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THE GERMAN SPHINX
MBIOW PTHUM THE POLI
TICIAN*.
they cant size him up.
*, I *|s TO OB l> FAVOR WI Til THK
kmpknoh. however.
Ilia I rip Scania tn Have llml the IVf
trct nf Appeasing Ihr Noath
German Unarm mi-ala Grrman
l>rraa I rlttclse* Ihr I nlirtl Mates
> III# I r—German ship t aril* Hakt
n i.imml Shorn In# fur lIHHI.
lierlln. Dr, 29.—The recent speeches of
, .Di \.t Kiln kkowatroem, tho Aut.i
--,,, i-alpr. and thr MUiiida of the tm
.il chancellor, I'ount von Builo*. to
ir 1.4 inr Agrarian* -have furnished the
, .4 this w.ek with thr main aubje t (or
,i . ii* lon without evolving any orw fact* |
i -ntnt von Buelow ha* not uttered a word
, niicly in Indicate hU position, and his
r .rmr wilts .him thr designation of the
i x of German politic. Thr Voemt.che
;• 'ing uMimm that the chancellor,
from his political associations, is an Agra
, ,n. hut that hi•< diplomatic education
„ 4 experience In foreign polltl.s render
rn unwilling to concede the AgratUn de
• ,tills wholly, wince he muit see that a
yrain duly of slaty marks would render
• ommerclal treaty poll.-y Impossible.
*l'tie \i-issl-che Zeltung assumes that such
„ duly would cause a tariff war with the
I ilttvl .-hates and Russia, the former an
sa ering with measures directed against
. ..email sugar and the latter replying by
in reaslng thr duty on Herman Iron.
tie press this week has much commen:-
. on a semi-official article In the Muen
... r Ailgemnlne Zeltunr National IJh
. quoting Count von Buelow as say
ing:
Vhove all things, no Internal i-rtsls."
Many of the paper* fear the Chancel
!n . conciliatory spit It will prevent any
Ml irons policies and others .Interpret tils
titterunco as meaning lhal he Is rr-adv to
st rllke Cotint von Posadowsky-Wehrner.
y.. .. tary Ol State for the Inlerlor. In the
Interests of a harmonious cabinet The
, . .ni's trip to South tlermany. eonclud
ir.L- i)t| the highest decora lon being bo
wl upon him by lh- Kmperor. give-.
, • 4-ion for the frequent remark thal the
chancellor Is on very good terms with
Hi- llajewty. Neverthelew*. the Cologne
Vr.ik* y.etiung, the loading Centrist or
sarcastically a*k what there will
4.. left to confer on Count von ltuelow
alien he. actually .toes something."’
*-( r trip ha* undoubtedly had an exoei
le, I political effset, The Stuttgart
- hwat-blsi-ha Mercer, the seiul-om nil
n,nrr of Wurtember*, remarks that the
t. ‘.Hon* with the Imperial government
t,,4ve grown somewhat strained and add*
thal Count .on Buelow '* object whs to
teitore the former cordiality, which he
h- fully succeeded in doing.
llereifter." continue* the paper men
t need, "the South Uerman government*
will have n proper participation In tmpe
l iai atfairs.”
rin- newspapers this week refer In an eg*
c-.,.\ed ln!;C to the <s>nllnued altgck* of
•h. ftiis-iau pres* upon Germany. Instanc
,j,s dlsscnunatlon of lh.- improbable
11.. v that the Cologne and Berlin hewspu
per- were bribed by tho ließeers Company
... appose the Boer cause.
I’nlted Stole* Senate's setlon on
• Il.iy-Paiioeefota treaty le much d15,...
~.. ,i. The Nstlotial Zeitung and Nt
• . ill I Jberal, generally friendly to the
1 I ;te.| State*, devote lengthy lenders to
tic subject this morning. The genenl
*.>n* of the press l strong.y condemnatory
e’ Semite without sympathlihig with
c.rrnt Ilritalii.
The Herman private ship yanla In 19rt0
. .ti [.teted 3JB.W tons of vessels, which
1 three times above thp tonnage turn,'.!
t m lK and n fifth i>er rent, above the
tettnage of IS9V British yards bull! In
- irsis for German account and
Herman yards built hi ISkAt. 113.001) tone
l foreign account. Seven hundred ahlps
1 nil, over 7o.'St tons, are building for
.I tmurt a.-oount In Herman private anil
foreign yards Forty-eight ships are b
Ing built In Herman private yards.
A STEEL TIMS THI ST.
t oinhlnatlon Talked of With f1.10,-
000 capital.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29 -The livening
Bulletin to-day says:
For the past three week.- nc*o'!!!o*
have been on foot in Fhlla.lelplua looking
i .wards the control of the steel tube In
dustry In the United Stales by organising
a combination with over tl 10.000,b00. The
syndicate has secured the exclusive
Ik-ense under American patents to manu
facture steel' tubing by anew English
prongs*, which reduces the newt of manu
facture nearly 50 per cent.
SEW MEXICAN It AILHOAD.
f hleaga, ttook Island and Mexico
Oruanlaed at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth. Tex., Dec. 29—The Chl
*go. Rock Island and Mexl.-o Railroad
was organise.! here to-day. It was given
out that work on the new line would he
• ommenced at once and that It would bo
pushed a* fast a* possible to completion.
There will be about 110 miles of the road
In Texas.
.11 STICK M A Mill ALL'S PORTRAIT.
Found After Disappearance ot a
Mnarter of a Cent wry.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—Though lost and for
go ;ien for neqrly a quarter of a century,
an authentic portrait of Chief Jinrtlce
John Marshall of the T'nlted States Ru-
I>reme Court has been discovered. For
• wet.ty-iwo years ths portrait ha*
l.ung In the horns of It. M. Underwood,
Waukegan, 111.
THK Ct’P DBFKNDKH.
sgli. Hank Halt and Nate Watson
AVIlt Hath He Aboard.
Roaton, Mass Dec. 29.—Tho Lawson
• tr defender will have two masters, Capt.
Hank Hair, to ho salllna master, and
"‘apt. Nate Watson, to bo on hoard In
an advisory rapacity.- This announcement
'VO* contained In a statement Issued to
night by Thomas W. Lawson.
AT 70 VF.A It * OF AUK.
1 v-Dlstmrslnir Officer of Alanal Aer
v lee He leased Front Penitentiary.
Albany. N. Y . Doc. 29 -Henry W. How
si te. 70 years old. who In I*Bo served the
i .rernment ae disbursing offl.-er of the
gnal service at Washington, was releas
el from tho penitentary last night after
having served six years for forgery ami
fa driest,on of account*.
Mil. LHYAN IN TEI A*.
Mill Spend Metal Ha. a Hunting on
Private Game Preserves.
Galveston, Tax.. Dee. 19.—William J
Bryan arrived here at noon and left 1 soon
after With Col. W. L. Moody for the
private game preserve of th* Utter aenws
the bay In Chamber* county, where be
bill hunt sol el el days
NEGRO PROBLEM DISCUSSED.
American M..,„ r e.| A.soelaH,,.
Detroit Area Sou,, Light on the
Subject.
Detroit mi, h n „
, ■ nec. 29. Paper* were
read at t.wisy. sc,*,on „f , he American
Historical At4 W | a , l()r h |, h u , w . lon
In the convention hall of
Hou,e here, eoverlo, p.tlod* l„ htvtory In
• H "lands at lhe present time The
first I**p. r was on The Oppo.itlon In 1
Parliament. ITU-177 •• by ~l of. w Al> . i
bolt Ot Iwrtmouth College. The second
waa The t ndotng of th* Reconstruc
t n. otherwise known * the negr.. qttes
Diint i.T " '“~, r *"• r ""'* *>> WlllUni A
Dum.it,g <>f t* n tvarsity
'* I>ro( Dunning sai<l that the
1n Jt * ' *' "* *' " Magi - lUestkM
imu v’’ : ; ‘ " f ■ •' utury were of
mug .motions and narrow tt, Ju.lgment
h '
. f ‘\.r\ tneani th,- alvillshment
*!! Ohst, ... tely. Ig
2!, *v; ; ■ mhieh fo!i..we.i. t-rot ,M
II 1 ", ' ll ,Ur ’ ~f Harvard I'nlverslty
The Aon , L r ' m ° V,! ° f ,h -' fh>"l
khll elsew here would
kill the Miuthern states. The Ho.tth he
sal.t ■...,1.1 not live without h negro 11-
deplorot the lynching of n-greme. but--
t . titat If the |*-ople nf a .-ammonite
demand. .I the burning a! the stake of n--
gro.-k a.- 4 penalty for commit ting horrl
ble crime*. , h e stale should make burn
lug , i‘ l-grt! penalty. A number of othtr
members also discussed the question.
BERLIN'S FIRE BRIGADE.
ll* Irtfh Anniversary in Hr Oslr
hrntrd by nit Inlrrnntlonnl l ire
IStlilbiHon.
Washington. Dec Tit* Cnll-d Bistes
has Iwen in-, lied, through th* Herman
ambassador st Washington, to take part
In the International exhibition of fire |ge-
Venrlng and Are aavlng arrangement* to
be held In Rerun during the months of
Jutte at i July, n- xt. in .totnmeninrafion
of lh- flfte.-ntii anniversary of th- organ!
ration of the Berlin Fire Brigade Tie
Herman ambassador says that the Eaecu
ttvs Committee of the exhibition wotild !
be gUI If appliances eould be s-nt from
the I nlted tiiatea to lh* largest extent
possible.
BV I NR No IA A PAHTIKA.
Indiana Uran.l Jury Header* a Reg
ular Georgia \ rrdlel In llrcrnt
Lynching ( use.
Indianapolis. 1n,!.. Dec. 29.—A special to
the Sentinel from Boonevlll*. Iml., says:
The grand Jury made a . areful Investi
gation In the mailer of tha recent lynch
ing In this county and found that "on the
17th day of December, lr>, after dark, o
mob of unknown men broke an entrance
to the Warrick county Jail by for.-ing a
hole through lh* west wall of the build
ing and then by means of rrowlwrs.
sledgehammer*, and cold chisels, forced
<.|>en the .ioors of ihe cells an<i removed
.i negro from soi l Jail and hanged hint
to the limb of u sycamore tree located
In the court yard of Warrick county The
grand Jury was unable to learn the Iden
tity of any of th- parlies comprising
the mob.”
MI'AT HF.IUCK HKPHKWKNTATIDA.
Hadlcal Ape eeh Before Middlesex
Club by I x-(iv. ItrncUctt.
Boston. Dec. 29.—Th* Mi.ldlesex Club
held It* monthly dinner at Young's this
afternoon, at which tim,- ex-Hox Brack
ett. Us president, made a remarkable
speech In discussion of the subject of
"Election lass," Ihe selected topic for
the occasion. He referred to the new ap
portionment of the states for nation il
repr.-sentafives and In quoting Ihe con
stitutional requirements for such appor
tionment. arid that Congress cannot Ig
nore the action of four Southern elates
In disfranchising negro cllixens. He sail
that the r.-presentatlon from these stales
must be reduced, an.l the atatea them
selves, In throwing out Ihe negro vote, he
maintain,d. were In rebellion against the
United Btutes.
PIMiHKi: AVOt l.l> NOT OOm
Hut t'Asrt Will Get Him When Ills
Term Ksplrea.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 29.—Gov. Flngree.
who waa summoned to appear hefore the
Ingham county Circuit Court to-day loan
• wer th* charge of contempt, as the re
sult of an Interview In which he attacked
the court and prosecuting attorney, has
refused to answer the summons. He was
cited to appear at 1 o’clock to-day, but
sent a telegram to the court declining to
attend be.viusa Ids authority, being co-or
dinate with that of the court, he denies
Its authority to command hla presence
-The court positioned the case until Jan
9. when Gov. Plngree's term of office will
have expired.
THK OAKI.KY RACES COl RAK.
T. 11. OrllHn of Detroit Get* Five
Year Lena*.
Cincinnati. Dec 29—A deal was closed
*,-day whereby T. H. Hrimn of Detroit
gained a five-year leas* on the Oakley
race ccuree, and In tlie future the track
will be devoted to trotting races. At th*
next meeting of tha steward* of the
grand circuit an application will be tiled
by the Oakley people for admittance. The
first mooting xrttl l„ held In July. At this
meeting between ..'* and tto.U* will be
given away in stakes.
TO FI III: IJ ATE tITTBU.
Transcontinental l.lnrs fa Knforcr
Regular TnrHT.
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 29.-Unqualin*rt an
nouncement Is made that after Jan. 1,
the manipulation of published tariffs of
trans-continental lines will result In the
release from further duty of any traffic
official who sanctions the cutting of
freight ratsa Independent of other lines.
McPARTI.ANO AND COl'Hit*.
\urrr for a iPI-Honnd Fight at Erie
January I.
Dunkirk. N. T.. Dec. 29- Tom Couhlg
of Dunkirk and Kid McUartland of New
York finally cam* to term* at 9 o'clock
to-night and signed articles for a twenty
round tight at Erie. Pa.. Jan. 1. Roth
men have been In training for two weeks
CHICAGO'S SALOON A CLOAKD.
r„, the First Time AD.ce Carter
Harrison Hrcuni* Mnyor.
Chicago. Dee. J9-AII saloons were
closed a* tight ss drums ot mWnlght to
., ~ #,, r nrt time since the pres
em Mayor. Rafter H. Harrison, ha. held
office
Ltgallly of Hncket.hop D.arlls.
I plirld.
ot Lends. Dee- 29 -Judge J. W esley
,he risylon ftreult Court to
rendered a -l-clslon uphol.ilng th*
l. gslltv of buck, lahop iranaaclktm, from
he " Indpolnl of 4*0,, law Th. ,w-e
I was !hH< Of Gsvlor.l Blr.Mng * Cos..
| Against Hannah Duryoa
THE MOKNING WEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1000.
THE CUBAN CONVENTION.
Tlie i hlrf ContTatlon U hclh*r Anf*
I hlvpmrl or Islmltnl.
Thr Kormrr Mrnna Nrpro
(Correxponflrnre of th*' AuoeklM rrror )
HviOi, Cub*. Drc* SS-Thr
• lor.al con vr at ton t, a # not bfn In
to* wvtfll hut thr different irc
ttor. fhrrrof arr bual*y a< work conaiS-
various clatiMw of thr plan* which
have l*ren oflrsd by grnores Rivera.
V/u. -a<ia and Maur.i, from which It Is
tn>ped and rxprctrd a -.mintltuHon will be
w r-night.
In livid ,al trrlion ihorr hava been
Miiiinatrd diaeiiaaiona arwl a goof drwl of
crimination and rrcrlmin.ition Th# chief
iionr* of contmiion art* thorr of
nr I ih# prrWdwn y For tlie former th r#
*u* \arioia pmjioeiilons. altitouich it 1
iioi poawtek# from the to {rather
the phsixMi of the topic. In (he m*iin
it i boiled down to a decision at to
w| ;hr Miffri*e shall be uitlverral or not
A stormy conieiitton la being made by
the mora conaerxatlve #l#tn#nt to it
upon an #<lucational nnd property quail*
lioatlon kuti But the more
labM lement in th# convention,
led by Juan tSauberio Gomes, a negro,
eupported by Gen. Aleman, G#n. lai ret.
Jone Mon*e|(uedo and two or three of Ihe
from the eastern part of the
island, la pr<*win{| hnnl for universal ritl*
zennhip. The radical Republican ele
ment favor# ihl# provision, while, stranao
ws It may appear, the i'ubaii Natioiuits.
heretofore tho extremaly radical element,
rather lean tow ird restricted ufTrne
T.ie hiackß of the islaiut wre m* nearly
one-half of the entire population that
when the BpaniatAl, who reserve oiti
ren*ihsp with th* mother country, the
Americans, the Er.cUah. the Germana t*rul
the French, non# of wruom are ucrountml
‘Cuban*" in me poihica. or tfovernmetita!
+* nse, are I'ounttd out, they, the ne*rsen
will have * nwijority of the votes, ahoold
uiiivernal euffr.iae carry.
Tne pro(>oition to form a Federal gov
ernment with elx rtateh Havana Ptnwr
*lel Rio, M items*#. Ruiia i'liuw. Puerto
Principe .ohl Santiaatc 1m really a fl*;ht
? (or uulvei%n| cliixen-hlp
h!it the outcome will be eermii n<
difficult to determine The United States,
it If* claimed in certain quarter# here,
'an hardly accept a universal atifTr.*ac
Consequently, at it would
be portbuhtrly huxarduous ro xrant
* hi* i*kind a government which
might at #ome time be domlnaetd by the
ldackn and thug make u Haytl or n San
Dotnlngo of it. It is hardly thought of.
In the tuatetr of the presidency the two
Oomexea have rccotV’lleG their offeren*'ea
ud are pulling together Ir. the effort to
prevent the > onotltution prohibiting the
election to that office of a foreign-born
clrlaen. Thl* in In the interest of the as
piration* of Maximo Gomez.
CUBANS WANT LOWER TAXES.
Th© Petition l uuirnl h> Gea. Wood
• s Important to (hr !•©-© and
Prosperlt y of the lalnnd,
Havana. Dec. 2$ A ddegatioti of ten
alcaldes from she province of Plnar del
Rio visited Governor-Oen ml Wood to
day with a petition for a reduction of 21
per cent. In the tariff on sugar of the
United States against Cuba, and of H
per cent. In th© export doty on tobacco,
in order to enable the planters to recoup
on th©© Important island Industries. Gov,
Gen. Vfood Is favotable to the petition and
will recommend to the (Secretary cf War
tlsit it b© gruiit©l, ss he considers It
Highly Important to the f*ac© and pros
l**i ity of Cuba.
Congressmen Pierre. Bailey amt Hau
gen. who are visiting Oik for the pur
f<o#B of learning the opinion* of the y>e<v
ile regarding the reiaxlona betw*en the
United tftate* arsl Cuba, find that th#
hetter elements desire the closest rela
tions, even annexation and that only th©
revolutionary elements are omoseil.
(BANGKA IA THE PLATFORM.
The f*o|iul lets nt n Late X©a#ton
%lo|ts n ll©f©r©mliiin \ ote.
St. Louis. Dec. 30, 1:10 a. m Beassem
b.lng. Chairman Parker introduced a res
olution which affected several Chang©* in
♦he platform of th© party os adopted at
Omaha, to b# submitted to a referendum
vote. After considerable discussion It was
sgrtfO to. The resolution provided for
a change in th# party name from ‘The
I cople’s Tarty.” to “Tho Topulist Par
ty.” The second plank of the Cincinnati
platform Is changed to read:
“W# demand th# public own©rshlp of
such mean# of production and distribu
tion aa the peopl# will from time to time
dct.- -aisn
Th. third proposition D to rhnneo plunk
MV ea by .Iropplr.K off Ihe iut three word,
—"of public utility.”
Th* fourth deol.r*. th* party I* op
po*el to phy.lcal r.volutlon r.U oonfl* -
tton of property.
It de lete* that thr fundamental doc
trine of the party I* the principle enun
. lated at utnaha In 1992. that the wealth
belong, to him who maker tt. and every
dollar taken from lobor without an equiv
alent at robbery, and the party l* pledged
to ucl legtaiatlon a* to dentroy the ye
tetn which make. It po**ible for one man
to live on the labor of another.
A committee com pored of Jamea A.
Ferrta of Illtnol*. Frank Burkltt of M.e
als.tppl.' J M I■<•** of South Dakota.
V\ . S Morgan of Arknnaaa, J S Felfer
of Illlnote. Dr. B 8 Curry of Mtaaourl.
and J A. Hodenhamer of Georgia, aub
nilt'od an addrea# to the people. The
n.WIr-e* congratulaie* the members of th*
party on its anowlng In the last election,
noiwlthaunduig discouraging condition..
Other reform organtxatlons are invited to
Join In an effort to establlah human lib
erty. The members of the party are
asked to rally, and go to work in the or
ganisation.
The address to the party a* adopted,
says In part:
"We recommend th following;
"Firm. That the members of the party
again rally everywhere and renew the
work of organisation and ediKwtlon.
spreading the principle# of our party fur
ther and deeper, and ao conducting this
work that those who believe in our prin
ciples or ihe earnestness and honesty of
our purpose will fid disposed to vote
our ticket.
"Second. Tha: with the successful ex
ample of the rules of England and
84-ollnnd and tho Australian Island# In
the government ownemhlp of public util
ities In th* Int'-reet of public sanitation
and economy, and also the example In
nearly all clvlllxed nations of the govern
meta ownership of railway. <• ]eTjph. or
telephone lines, an especial effort be de
voted to Ihte feature of our platform, be
lieving that thla work will he easily un
4jrstood and the more readily accepted."
hTTmNg nib MONEY.
at. I.mils World's Fair Workers Are
Well IMewaed.
Bt. I souls. Dec. 29—The air of satisfac
tion which has prevailed among the
world's fair volunteers and principal
workers during the last month waa con
spicuous even In greater degree the past
week. It Is evident that nearly all who
at th* meetlnr on Dec. 4 volunteered to
rtr JIo.MO each or subscribe It them
selves. have fulftlh*d their pledge. Horn*
of Ihe4' gentlemen have done very much
belter than they promised and the few
who were no) ready to report last week
1 are now In Una. _
THE REIGN OF FRIVOLITY.
%ono|)V %r \\ AtIttMITON PIMM.
MKRIOI t TIIDkIM..
KirniMnu Ui>rn Ip to lloltiln>
llh |9|>i nf •• | ti** tteturn f tlir l.el-
Irra I rum the I nr t •••I—Mine. \% n.
Wife of (It* ( hluoae Minister.
Hriinrlirk Out on Her Onn Hook.
\N Miilngt< n, the Thle w* k Wash
ington la a temple i>f frivolity No or* en
tertains a xerioua thought, but on th*
contnmy tin* wot Id j* ljkl Ui*A*n .* <i ,
Mtage. for high comedy aiul the phtyerw I
ar* recruited from ail rank.-t of • loty.
W a ether condition* art into* to
the blood. Hpring coat# for tho men w*h!
the lightest aort of attire for tin women
testify to the balmy season that weem*
more Ilk# April th in December. M<al of
the fashionable ret flayed g>lf on ChTiat
mas day, cabinet oiff. ial*. Ru|reme Court
jielge* aid MCiuUora taking advAtitage of
the holi Imv io gambol on the green At !
torney General Griggs ia t it mot enthn
i.aUc of the lot; and a ronwintlc figure
aiwa>#. f*>r iw sots one thinking of tin
pot trait* of Isrd Byron he appearw to
grout advantage on the link*
The father* would be dismayed
ouid they hnve witnessed the frivolity
of the CtirlatmwM celebration In thin city
It b innt cestom of long stundlng, tht- !
continuatir*n **f fagiuciuible tllatr#' ttone In j
Vanity Fair even upon tho day of th*
holy iMitivlty ; hut In recent years all hol
iday* two* rcen tie gay rounl of teas
ar*d dinner* going merrily on to the t *. |
ompanyment of muic and light chatter, i
feaeting and flirting Hoclety t the N
t onul Capital is a gWtdy-go*rouivl. Uk
the story of Hlppity-Hop, one© net going
it cannot
The Southern Christmas 1# ushered in
j like th# Northern Fourth of July Tin
tooting of horn# I* ulrnply deafening, but
tlirre Is no *uppre*ing the \*nth of
America througlemt the night before
( hrietma* and the day Itself
The I. el ter Function.
The great social event of th- week w
th© loiter ball Wednesday night. It win
In the nature of a return to noddy Af
th© rich Levi Z. l***iter, thr**© y*r* an
•etiew from town Wing nufflclently long :
to shelve one. eo*daily *iH*aking. Kully ;
*ix hundred guests were entertained in |
the m>)9t legal manner, and the famous
tnangion wan compiralively free of palmr
an*l fk9il de* oration. the obJ t Wing i*
allow' th© guests to behold the splciidM
new ©awtern effe t© that !>% crept Into
| every apartment a# th© result of the re
cent rojourn of th
dia
Much humorous epeculation haw been
making a good-itntured round a to Just
the HtiUHini of Uastern life th© Wdter
girlw imbiWal in XiulU*. where they refu#el
any number of matrimonial offers from
nabobe. rajah# and Rnflkh nobility in t .•
servlco, aioordinx td goaslp; but nehle
fiom returning to W.chlngton with a
dletinci Mtyi© of their own, and a hubit
ot cigarette mok;ng after dinner, there
seems to be little cnange in the d<. il**|
beauty of th© younger wnd th© ordinary
oim-iineMP of tit© elder <laugh(er of the
house. Dalny Inciter Ih a# <Uik a.* m gypsy
and wears her black hair la lamgtry,
while girlw afT t the potnfNtduiir
♦Mp. and high coiffure. This itfk Is
rno#t becoming. n*l with th© profusion cf
pewrl# that appears witli a!l her coMtumes,
she lw <t wtriking figure alwnyn Adjt.
Gen. Corbin it* (Mying Ml#* I>alH>* mark 'd
attention, and it wra* an inopportune
of Influenza that confined Cil* gnlian*.
officer to hia room chi the night ol’ the
I*eiter ball.
Twentieth 4 ©ntury #peculnll9n.
Buch n lot of twMftleth century talk*
First the yellow Journals went crazy over
twentieth century ©pectil*non*. Mnd now
the |ieop|e have taken It up. till on© hears
little Ixeliie* the ©temui |HV>pheslet a* to
what will occur In the next hundnd yen nr.
The i raxe has not earaiiefi th© f iddDts.
and what on© harken# to th*ee day* In
Wushlnrton I© not “Happy N**w* Year."
NR “1 wish you n Happy Twentieth Cen
tury.’* Think of It! Am if on© year's
i wluliei* were not sufficient with which to
I W burdentd. and the moAbrn per ©on ha©
| now to stagger under the load of wixties
covering a century.
S Fewlore.
Mine. Wu. wife of tho Chinee# minister,
; ha© bioMwimei) forth this winter ## un in
j di>endctit personality. Formerly she
; never appeared without her liunttand or
her American teacher and Interpreter.
Now. despite the fact that atw* suffers un
told torture© In walking upon her tiny
feet. lime. Wu eaiUes forth In her auto
nKMftie every pleasant afternoon, with
l only her young ©on for company, ud
makeM from ©ix to a dozen visits. Hh#
ha© finally overcome her ncrvouitnMi In
carry Ink un a conversation In English.
n<l waa very Interesting In her view* on
Washington life in a taiw wUh m© r
| oently.
••Ah,** sakl she. “these Americans, how
i they rush, how many thing© they do. I
©uspect the ladlee have not time to look
to th© linen closet, to the pantry, ©o much
I hey go. go. go. The Chinese woman I©
the good house lady-1© that word right?
-sh# look under her furniture f>r dust,
•he no go out the houec; she ©tay In to
keep It. I hav# learned her© in Wash
ington o go out sometime,/but not in
th© morning, only the aflefhoon. Yot
, onv# ►© tne before lunch, you find me
very busy at work.’*
This It a novel thought, th© wife of a
wealthy minister ©topping In her horn©
each morning <o “keep lioujm*." but It is
• xuctly what thle capable litH** woman
doe*, and more. too. Madam© Wu la *n
economist of th© rigid sort, while her
good-natured husband Is exactly th© re
verse it is a standing Jok In society
that when charitable entertainments are
on the tapis Madam© Wu must never h*
approached with tickets, but th#t the mil)'
later 1* good for a round dozen.
It W curious that, despite the,unlv#r *al
aversion to the Chlnewe as a class, mem
bers of the legation here In W.iHhingtoo
are universally popular. Th© aitai-hes and
secretaries arc in demand all young
people’s function# and th© most highly
thought ofegirls go alone with Ihem to
the theater, ride In autcsnoNi** <md sit
out dan.-v*a on the stairs and behind ia.m©
according to the nature of young thing©
I have never seen an Oriental engaged in
a CWOHrtep or waits. All thing# eta© he
do©© after the munner of the born Ameri
can. When smoking, the Chinaman doea
not hold his cigar between the first and
second fingers, but always with the
thumb and first finger.
hew Year** it©*©pftn.
Am the Irishman who was to b© hanged
at noon remarked, “shure (his will Nj a
grt*at day In the morning/’ ao will New
Year’s day be a gala day hm early at 10
o’clock In the morning on Jan. 1. Every
one 1© looking forward lo the President’*
reception at the White I!ou?e. than which
there Is nothing more hrllliai# In the en
tire rafflrlal season. Mrs. McKinley is
at present suffering from a severe cold,
which must tak© quick leave oui of con
sideration for the round of official galfap s
that Is inaugurated on th* first day of the
year.
Many person# reserve their finest flum
meries for this function by daylight, and
•here are certain to be present hosts of
out of town celebrities who represent
“angel©,** “bockers/* “the constituency/*
1 etc . all of whom come on to Washington
with their wives to tak© a look at offi
cial society and note how “William dues
up things at th© White Houae." Authors
and artlstg congregate likewise, and with
th© * we! lest society agoniscr©. the New
Year’s reception cannot fall io prove a
brilliant aoeceoa. hong Ilf© to It!
After all (he discussions and excltemont
artending the project of a proposed b*w
, setting for the Inaugural bail, the old
pension flutidtng will again N used for
4 that events liMdequaie as U la lo apace,
no better budding presented lts©4f. an. 1
the suggestion of Nilkltng a t*mi ornry
structure for the imH fell flat In Washing
100 It h<* teen decidel to expend r.t
nore Sli.# 1 " nnd nU lew* than i
flO.igs) iu dec li .1 ting the !*• nslon Ituildiiig ,
© >*ue. Tnb' this armmnf should allow !
full -nuj© lo the artist I.- ik*a© of the ti
oration© committee, and It I© rotuldent
bod t.iFte u criticise th© advlaabtUly of ;
•pending money thus lavishly for the j
purpose of making gav that funny old
©•1 s.*t * > t ru*t un where i*ommislorior
I mi!- i,in i,. i'tjv ilntir i vast ativiuni
• t t\ ii.iMw t.ulr-pulling owr Ihe vexa
ttons of claims of insistent veterans.
*1 h‘ tnaiik.;frl hall' W hat humorous j
thought- suggests W a hav.L- R hue'
"" ••*'“ l' !*•- • •*k.- t>t Near jnm*' |
on© had the brilliant ll©a of utilising
thouewiuD .f canary bird© in the whemo
nf decor -it lon ni. nfter intinlte jmln© to
secure flu* immlvr and hang them In gilt
' ' , *' t ' when t!ie n.ght ©me. the crufiii rtf
music ©i l babel of tongue-, pit th©
vr.l . ©.of the snnfrsier* .jtilt© out of coun
tnar..e wnd th© majority f giie©t.H at
the hall n<*ur kn*u of their presence
ami! flower© and palms.
(©vig ©go there an Inaugural ball
at shl h tti • gurt© k'i*? on their wrap*.
©* frighttuliN ertid proved the night. ,n l
the cr*ll turkey© were frozen ©tiff Al
wav'* the twice of cab fare to the
highest figure and It l© apt to cost th©
modern cavalier n ten-.tollar note to
trau©p<'rt til** f iu comiwmlon to .nd from
the hall.
IN-DOOR BICYCLE RACES.
Season Nt lt*i*tan 4§9en I p Well.
MeFucher n of < hum da %\ tn# 2ft-
Mlle l lim in pI on til |.
Rostgi. In *. 2!*. The indoor bicycle
season In Boston opened to-night at Dark
Square Garden The track on this, the
flr.-At trial promised well for the six laya*
ru e nc\ week Th© Mg evens to-night
w u th© 2c-mlle cikumploushlp In whi*-h
eleven of th© twenty-two entries starteit
It w.i- after ID oV|. k when the start
was made Robbie Walthour of AtUnt i.
took the Ilf h mile nic©!\. hut came
t* grief In the sixth mile The contest
had narrowed to four men, Stinson. Ry
eer. McKachcrn and Btlnson
took the ** %ej)*h and eighth and tenth,
M -Kchern twelfth, the ninth and elev
enth. Ilyser took th© twentieth mile,
the Inst fW© miles and the ra* e went to
the llttl© boy from Canada Archie Mc-
Eachem.
In the Anal half mile * ImmpiovtMhlp th© ,
crowd was bunched from the start. K J
('.•dwell • f llattford winning at the tap© i
lister Wlison of Pittsburg n*i I*. G
V.inCoet *9f N©w York. t* >k th© second I
fid third prize* In the mil© profe©lonaH
ttisi heat;* were fit"t In the final it wws :
a walkover fur Jo** Down#).
Marry Elk©* gave an exhibition mile
h hind hi© motor He made tk quarter J
hi ?!> aeconds, the half In SJM-5; the three
luariers In I:?. and the mile IHo 2*5.
AG %IV.XT (iKOKUI) J. 111191.
I rtrbrNtrd Key \\ rl I ns© Decided
In I’skor of . It. Kerr.
Jacksonville. Fia., Dec. The long
fought co-o from Key West in the United
Ftates Court, of William It. Kerr against
George J Barr and the city of Key West
was finally decided In the courl to-day by
Judg* loke. Tti# suit hast been of long
standing and has been bitterly fought
It ortglnat*d on an alleged breach of cam
tract, wherein Baer w is to pave certain
streets In Key West After he had made
ihe contract and began work the city au
thorities sought to annul the contract and
stop the work Baer ailed for damages,
and this portion of the case has been in
th# court# for over three years and nr
gued repeat* liy at different points. Baer
is a citizen of Kun*a* City. Mo. H© first
secured Judgment against ihe City of
Key West for flH.Ooft. and this was af
firm**) by the Court of Ap|©*l* The city
of Key W©st then Issue*! bonds to meet
the ]©bt and sold them io a bank in Co
lumbus. O.
John J. Dnllbriek. William R Kerr
and Georg© W. Alien of Key West, then
ia!m<d three-Court Us of the Ju*lgm©ut.
oil the ground that tiny had been silent
partners with Baer, and ilot he was
holding th© Judgment in trust for them.
After a failure to arrive at un amicable
adjustment tiu*“o three men tiled a hill
in th© Circuit Court of the UnltHl State©
for th* Bout hem District of Florida, And
©ubaequenlly ©©cured an order from Judg©
lx* k©. directing the defendant Baer to
pay fgn.goo into the registry of th© court
to await the tin.il deer©©. Th* plaintiffs
wer© represented by J. N. Stripling. u%|
It. II Uggett. and the defendant by
itlebe© A Bedell and C. I. Rinehart.
Today Julge lxcke In * lmmliers enter
ed Judgment In the case sustaining the
report of the st*' 1l master, and award
ing th© plaintiffs *44.*01 together with
■ osts. amounting to 11.3*3. making a to
tal of IK.ISMtf
Intervening petitioners were allowed th#
following Amounts' Horatio lllsbee. Hso.,
for his services in th© suit. Sa.IMC; Eldm
Btsbe©. fflkfl; Roland Woodward, lam
There being a Immvl for tIu.OOO filed by
th© defendants to further answer any de
er©© In behalf of complainants, r was or
dered that complainants have judgment
against and his surety tifon
Maid tnd for 11. the deficiency aris
ing in th© payment of th© amount d©-
rr©edHo I©* paid complainants aid Inter
verlo*: pt t.tinners.
waycnoii rws xonut.
t'nlnred I nndidafea Mad© (letter
4himlux l Civil lervlee Eiaanl
natln Than tli© White*.
Ware rows. Ga.. Dec. 29 —The Equitable
IJfa Assurance Company has paid Mrs.
T. T. Thigpen 12**00. lh© amount of ln
suran *e tarried by her husband in that
company.
All the paper* In the late examination
field here to- letter carrier# have been #nt
to the postmaster *t W’aycross. ami may
he seen by any of the applicants who en
tered ♦he contest. The paper* show that
the colored applicants made a higher per
centage than did the whit* on*#, and that
the correct rating has been given la read
ily observed. Th© percentage of the white
'applicants waa oS.Tj and of ths colored
His many friends her© appreciate the
compliment paid Mayor A. M Knight by
nl* appointment as on© of the trustees
for tli© old Veteran’s Horn© in Atlanta.
Mr. Knight Is the only on* in th© list
who D not an old veteran. He is a staunch
Derma raG otul - sC'J*b*rner of tho trueet
tyt>.
Ttve JU*t Men have elected offleer# as
follows* PropbOt* J. F. Myers; sachem.
J. L. tTawley; sanlor sagamore, J. C.
Itßpird; Junior sagamor©. J B Nunes.
C. of ft. W. M Brawer; K. of W . R. h.
Blnffblon; trustee#, W J Hodgson, II
V liarn©# and B D Finn Th© inferior
chiefs will be appoinud by th© sachem
1M ) Migamor©* previous to the time of
“ii#lng to their atumps ”
Wr© countv’s apportionment for school
t ntirpi©**# from the "tat© fund for next
year Is larger than In lUX. It Is fT>.243.SD
A child of Mr. Yarbrough, living In n
cottag© near th© county <’ourt Houae.
died yeaterday with something supposed
j Tn have been scarlet fever. Asa precau
tionary measure, a guard has been piac©d
! about th# premise# by the Board of
Hmlth.
Waycroae physicians r©r>ort almost an
epidemic of throat trouble In Wayrroas.
Nearly l! our people are suffering mor
} .a Usx from Inflamed thioats.
— /
| proprietors of a department store
in Philadelphia announcer! that foreign
i money Will be received al fact value In
I payment tor purchase#.
DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN
Medical Examiner United States Treas
ury Department,
Cured by Peruna After Fifteen Months'
Suffering.
* * *
DR. Lints 11., 4 N J< lit 1 1 \ N IB rill MKDII U. RXAMINMIt <'K THI-J
U. 8 TIIBAHt'RY DKPABTMB.VT. WABHINOTGN. t> C. DR JORDAN
18 A ORADfATK OF COLUMBIA COLLIsGK AND HKHVKft TilltljM
YF.ARB AT WEST POINT.
DR IJ.KM KU.TN JORDAN. Medl
cal Kxamlner of ht 1 ■ Pn 4
ury lieiwriinent. VYaehlngtou, l>
I'., graduate of I'obimt'M I'ofksr. atxt
who serve<l three years at XVeat I'olni,
has ihe following 10 euy of IVruna:
The IVruna Medicine Cos , Columbut*. t>
Gentlemen— Allow me In e.pren*
•> aretllnile to yon fr the benelll
dert.eit from ynnr wonderful reme
dyr. One *l*nrt month hna hronaht
forth a tint elionae and I now eon
• idrr oiyarlt 1% well mnn otter tifteen
o**nthe uf •11 IT.-rt ok. Fellow eoffer
ero. Pern no will cure y on.—Llewel
lyn Jorilnn.
Chaa D. Smyth, Artgel'e Camp. Cal.,
says: "Chronic catarrh In Ihe head, non
ami Itiowt has lieen n source of trouble
ami great annoyance to me fur more
than ten year#
"I have treed all such mwtlclnee aa mmc
umler my nollr-e as a c*tarrh cure with
out help to me except at limes by aonn .
•mly a temporary relief. buA no ' tire My
physician, to whom I applied, did not do
any better.
"My troubles became worse and my
sufferings Increased Inalend of Imt-rtw
mg. less of appetite, sleep, and flesh, le
fhlca conllnuel rsjughliig ami |M*ln. shtw
ed 100 plainly thal my case waa a d.*-
perat* one,
HAMIITA AVHITH CIDAIIY.
They Notify Him *0 AA Ilhdrow Re
word nod Threaten tn Hldnop tn
olher of Mis Children.
Omnho. Neb.. Dec. 29 --K A Cudahy,
the millionaire |m< ker. has received a
second roman uni cat lon from the men who
kidnaped his on Thla time, as formerly,
the letter contains threats anti say* In
substance that unlrsa he wMhlraws his
offer of C-'-.MO reward for the arrest ami
conviction of rh of the three bandit*
they will kl lnap anrdher of hla ghildrm.
Tho letter refete to the failure of the
police to gw anything like a tangible
clew aa lo the Identity of tho kidnapers,
scoffs at Ihe klea of Fat Crowe be
ing c.-TS of them. mentions the
,se with which the "Aral Job was pulled
off," and concludes by *ylng tha* If Mr
Cudahy la as wise as he'show.sl him-. If
In ihe Prst Instance, ho will comply lU>
Ihe request and withdraw tha rewords
at once.
Thla teller Is 1 writ ten In pen and Ink
on Ihe same kind of yellow paper aa ne
first and evidently by the same person*
It was found by a servant of the Cudahy
household early on the morning of Thurs
dgy, Dec. 27.—Borne ene celled up Ihe
houte by telephone and asked If Mr
Cudahy waa In. The servant answered
that he was noL
"Well." .am Ihe voice over the tele
phone, "you go out In the front yard and
you WIN find a letter there near Ihe gate
It la addressed Mr. Cudahy. See that
It I* delivered to him personally and to
no one elae." .
The servant want out al o* ' anS found
a latter 11 was a plain while envelope
and It was addressed. "Mr. K. A. Cudahy,
Ur . Fersona! and Private."
Mr Cudahy, who waa then at hi* pack
ing house In Koulh Omaha, waa summon
e<l home at oice. No one was isumlttr l
to see tho letter at llrat except .Mr and
Mr*. Cudahy Mr. Cudahy'* Intention at
Ihe time was to keep It* contents to him
self a* the bandits bad requested, but
tutor he thought heeler of II u la be
lieved In the hand* of the police It would
prove a valuable clew. *0 to-night he
took Chief Donahue Into his confidence.
The rhlef rcPrse.l to dlw loae tho nature
of the subject dlscuseed. Mr. Cudahy says
he has not withdrawn the reward lor will
be do ao. It stand* a* originally effered.
* WOMAN IN THK CAW.
Chl.f ftnsslin# of Omaha'* l.ate*t
About I udatiy Kldnepplna.
Omaha. Neb , De.- 29.-'7There can be
no doubt." aald Chief of Police Donahue
to-night, "that there was a woman In
the Cudahy kidnaping case, and I have
reason to believe that that woman Is still
111 Doogla* county- Ido not care to say
just why I think so. Crowe wo* not a
woman's man. so far aa my knowledge of
film goee. @ut It I# not difficult to un
derstand why a woman was pressed Into
service In this matter. A woman could
pick up a little girl on the . treet and cur
ry her away eaailv. where If a man would
attempt It the child would scream and bo
frightened Into hysteric#. Ho I think thla
accounts for th# appearance of the wo
man tn the rase.
"I can *ay. however, that the police
are looking for no particular woman at
gnl* i.rna."
*'! I<*t mliiiom all fnith In tha wo-i-aliM
ilt it * wnn I of Peru nit aw
. oii4'i.i. I to U*jt tail* a* a l*t report
Thank* to Hr. Ilwr' muhi n Invention |
now f-ri)o> s (mvtil m* I enr (Ikt
#bu*P Roundly, have excellent Appetite,
aiitl Imvii KHlnecl in wHgtit more than I
•vt till In my lift* M —f*h*te l>, Ktnvtlv.
I'alarrhal afTeetl'Mt* may lie acute or
chronic. mlbl or et vere. e|netneml cm*
mulilhuii, Imai lug or fleetlnc. painful or
trivial, but they n 1 have one origin, one
nature catarrh. They aii have ona cure
Pertltta.
t MOW or WIIUMMS,
t*r rnitn a I ntnrrlt tare That Meat*
on Ihe I naolftofllrd Trait mo it jr
of Thonauncla.
Title la an age when theories hare lit
tl< or no w<lght the average mlrtd,
hilt actual •honour tratlon In kmandal.
The busy people of to-day have neither
time nor tiK'llnatlcm to cpeculate, and
(urn with .hatrust from everything that
d-e* ted plainly hear the fttamp of fact.
The reNNon Peruna o* gained euch
universal hold of the confidence of the
I♦<•**an a ratarrh cure Is Itecanae ell
tmii iie-nfa oofta eruaoa It ere
rM by facts. /
A book containing ni**clmNns selected
at random from a t loud of wltneaaea who
have be*n cur*J of chronic catarrh by
Peruna sent free by The Peruna Medi
cine Ofe, t'olumtMlN. O. _____
Through Florid* dervlea Pram the
Weal.
Cleveland, 0.. I>ec. —A through eerv
l>v ba* been obtained from Cleveland to
Ht. Augustine. Fla.. In twenty hours by
way of the Hlg Four, Queen and Crescent
and Mouttiern Halt ways.
MTTIIIi AMI OI.HO.
<'unri-a,RiHK ll.iUrjr, * I'arnrr,
l |i lb* liroal Rill.
Krom lb. New York I’out.
Congressman Halley of Kalina* !■ a far
mer; fit he made a very strong speech
against the Uruut bill for Ihe -uppriaabw !
uf oleomargarlne. In the llrat place, be
<xime.nl the fel** pretense that agricul
ture I* specially Interested in th* tight
agali.Kt oleomargarine. The latter article
le I’.ifliiJMnl of the fat of cattle and j
Ma ine, end the oil of cotton seed, all three !
Inarcdlcma lielng ptoducts of agriculture.
H ho. then, aro the people who era mak
in* *uch * drapers le t>uh ugalnet oleo
margarine T They arc chiefly thorn who j
munnite creamer!**. Thera are good
• rcamerte* and had creomerle*. and Mr.
Halley know* both kind*. One of the let- I
ter. rdtuau-d at Hutchlnoon, Kanoaa. un- I
dertake* the renovation of mlweellaneous j
Imtter. Thin mutt ram,, in from he aur
rounding country at the rale of about 109 j
pound# per day. It I* made by farmer#*
wive* and carried to the country mor
. lutnlM. who dump the aweet and the ran.
chi Indiscriminately In barrel* which they
forward tu the creamery Iran time la
lime. Tliere It la worked over with coda
and rinacd off. waited, colored yellow,
primed. and |it on th- market a* cream,
cry No. 2 "And In thla oame manner."
*>* Mr Halley, "the renovating or pro*
ceaalng of hutrer l carrier! on all over j
our country." The point of thla la that ]
the Uruut hill, while prof.-*elng to pro* j
tecl the public agauiMt Impure and dele- 1
terlou* compound*, really alma to *up- j
preea and keep out of th# market tha only j
article which la made under government j
Inepectlon and mull ncceosarlly he pure, j
The factorlr where raru ol butter Is work- j
l over, doctored, drugged, and turned
out as creamery No. 2. aro not Interfered j
with. _
THr. III'.WS KUOS* DOUILAI.
Mayoralty mention Cnoteat Poat
,*.n*-t I will Jna. #.
Dougls*. da.. Dec 9.—' The coot eared j
mayoralty election case aat for yeoterday j
before hi* honor. Judge Thomas Young.]
ns*, by conaent. portioned until Jan. . I
on account of abeent counsel and wltnea*-]
*• JB
liar Id Klnkley. colored, yesterday. In]
the City Court, pleaded gulhy to the
charge of larceny of a bicycle from Oeorge
fr. Woolen and wa* eentenced by Judge
Wlllla Dart to pay a fine of * and rourt
charge# or eight months on tha chain,
gong.
Mr. and Mr*. Jam** A. W*d# have re*
turned from their Chrlsimas outing.
Col. and Mr*. J. W. Qulncay will re
turn to-day.
—One of the recent Inventions tried on
the British soldier* In Mouth Africa, Is
called "solid beer.” It lea Jelly made
from malt and hoi*, from which beer can
he made anywhere and fermented. It*la
raid to make excellent beer and to work
equally well In hot or cold climate*, the
prove** being very wimple, and the mllK
tary authorities have reported roaorahtS
upon U.
9