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MUCH WORK
Demands lii« Presence al
Manila, Says Dewey.
FAVORS KEEPING CITY
Asks for Battle-Ship and Ar
mored Cruiser.
Manila, Ang. 30.—Admiral
Dewey, in an interview veeter
day, said that he had been ad
vised by the Navy Department
Washington to hold himself
d readiness to return home by
quickest route for the pur
pos of conferring with President
McKinley on the Philippine
question.
Admiral Dewey replied,giving
® ulles» possible information
'is views on the subject,
e suggested to Secretary Long
lat the importance of the situa
n required him to remain here,
* re there is much work yet
°- ilo thinks that his squad
n 8 ould be augmented in
h 0 ’ ler ®f° r 6> r Qr
todii
U/ ““““l’ s " d •"
“red wuiser to Manila.
rs.iual ° Sk, ' d *° expreßs •<«
Ste 1 u,e ques
le Phil- • mericans retaining
. lppine9 ’ admiral Dewey
uA a ‘ t,eßtars »■•<«
tabla n l6 L ““ el “' th « faßh
“ ‘L P ;? e “ ad ‘ o '‘l> e Pl„lip.
ill' “’ ,d eaid : “I
; ulfl y there forever.”
M* 8 ‘ he Work of the
il. ani a » the admiral
pvK Weh raUy \° f
man, but I am proudest of men.
No finer squadron ever assem
bled so far as personnel is con
cerned.”
Aguiualdo has decided to send
delegates to Paris to present the
cause of the insurgents to the
peace commission. They will
also make known to Europe and
America the nature of the rebel
lion against Spanish authority,
and the claims of the insurgents
for recognition in the future
government of the Philippines.
It is reported that he will con
sent only to an American pro
tectorate of the Philippines,
with practical independence for
the people.
Although officials of the Bu
reau of navigation say that Ad
miral Dewey has not asked for
a reinforcement to his fleet, it is
believed about the navy depart
ment that the battleship Oregon
will be sent to Manila shortly,
via the Suez Canal.
MERRITT GOES TO PARIS
General Will Give Commission
Benefit Os His Experience.
Washington, Aug 30 It was an
nounced this afternoon at the war
department that Gen. Merritt was
to go to Paris to give the peace
commission the benefit of his ex
perience in the Philippines.
The original plan had been •to
send Admiral Dewey to Par’s, but
this was changed upon representa
tions from the admiral that he
could be of greater service at Ma
nila than in Paris.
Whether or not Gen. Merritt
will return to the Philippines has
not yet been determieed, that will
depend entirely upon the state of
affaire in the is'and, when the
peace commission concludes its
labors The choice of a route is
himself, but it is expected tint he
1 will be in Paris within sixty days
at th j latest
“From Green'md’s ley inounu’’
To Hawaii's Coral strand,
The tune is ‘DI •; ie Doodl e,’
All sing to beat the band.
O 0 O
The “IlTrovatore” wheel, th Ude
in Germany has a musical contri
vance fixed to the handle-bar and
worked by the front Wheel, and
plays over five hundred tunes. It
can be stopp d by a spring and set
on again for half an hour, and so
on, ad infinitum, until the mach
ine wears out.
o o o
Joseph Jefferson, it is said, was
once in urgent need of ready money
to hire a wagon while on a hunting
and fishing trip in New Hampshire,
bu' having none, he made out a
check for $2 on a piece of white
birch bark. The check was cashed
by a farmer and oy him presented
for payment at a Montpelier, Vt.,
bank by whose officials it was
trained. It is kept as a souvenir
of the great actor.
o o o
Clara —“Are you engaged to
Doughlas for good?” Gertrude—
“lt looks so . 1 don’t think he’ll
aver ba able to marry me.”—Life.
o o o
Tommy—“Pa, why are single wo
men called spinsters?” l*k—“l ex
pect it’s because they are always
spinning a web to catch a man.”—
London Kun.
000
The Duke of W.lington said
the Spanish were no fighters, and
it’s suspected he knew more of this
business than that later peerage
authority, the Marquis of Queens
berry.
000
Spain regarded Cuba merely as
the Pearl of the Antilles; but for
those prize-taking blockades it’s
assumiog a diamond character.
000
The funny man on an exchange
gets off this goodun:
“Say that Jim Bixby must be a
turrible fighter. He charged up
that bill at Sau Juau with three
ballets in body. routed a half
dozen Spaniards single handed,
and wuz finally knocked out by a
bushwacker with a club.” “That’s
funny. Blame me es I ain’t seen
that little wife of his—she don’t
weigh more’u ninety pounds—run
him with a rolling pin from Hi-
Hticker’s saloon clear past the
Methodist church, an’ him holler
in’ for mercy at every blessed
jiynp!”
boo
Here is an extract from one of
the latest novels;
“Gerald Harbison panted
heavily. The close atmosphere of
the little apartment constrained
his splendid luugs. He wdnt to
the window, opened it and threw
out his massive chest ”
All of which would go to show
that the landlady was hot on his
track.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
000
Mrs. Louis H. Pratt, of Sher
wood. Wis., makes the somewhat
original suggestion that sweet
young things with golden hair
should not monopolize the privil
ege of naming warships, so she
wants to be allowed to name the
battleship Wisconsin. Among her
qualifications she mentions the
following. She is 51 years old, got
her education in a little school
house in Wisconsin, knows how to
cook, knit, spin and make soft
soap, wears her hair short, and has
christened and reared two boys
and two girls of her own.
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CHEAP RATE§.
The Southern R’y operates 3
daily trains between Rome and
Chattanooga, by which parties
can leave Rome in the morning,
spend the day in Chattanooga,
and return homo same evening.
The schedule between these
points is as follows. Leave Rome
1:00 a. m. arrive Caattanooga
4 :15 a. in.; leave Rome 10 .35
arrive Chattanooga 1: 00 p. m. •
leave Rome G :25 a. m. arrive
Chattanooga 8 :50 p. m. There
is also a local train leaving Rome
3:50 p. m. going by the way of
Cohutta and Cleveland and ar
rives Chattanooga 7:20 p. in.
Returning, trains leave Chatta
nooga 6 :30 a. in. arrive Rome
9: 00 a. m. ; leave Chattanooga
3 ;10 p. m. arrive Rome 5 :35 p.
m.; leave Chattanooga 10 :10 p.
arrive Rome 1:44 a. m. Pull
man sleeping cars on all trains.
For further information call
on C. Harrison, C. T. A.
SICK MEN GOING HOME.
Washington, Aug 20.—The sick
at Camp Alger are being rapidly
removed to their respective states.
E<>rty-tw*) sick men of the Mis
souri regiments left today. Tomor
row one hundred sick men of the
5 xty-fifth New York will be sent
h 'mein a hospital train.
Beware of Imitations
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fl NOVEL CONTEST
Palrolmm White, of Atlanta,
Won it.
GIVES BEST DEFIjfiTIOJI
Os a Model police Officer And
Wins Pr
Atlanta, Aug. 29.—Patrolman
B. C. White wpn the-medal for
thebost defi litio i to whit it
took to m ike ago >1 policeman.
Police Commissioners Patter
son, Johnson and Branan met
yesterday afternoon and care
fully exaffiiued all. the replies
and decided that the following
answer won the medal:
“Physical endurance, moral
courage, personal bratery, a
steady nerve, temper u ider con
trol, prompt attention to duty,
willing obedience to orders,
thorough knowledge of city laws,
police regulations and geograph y
of the city ; in brief, the charac
teristics of a gentleman, a sol
dier and a Christian.”
By a comparison with the an
swers filed with Mr. G. N.
llurtel, of The Constitution, to
whom the police liad given their
replies, it was ascertained that
No. 6G was Mr. B. C. White.
The contest was inaugurated
for the purpose of ascertaining
what the members of the police
department thought about their
duties and how they would ex
press their views in writing.
Messrs. George E. Johnson
and W, O. Jones are given the
credit of getting up the contest.