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K HORSELESS TRU i ITEW1 I Automobile Vehicles Under ( | Carry Eight Tons f Miles a Autotrucks for use by the New York Autotruck Company are now being constructed by the American Wheelock rn?.!nAnAmnAnw F WrtVPOqf At* Maw.. I JUU^IUU VUUI^UUJ, Vk ?? , . and will 3oon be seen in the streets of New York City. Platform trucks for carrying heavy machinery and trucks T7ith high boxes for coal, ice or other commodities trill be first used. Comr< 'Xi, It; pressed air will farnisli the motive power. Motormeu who operate these trucks will Ikaye ft high seat forward, with a -doable wheel similar to the arrangement on a cable car for controlling the powbr. One wheel will be for steering purposes, and the other will open or close a valve between the air cham fcer3 and the motor. Although these 1 . \ "trucks will hare a carrying capacity of i ?igkt tons and can be ran on smooth -pavements as fast as eight miles an lour, it is asserted that they can be ooGoaocoooooooooooooooooog 8 The Passing of ? 8 the Shakers. ? oooooooooooooooooooooocoso Sister Anana, oldest of the Shakers at Canterbury, N. H., died a few weeks ago. A city girl, who is familiar with the manner of life among these poople, recalls some of the history of the Shakers, an anecdote of two of tho life of the members of the Canterbury community, and a few of the customs "which impressed her. The Shakers arc called so by outsiders in derision, because, in their own words, "In their religious meetings, in their meetings of soul against j tho powers of sin, they sometimes are led of the spirit of shake." In latter day3, the Shaker dance, which is a combination of march step and rhy- j thmical swaying of the entire body, has been done away with. Whether tho Shakers themselves found the danco materialistic in tendency, despite religious ideas of its significance, or whether tho persistent neighborhood ridicule of this form of expression by so rigid a people has effected * j the change, probably au outsider may not learn. The real name of their organization -i- o : _ _ e _ i ; ^ is bue uiiircu oouictj ui -Duueveia m Cliriat's Second Appearance. From tbo point of view of tlin Shaker tho world is divided into what they cad ihe world's people aud thomaelvcs. Of ibeir tenets tho public knows little. That the; do not marry is as much as tho worldiug usually has. time to learn of the.-c interesting voluntary exiles from the common strife. So fav as a stranger can gather, wore one for a time resilient with idem, tho Shaker is a sort of Unitarian Christian with added broad toleraucc for many Buddhistic teachings. The funnder of tho order, in 1770, was a woinuu, Ann Lee. Shakers Uolievo that she was pre-eminent, n<"'t to say snpromc, among human beiugc. Her Idea?they spell it with large type?wan thai- God is dual., undo and | femarfe, father and mother. That t'ac Bindoos obtained a glimpse of this principle tbc Shakers aduut. Hut in SlIAKiiltCSS SEEEXE IX HER OLD AGE. its application the Sliakers, they believe, ".rera tbo first to recognize it. Every norauiunity, or family, is governed by a jouucil of four-, two men *nd two women. i "Men among these people are of * " aavci (VIl'1 *{KV? Ck iWU IJl'va, -? J ? t>" > .VicovJu:, spiritualised. self-controlled; . . V *\ * * " ' '-w** " " I CKS FOR ~ rOEK'S STREETS. - . .. i Construction Are Designed to as Fast as Eight n Hour. stopped in their own length. By shutting-off the air the-wheels are locked and the truck comes to a sudden standstill. The trucks are built with wide tires, so that asphalt or macadam roads J will not be injured'by them. The truck shown in the above illustration is made for heavy hauling and has been successfully used by the manufacturers for their own deliveries fl \'U Li for several weeks. It weighs 9000 .pouud?<net, and its carrying capacity is about.five tons. The propelling power is an eight horse-power gasoline engine-directly connected with a generator. The current from the generator. is accumulated and governed by forty-four storage battery cells, which also adjust and reduce the tension of the motors. Its maximum speed is six miles an hour. A speedier j truck can easily be made, but no higher rate of speed was deened necessary for delivery purposes. and those weak, to the point of servile obedience to any stronger will. Average men are not found among Shakers. It is a mattfer of leading or being led. "Women there impress you as intellectually stronger than women of the world. Their equality with men l'ecognized in all daily life, it has the effect of centering their energies and expanding their self-esteem. "The Shaker communities are recruited from outside. It has not been i an uncommon instance where father and mother and children have united A TYPE OF THE TOUNGER SISTERS. with these people, and all lived as brothers and sisters thereafter." The Shakers do not marry at all, and never have married. For increase, they depend solely upon converts from among the world's people. These littb Shaker communities, which have continued for more than 100 years, and which might seem to bo the ideal life of the new woman, gradually are fading away. There are no known evidences that strong men and women are uniting with them to take the place3 of their dying leaders. America'* Greatiietm. Like the empire of Charles V., the United States is now a land cii which the suu ne^er sets. Going westward the difference in longitude between Eastport. Me., and Manila is about 175 degrees. To the dwellers on the i Atlantic coast of the United States Manila is very near the antipodes. Traveling westward from the eastern verge of the couutry to its western boundary in the far Pacific, a circuit of about half of the globe is made. Except in midwinter the sun rise& in Eastport before it sets in Manila. In summer, autumn and spring it is daylight along the eastern coast of the United States before it is night on its western boundary. England, France and Germany also have territory so widely different throughout the globe that the sun shines on some part of it every hour of the twenty-four, but, of course, in contiguous territory the United States is far ahead of ail of these. In area, exclusive of colonies, the United States is the largest nation in the world except China.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Under an Iowa law convicts who become insane during imprisonment are retained in prison indefinitely. Recently several of these prisoners, some of whom had been in prison fifteen years after the expiration of their oanfnnnna. were sent to a hospital for j the insane, . oooooooooooooooooocoooooco ? A TRANSPACIFIC ? ? OCEAN CABLE, ? o o oooocoocoooooocccooocoocoo The great transpacific cable projected from the TJuited States to the Philippines will be one of the most important media of communication between the civilized nations of the earth. The plans under consideration contemplate, connection with Manila by the shortest possible route, and an examination of the accompanying map will clearly disclose this method. Sau Francisco is from Honolulu, in the Hawaiian Islauds, a distance of 2089 miles. From Honolulu to Ualan is 251S milesjfrcm Uulau Island to Guam Island is a distauce of 1200 miles, aud from Guam to Manila a distance of 1300 miles for a cable, but about 1360 miles for a steamer. i>v using tbe island of Ualan, or Strong's Island, the cable will get a break in the great distance which it would otherwise have to traverse. The Hvdrographic Office of the Navy is only waiting for the word to begin a survey of the route. That portion of the path to be traversed which lies between the coast of California aud the Hawaiian Islauds was carefully mapped sorai. years ago, but the remainder of the track, from Honolulu to Luzon, extends over a region of sea floor that is as yet unexplored. The cable will go by way of Hawaii, of course, and tlienco to one of tiie islands of the Caroline group. A telegraph station, if nothing better, will be obtained by Uncle Sam in the latter archipelago. The distance from Honolulu to Ualan in the Carolines is 2518 miles. From Ualan the wire rope, will extend 1200 miles to Guam, which becomes the property of the United States by the new treaty with Spain. It will cover its last stretch, 1300 miles, as a crow would fly from Guam to the Gulf of Dingala.. which is on the east coast of Luzon. To reach Manila it would have to go around the Island of Luzou, and it will be a great saving of cable and of trouble also to make the landing on the east side, connecting with a telegraph crossing Luzon to Manila, only thirty-eight miles. The distances are all official, as recorded at the Navy Department. If that from tionomiu to san rrancisco, 2089 miles, be added, it will be seen that the total length of the cable will be 7107 miles. It is estimated that IF V*-**. jjnjjjr CM1NA * "?\axi?nwf PMILlPP'Nt A> ISLANDS . ob/"\anila ' islandj - i r<? s Xjrr % ISCANPS"' 'UALAN 'strongs IS IiOUTE OF THE PR0P03! the making and laying of the wire rope will come to about $1000 a mile, so that the entire expense iuvolved will be only $7,107,000. This includes everything except the preliminary Burvey, which, being performed by a naval vessel, will not appear as an item in the acconnt.,. This rope which is to wriggle its way beneatn seven tnousana nines 01 ocean, bringing' two continents into close touch and communication, will be an inch and a quarter in diameter, aud will weigh a ton and a quarter to the mile. The bill introduced in the House by Mr. Corlis, of Michigan, requires that the cable shall transmit at least fifteen words a minute, at not more than $> a word, press matter to be at half rates. At present, a telegram sent from Manila to New York must go by way of Hong Kong, around Asia, across Europe, and under the Atlantic?13,600 miles under water and 700 miles over land. The cables being controlled by a monopoly, the price is about 83 per word. This monopoly will be smashed by the new transpacific line. The cable stations at Ualan and Guam will require uo elaborate plant. For such purpose it is necessary merely to build a little house and haul a bight of wire rope up on shore. Once established, it will be uo great expense to maintain the cable across the Pacific. Breaks are rare, and usually uear shore; the wire rope embedded in the ooze of the depths will last for centuries. When the line is completed it will be practicable' to send a message around the world in three seconds. The plan contemplated is that when finished the cable shall be hauded over to the Postoffice Department, to be operated as part of the postal service. All net proceeds will be covered into the Treasury, and in thiB way the cable will be made to pay for itself in course of time. Keadlne Aloud. Reading aloud as a mere physical exercise is of great importance and euicucy. v^icei'u iu oc;me uuo in uio letters speaks of curing himself of troublesome and alarming weakness by reading aloud for some hours every day. Certain temperaments are influenced by it, as actors are afl'ected by their own playing. It is said of Madame Testa that Bhe would come home from the opera and sit in a passion of tears at the recollection of what she had been actiug. It was entirely unaffected. She would say she knew it to be idle, but that she "could not get the thing out of her head."? Medical Record. Another Kolkinfton Craaoe. A new Robinson Crusoe has been found. The man, according to a Peru viau telegram, was found on one of the desert Galapagos Islands. He had not spoken to or oven seen a human being fi* fourteen years, and his body is covered ivitti a thick tiair! ?10 has lived on wild birds, shellfish and water. The man must have a sensational story to unfold.?Rio do Janeiro News. A prominent doctor holds that artificial teeth are an evil in those of advanced years, because they enable such persons to masticate fiesh. When the teeth fail naturally, it is nature's design that the individual should subsist on vegetable diet. -j : ' v ' ./ -- : ! A SOCIALISTIC MAYOR. John C. Chase Will Attempt to Put His Theories Into Practice at Haverhill. The Socialists bare captured the city of Haverhill, Mass. They have elected a Socialist Mayor, John C. Chase, and six membar3 of the muniJOHN c. CHASE. cipal legislature. This is the first time, so far as is known, that out aud out and avowed Socialism has won in au election of any importance in this i country, and all Massachusetts io stirred up and talking about it. Mr. Chase declares that he will carry out the policy of his party as dei fined in the platform on which he was elected. He is only twenty-eight years old, and at the time of his election was a clerk in a co-operative J store of Haverhill. He is thoroughly imbued with the doctrines of Socialis is the President of a Haverhill c. perative society and one of its founders, and has been very active in Socialist agitation for some time. Not only did the Socialists elect their candidate for mayor, but likewise three aldermen and three councilmen. Their platform demands that the city shall own and operate all public utilities requiring a franchise, the operatives to elect their own officers; that the city shall furnish food, shoes aud clothing to children who are compelled to stay from school fA* want of these necessaries; that the city shall give employment to the unemployed on new public works; that taxation shall be equalized; that secret ses sions 01 tue council oe aoonsuea; 1110 .adoption of initiative, referendum and proportional representation, and other plans generally approved by Socialists. Young Chase receives a salary of $2000 a year for trying to carry out SAN PRANCISCC$|!|IIK1M HONOLULU* SAf4 0*-?iC* N*3l.ANOJ 2D TRANSPACIFIC CABLE. this programme. If he can succeed in starting the ball rolling, the experiment will be watched with utmost concern by all kinds of people every where. Mr. Chase has been connected with labor agitation and organization ever since he was a boy. He is an unusually bright and well-informed young man, aud is looked up to by the workingmen in the town. The new mayor was born in New Hampshire, and went to Haverhill eighteen years ago. As a boy he worked iu shoe factories and woolen mills, and spent his evenings in study. Haverhill is one of the most industrious of the manufacturing towns of Massachusetts. It has a population upward of -10,000. It has about twenty miles of street railways, gas plants and electric lichtine plants, about a dozen grammar schools, a public high school, a public library and four fine parks. In Haverhill are nearly 800 factories, covering nearly Beventy industries and employing nearly 20,000 men. The principal industry is the manufacture of boots aud shoes, in which are invested many millions of dollars. Asiaiisln Lucclieni'* Prison. Luccheni, the murderer of the Empress of Austria, now under sentence of imprisonment for life?the utmost penalty allowed by the law of Switzer-; laud?was removed on the day after' ' .Mi gj lH i 1 ^|Jji8 i i i fi ilL LCCCHEN'I'S PRISON. the trial to the Prison de I'Eveche, so called from the fact that it -was built on the site of the palace of the Bishop of Geneva. Here for the next six months Luccheni will undergo solitary confinement in an underground duugeon. Two days a week his food will consist only of bread and water. At tho end of six months he will be treated like other crimiuals, though with more severity in tho event of i misbehavior, or other breaches of the I prison regulations. Ilow to Kd Crciuuteil. A Canadian lady, on being questioned concerning her views upon the subject of fire versus earth for tho human body after death, gavo utterance to a remarkable seutiment?she was rather absent-minded, bo it said. '"Well, you see, one oulv gct3 buried once in a lifetime! Cremated? Yes. ; I think I should prefer it, if there was j only a creamery haudy." Creamery, we may observe, is the equivalent in ! Dominion fr>v tlia T'.iKvlioli rl&ivv j Cornhill. The value of the total output ot metals in the United States in 1898 ! was $752,927,047, an iucrease over j 1897 of S55.069.723. t t I I 3 . - ' <TV . ~: s . --'"* -7: CZAR'S PLANS FOB PEACi I The Russian Foreign Minister on the \ Coming Congress. SUGGESTIONS FOR DISARMAMENT. An Interchange of Ideas by the Power* Asked 'For? Suggested Agreement No' to Increase Armies or Navies; to Find Means of Rednclng Theun; to Interdict the Use of Terrible Explosives. 8t. Pitebsburo, Russia (By Cable).? Count MuravleU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has addressed another circular to the powers, expressing the opinion that despite the clouding of tb? political horizon since his first circular and the fact tha some governments are preparing to In crease their armaments, the convocation o' a peace congress is still desirable. The F.usslan Government thinks it possible and advisable to have a preliminary interchange of ideas" by tko various Cabinets for the purpose of preparing the way for diplo- ? matio discussion. Count Muravieff suggests that it is desirable to arrive at an understanding on the following points, namely: To agree not to increase naral or mllttary forces and the corresponding budgets for a fixed period; seoond, to eudeavorto And means of reducing the forces and budgets in the future; third, to interdict the U9e of any new weapon or explosive of a power fuller than now made; fourth, to restrict the use of the most terrible of existing explosives, and to forbid the throwing of auy explosives from balloons or similarly; fifth, to forbid the employment of submarine torpedoes and similar contrivances; sixth, to undertake not to construct vessels with rams; seventh, to apply the Geneva convention to naval warfare; eighth, to neutralize vessels saving those wrecked in naval battles; ninth, to revise the declaration con- ' cernjng the laws and customs of war elaborated at Brussels in 1374; tenth, to accept the principle of mediation and arbitration in such cases as lend themselves thereto. The circular reaffirms' that nothing touching existing political relations shall be discussed. It suggests that the ultlmnfd nnnfdrnnM ha h?M nt fho i?nnltnl nf A. secondary power, probably Brussels ' or Copenhagen. DINCLEY'S IMPOSING FUNERAL President Attend* the Service* Held In the Booh of Representatives. Washixotoh, D. C. (Special).?An impressive state funeral was Riven the late Representative- Nelson Dlngley at noon on Monday in the House 0/ Representatives, where he has so long been suoh a commanding figure. The President, his Cabinet, .distinguished members of the Diplomatic Corps, members of the Supreme' Court, Senate and House, and distinguished men in military and civil life were ranged about his bier onthe floor of the hall, while the galleries were occupied by the families of those who sat upon the floor, and other prominent personages Invited to be present. The casket was placed on a bier in the area la front or tne marDie rostrum 01 toe Speaker, and for an Hour the public, whlob would have no opportunity to witness the official ceremonies later, was allowed to vliiw the remains as thuy lay In state. At tbe head of the casket was a magnificent wreath of orchids and lilies-of-the-valley, tied with deep purple ribbons, which had beon sent by the President. At noon Speaker Reed called the {louse to order. Immediately thereafter the VicePresident and the Senate were announced. They were followed by the Diplomats Corps,all in mourning attire. Then followed tbe Chief Justice and, Assoolate Justices of the Supreme Court in their black robes, and they In turn were followed by the President with his Cabinet. Aoross the aisle from the Presidential party sat the family of the deceased representing three generations. When all were seated, from out of the loft in the rear of the press gallery the notes of an oraan echoed through the hall. It was tbe first time In the history of the House of Representatives that music bad been beard in it. A quartette sang impressively "Crossing the Bar." It was a very simple service. The Rev. 8. M. Newman read tbe fourteenth chapter of St. John and spoke of the deep solemnity of tbe occasion. Tbe Res*. Dr. Coudan, tbe blind chaplain of tbe House, made a touching prayer and the exercises were concluded with the singing by the quartette, to the organ accompaniment, of "Josus, Lover of 3Iy Soul." The body lay In state in tbe ball of the House until shortly before tbe time for tbe departure of the special train which conveyed tbe remains and tbe party to Lewiston, where tbe funeral services were held and the body laid in it3 last resting place. A PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. President BfoKlnlej Appoints a Board to Investigate the Islands. Washington, D. C. (Special).?A commis. sion has been appointed by the President to Inquire Into the social, economic and Industrial conditions of the Philippine Island* and to report to him. The Commission is as follows: Rear-Admiral Dewey, Major-General E. S. Otis, Professor J. O. Schurman, President of Cornell University; Colonel Charles Denby, former Minister to China, and Dean C. Worcester, of Ann Arbor University. The Commis9i-oa will not be asked to recommend a form of government, ns was the Hawaiian Commission. Its labors will be confined to an investigation into the character of the people, methods of living, habits, customs and capacity for self-government. It will be expected also to secure such information on the general condition of the islands as they may deem advisable. It Is expected that the Commission will make a complete tour ot tbe important islands,visiting the interior and the chief towns. ine commission is not suuject 10 iue confirmation of the United States Senate, but has been named under reserved authority of the President, and its expenses will be paid out of the war appropriations. The three Commissioners will leave for Manila about February 1. Spanlah Flftj Raises a Row. The raising of a Spanish flag in Havana, Cuba, nearly precipitated a riot on Sunday, the crowd being dispersed by a charge of American troops with fixed bayonets. Spanish Islands For Sale. The Spanish Government, on the reas etnbling of the Cortes, will immediately ask authority to sell the Marianne (Ladrones), Caroline and the Pelew, or Palau, Islands, since Spain is powerless to maintain a sufficient force to defend them. The Boers and Delacroa Bay. The Government of the Transvaal has expended nearly $-1,000,000 since 1894 iu trying to influence the European press ari'l European ofllcialsto prevent the IeaiU:>cof Delagoa Bay to Great Britain. Individualities. Secretary Hay i3 a Presbyterian. The Prince of "Wales has completely recovered from the severe accident which he met with in July. Emperor William himself designed the costumes in which the Empress was arrayed during her visit In Palestiue. Paul Villars, the clever correspondent in London of the Paris Figaro, has received the order of the Leclon d'Honneur. Senator Lodgo, of Massachusetts, is regarded as one of the best whist players in Boston, but his favorite game is chess. Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson is the new commander of the British Channel squadron. He is the youngest officer of bis rank In the uavy. COMMERCE LAW FAILS.= The Finding of the Interstate Commerce Commission. RAILROADS CHARGE ILLEGAL RATES < The Commission Declares That the Law Id Its Present Condition Cannot Be Enforced, and That a Large Part of the Railway Business of the Country li Illegally Transacted. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The annual report ot the Interstate Commerce Commission was received by Congress. It reports what has been said in previous reports, that the Interstate Commerce law, in its present condition, cannot be enforced, and that until further and important tegislatlon is enacted the best efforts at regulation must be feeble and disappointing. "Meanwhile," the report says, "the sltuitlon has become intolerable both from the standpoint of the publio and the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly occur, the prioe at which transportation can be obtained is fluctuating and uncertain. Railroad managers are distrustful of each other, and shippers all the while In doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is so unusual as to frequently exoeed the oapaclty of equipment, yet the jirmfcat fr\r tnnnftO'rt aapma nAVAr Enormous sums are spent In purchasing buslnesa and secret rates accorded far below the standard of published oharges. The general public gets little benefit from these reductions, for concessions are mainly confined to the ; heavier shippers. All this augments the advantages of large capital and tends to the Injury and often to the ruin of smaller dealers. These are not only matters of gravest consequence to the business welfare of the country,.but they concern in no less degree' the higfror-interests of public morality. "A large part of the railway business is now transacted upon illegal rates, and In certain quarters charging the published rate is the ezoeptlon. The results are gross discrimination between individuals and gross preferences between localities, | which most always favor tbe strong i and oppress the weak. Probably no one | thing to-day does so much to force out the small operator and build np those trusts and monopolies, against which law , and public opinion alike beat in vain, an , discriminations in freight rates. A further result is that railroad business Is carried on largely in conoeded violation of law. This condition the present law is powerless to control. The criminal remedies have been applied and some convictions have been baa, but no substantial effect has been produced.and no satisfying raults can be ob talned from that course. The raot may be morally certain, bat the name, the date, the amount, cannot be shown with the partioularity and certainty required by crim- lnal law." The statistics of railroads for the year 1 ending Jane 30 last shows a total railway i mileage in the United States at that date of 184,438 miles, aa Increase for the year bf i 1651 miles. Including sidings, the total i was 243.441 miles, an increase of 3315 for tne twelre months. The amount of railway capital outstanding June 30 was.$10,-' 635,008,074. The number of passengers , carried daring the year was 489,445,198, a -< decrease of 22,327,539 compared with the i previous year, and the tons of freight car rled were 741,705,946, or 24,185,439 tow* less than In 1896. ^ > , The casualties from railroad accidouts , resulted in 6437 deaths and 36,731 Injuries ; of varying character; 1693 of the deaths and 27,667 of the injured being railroad i employes. The report says there Is no ( foundation for the Impression that Ameri- i can railways are operated with greater i disregard to life and limb than the rail- i ways of foreign countries. This comes, it i asserts, from a different system of report- i ing railway accidents, the Continental i roads making no returns of casualties i which do not disable the employe for cer* tain specified periods. SKELETONS FOUND IN CUBA. i Believed the Persona Were Thrown In | Weill While Alive. Havana, Caba (By Cable).?LaDiscuslon j describes the finding of fifty human skele- < tons near Manguito. The writer of the I story asserts that these people were un- j doubtedly thrown in wells alive. He j says that in some cases the linger bones are severed, and the supposition is that this was due to the efforts of j the victims to raise themselves out of the j pit. The body of Senor Pedro Alayon, a , prominent Cuban, who disappeared mys- , t6rlous)y during the insurrection, has been , identified. La Digcusion accuses the guer- ( ilia chief, Antonia Reyes, Sergeant Juan i Peres, and Vicente Zalgo, a schoolmaster, of being the authors or a ternuie crime. , All are said to be In Havana. La Discuslon prints also a story from , Matanzas of the finding there of the re- j mains of from 200 to 309 persons in wells j near the headquarters of the Civil Guard. Arms and Ammunition in a Well. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?In a well la ^ the Spanish artillery quarters at Puerto ^ Principe .the Americans found 2000 charges for rapid-fire guns, 4000 shells, several < million Mauser cartridges and "aany [ sabres and Remington rifles. t CUBANS IN HAVANA OFFICES. ' Mayor Evans Appointed Superintendent ( of the Department of Corrections. ' 1 Havana, Cuba (Special).? Senor fcerfecto ' Lacosie, who was President of the Havana i Junto Patriotica has been appointed Alcalde, or Mayor of Havana by General ? Tn/llrkw Qnnnr T.rtOrtCf'A "Ms a wealthy planter and ' popular among all classes / (jMA of Cubans. ' General Menocal,on bem 4M?| jK ing Invited to accept the "Tf post of Chief of Police, oHL jrpL inquired of the Executive Committee representing iSwgtt^T^itbe Cuban Asse mbl y. -J>L/t/* whether be ought to do ??so. The commission re11 wa9 <*uty EAT t0 undertake the office. Major John Gary EYans, jodn ganr kvans. 0j tjj0 gouth Carolina Volunteers, former Governor of South Carolina has been appointed Superintendent of the Department of Corrections, embracing the police, the minor courts and the correctional institutions. c An Elderly Husband Killed. William Rutledge, sixty year3of age, was shot In the hoad and killed a few days ago at his home, in Sayre, Penn., by John * O tnon tnrantv.flvn vanN nl as?A whn ! 1 had formerly boarded with Rutledge and * bla young wlfo. Henry was arrested and T committed to jail to await trial. ? t Two Generals Honorably Discharged. At their own request Brij?adler-Goneral3 1 W. M. Gordon and W. C. Oate3, of the ^ volunteer army, have been honorably <iis- p charged from the military service of -ie d United States on the grouud that there ia c no further need of their services. ( A Yonng Bridegroom Killed. Michael Forracl:, employed at the Bow- t ker fertilizing works, at Elizabeth, N. J., ' was badlv burned there a few days ago by an explosion of dry bone dust. Hn died in the Elizabeth General Hospital. Forrack jl was married oniy two moains ago, ajiu leaves a brida twenty years old. He was ? twenty-tbree years old. ? The Situation at Hollo. Advices from Hollo roport that the dli? ^ nosltion of the> natives is more friendly. 0 American officers are permitted to go ashore o in the daytime aooompanled oy aft escort; o some ot the native officials express willta#* fi noss to accept ai> American protectorate, j w i ' t ' '' } 55 A. TEMPERANCE OOLUMNi r ; I"HE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST #j IN MANY WAYS. . rhe Drnnlcard to Hla Bottle?What Eaf> Ind Thinks of Oar Governmental Is* qulry Into the Uam Traffic and lit Terrible and Fatal Conaeqoencea. [kn Imaginary Poem ot Robert Barns by John G. Whittler.)Hootl?daur ye shaw ye're face agAin Ye fiuld black thief o' puree an' brain? For foul disgrace, for dool aa' pala J Au' shmne I ban ye; . ? TVae's me, that e'er my lips have ta'en ' Your kiss uncannyl ' Vaa molt* rttild L*n o rra O all Ml fn' To keep a starvin' wight (rae stealin', Ye'll sen' me hameward, blln and roelin? Frae nightly swHgger, By wall and post my pathway feelin' Vfl' mony a stagger. Nae more o' fights that braise an' mangto Nae mair o' nets my feet to tangle, Nae mair o' senseless brawl an' wrangte Wi' fren' and wife too, Nae mair o' deavlng' din an' jangle -r# My feekless life through. Ye thievln'. oheatln' auld Cheap Jaok, Peddltn'your poison brose, I crack Your banes against my ingle baok, Wi' miokle pleasure, Deil mend ye 1* his workshop blaak, E'en at his leisure. I'll brak yo're neck, ye foul auld s toner, I'll pull ye'er bluld, ye vile beginner 0' a' the ills an* aches that winna Quat saul an* body! Gle me bale breeks an' weel-spread dln*? ner? Dell talc ye're toddy! A Nae malr wl* witches' broo gane gyto. J Gles me anne malr the auld delight O' clttlo' wl' my bairns In sight, The gude wife near, The weel spend day, the peacefa' night, ' . The morning cheer. Cock a' ye'er heads, my bairns fa' gleg. My wlasome Robin, Jeaa and Meg, For food an' clase ye shalLna beg A doited daddte. Dance, auld wife, on your awl-daj?. leg, Ye've foun' your laddie. The Liquor Trade in America; ' ' /V Though there are doubtless many employers of labor on this side, says the London (England) Hospital, who are affeeted in their oholoe of workmen by the fact that: these are or are not abstainers, we do mofthink that the question has ever been mad* the subject of a Government Inquiry here. Not so in the United States, where tba commission appointed by the Government; Jschedules the replies made by no less than f 6901 establishments, detailing their praa- L. m tice In regard to the taking on of the 1.7*5.- j ' .) 923 employes In their service. The ployers Include individuals or compaiflac engaged la agriculture, manufacture^ . mining and qunrrylng, transportation anaretail trade. The habits and opinions oti v these different employer* are naturally, varied. Wlth'1613 the report is that tho habits of the prospective employes regard* Ing drinking ar? not taken into oomideration, but the large majority, tUl,, 8883, * takes means to dlsoover what a Tman'a . ] habits are. Besides those whcfobjeot to ? their employes taking Intoxicants at any, time, whether on or off duty, there are number of employers who insist merely that while 'actually al work they' should abstain from liquor; and also those who,' while they do not lay restraintolr.the majority of their employes, insist on 'those is responsible positions refraining- (root drink. Thus in all departments of Industry there are a good many firms who demand abstinence from engineers, managers and' watchmen. In agriculture stress is laid on teamsters being non-driukers, for fear oti * carelessness and cruelty in the handling oti cattle on the part of intoxioated men. In' mining and quarrying the restriction is tp- ? pnea cnieuy 10 uaaaiers 01 expiosivug una: to electricians and the like, any blunder on whose part might lead to sruat Injury, to their fellow workers, not-to speak of: damage to property. Iu transportation ';i almost all branches of the servloe are, irf X some companies, forbidden to hare'any* thing to do with alcohol; trainmen, motor* men, conductors, telegraph'-operators, electricians, switchman and pilots. ^ What Drunkarda Coat Boston. / Last year the citv of Boston expended the sum of 9115,802 for the support of drunkards in the House of Correction la 3uffolk County, according to figures furnished by Tenal Institutions Commissioner ' * Marshall. While all of Suffolk County, which includes besides Boston tho city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere and \Vinthrop, furnishes Inmates for the penal institutions, the entire cost of maintaining :he institutions is borne by the city of Boston. This is because the control of the " p institution* if left wbolly to Boston. Commissioner Marshall says of "Deer IsV-, land: "There were 8447 committals to this "**9 institution for drunkenness, and the >agzreeate of the time served by those com raitted wa9 equivalent to 1313 years. With \ per capita cost of maintenance of $64.70, :he cost of the maintenance was $111, J12." It the South Boston House of Correction s 'there were 107 committals for drunken- < less, and the aggregate of the time served )y those committed was 13,460 days. With. / i per capita cost of maintenance of $124.47, / :he cost of maintenance of the above number was $4590." J A Champion's Testimony. < A champion cyclist was asked: "Do you overtake spirits of any klad? I mean yhlaky or brandy." / "No; they cut the breath short. You lan't race and take brandy. It may help a ittle, but it leaves you worse. 1 believe. * hat if Ave or six men were together in k ace, aay two miles from the tape, and orto vas handed a drink of brandy, it might let, llm break away and win easily: but ifr? bad en miles, or had a long race before h|m, le would And great difficulty in rldtng. 31s breath would be cut short. The man vho drinks brandy or whisky will soon be >roken-winded." "So you don't bellovo In brandy?" "No; it may help for a short spurt, but ft s no good for a long run. Only a tern)eratoman can be a good racer." An Authority on Alcohol and Longevity. "Life is considerably shortened by the lse of alcohol in large quantities. But * noderate consumption of the same also ihortens life by an average of five to six ears. This is consistently and unequivosally seen In the statistic} kept for thirty rears by English Insurance companies, witti ipeoial sections for abstainers. They give i large discount, and still make more proft, as not nearly so many deaths ocour as night be expected under the usual calculaions. Aocordlng to federal statistics in tie fifteen largest towns of Switzerland, >ver ton per cent, of the men over twenty rears of age die solely or partly of alcoholsm."?Dr. A. Forel, late Professor of Psyihiatrie In the University of Zurich. 1 Notes of the Cru?a<le. .1 A saloon is the devil's recruiting station. It is true that every instance of excess >esran with moderate use, and that It is im.- ... >osslble to predict which person will stay vlthin "moderate" limits ana which one vlll go on to "excess." It is also true that . vbat is generally termed "moderate use'* > s itself excess. At tbo National Vegetarian Congress. teld in London last month, the Importance ?f total abstluence In dietetic reform was liscussed. It was generally claimed In the apers presented that the absence of meat ' * llet materially assisted the drinker to overome his appetite for alcohol. There are 7,000,003 total abstainers u? Jroat Britain. "Watch ami Be Sober," is the motto of * he Army Temperance Assojiation, which las it membership of over 23,030 men in the ervlce in India. The temperanco women of Lexington, Ly., are prosecuting not only law-breaking Iquor-sellers, but as well faithless public filcers who have been conniving with tha ioiators of the law. The Mayor and Polled lommissloners, together with 101 saloon- / eepers, are uudcr Indictment. The Roumanian Minister of Education on aunt n nlrnnlar f-n Mia ni-illna anthnrlMn* 1 ( J assv and Bucharest, Instructing the in arrest and puaisii all students and pupils f universities, colleges and schools who' requenl cafes, inns or other publlo plaoafc -here intoxicating liquor3 are said. A