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CUBA’S HEALTH
NOTjAMENACE
YELLOW FEVER NOT FEARED
because op the safeguards
TAKEN AGAINST IT.
Mortality In the Island Has Steadily
Decreased Since tile Establishment
of the Republic—There Has Deen
no Epidemic of Qnurantlnable
Diseases—Cuba a Sort of Quaran
tine Station for the United States.
Washington. Dec. 26.—Senor Quesada,
the Cuban minister, in view of reports
that yellow fever was beginning again
to obtain a foothold in Cuba and 'that
the Cuban government was not vigor
ously enforcing sanitary precautions,
to-night gave out the following official
statement:
“The rate of mortality in the island
of Cuba has steadily decreased since
the establishment of the republic and
compares most favorably with the best
showings of the states of the union and
of the countries of Europe and is due
not only to our splendid climate, but
to the conscientious efforts of the cen
tral sanitary department of Cuba.
“There has been no epidemic of quar
antinable diseases. Yellow fever,
smallpox, cholera and the plague have
not developed in Cuba since the
proclamation of the republic. Neither
of the two cases of yellow fever at
Punta De Sal, in October and Novem
ber, have propagated beyond the orig
inal cases.
“It is true that owing to the finan
cial inability of certain municipalities,
they have been unable to do as much
as they would like for water supply,
street cleaning, pavement and sewers,
hut in no wise has this caused yellow
fever, which has not broken out in
any of the ports or towns.
Cuba the United States' Quarantine.
"Cuba to-day is the quarantine, to a
great extent, of this country. Over
twenty confirmed cases of yellow fever
have come to the island from othcv
parts of America, some in steamers
bound for the United States, and they
have been properly handled by the
Cuban authorities.
"Since the appearance of the two
isolated cases of yellow fever q small
hospital sufficient for all needs, has
been available in Santiago de Cuba
for any cases which may arise on shore,
while the hospital at Cayo Duan will
be reserved for any independent cases.
Special inspectors have been stationed
at the different mines; they will re
port daily through the local sanitary
office, the sanitary conditions of those
stations, and two medical inspectors
will undertake the medical and sani
tary inspection of all the houses of
Santiago de Cuba.
“Sporadic cases are liable to occur.
"The utmost that can be expected
of any country is that it sees to it that
its sanitary conditions are not a men
ace to its neighbors and that if quar
antine diseases should appear proper
precautions be taken to prevent their
becoming epidemic and reaching other
countries to their detriment.
Doing Its Very Best.
“The government of Cuba is doing
Its full duty in the matter, and intends
to continue improving the sanitary
conditions of the small, as well as of
the larger, towns, which now can be
compared, without any disadvantage,
with those of any other country. Cuba
thus far has shown that it is protect
ing Its neighbors efficiently, and that
Us sanitary officers are fully able to
meet any emergency and rijurt any
scientific investigation carried on in
good faith.”
SHARP~BROS. HAD
FIRE AT MILL ROY.
Statesboro, Ga., Dec. 26.—Sharp Bros.,
doing- a merchandise and naval store
business at Mill Roy, had their barns,
nine mules, forage, harness, wagons,
etc., burned last night at a loss of
more than $2,000.
The particulars are not known.
Christmas at Douglas.
Douglas, Ga., Dec. 26.—Christmas at
Douglas passed off pleasantly. The po
lice had but very little trouble in hand
ling the largest crowds of any
similar occasion, only a few plain
drunks being recorded. The trains on
all the railroads were behind on al
most all schedules, because of the in
creased holiday traffic and shoppers.
The merchants all did good business.
Religious services were held in all the
churches.
Douglas’ new officials will be sworn
in officially next Monday. They are:
Mayor-elect C. E. Baker, Aldermen F.
Willis Dart, W. C. Bryan, Moses Grif
fin and B. Peterson.
New l’luy Presented.
Newport News, Va„ Dec. 26.—“ At
Old Point Comfort,” a romantic
drama by Daniel Hart, a Wilkesbarrc.
Pa., newspaper man, who dramatized
“The Jucklins" for Stuart Robson and
who is the author of “The Parish
Priest,” which scored a distinct suc
cess several years ago, was presented
here for the first time on any stage.
The play was favorably received by
large audiences, matinee and evening
performances being given. The elab
orate scenic investiture embraces
views of the Fort Monroe fortifications
and Hampton Roads.
MlUnrtl Called to Atlanta.
Atlanta, Dec. 26.—Rev. J. W. Millard,
D. D., who is well known in this city,
has been called to the pastorate of the
Ponce De Leon Avenue Baptist Church.
Dr. Millard is at present pastor of the
But aw Place Baptist Church of Bal
timore. The call was sent Dr. Mil
lard to-dav.
I.title Girl Shot by Her Brother.
Midville, Ga., Dec. 26.—A little
daughter of Mr. Glisson, who lives
•bout six miles south of here In Eman
uel county was accidentally shot by
her little brother yesterday, while
playing with a pistol. The ball enter
ed the right side, above her waist and
came out just above her left hip. Dr.
Drake, who dressed the little girl's
wounds thinks she will recover.
Dne Negro Killed Another.
Midville, On.. Dec. 26.—Wi1l Roberts
a negro on J. F. Inman's place five
miles north of here was shot yes
terday by a comrade in a quarrel over
trivial matter, and died lust night.
Th negro who did the shooting fled
and has not been arrested.
I brUlmii at' Midville.
Midville, Gg. Dee. M. —Christmas In
this community was utiusunlly quiet.
The town marshal made only two st
reets, and these were for disorderly
ivmlist.
UroMltsliMlls* Ml Muaala.
Lkuterlnoelgv, Dee. J6.—The Gov*
*tuw. opening tbs Jftemet vo, spoke Ml*
Ihuslsetiistly of the forUwwiMiag de*
eaauaiiaauue at Kuaau
BURNING OF MRS.
HUGHES AND BABY.
Continued from First page.
house, after she had caught, in a fran
tic effort to extinguish the flames.
A Witness of the Tragedy.
It is generally believed that some
one else was there, either when the
burning occurred, or Just after: but
as to who this was is a mystery that
may never be cleared up. One gentle
man who was there not long after, and
examined the bodies and premises
carefully, advance the theory that a
stranger may have been passing along
the road and. seeing the fire, went in
to help them, but finding them both
already burned to death, put out the
fire- replaced the water in the bucket
and then went away, afraid to men
tion it lest he should be suspected of
having perpetrated the deed. There are
others, however, who hold that if there
was a third person, there were darker
motives that prompted his presence.
Every effort will be made to throw
more light upon the tragedy, though
at present there seems to be no solu
tion.
NEGROES ARE*THREATENED.
Some VVnnl Them to Get Ont of Bul
loch County.
Statesboro, Ga., Dec. 26.—There is
considerable excitement in this county
in the vicinity of where Reed and Cato
committed their crime upon the
Hodges family some time ago, about
the free distribution of letters to white
people, signed by clubs of various
names, warning them to fight shy of
the negroes and dispense with their
services and help them to leave the
county.
It seems that this sort of thing has
been going on for some time, but has
not gained much notice until to-day,
when the coroner impanelled a jury
from Statesboro to look into a rumor
that a negro had been burned in his
house last Friday night and that parts
of his skull and portions of his body
hed been recovered from the ashes.
Members of this jury reached town
this afternoon from the scene and re
port that no conclusion was arrived at,
owing to the fact that the bones were
nearly burned up that they could not
say whether they were those of a per
son or an animal and that they think
this a method to frighten the negroes
and make them leave the county.
killTdbTawoman.
She Shot Constan After He Had In
suited Her.
Batson, Tex., Dec. 26.—W. R. Con
stan, an engineer employed by an oil
company here, was shot and killed
to-day by Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, wife
of another engineer.
The shooting occurred on the door
step of the Nichols residence. Con
stan gained access to the house, it is
alleged, insulted Mrs. Nichols, where
upon he was ejected. He returned lat
er and Mrs. Nichols fired at him from
the doorway, killing him instantly.
Mrs. Nichols was arrested, but lat
er released on a small bond to appear
before the grand jury.
Constan is reported to have a fam
ily, but their whereabouts is unknown.
DODGE BECAME ILL.
Two Physician* Were Culled to
Attend Him.
New York, Dec. 26.—Charles F.
Dodge, who returned from Texas last
week in charge of United States Mar
shal Hanson to answer to a charge of
perjury, suffered a collapse in his room
at the Broadway Central Hotel to-day
and a physician was speedily sum
moned. Later a second physician was
called in consultation. During the re
mainder of the day one of the medical
men was in constant attendance. He
is said to be a very sick man and
under the constant care of a physi
cian.
Messrs. Jerome and Garvin spent
most of the day in their offices work
ing on the Dodge case. Mr. Jerome
refused to be interviewed and said he
could not say when he would present
the case to the grand jury.
INJURED BY* DYNAMITE.
Chicago, Dec. 26.—The unexpected
explosion of a stick of blasting dyna
mite to-day fatally injured three men.
Injured a score of others and partly
wrecked a large steam shovel on the
Chicago drainage canal near Lock
port, 111.
More than 100 men were working with
in 200 feet of the dynamite when the
explosion occurred. All were thrown
from their feet, twenty being bruised
and lacerated by flying stones and
earth. Engineer James Hill, an uni
dentified man who acted as Hill’s as
sistant, and an Italian laborer are the
men fatally Injured. The others were
not seriously hurt.
Mr. S. P, Henerey.
Mrs. S. F. Henerey died at 9:40
o’clock last night, at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Middleton,
from the effects of a stroke of paraly
sis. sustained two weeks ago.
Mrs. Henerey was 79 years of age
and a native of Charleston. She was
the widow of Lieut. John F. Henerey,
of the Confederate army, who was
in Fort Sumter at the time of the
bombardment. Lieut. Henerey also
served through the Virginia campaign
and was with Gen. Lee at the time
of his surrender at Appomattox. Mrs,
Henerey is survived by her daughters,
Mrs. John R. Miller and Mrs. Ed
mond R. Middleton.
The funeral will take place from the
First Baptist Church at 4 o'clock this
afternoon und Rev. Dr. J. D. Jor
dan will conduct the services.
Mr*. Nellie D. Sharp. tVashlnßtnn,
Washington, Dee. 26. -Mrs. Nellie
Dent Sharp, the widow of Maj. Alex
ander Sharp, United States Army, and
sister of the late Mrs. U. H. Grant and
Mrs. James S. Casey of this city, died
at 4he Woodley apartment house In
this city to-day.
Joel Abbott Klllnps, Madison.
Madison, Ga., Dee. 26.—Hon. Joel Ab
bot Billups, moderator of the Presby
terian synod of Georgia, died at his
home here this morning, aged 77.
YOUR NEW YEAR'S DINNER
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was Jell-O l<'K CREAM Powder All
Ingredients lu tbs packed*- At all
gi veers.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TI KSDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1004.
*BOYS AND CHILDREN’S*
OVERCOATS
THAT
25 Per Cent. Off
Is still in force in this
department. Every gar
ment is touched by this
discount and the moth
ers of Savannah have an
unusual opportunity for
buying overcoats for the
boys. See them to-day.
NEW YORK’S CHRISTMAS.
Harrowing Stories That the Seeth
ing I,lft* Disclosed.
New York, Dec. 26.—The celebration
of Christmas in New York was not
without its pathetic features and many
sad cases came to the attention of the
authorities.
A neatly dressed young woman of 27
years was found unconscious, seated
on a bench in Riverside Drive and died
before reaching a hospital. Her fea
tures told an eloquent story of priva
tions and hardship. The ambulance
surgeon was of the opinion that death
resulted from long.continued exposure
without nourishment. She has net been
identified.
Nine-year-old Jeanette McCoy, whose
father was ill and unable to work,
has been caring for her young brothers
and sisters and helped her mother sup
port the family by washing and scrub
bing. To-day the little girl, worn out
by her efforts, was taken to a hospital
where It was found she was suffering
from diphtheria and a fe\y hours later
she was dead. The physicians said
she had literally starved herself to
death in her endeavors to keep the
other four children alive.
A fire in an Allen street house early
to-day following a Christmas celebra
tion, caused the death of two women
and the serious injury of two women
and a man.
Nan Patterson, the former actress,
accused of the murder of Frank T.
Young, passed a gloomy Christmas in
the Tombs. She had anticipated cele
brating her release from imprison
ment with her family in Washington
and the fact that she will probably
have to undergo another trial, made
this Christmas the saddest of her life.
Morris Fielding, a young clerk in a
banking house, in a moment of des
pondency, ended his life at his home
by shooting.
Tottering through the snow while
suffering from pneumonia, Mrs. Mary
Schneider, aged 23, fell swooning on the
sidewalk in Forty-fifth street. Her
husband died five months ago and left
her penniless and she had been har
bored by a woman friend. The phy
sicians say she will die.
Following a trivial quarrel with his
wife, Conrad Fredericks hanged him
self in his home in East Forty-eighth
street.
PLIGHT OF RUSSIA
Dwelt Upon by Trubet*kol In an
AddrcM* at Moscow*
Moscow, Dec. 26.—The Zemstvo con
gress of the Moscow government open
ed to-day. Prince Trubetskoi, the pres
ident, in his opening address, dwelt
upon the serious condition of Russia
and the regrettable war with Japan,
the end of which could not be antici
pated in the near future, as well as
the grave economical crisis through
which the country is passing, and the
internal disorganization of the empire.
All this, he said, lay as a heavy yoke
on the Russian people and produced
the condition of. strong nervous ex
citement under which it labored.
Continuing, Prince Trubetskoi declar
ed that Minister of the Interior Svia
topolk-Mirsky’s assurance of confi
dence in the people had given the Zem
stvo new power to serve the state.
The Zemstvos had firm confidence in
the Emperor. They believed the happy
day was nigh when through the im
perial will, the present bureaucratic
regime, which had estranged the su
preme power of the people, would be
changed; the day on which the Em
peror would summon freely elected rep
resentatives of the people to parti
cipate In legislation through whose co
operation the imperial power and great
ness of the throne would be strength
ened and the triumphant development
of the fatherland assured.
The address was adopted by a ma
jority of the votes in the congress.
i^fast^groTTno.
Effort* to Float the Drumelsler
I’rove Unavailing.
New York, Dec. 26.—The British
steamer Drumclzier, which went ashore
on the Point of Fire Island bar two
miles to the west of the Fire Island
light house last night in a blinding
snowstorm. Is still hard aground.
The vessel _ loft New York Sunday
bound for Swansea and Havre, and
when she struck was many miles out
ol her course.
Wreckers were sent to her assistance
from this city, but their efforts to pull
her off the bar have so far proved
unavailing.
DEATH ~STALKEdTn
AT CHRISTMAS TREE.
Williamson, W. Va., Dec. 26.—A
Christmas tree entertainment at a
church In Nolan a small town north
of here last night was brought to a
sudden close by a bloody light, in
which one man was instantly killed
and two others serlouslv wounded.
The dead:
Everett Thompson, shot by Mike
Duncan.
The injured:
Nimrod Thompson, father of Everett,
cannot live.
Mike Duncan stabbed by Everett
Thompson, may die.
Slabbed Ills Member.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec, 27,—A special
to the Commercial. Appeal from ('of.
ftevllle. Miss., ssys Marshall Jtarrl
oun has stabbed and fatally wou ided
his brother Henry, while the two wet*
engaged In a light The Injured men
has assumed the blame for the Ml*
counter Md begged that his brother
tie not prosecuted Noth were drink*
tug whan the dlSn ulty occurred.
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL
LIKE SPEECHES ON STUMP
WARM POLITICAL CORRESPOND
ENCE STIRS THE STATE.
There Is NVide Disensslon of tlie
teltfr* Solicitor General Osborne
I* Writing—One Politleian llls
ensses the Morris-Steed Confer
ence—Sny* Steed Whs Promised
the Support of Morris’ Friends for
President of the Semite.
Atlanta, Dec. 26.—The card-writing
feature of the coming political cam
paign fs attracting about as much at
tention among the politicians just now
as would the appearance of the candi
dates themselves on the stump. The
letters of Solicitor General W. W. Os
borne of Savannah and the replies
they have called forth are being gener
ally discussed at the Capitol and in po
litical circles over the state.
Inquiry was made to-day as to the
features of the conference held a lit
tle more than two years ago over
the House speakership, for the details
of which Mr. Osborne has called upon
former Speaker N. A. Morris.
"I was not at that conference,” said
a well known Georgia politician, to
day. "principally because I had no
special business there: but I have
heard from several parties who were
present something in a general way
about the details of it. As I am In
formed, and reliably, I think, it was
a conference between the friends of
Newt Morris and Walter Steed of Tay
lor regarding the speakership.
“Both sides met and showed their
hands. It was discovered that Mor
ris had more members of the House
pledged for him for the speakership
than Steed had, though neither had a
majority. After considerable discus
sion, it was finally decided that Steed
should get out of the way and support
Morris, and In consideration for this it
was promised that Morris’ friends
would support and endeavor to elect
Steed president of the next Senate.
“I understand that Morris has re
mained faithful to his part of the con
tract. What his friends have done
I have not been informed. So far as
I have been able to gather that is all
there was to the conference to which
Mr. Osborne refers, and for the details
of which he has called upon Mr. Mor
ris.”
Respite (or Wlllford.
Gov. Terrell to-day granted a re
spite to Whitley Wiliford, the Mitch
ell county negro who was to have
been hanged to-morrow for murder,
until Jan. 13 in order that the Prison
Commission may have opportunity to
investigate and see whether the ne
gro should be executed or have his
sentence commuted to life imprison
ment.
Wiliford, who was an escaped con
vict from a misdemeanor gang, kill
ed Harmon West, a young white man,
and wounded a man named Cox, a
bailiff, who went to arrest him. It
took three companies of militia to
prevent mob violence during his trial.
Suggestion that the case should bo
investigated by the Prison Commis
sion and the Governor came from
Judge Spence and Solicitor General
Wooten, by whom he was tried.
To Keep Ont tlie Cotton Terror.
State Entomologist Wilmon Newell
is to-day sending out circulars to all
parties interested, giving the rules
adopted and laid down by the State
Board of Entomology to prevent the
Introduction of the Mexican boll wee
vil into this state. These regulations
apply principally to shippers, trans
portation companies and consignees,
and to the handling of produets
which would be likely to convey the
boll weevil. They are quite stringent,
and an inspector will be employed es
pecially to see that they are enforced.
lln<l n (Inlet Chrlatmaa.
Christmas was generally observed
to-day, the State Capitol, the City
Hall, banks, and practically all the
stores in the city being closed all day.
Contrary to usual custom the bar
rooms were open, though the city or
dinance requires them to be closed on
Christmas day. The city attorney
held, however, that as this was not
Christmas day in fact, they could not
be required to close. There were the
usual number of drunks and disorder
lies, but the police have had the situ
ation well in hand and nothing serious
developed.
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
OVER WESTERN STATES.
Omaha. Neb., Dec. 26.—A blizzard
has been general to-day over the great
er part of Indian Territory. Kansas and
Nebraska and Western lowa.
A terrific wind is blowing here and
the thermometer Is near the zero mark.
A thousand telephones are out of work
ing order in Omaha, where a heavy
sleet storm Impeded communication.
It Is the worst storm of the winter.
Stockmen assert that the cold wave
will not affect cattle seriously as they
are in excellent condition and able
to stand much cold.
FIVE WERE BURNED
TO DEATH IN A SHANTY.
Old Town. Md.. Dec. 26.—Mack Ni
marlck, his wife and child, and Anna
and Massaun Cole, Nimarlck's sisters
in-law. all Slavs, were burned to death
to-day In a shanty in which fifty la
borers employed on the Wabash Rail
road were housed.
The men were employed by a sub
contractor named John Nichols.
An explosion of coal oil is supposed
to have caused the accident.
says they closed
THE UNIVERSITY.
London, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to a news agency says
the Russian authorities have closed
Moscow university until Keb. 1, ow
ing to the recent student disturbances.
According to the same source of In
formation, during the riota at Razorn,
two railway bridges were blown up
and at t'henstohovo an attempt was
made to dynamite the statue of Alex
ander If, but only the step* were
Injured.
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DESCRIPTION GIVEN OF
A JAPANESE ATTACK.
How They Mimlo h rimrue at Tort
Arthur.
London. Dec. 27.—The Daily Tele
graph’s correspondent at Chee Foo, In
a dispatch, dated Dec. 26, says:
"A messenger from Port Arthur de
scribes a Japanese attack, the even
ing of Dec. 22. with a light column of
5,000 and many machine guns on the
northern defenses. They dashed along
the railway, carried trench after trench
and succeeded In reaching the water
course beneath Payuissean mountain,
whence the Russian artillery worked
terrible execution.
"A fierce bayonet fight occurred at
midnight. A strong Russian force ad
vancing eastward of Payuissean moun
tain threatened the retreat of the Jap
anese, who. after a desperate strug
gle, retired to the north, leaving sev
eral machine guns, 300 ritles, and
eighty prisoners. It Is intimated that
they lost 600 killed.
"The Japanese halted near the ceme
tery and. finding that both their flanks
had carried all the works forming the
outlying range of the main forts, they
entrenched on small hills near Etse
mountain under a severe enfilading
fire, which caused them heavy losses.”
TOLD HOSPITAL SHIPS
TO CHANGE BERTHS.
London, Dec. 27. —The Dally Mall’B
correspondent at Toklo cables as fol
lows:
“On Dec 19, the Japanese signalled
the Russian hospital ships protecting
the destroyers In the roadstead of
Port Arthur to change their berth, and
the Russians requested a respite of
six hours, which meant giving the
destroyers the benefit, of darkness.
The sequel Is not known.
"It is reported that recently posi
tions have been captured behind Llaotl,
which have cut off the Russian sup
ply bases from the main force.”
Foreign correspondents from Port
Arthur declare that the fortress is the
strongest (hat ever was attacked and
consider that no other army in the
world could have done what the Jap
anese have accomplished, but depre
cate as over sanguine the idea of its
immediate capture. •
SURPRISED A FORCE
OF THE JAPANESE.
Mukden, Dec. 26. —Volunteers, who
crossed the Shakhe river on Friday
surprised a force of the enemy, kill
ing about one hundred and taking fif
teen prisoners. The Russian losses
were trifling.
Holiday lit Washington.
Washington, Dec. 26.—Christmas
Monday was observed as a holiday in
the national capital. To President
Roosevelt the day was less of a holi
day than to many of his fellow citi
zens. He spent considerable time in
his office, and also kept a number of
engagements which had been made for
to-day. including appointments with
Secretary Hay and Assistant Secre
tary Loomis, Postmaster General
Wynne and Representative Cooper of
Texas.
Xltker Was Murdered.
Paducah, Tex.. Dec. 26.—The re
mains of Gus Sitker, a bootmaker, who
mysteriously disappeared from this
place on the night of Feb. 16, 1902,
were found to-day In n canyon In the
pasture of H. C. Cook, four miles
west of town. A knife Made broken
off In the skull Indicates foul play.
The body was Identified by the cloth
ing. Sitker was supposed to have
had SSOO on his person when he dis
appeared. t
No Enrly Trial for Drryfu*.
Paris, Dec. 26.—The Attorney Gen
eral's statement of the Dreyfus case,
which It is believed will demand the
cancellation of the Rennes Judgment,
without Indicating further steps, will
not be ready before the end of Jan
uary. This means that a re-trial of
Capt. Dreyfus before the full Supreme
Court of Appeals cannot occur before
Mav.
Opened by Itehnn.
St. Louis, Dec. 26.—Before an au
dience that taxed the capacity of the
Garrick Theater, Miss Ada Rehan, as
sisted by Charles J. Rlehman, formal
ly opened St. Louis' new playhouse to
night, presenting "The Taming of the
Shrew." The Garrick was erected at
a cost of $600,000 and the building will
be entirely devoted to amusement pur
poses.
THE HORSE WON THE TRANSFER.
An Kualne Romance of the New
York Police Department.
From the New York Sun.
If you go to Central Park to-day
you will be likely to see at the Mall
entrance a big, beautiful bay horse,
white fore feet squarely planted and a
little apart, white starred head high
In the air, strong neck, curving. If
you are a friend of the rider and the
rush of carriages across the drive Is
not too great the bay may bow to
you majestically, gracefully. knees
touching the gravel, with a splendid
sweep of the big, handsome head,
clean cut as a blue grass racer's. The
horse that bows like a woman is
Wyck, the finest, save Irish Lad, In
the stables of the police department.
George Ferguson, the rider, has sat
Wyck for years In the park, chasing
runaway, catching scornful automo
blllsts and swinging traffic Into the
set ways. Man and horse know the
park to every blade of grass and peb
ble. Most people who go to the park
regularly know Ferguson and Wyck.
They wondered last week where the
clean cut, straight limbed, square
shoulder man and his beautiful horse
were.
Several days ago Capt. Stephen
O'Brien, who is In charge of the
mounted men who handle street traffic
under the new arrangement, told
Commissioner McAdoo that he must
have more men. A mounted policeman
was espectally required at Columbus
Circle. The commissioner went over
the list and decided to transfer Fer
guston and Wyck from the park to
atreet service. Wyck was needed at
the circle, but the exigencies of the
case demanded that Ferguson lie
sent elsewhere. When they told Fer
guson about it h shed a real tear or
two and perhaps more. lie hadn't
been separated from the Ulg bay for
years, and ho loved the horse better
tlian anything else In the world. He
made a personal appeal to Mr. Me*
Adoo, begging that Wyck be left in
the park oven If h*' had to be trans
ferred Himself. The commissioner
knew so.ethlng about the affection of
Ceiguaot. for the horse snd he dis
liked to risk so vsiusble an animal in
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the chances of street patrol, but there
was no help for it. He refused Fergu
son's appeal and Wyck was handed
over to O’Neil, the rough rider, who
got broke during the reign of Devery
for sasslng Big Bill. O'Neil hailed
Wyck with relight.
It was pretty plain to O'Neil that
something was wrong with Wyck. The
horse was off his feed. There was no
snap to him. the spring was gone from
hts legs. His eyes were dull, with not
a flash of their old fire. He trotted
heavily and the arch of his neck
straightened. The handsome head
dropped. When O'Neil rode him near
the park It was hard to get Wyck
turned away again. Ferguson came to
see his pet once In a while and then
Wyck was his old self again. But aft
er Ferguson went away Wyek’s mel
ancholy returned. Yesterday Mr. Mc-
Adoo, passing through Columbus cir
cle, stopped to speak to O'Neil. “This
Is Ferguson's famous trick horse, Isn't
It?" said the commissioner. “It Is,
sir," said O'Neil, “but I’m afraid he’ll
go all to pieces If he Is kept away
from Ferguson and out of the park.”
McAdoo looked Wyck over with an
appreciative eye. The former rough
rider spoke to the bay and he kneeled
before the commissioner. Then he
made a fare, walked Spanish and put
out his right forefoot to shake hands
with McAdoo. He went through all
the tricks that Ferguson had taught
him. The commissioner patted Wyck's
velvety nose and was about to turn
away when the horse dropped his muz
zle on McAdoo's shoulder. He snug
gled close to the commissioner's cheek.
Then he raised his head and looked
off In the direction of the park. “I
am sure that horse was asking me to
send him back to the park as I am of
anything In the world." anld the com
missioner, telling the story yesterday.
"Everybody who knows that horse be
lieves he understands everything that
Is said to him, and I've a firm belief
that he understood that I had the pow
er of making him happy. The mount
ed men say that Wyck can do every
thing but talk, and they tell stories
by the hour about him that beat any
animal yarns you ever heard. Not the
least remarkable feature of the stories
Is that they are true. Well, sir, when
fhat fine big horse put hts head down
on my shoulder and then looked mourn
fully off toward the park It broke me
all up. The tears came Into my eyes,
and I am not more Impressionable than
most men, I suppose. I Just felt like
apologizing for having made him so
unhappy. ‘l'm sorry, O’Neil, but you
are going to lose your mount,’ I told
Wyck's rider. 'That horse goes back
to Central Park and Ferguson goes
back, too. It's a downright shame to
keep them apart if there's any way to
get around It.’ O'Nell was as pleased
as could be because he loves the horse,
as everybody In the department does
that knows him. Bpt the happiest man
In Greater New York was George Fer
guson when the order went to him to
take Wyck back to the old duty.”
Yesterday there was plenty of gin
ger In the big bay. All his dash and
go had returned. He pranced like a
2-year-old and "sashayed” down the
West drive in high school steps. The
face of Ferguson was a treat.
HOLnYRANTSOFTHIBET.
Try to Achieve the linpo**tl>le and
Shut Tlielr Kyra to the Obvious.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Kang-Ma, Oct. I.—With the Thibe
tans one must expect the unexpected.
They will try to achieve the Impos
sible and shut their eyes to the ob
vious. They have a genius for doing
the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Their elan, their dogged courage, their
unquestioned heroism, their occasional
acuteness, their more general Imbecile
folly and vacillation and Inability to
grasp a situation, make It Impossible
to say what they will do In any given
circumstances.
A few dozen men will hurl them
selves agnlnst hopeless odds and die
to a man fighting desperately. A hand
ful of Impressed peasants will devote
themselves to death In defense of a
village like the old Roman patriots.
At other times they will forsake a
strong position at the first shot and
thousands will prowl around u camp
at night, shouting grotesquely, but too
timid to make a determined attack
against a vastly outnumbered enemy.
This uncertainty of our enemy may
be accounted for to some extent by
the fact that the British are not often
opposed by the same levies, which
would Imply that theirs la largely the
courage of Ignorance. Yet In the face
of the fighting at Palis snd Nianl snd
Oyangtse Jong, this Is evidently no
fair estimate of the Thibetan spirit.
The men who stood In the breach at
Oyongtae. in that hell of shrapnel and
Maxim and rifle bullets, and dropped
down stones on the Gurkhas as they
climbed the wall met death knowingly
and were not terrified by the resources
of modern science In war, the magic,
the demons, the unseen messengers at
dtxMb
Hut (he men who attacked the Kang*
Me | a art- what parallel have we In
b let or y tar these 7
They had been sent from Lhasa by
the Kero- is Here the band divided si
the JutviPoi at the tusde Melf went
tee t> yeogtee to reltiLiw the long. half
Is Kang Ms With orders ts destroy aft
the posts between Pharl and the front.
Their spiritual masters accompanied
them to see that they did their work
well.
They came by night many miles over
steep mountain cliffs and rocky ra
vines, perhaps silently, with determined
purpose, weighing the odds; or, maybe,
boastfully with song and Jest saying:
"We will steal In upon these English
before dawn and slay them in their
beds. Then we will hold the fort and
kill all who come near.
They came in the gray before dawn
and hid In a gully beside the camp.
At 5 the reveille sounded and the sen
try left the bastion. Then they sprang
up and rushed, sword in hand, their
rllles slung behind their backs, at tho
wall.
The whole attack was directed on
the southeast front, an unscalable wall
of solid masonry, with bastions at
each corner 'four feet thick and ten
feet high. They rushed at the bas
tions, the only point on that side they
might, scramble over.
They knew nothing of the fort and
its tracing. Perhaps they had expect
ed to find the mission encamped in
tents on the open ground. But from the
shallow nullah, where they lay con
cealed only 200 yards distant and
watched the sentry, they could survey
this uncompromising front which they
had set themselves to attack with the
naked sword.
They had no artillery, no guncotton,
no material for storming, but they had
come from Lhasa to take Kang-Ma and
they would not turn back. They hoped
to scale the wall and annihilate the
garrison that held It.
They came on undismayed, even as
men flushed with victory. The se
poys said they must be drunk or drug
ged. They rushed to the bottom of
the wall, tore out stones and flung them
at the garrison: they leaped up and
scrambled to gain a foothold and lift
themselves on to the parapet, to seize
the muzzles of rifles; they fell bul
let-pierced, and some turned savage
ly on the wall again.
It was only a question of time, of
minutes, and the cool, mechanical fire
of the Twenty-third would have drop
ped every man. But at last they
turned and fled.
A hundred and six bodies were left
near the wall. Sixty more were killed
in the pursuit. Was ever such a hope
less. helpless struggle, such desperate
and Ineffectual gallantry?
Almost before It was light the yak
corps, with Its small eeoort of thirty
rifles of the Second Gurkhas wtos start
ing on the road to Kalutsho. It pass
ed the hiding place of the Thlhetana
without noticing the few hundred men
in rusty-colored cloaks breathing quiet
ly among tho brown atones.
Then the Thibetans made their
charge, Just as the transport had pass
ed and a detachment of them
swerved off on the yaks. Two Thibe
tan drivers In our service stod di
rectly In their path.
"Who are you?” cried one of the en
emy.
"Only a yak driver,” was the
frightened answer.
"Then take that,” the Thibetan said
slashing at his arm with no Intent to
kill.
The Gurka escort took up a position
behind a sangar and opened tire—all
save one man, who stood by his yak
and refused to come under cover, de
spite the shouts and warnings of hla
comrades. He killed several, but fell
himself, hacked with seven sword cuts.
The Thibetans were driven off and
Joined the rout frotd the fort. The
whole affair lasted less than ten min
utes.
British casualties were the Isolated
Gurkha killed, two men in the fort
slightly wounded by stones, and three
of the Gurkhas behind the sangars se
verely wounded, two by sword-cuts
Bnd one by a bullet In the neck.
And what was the flame that smol
dered In these men and lighted them
to action?
They might have been Paladins or
crusaders. But Buddhists are not fa
natics. They do not stake eternity on
a single existence. They have no Mah
dl* or Juggernaut cars. And the Thi
betans, we are told, are not patriots.
Politicians say that they want the
British in their country, that they are
priest-ridden and hate and fear their
lamas. What, then, drove them on?
Certainly not fear. No people on
earth have shown a greater contempt
for death. Their lamas were with
them until the final assault. Twenty
shaven polls were found hiding In the
nullah down which the Thibetans had
crept In the dark, and were Imme
diately dispatched.
What promises and cajoleries end
threats the holy men uaed no on a will
ever knew But whatever the alterna
tive. their simple followers preferred
death. Edmund Candler.
A guttapercha and rubber manufac
turing company of Toronto, has mad*
a belt for the grain elevator of lb*
Intercolonial Rail war at Ht. Johns,
whO-h Is ana at the largest ever pro
duced It is of rubber and meaauraa
1,26* feet. He weight la nine unm.
There are about four hundred thou
sand German get Gars In Rraatl, most
at whom are Brasilian nth!arts but
who send their child ten to German
arhuuia. which see waiiMs triad for 0m
puti ■<•* at training them fa (Jana, n
tmktts htt4 a Wva at Ummwj.
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