en suing fiscal v* ar for all cx|w-n* j* In and under the War Department under the four heel*, civil establishment military establishment, public woik* and niDcel laneous. show an Increase of 923.W7.!3t> over the total for 1901 The present eatimate*. however. Include i**irr jor river and tvarlor work, which no appropriation ws* mule last year The total approp’latlon for 1901 were 9145.5►%.934 and excluding, for the purpose t f ciui|.ai i-on, ih** estimate of tdiou.uu* now submitted for river and harbor work, the estimate* for the ensuing fiscal yar (‘tiding June JO. I>C. aggrigat** 91-'d.7*3.- \o3. as against 91 1x.j6.931 a|H*rc*|>tUtd for the fiscal >xr ending Jun** 3*>. !9ii for th* same objects-—an increase of 93.507.900 The total estimates now submitted for the en suing fiscal year 9171.773.959, a** compared with the estimate.** submitted for the present fls a) year llXS.iftd.kd. show a de crease of 914.129,10%. gRIVftRATK 141 %4’ll 1% K:ftTl 4 Kft. 1 nlted Stales kwpreme f'asrt Men ders Its Decision. Washington. Dec. 3. -The Kentucky state law requiring railroad companies in that state to provide s par.ne coache* for colored paasengera was mad*' the subject of an opinion In the l’nit***l Stales Su premo Tourt to-slsy. the case being that of the Fhesapeake and Ohio Railroad Corotany versus the state of Kentucky. It cmi* to this court from the Kentucky Court of Appeals, The opinion was handed down by Justice Brown and the Kentucky court's Judgment In favor of the state was affirmed. Jus tice Brown stated that In this case th railroad company had attacked the stat ute on the ground that It was unconstltu tionaf 1n that It In mi Interferenc* with Interstate commerce. Without replying -p**clh ally to this objection the Justice said there Is a sufficient compliance with the law If a sisirate coach for local col or* and |M*sengers Is attached to a train whll* passing through the slat* The Court of Appeals of Kentucky had Itself, he said, relieved this court of the necessity of passing upon the quest loti s to whether the law required a sepa tute coach for .nterstate passengers of color. Justice llarlan dissented, stating hl opinion to I** that the law* Is an Interfer ence with Interstate eommerca and also taking the i*ositlon that the Kentucky legislature has no right to classify citi zens by color In railway coaches. t , * CHIIdFX HUM h 4 MIME. Villen tine flllly. Aged * Year*. May Itr n Murderess. I.llle, Kroner. Dse. 3—A Kr-st sensation has been cauee.l at Armentles. nine mile, west of Idle, by o crime committed by a child of 5 years upon another of 2 year, of we. Valentine Wily, the rtuhter of pover ty-stricken fmren,s, saw n baby Ktrl in the street hobbtiK a rake. Bhn cn dravorc# to take It from the In fant and when the latter resisted. draecr.l her Into the house, forced her Into a trunk, stabbed her In the arms and le** a ilosi-n times and Infll.-tcl terrible wound* In the stomach with a shoemak er's knife The Infant I, not eats-ci.d 'o recover Valentine Wily at first accused brother of the crime, but finally con fessed. HO I.o*l A3. (lIII9KT UtCTIM. Ten Thousand Person, Kspertcd at the tVoreester I iinsre,.. Cape Town. Dec. 3 —The oftl lal cabinet met yesterday, holding the first me tin* that had been held on a ftundny within twenty-live years. The ministers met sKstn to-day to discuss the anti-British agitation It is expected that Ih.tw) persons will attend the Worcester congress. The prin cipal speaker wilt lie Olive Schreiner, the novelist. Kleven suspects arrested at Johannes burg In connection with the plot aitalnst the life of 1-ord Kobcrls w;ll he deported, the evidence against them not being suf ficient to warrant a formal trial. JKl.lit VIU AtTIMi UDIBNAOH. (lot. taniforil Asks Him to Assnaie the Dalles Temporarily, MontKoenery, Ala . I>ec. 3 —OwlnK to rn fi.bled condition of Oov. Harnfori he to <hiy called on President of thr Hcnate Jelks to assume temporarily the duties of Hovernor. This Mr Jelks did and Imme diately sent to Ihe A-nate a Hat of n.nnl natlons suKKested tty "lov Hamfonl. Sen ator K J Met Jar was elected pretident pro tem of Ihe Senate. Mny Meet the t'asr at Alee. Paris. I>ec 3.--It Is probalde. says ■ dis patch from Cologne that Mr. Kruyer will meet Kmpcror Nicholas at Nice or Men tone. where the Tsar's physicians have advised him to go for his convalescence. —The coat of the public schools of (Treat er New York for the year HO! will be 317.- T 11.073. The number of pupils In the schools Is estimated al < f *,lt2 An that thr average cost for each pupil Is 343.39 In 1390 there were 230.931 pupils, thr total coal was 34- U5i.6.79. and the averane coat per pupil was 325,98. The expense of the pub lie school* has, therefore, nearly tripled In ten years, while the average cost per pupil Is nearly m a ytwr more This Increase I, partly due to the municipal consolidation anl partly to the Davts law, which has In creased th# averatte salary of the teacher, front |733.3t Ui U9O to |l.2rt U> 13W.. UHItIMI. INI) VATI4 AH. The \f King and <>l<l |*o|r on F.xeu l.e Frlendl > Helations Than Have I'm ailed. “Rx-Attache’’ In the New ft’ork Tribune Bpecillatton as to the extent to whp'h th* relations between church and t te wou:l la* m<*itn i hy th<* v"c*si n of VI lor Fmmutiuel I tve been ■* t nt rest by* the circular nos** to the Cathole tow©-* frotift the \ tttl an with It w • m and pub.l on i uesday !a*t. coiuainlng u a •**•*• to reilev ihe papacy from t e • tntoi rabi* situation tcsulting from Italian rule, j.<| and that as long the Italkin go • erument “*l*H'lii.ca to rerognhu* the tight < of lb© 110l > to the istn*sr <1 waver* i4 tv of Bun the Roman i‘ath I Ch> r*''i •an onh re* ognime Victor Fnv ai-ti I rf* K i g f Burdird.i ’ This * !r< >.Ut .*nl th** •dbi Ismj-iI from th Vatl an 1 .bidiin the use of the touctlli g |rs >*i f; the re l**e of th* soul of King Humber' om- I**.-*'l by his artef-stri ken wl.iow and for which the sanotton **f the * hui* it ha I prevlouMy been gitui{*-l tit was ts*M I* tli* religious service# at Monza p evio a to the transfer of the i<ob to Hom> i In dtoate that ih>* spenes ol uv alii v.vei di which virtually extt<d l*e:w*rn c ur h and utati-. at tny rat, during the la i r i*it >i IliimbrtV reign. In w ~t an *n I. ant that tin* papacy ha* little to exp ct from the new King In the shop- if con cession* or < • mpimnb©* Tto e wh v fond I > Imagineil that th* i>*xr reign would thing about a mo- c I atton w.c i church atid state and end # i*onfiici which hamj***is the develo|>rnetit *f I alv and saps the growth of Its p* itl .il t*te t oar re.ulx* that lh**lr tw-is* are *1 on*d t disappointment. The prosp cts *f in> tin •I* rstaiidlng bri.-ed on th* r*storei .wi €)f th© temporal lnde|endetsre >f th* pi*acy are at an end. at any rat* s l*w*g * Victor Kmmanuei HI is on the thion#. It |S dill*. Ult I** t* I At- 4hT It t* G* intention -xp**sed by the King In his Inaugural *pee-h to “preaerve inta. w,,r ronqtnsts and tr unity.” or his promts*' to secure a "regular appli* atlon *f the . distasteful to the Vatican. >r the use of the phrase “Rome intaiiglbJ*” In hls first proclamation, that ha- l***l th* pap#c> to *p**n Its fr.itlerles afr*-**h on the ttadan government Possibly. to*v. Cardinal Ham polla th* t.ipul secretary of state, and vth©r Intrinsic* nt memltet- of the Roman curls may have Isscom*’ alarmed by th* w.iVf of enthusiasm, for th© new rul**i which has swept over the entire kingdom • urrying with it people of every ahade *f politi *i opinion the clerical". th* con servative element, first and foremost In deed# It Is more th in probable that It was this more especially that prompted Ihe Vatican to revive the whi upon th* <*i!t Inal For It will Ih* not! ♦ I that in th* papal circular published last Tuesday th© Holy Bee explbdty declines to recognixe Victor Emanuel 111 ** King •x>• pi of Burdinia. That Is lo say. not <x>ntent with repudiating his sovereignty over ih© for mer t* rn|Hral posseaston* of th** paim'y. It refus* - f* (HTipt the **f ik accompli” of ih* Incorporation of the jM*tt> sover eignties into which th* peninsula was for merly subdivided into a united Italy. In fn* t. th© circular tr t<* such an extent an appeal to th*' parti< iilirist sentiments anl tniitiiMl Jealousy of th<* former* petty sovereignties of Italy, and so psten* a !•* matul for the disruption of the Itlmclotn *f Italy as it has existed for the list for years, that It |* imiKModhi© to believe th i it Is th** work of th** holy father. Indeed it Issara the stamp of that element of the <’UTla which about two years ago *i tuallv entered |nt> nog tbtiv9ns with Kb | clotU <lsribaidl .list with others of the sim*- puliti al strip** to drive the Buvoy <l>noaty from th** country and to split up the kingdom Into a federation of an toitomoo* states, republican in their In slim:tons, and under th© presidency of til* Hrtiy B©**. Pope l#©o himself has giveu evidence throughout his long life of b lng far too < lever a statesman to lend nlmself to auch n s*'heme The circular of the Vatican, a© w©l! mn the prohibition of Queen Marguerite's lrayer. cannot but ap|**ar Impolitic t* those who ar* aware that neither th© n**w king nor hh coneert Is Imbued with that dev-lion to th© church winch was entertained by King |fuml*erl and Queen Marguerite, us well us by Victor Em manuel II Th* new ktor ha>* never shown any religious fetdlng He Is ’*r©dlt • and with being a free thinker, lie alre idy harior©d a gi udg© against th© Vatican because of Its Hl. friendly attitude at the time of his marriage Nor Is his consort Queen Helen, believed hy those who know her best to entertain any real symnuthy for the Roman f'atholl© church, which she Joiner! at th© time of her marriage :n deference only to poMtlcai requirement© *1 Ms attitude of the n* w king and oueen In matters of faith Is sur* to have an mf>ortant bearing upon Ihe future rela tions lietween th© Qulr.nil and th© Vati can. since Victor Emmanuel will b© dla poard to treat the papacy purely as u political agent, without any of th© re gard of hi© two predecessors for tha spir itual a4tributes of the Holy Bee 44AVH LIKK F4>M % 4 IIII.D’H. Wife of a f blnese Kmperor Sawed a Royal Heir at Terrible t oat. Krom the Youth’s I'ompsnlon. The moral and Intellectual standard* of th* Chinese are so different from ours that their popular eharaclcra .ire ns llkelv to appear ridiculous In our own eye, as to loom sublime When, for instance, they accord memorial honors lo a youtiK wo man who cut slice# from her arms nnd M<ld.d them lo Ihe medhdne of an meed parent In Ihe hope of imparllnx to him some of her own youthful vlor our sen timent of admiration Is not unmixed with other feelmt*. Still- there are Cnlnese characters whoa* heron-m we can adtntr*. <me of them and a itreat favorite with fhlnese histo rians and poets—ls Queen Ml. wife of the Kmperor Ulu. DurinK the rebellion of Tsao a (treat hal ite was fought, the enronbiers relate. In which the forces of the Kmperor become srat'ered and his household dispensed. While Ihe oomhat still raed Queen Ml found herself alone, abandoned, cruelly wound..l by an srrnw and tottering fee bly throunn the blooJy itrae* on her "three-inch itokl HHe," (compressed feeti, twarlmt In her arms the little A-tou, heir to the line. Bhe was nol hi, own mother, but her maternal devotion was none the less per fect. ItruKiriMt herself pilnfully to a haif rulncd hut. she cn>u- bed aKslnst the wll with the lathy wrapped In her robe. Pres ently a horseman rode -dp *nJ dls.-ov, r- and her. lie proved lo He Chao Tsu Duntf. a faithful xetteral of the Kmtsror. Pros- Irallna himself at her feet, he begyeel her lo metunl he horse with the ehlld, he wotild light on foot at their side ore! en deavor to break through th* enemy * lines to the loyal nrmy on the farther side. Ceremoniously bidding him r!- the grateful Queen in h-r turn knelt "not to her general, but to his loyalty." and as .urcl him that ahe trusted him lo rescue the heir, but that he must leave her to die A warrior on foot, with a wounded iv.tm.in as well t a bo by would !*• al i, fatal disadvantage. He must rkk- and carry the child "Place him beneath y>xir <orw.lt next your heart." she sat I. not 100 tightly nor yet ao very loose." Hut Chao Tsu l-ung eoukl not bring himself to abandon tjifl Queen, seeing which she suddenly stooped, laid A-ou at his feet and running with the last muster of strength to u well near at hafsl, sprang down It to to r death. Then, indeed, the general took the baby a, she had hidden him. and. charging the enemy In a fury of grief and rage, broke through their ItlMs. bore the heir In >de fy to his father. Uu. arwl told him and his guard ttia story of the queen's wf ■scrllKv, v “It. Swims jfilhoiiqti mv Hack WoMHrcaki- Is it not truo ? Women suffer, feel the very life crushed I out of them, prow old before their time. Rich morning wake up determined to do so much before the day ends, and vet.— Before tho morning is very old the dreadful BACKACHE attacks them, the hravo spirit sinks hack in affright; no matter how hard they struggle, the “clutch” is upon them and they fall upon the couch crying: “ Why should I suffer so f What can Ido I” Tho answer is ready, your cry has been heard, and a woman is able to restore you to health and happiness. Backache is only a symptom of more fatal trouble heed its warning in time. Lydia K. PinkhanCs Vegetable Compound will stop your torture and restore your courage. Your pains come from unnatural menstruation or some derangement of the womb. Let those .who are suffering read Mrs. Mor ton’s letter and be guided by her experience. AN OPKHf LETTER TO WOMEN. “Dear Mrs I*tnkham :—I havn two o r- .m,—.,J with Li.vulh K. 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I'lnkhurn'a Vegetable Compound at once, und write Mrs. I‘utkhum, Lynn, Maas., for special lid vice—lt is free. srnnn reward U M trßim.,n.Al wm* tmtec, © M puUoh-u brforo oOr.iikk tka w wma'iipital Maiai>o.-La>u 9. fiNKNAM Mbi iunb Cos. Till; IIIVI3IAU Roll MASTKdIV. An 1. nullah Professor's •; t pin un I lon After 1 nrrfol Inublry. F*rom the BsMllMOrw Hun. The seroml Instslm. nf of an el ilmral# report by Professor W. 3*. Barr*-tt on the "so-railed divining nsT* has Just mode Its appearance. Profewsor Harrell I* a member of the Koyul Hocletjr. wcuples the hair of *x|-rim*-n:#l physb-s tn the Hoy a I College of Helcnce for Ireland, al Dublin, amt has taken an active part In the work of Ihe Society for Psychlcol Ho , caret,. Three or four years ngo. ProfwK Har rell undertook a thorough Invertlgathm of Ihe subject, cidleotlng all the stigbs he could abfaln regaidtng the use of a forked twig for th. discovery of water and mineral*, shifting them carefully, seeklnt; such corroboration s might he available and planning experiments of Ills own. The first part of his report, which . ame out in IKS, cited 152 case*. Th# -ciond furnished many more come of them having been ronduiird under Pro fessor Barrett'* own supervision. A third Instalment ta promised, and will deal largely with the. hum for metal* with th# divining rod. In describing Hie operation of "dow sing." a* ltd. us* of the forked wit. li ha art twig t* locally called tn England, Professor Harriet aays that the o|e-rstor usually hold* the Y by *h- prong*, so that the stem project* In front of hdn and Inclines upward slightly. When the dowser passe a spot where water ts sup posed to exist the twig tines lo a vertical Isisllloit; sArlklng him on the breast. The dowser himself often appears exhausied by his effort#, even complaining of alck nes* or giddiness nn.l breaking Into p* *- I oration. Thss*. are so marked In In stance, that he discards the twig alto gether and Is guided by his sensations alone. During the operation the dowser fixe# hi# attention on the tip of the twig and ts come# oblivious to the world around him. Eminent people a# well as those who are not ron*p!euou* In publle life tn Eng land employ dowsers. Prof**sor. Hurrrtt Includes I-or.l Hill-bury and lain#.towns among tlurtr p.dr.wis. There are scores of professional dowsers |n the United Kingdom, to say nothing of Uonttnent.il Europe. Ihe United H at.-s and Canada. Amateurs also pra.xlee the art. In hi* first refiorl Professor Barren pronounced fairly' successful 1!b of the 1M attempts recorded. Itejeetlng the exiarlment* "f amateur*, he * ninety-live gti'ressful results ou* of 105 cores. In till 1 second re |Krrt he tlmls the prtg*>rtton about the same, but ho admit# that dowsers mav two report their failures so fully and frankly s their hits. HI 111 he lor not estimate the failure al im>re than 10 to )i per rent of th* attempt#. Two set* of exfierlments have tern trinl with view to ascertain the genuineness of th# phenomenon. In one a ** onl in third opersrtor was lkn over the same ground* as th*> first, and the results of their divination were Identical and sue eeesful. Home of the holding spirit# In the Society for Psyrhtcnl Research hohl that when the ordinary senses are lull'd to Inactivity by sleep, natural or hypnotic, a few persons of a peculiar organisation exhibit a power of perception and a aus erpiiMlty to Influence which is unlike thtst expert*need by other people or by the •attic people under other circumstances. Proffcw llurri'tt rtguniit thl? of ia "wjh tmirmal" fo'tily lh* mi*t *t 4ifa' fory lhry r**x?inltt)fc b* til*oov*ry of Wiutrr with ia witrh ha*tl twig II #binh thin th** pu<*r#?*i*ful oiKtzlor k iM*lf hypviotlz* *1 by tlxlni; hi* !4*f><l#Mi on ih? twtx h ?oyc; "Till* hulh oiih* loua p**r rrpliv? pow?r, ixznmcmiy *iUN "clalrvoy •an**.'* mny |rovl?lona1ly tw tzkM lh • •Xpl.'tMHf U*fl of lh<w*' •lli’TrtMWil #>f lh#* Aow ?*r which irc ln?ipllmM on any grounds ti iirwwm known to wl#tK'#*.** leAHEX AHE K*fT DHYIAI4 ll*. !irz? IrrNM thm ltr€*#*lrr !.*•■ Tki Thrlr flkiarr t# HMinfaall. Krom th* N#*w York Bun i Unit Oluf**n of th#* Ihanlrh army ha r*<*nily roropleled hi? iWXHMI **rl** >f t \ plot a lit * In Central A>U *nl prtlc uktrly on in? lofty l'.*mir inau, whor* he first beman hi* ■liMH** In 1695. He way* lh.t in ihe pri*t few' year* the quantify of n i#*r tn lb** Turk*?ian iirxi lfokhari i ha? t.'tmli.l lio! A number of o.iK. that writ* cultivated with miacb ?uc t• • ht-vi rul y#*ir* x< htve now bren abandon#'*! ImmiHP the itr*<*ni? that reo l r• #1 ihrtr Irrticiiiton itoMlbl? hive 4rlM up Thl* phenomenon b portp'larty prom inent afonir the ill tie river* Ibatt femi Syr liarlia and the Amu Darlai. wlioae | Koum*ci r* krhwx the hlghUnda of (h I'ttmir*. The quantity of ?nc*r on the Pamir* | cm *#'oollol of the rpM rronion of the noft rhbiow rorkai whicn form the rI do re. thr flbiox up of the vtalliJO and th** tnereaUM*! averag* velwity of the wire! With htf(h wind? blowing over a itirfarr that la now more level than formerly, the enow* which fed the iiftke*. ! the nourre* of then* river* that helped to ; atve fertility to Turkeetan and Bokhara. f low* way In larxe part, and the result |lk that the lake* are much mailer than formerly. He mention? In particular the Tech!! Ku). or lake, which wo* formerly at leant 200 klSomeabout IJO ml’**#—ln clrrum i fertnee. The lake I? now only aimut forty mil#* In circumference. Part* of It, how* i ever. Mi l eitil. ax little lake* rut off from the vnuln luk? in the lower part* of tha j former b#l occupied by Up Yechll Kul when It wm' one unbroken *heet of water. Thl* lake, however, Ik not one of the feed* rn of th- river, for It in n *ait hike. A ncfiiewhat similar ?tory come? from Mouth Africa with regard to the fumoue lake Ngnml. <Hoeovered by Mvlngntono more than fifty year? ago. The deaaica* tlon of Dike Ngaml haa mi lt- extremely rapid progreuft In the past ten or twelve ).ir*. When Dlving*|one reoched the lake in tM9 he (ouihl a Kheet of water with an arc of about kuo kilometer*. The lake ha* now entirely di*app**r*d. It* old bed la a low-lying plain cover**#! with Jungle, with email are.** of boggy kind b*r* erxl there, but not a vestige of water surface to be Keen. The oktiwango river, once the outlet of Ihe lake. Ik entirely dry for rome twenty mil** from Ngaml, where It begin? to gather water again. Formerly many na tive* llv*d around the edge* of the like and mined a great deal of grain th*r#t Hut cuiture now ts impoeulble, a* thero I? no water to Irrigate th* crop*, amt the result U that the numerous village* around the lake have been it .imlonwd. only a comparatively few herder* of c*t tie slid live where tn the flourishing diy* of Dak* Ngaml there w* a Urge populw- IMb 5