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NEW YORK. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1898.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC
yEASCRES FOR MAIXTAIXIXG
AMERICAN INTERE8T8,
jjIPORTAXT ORDERS ISSri'n BY TnE
.NAVY PKPARTMF.XT IX EXECT
TIOX OF CARBFTJLLT
MATURBD ri.ANs.
[FT nUDOaAPB Tn tiik TBlaUBB.]
?Crflr.Mti4Tt ti. IVc. 22?The lmportance of
Amer.ran Intereata ln the Paclflc Ooean, whirh
ha* been BO notabljr Inereaaed i.y Dawey*a vic
tr,rv at Manila and tho R.ssumptlnn hy the
TJnltad Btatea of ui-in^nted reaponslhlliile* in
gooaequence, reeelved PicniiioAnt reeognltloa
from the Navy Depaitmeat to-day in the issue
cf faTdan l ? carry out plana whirh have bon
attttbBf B Itured ln the last few weeks wlth
_ yifff ta aialatalBlng abeolutely tho polltleal
mamtbpby '? t;--?! vast octBa ai lt oxi?ts to-day
ar.d (.> prevenl any furtbcr aeceaatona of t.-rri
torv ky F.'.'.r y> BB Pnwers in tha tracka nf Amer?
ican "BBnmi n ? or alnng- the llnes nf rommunl
catlon between thi? Unlted States and Its most
rjistant poaaeaalona.
Perh?;s tv.e oflldal nction nf rreatest lmpor
ta-ce whirh became kn.iwn to-day related to
the diS'raJrh ?' ,hP a,1-1!1ar>' cruiser Yopemlte
abcut January 1 froni Norfolk to tha Ladrone
? ..... hi ".'iv of tha Su.-- Canal. O.immarvW
JS*u.. ta*
_ _. g ld? of tho Ynscmlte wlll satl under
-M ,.i j hla eeeeel at Qcatn aa atatlon
?Y-. and ??] ?? there to B8 eoratantly prepered
to nrotect the laland nf Oaam agalnal any un
frlend'.y Incuralon. The Belaura of thi? island
d'ri-ff tha war and Ita acqulrdtton under the
Treaty Bf P?rl8 ? >' tho ?7a,t*d Btatea n.ay prove
ba tha reaull of remarkable far-alghtednesfl
the pari - ' *h? r.aval advleera nf tha Preal*
iWt, M M practlSilly commai.ds tha Caroltne
a-ehtpeUa bi nf wlthln a faw hundred milea
_,'Vvtl ,T- Mstl n* rha. rrrnup.
Tfca Btrateg - ealue nf the Toaamlta'a station
Qftm ^ rel ra manlfeet, and la i
* ...'. . ? ? any ehr.nge of Boverelgnty ovar
the C">'''- ' ",|s w,,h011t ,h? rnri1inl ^nsent
cf the Unlted Btatea, aarpaelally as Dawey'a
____4roi at Maaila wlll be rather aucmented
oZ rtAbtti ln atrer.cth ln the COUrM of a
faw waaka
XS ARMEP COLUBH OOINQ TO BAMOA.
Anc-trer lap rtanl W**-" w^lrh w?B '*sued to
ky pf'?*.':. I for 1 -adlng thr eolllar Abarenda.
at Horfblk wlth tha boat rjuallty of Pocahontas
*, ,.' . | ? ? .. departure of thal vaaaal about
Jaauary I -' ' * " l ?** way of the stralt of
MageBaa B voyage of i ror ton thouaand nauti
cal totato Tho Abarenda wlll Ue ln tho harbor
*t Tmwa-P*t whieh la ovme_ by tho Unlted
?ftftte* doll g duty a? fi Btatlon shlp. untll the ar?
rlval there next Bprln* nf the rontrartora and
patraial fof the eoallaf estabii?hn-.ent to ba
erecte* i: thla OoTaramaal nt a cost ot
D00.000
The Abarenda wlll be armed and fully abie tn
Ufaa r- d a o anl of beraelf H tha aarenlty of
th* laaaoaa group is too rayt-craly atralnad by
GenruiTi Interferenoe. Phe wlll be only two
thouwr. ; Ilea from Honolulu, where the Ora
pBBBd the lowa nre to randexvoUB, and these
BBtlBlBhlr" fan J-in h.rr at any tlme wlth tha
BBftatty ' pectirir.K eogl 'r-r a return voyage
frcia h?'r bunkara. Tho lack of '-nai at Bamoa
hai U_M -' ? ', '?ti the h af objactlon to sondinsr
fel^awared war raaaalfl thora to protect Amer
tcar L-U-r-.^iF.
IIAWAII AB A NAVAb BAFE.
Ancth.r order bearlnjr. on the attnatlon ln tho
fodflc was i-ropared to-day. to be sont tn the
?paelal aaaadron whon II arrlvaa at Callao,
idtraettisg tbe dlatllllng Bhlp Irta to proceed
dlrectly tn Manila Befora Btartlng ob thls voy
^a?e rhe arlll take a full complement of fuel from
the other ci lllara of the aquadron, enabllng them
to burry oa to Ban Pranclaco with the lowa,
brhlla th.o Oregon and tho Celtlc conttnue
yoyoffe to Honolulu.
Before the aad <?'. January the Rawallan
lalanda wlll bec< tne a Btrong baee of naval
atrergth, and. ln conjunctlon wlth the effectlve
torces at Ifanlla ai d Ban Pranclaco, wlll effei tu
ally command the ? ?' ' C ??cean.
?
?COURT TO BAVE DREYFU8 D088IER.
ItWrU- ALtO Bl OOllMUinCATED Tr> MMK DRBT
POI AJCB THB PBIBOMBBI CODNBBL.
\ Lond ia, Dec. 29. The Paris cnrrespondent of
*Tho Dally M'.i!" savs:
Tha Oorernmanl has declded to har.d the
Utayfufl Becrel doaaler tn the Court of Caaaa*
llen. II wlll alao ba eoinmunlcated to Mme.
IkeyfuB and to ll :,t rnard, the counael for
Barayfui"
-?
1 DISORDEHfl IN A FRENCH CITY.
)M>-!>RBYrt*? AND ANTI DBETTUl VKKTINIP IB
TOCIeOl'SB CteASTfl
VBBlouae, France. Dec. 22 SeriOtia stroot dls
-w.ers occurred here thla evenlng betwaen the
PMBOteri of pro-Dreyfua and aatl-DreyfuB
Baatlni Beveral peraona v-oro aeverely in?
jured ,-.? l tha wlndowa of a number of Jewlah
?c>p5 wen imaahed iti.
r
FREXCB AOGRESSIOR IR CBIRA.
J-S. 0 BOKB TNlTKi. BTATBI IIIKIBTBB at
} glKO - I AOAIKBT IT.
P*-!::/ j.,.- 22. The ' nlti I Btatea Minlater
_er*. j- -. ..,. H C ng> ???!',", -1 bTOtoat
gf___u t..-j proi w extei lon of French
Jurls.irti n at Bhangbai. Th - a I '?? I to the
8?aj us DiitlBh proi aama aubject,
?*i:i und ibtedly Btllten Chi ? "? reelatanee tn
li l*rei ?. demand. Bul unleaa th.- Chlneaa
Bf* lusta'.n.d they wlll e\ entually^be compelled
lo yieii
' 10RD IVEAGWB afl S1F1CERT BIFTB.
Un.or,. Dee H J.ord Iveagh (Edurard Ci II
sk_aa?ei - ?? . . totheJenner Inatttutethe
IBB of c_ -.. n. ?\\ of Bdentlfk reaeareh in
kMerlo] I other form* of btology The
-u*?r j-. of the leadera m
BMJcli - I acle icea li Or.
"**:-;;? . f th. . - inltary Bull Allej area,
an h. rl f Dul
r
?
MOREl FOR FRERCB ARTILLFRY.
fcrh, De. B Tha Chamber of Deputlaa to
f. vi ted a credlt I I.rranca
;'---' . ni at artll ery.
THF ,-Hll' BERLIX ABBOME,
?don. i,. h Tha ahlp BarBn, captaln Oaffry,
leh aalled from New-Tork luly H f?r Amor,
?-r*. li .-.. rted to be aahore al ''Hooetou**'
*?r r.tar ?? ? . port, fTOBI whlch a.sslstance
?8 b*e:. .
^Tht Bf.::. re^iH'erh 1 U.1 tons and botoMB to
?**___? Bhl was ,-!ear,-d from thls porl by Jam Ifl
w. bWbI] I
***8 WARBBIPB FOR THF BRITIBB RAYY.
J**** B ? Brltlah AdaUralty, ll i? f
aul'*- htr J""' Placed ordera for feur warahlpa
tha Clyda
THK HOT BPRIN'OI OF AftKANBAI
t*Y K-?
**u:t
fbat
MAXILA AXD PORTO RICO Ql'IET
ORATIFYi.Nr, RKPORT9 FROM GENERAL!
OTI8 ANO HKNRY.
WashlnKton. I.co. 22. -F".nco_ra_.lne. report
Of the eoadltlOfia of affairs li. Mnnlla nnd Porti
Kiro raached the War DapartflMR. to-dajr fron
1 the rifflcers conimandln.. th4 troopa ln thoae de
: inrtmer.ts. The dlspatcbcs from both Oenera
i <?tl... at Manlla, and Oeneral Henry. at Hai
; Juan. u-ere ln laaposiae to the telegraphlc tn
j qulrles bjp the Secretary Of War based on re
| ports of a dlaquletlng nnttire whlch have reachec
th. ofTlclHls here. Th.it from Oeneral Otis wa
I parttculfirly gratlfjrlng tO the Presldent an<
Bacretary Alger. n is n_ followa:
Manlla, Deeember 22. 1S9S.
Adjutant-General, Waahlngton:
Belleve r\\\ never more qulet Order prevalls
Natlv. populatlon greatly augmented ln thre,
niiinthe Volume of business inereaslng Con
dttd Of ?? ? ? ? gOOd. IfOOt favoralrly <. -mmentei
on h>- cltia s. Dladpllna Improvlng. Disorder
jromptl. i-iitiiKhed. aa bualneas of courta Btaowi
Newapaper ajrtlolea published ln Unlted Btatea
Hong Kong and Blngapore wlthout eletnent o
truth. Mllltary rule llnn. a8 d.mandtd by clr
cuinstani-.-s. OTIH.
Tho dlspatch from Oeneral Henry ls as foi
| lo*.vs:
San Juan de I'orto Rlco. December 22. 1888,
? ComplalntB of disorderly condur-t unknowi
bere. If speelfle cbajrges can be aent. laveatlga
tlon. and, lf neceseary, punlshment, wlll foi
low. Subordlnate commanders have been ap
prlsod of your telcgrum.
1IKNRY, Commanding.
IfULEB FOR MANII.A
Ban Franclsco, Dee. 13.?Tbe ehlp Tneoma <=nl]r"
to-day for Honolulu wlth 111 Army mulea on board
At Honolulu the mulea wlll be tumed OUt for u fi ??
weeka1 axaretae, ur.d wiu then ba reablpped, aloni
with two hundred mulre at,d hor*,. already '.'
Honolulu, and the wbols lot wlll be tuken to Manll.
for the use of the Unlted Btatea tro-ipa BtaUona.
thara ln addltlon to the live atock tba Tucomi
carrleii ln hir hold a large aaaortnianl of wagoni
duntpcarta, t_Tnilin_.-pliiii._li_ an.l other thlnga necea
a< ? for thi work of Improvlng th?; toada ln th
)' pplnei Ueutenant J. OTlhea, *th Lnltei
Cavalry, ir. In charge of the live eto.-k oi
the Tacoma A i*eterlnary aurgei n and r.fty-tw
m?n will ald In caiing for the anirnale. Of then
men twenty-elghl are membera ..f tha Mb Cavalry
SAGASTA'S COXDITIOX WORSE.
THK I'RI.MIKR'S ILLNESS CAT'FES A FAT.l
IN BPANISH BECURITIE8.
Madrld. Dee. 22.?Tht Premier, Seftor Pa
gasta, |s w-ir.so to-day. He is very feverish, aiu
his eonditlon caueed Spanish Interl'.r securitlei
to fall from M__8 to 56.80.
CARLI8T AOITATION CONTINUES.
ARRRgTS IR THE RORTHERR PRO**-R*_*__i 01
SPAIR?A LOAR fiTOIlT PENIED.
Madrld, Dec. 22--The Oarltst asrltatlon con
tlnues In several of the northern pr-.vlnees, an
n number Of apltators have tr.een arr<*st-il a
MorelLa, Provlnce of Castellon de la I'lana. ow
Ing to Carllat demonstratlona
A Car'lst has betfl arrested at Placencla
Provlnea of Cacerea, for dlstrlbutlng arms.
The report that Don Carloa has C0n*_t-f--tad I
loan in Knpiand is denled. it is sxplalncd tha
he trled to do so, but falled.
POLITICAL BITUATIOM IH SPATN.
Ixrndon. Dae, 28. The Madrld c-rre*pondem
of The Btandard" say:-:
"Moat of the l.iberal leadera whom Seftor Sa
gaata has consulttd, etronsly oppose a dlas >lu
tlon of the Cortea, on the ground that It a tul.
b* irnprudent to plunge the eountry Into at
electorsl agitaticn under eslstlne; . .ndlti'.n_.
"Seftor Montero Rloa and others urge thai
every effort be made to reunltc the I.ibera
party Apparently Beflor Qamaso'i party o
i dissentlents Is relentlng, and there are btttOl
hopes of a full reo,,n<*lliation."
paRI.IST RIMOR AFFECTfl PRICBS.
}'nri*. Dae. tt?Prices wera f.rm al tba opealni
on thr- ftour..- to-day. OWlng to the liS41 ln th- prlc.
?- Bpaniah foure. Later, rentea, Itallana, Braall
lans and Rlo Tintos reacted, Influenced, generally
t ward ihe eloae by a heavy decllne In Bpanlal
' --.iri conaequence of reallsatlom promptei
: v a report ln the "Matln" lhat Don Carlo.
had aucceeded In placlng a loan I" l.ondon. al
?rh operators were i eptl.al aa to the truth o:
? .- rumoi Bagaata'a poor health alao afl
' ': "" _. _
r.EPATRIATED BOLDIBRB RKAr-R CADIZ.
Ca-iiz. De_. ?- Thr- Bpaniah tranaporl Or;,n An
tllla, Captaln Bayona, whlch .aiied from Havani
n Da ember X tor Barcelona arlth repatrtate
Bi inlah troopa on board, has arrlved at this port
8TEAM8HIP AXDE8 8TRAXDED.
QOEfl AAHORE ON A JAMAK'A REEF-WIL1
PROBABLY BE A TOTAL LOBfl
Klngaton, Jamalca. Dec. 22 The Atlaa Lin.
iteamer Andaa Captaln Cole, bound from thii
port to New-Tork, went aahore on riumb Poini
Reef al 2 o'clock thla morning. Tugs and iifiht
era ar. endeavorlng ' ti at her
The hlgh wlnd? nnd heavy aeaa prevalllng wll
probably cauae the Andea t< be a total loea II
the tugs fall to pull h.-r off.
A cable <l!_patch was recelved at the offlce of thi
Atlaa Une yeaterday, announelng tbat th. Andrs
left thla port on December T, for Haytl anl
Jamalca, h_d Kont- aahora i^ar Klngaton Noth
Ing waa known at tha ofllca of th.- llne as to th.
veaael'a cargo or paaaengera. aa aha was on hei
return trlp to thla port Sh. wns ln command o
,a n l. Cole nn.l f^t/nn^r J. i^rw... Thi
w,? ar, Iron.. ??ngto-acrew reaael. bullt li
r hs v Beot and. n ivr-- Bne reaiBterea i.w
[?:':k ?"? -?'- ?-, feet; breadth. _2 feet; depth 19.:
Bhe^^wia owned by the Atlaa BteamshTp *5o?
? - ?
THK OABPESIA ABHORB.
BHE Ifl tiii: PIORRRR VUBBWL OF a RRW cxsk
man TK.^^*;?5''l?"'*^"^I'? URE.
Hallfaa, N. B., Dec. 22 (Bpeclal).?The steamei
Oaapeila of tba naw Canadlan staamahlp Un*
fron. Mllford Haven to Paapeblac, Quebec, rar
Mhore on an laland len mllaa from rhariotte.
t..wn. P, E. I., thla rr.ornlng, and Uaa In con
?Iderable danger. _
V. CAMBON FOR THE BERLIN PORT.
I'arts r>i-c 22.? M. Julf-. Cambon, French Am
basaador to the Unlted Btatea, wiu probably Im
transferred to B. i Iln
PRJ80N WARDENB 8ELECTED.
ADDISOR JOHRflOI- FOR sin-; BIRQ ARO JCDOl
DO01I l"lt DARRKMORA
Alban) Dee tt The long-mooted matter ?f tbt
appolntment of wardena of Ihe Btati PHaona at
Dannemora and Blng Blng haa flnally been aetl ?
by Bupeilntei lenl Colllna He wlll on January
i mca ihe appolntmeni of Addtaon -.obnaon ot
v.,._.,.-, .r.-r County. to be Warder of Blag B\nf
Prtaon ln pla_4 of O. V Bage. and Judge Dobl
dinton County. to aucceed Walter N Taoyer ai
Warden of Cltaton Prla n
Mr Johnaon la ar, ei-Bherifl of Weatcheatai
County and a promlnent Republlcnn. Thr- othei
c.ndldatei for tha place wera Benator Bnrna. ot
Weitcheater, and Mr Ja - ot Oraen. County
:.-,,. tha appomtment at Dannemora tbera were ...
,,.. fX ., -.., ndldatea Tba offlce la m trth B.O0.
,, ,r. wlth houaa and malntenai ?
,,, ,-ovkh ATnWABHWOTON. PENNBTLVA
.... t. .,._? ivar'u R.ii-f..id Company ann
l\nHiS toiUu* >*--? "? l"ttab'.rg. r-adltiK vl.i
^btngwnrwlll ?? "?'?d bi ^ aaaaa rate- aa
?'?'rtllo'-l w'^'win permlt of a MMOvei at .Va.:,
inl-or! :".ot _?eae&_l t.n daya.-AdvU
HARRI80N REPRIMANDED.
ORDERED HY OENERAL LEE TO LOWEn
THE FLAO AT FORT ATARES.
EVA-TATION C OM MISSIONBHS TO MEKT POB THK
l.AST TIME TO PAY -I'F". TITl'TI1 ?-* IN HAVANA
- gPARtgfl BOU-IRBI SAII. FOIl PI'AIN.
Havana. Dec. 22.?Major Russell Harrlaon. the
rrovost Marshal. Who on Tticsday ralsed the
Stars and Strlpes over Fort Atares wlthout
orders. and In contraventlon of the promlse of
the Unlted stat.-s Bvacuation C-omtnlwioni tn
that no American fbif-s ahould be ralsed in Ha?
vana or Its suburba until January 1, was to-day
1 formally repiimanded by Ilajor-Claneral Lee and
Inatructed to lower the flag*. Lleur.nant Lee re
ported a few hours later to headquarters that
thc flaK had been lowered. Nevertheleaa. at the
hour of Ollng thls dlspatch '4 80 p. m.) It Is stlll
flying >.n a tail staff over the famous fort, plaln
!y vlslble frotn the harbor and city.
The last -rmal Jolnt meetlng of the T'nited
States and Spanish Bvacuation Oomrnlssioners
Wlll be held to-morrow. If. after that, any new
: Quoettona arlse, they Wlll be .ettled by lndl
', vlduul Intervlews or correspondence. Tbe
Cnlted State. Ootnmissl.n wlll adopt a wrltten
resolutlon of thanks for the courtesles <*x
tendeil by the Spanish authnrltiea at Havana
and ei-ewhere In Cuba under trylng condltlons.
and bear testlmony "to the excellent disdpline
and soidterilke eonduet of th" olhcers and men
of the Spanish Army." RrlKadior-Oen.-ral Clous
to-day dellvered th. meinorandum aKTeein'-nt
rei.ardlr.R- the places where Spanish troopa are
to he stationed after January 1. It wlll be dls
cussed at tO-mOITOW's mc.-tini..
Surgeon-Major Anhlnard has Vtatted the
Spanish hospltal outalde Havana, aad to-nior
row. o? hehalf of Sunreon-Oeneral Sternt.erg.
wlll lnspect the h-spltals wlthln the clty llmlts.
EI. VEDADO TO RE KVAf'l'ATF.n TO-DAT.
Kl Vedado, the guburb of Havana where ls
i sltuated tbe Hotel Trocha. whlch has been th.
i headquarters of the rnited state. Mllltary com
I mlsslon. wlll be .vaeuated to-morrow. when tbe
! aeacoaat forts Wlll be OCCUpIed by the T'nited
States troopa. Ouar.abacoa wlll be formally OC?
CUpIed on Monday r.ext.
It ls the eurtotn of Havana folk tr> relebrate
Christmas Eve by street dar.clng and flrtag
crackers. To-morrow Oaptaln-Oeneral Caatel
lanos wlll Issue a bando forblddlng the g-ather
Ing of crowds. In order to avold any poaalble dls
on'.er.
General Lee, ha-lng recelved a cable from
Oeneral Alercr, saylns: that the Se. retary of War
undcrstood there uere thousands of pers.-n.
starvlni* ln Havana. ar.d dlrcctlnK hlm to feed
them "wlthout delay," lmmedlately ordered
Lleutenant Wood to dlatrlbuta rat!, ns and to
make systematlc efTorts to feed the help>ss.
carefully avoldln* waata There are hundreds
In Havana to-day who, though not actually
starving, ar." In a deplorable state of weakm-ss
and dlsease, the effects of the cruel reonncer.
tratlon pollcy. They naed hospltal treatment.
whlch ls not always avallable. Much of the
wrctchednesa la due to the neglected eonditlon
of the tencments. Every day or so the rellef
dlstributers come upon d-'ftd b'*dles, terrlblv
emadated. Two were found ln the auburb of
'?? rro ye/Bterday. It ls dlfflcult to dlatlngulsh
between the professlonal vaprant and th_ really
deservlni. case.. hut the eommltt. ea wlth local
knowlcdKe are able to renier excellent aervlce.
The Cuban colonel Raoul Aran_;o, wlth slx
hundred Cuban horscrrrcn, paraded In Ji-eui de'.
Monte to-day, and then marched out agaln to
camp.
TOWA'S REOIMENT ARRIVES.
The T'nlt.d States transport Mlnnewaska,
whlch left Savannah for Cuba on December 1!).
with the 40th lowa Replment. arrlved here thls
aftei noon
To-'lay the Spanish transports Cludad de
("adiz and the Neustrla salled for Spaln, tba
f..rtti.-r wlth 1,286 men and offlcers, botind for
Bantander, and the latter, with 1,068 men, f.>r
Cadlz.
The mllltary telegraph from Tuerto Prln<-!p?
Boutbward t-> Banta cru_. the eabie polnt, is
neaiing completlon. Thus wlre connectlon wlth
Oeneral Carpenter wiu .?'>->n i.e made. Colonel
Dunwoodle, Of the Slpnal Corpa, says the tele
graph Wll! be bullt as lf f'.r mllltary purposes
and will re.julre no lar.d llnes to Santlaf.o, us
projected.
The War Departm.nt has dlrecfed th.-* trans
porl Cheater to take '.eneral C.reene and h!s
btaff to Savannah. She wili sail tO-moiTOW,
Marshal Hlanro thOUgh DOt rei-uested to do
?.. h\ the Ameriean Commlaaionera, Isaued di
rcctions before leavlnt; Cuba that the rlch sil?
ver table servlce of the jalace be left f<>r the
Amerlcans. and that the maKnlfleent furnlture
of the receptlon-rooma be also left for the Amer?
ican occupanta The ofiiciai coachaa with the
arms of Spaln and the furnlture of the Treae
ury Departmenl artll be soid.
A propoaltlon has l>>-en made in the Munlelpal
Councll to change the name of Ohlspo-st., to
Lee-st. Thls thorou_;hfare for B tlme waa called
Weyler-Bt, Actlon ln the matter has been de
ferrr-d.
The steam UghtCT Laura arrlved at Cardenas
yeaterday wlth T'nited States troopa.
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CUBAN8 CUT TBUEORAPH WIRES.
Santla.ro de Cuba. Tiec. 2'J. Oeneral De
metrlua Castlllo returned to-day from his trip
mto the interior of Santin_.n Provlnce, where,
und'-r th.- directlons of Oeneral Wood, he ha.
been establlshlng Ibe mlnor clvll ..nv. rnments.
He reports that ttr-re i.as been eonalderabla
cattle-ateallng ln the nelghborh od of San Lula
To-morrow Colonel Frandsco Vaiiente, Cbiaf of
Oendarmerie, wlll leave Bantlago for that dis
trii t uith a subatantlal force to endeavor to
? apture the thlevi a
Accordlng to o.n.-ral Castllb >, theCubans hava
agaln be. n tamp. rinp with the telegraph llnes.
Th'- llne to Quantanamo has been malldoualy
cul twlce. In both caaea the cuttinp wae abso
lutely wanton, because the wire waa not u.s.-d n*
ln tne caas of the cuttlng of the iin-- to Alto
.-?? r.,-.-, t-<r blndlng hay. Th- r.ffenders merely
cul it and left it. Colonel Vallente has sj <-r!.il
Inatructlona ln this matter.
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WII.I. TAKE WHAT AMERK'A OIVES THEM
London, Dec 23 Th?- Havana eorreapondent
?f "The T'.in.s," ln th.- ,.,ur.--e of a letter pub
Hahi d this morning, saj>
"Prealdeni McKlnley wlll have an unfettered
!..i: 1 here. A majoiity of thi- Cubans are pre
pjtred to a.-i-ept unreeervedly any rdglme treat
Ing them Justly ami Insurlni. the tranqullllty of
the lsland
"The Spanish resldents also are contented to
,,,.,.;.t t!,.- Inevltable, bellevlng that thelr Inter
,-?ts will I-.- protocted and lhamaelvaa fairly
treated. Therefore. th.- way ls clear t-> estab
liah any system of pov. rnmmt the ftTaahlngl ?n
tuthorltles may see ilt to Impoae."
CHRISTMAB HdLlDATf RATEfl POH BTTJ
DENTB
T&EBLAV'SMARCHEABTWARD
AMAZIN'G DFVELOPMENT OF A.SIATIC
RUMIA.
OBBBBTATTOBI <">F John w. BOOKWALTBB IN
THR VAST ItKiIinNS HEYOND THE ITtAL
MOI'NTAINR OBBWUtQ A
DOOR Tn CHINA.
London, Dec. 18.?John W, Bookwaltfcr, of
nhio, who has just returned from n throe
montha' Jnurney through Ruaala, (old tho cnrre
BDOndent of The Aaaoclatcd I'r.-ss in an intor
rtew to-day that he anjoyed unusnal facllltlea
for ohservlnp what Is polnff on In that rountry.
He travelled 17,"nu mllos to the terminus <>f tho
Trins-Slhorian Rallway, t,, tho end of tho ||na
reachlni? tho ftontler of AfKhanlstan, and to tho
end of tho one j.enotratlnsr China throufch Man
churia. All tho*o nre now practlcally completed.
Mr. Itookwaltor was allowad to ro every
whero. to son everythlnp. and to take hundreds
of photopraphs. thnnks to special permlts issuod
to him by tho Mlnlstor of the lnterlor on tho ap*
pll. itlon of the Cnlted States Atnbassa.lor at
Ft. PetershurR. Durlnft his Journey he r?n
versorl wlth tho Coyernors of provlncos and wlth
milltary and clvll offiolals of all ranks.
fRIKNDLT TO AMKHICA.
"Everywhero I found," aald Mr. Bookwalter,
"the kindest and most friendly feellns toward
Am-iica and Amerlean:-!, nnd heard many ex
praaalona of aatlafactlon over Amerlea'B Bueeeaa
j ln our war wlth Ppaln Tn thls thera was not a
[ sinpie axeepttoa. Wherever I went averythlng
; was thrown ,.i.on to me almply becauae i was an
Ai... ;>an.
"Amerloa's best open door to Central Asla and
| China ls through Ruaala. Already au the loco
| motlves and rolllng stork on the railways are of
! Amerlean mauufai ture Central Asla wlll ln the
near future be the greateat market In the world
for . tanufacturea of all klnda, and our obtalnlng
| the vlrtual monopoly nf thia market only de*
; penda on our retainlng th? frlendahlp Ruaala
j now has fr.r us. A greal Burprlae to tha world
: is la preparatlon ln th:it part of tho earth. and
; it will come. i belteve, very Boon. Not many
years will elapae before tho world wlll se" Rua*
' ala. Knislan.! and China comblnlng f.,r tho par*
j titlon nf Aala The very force ..f clrcumataneea
' win i.ritiK thla ai.out. Bngland and Ruaala wlU
ri'-v.-r ba abie to nffreo on e. partltlofl of .'hina
; hetweon thotnsolvos. S'lil l^ss wlll they allOW
j the other Powerfl tn oharo wlth therri in the
I spoils of that Bmplre. They wlll be forcod tn
I defoiid China, whlch alnn* ls helpleaa, njtnlnst
' the roat of tho world, and to sharo wlth lu-r the
| domlnlon "f Asla.
"Th" alllance of En-land, Ruaala and China
of two-thlrds of the human ra<ta wlll be such
? an allianre aa hlatory has never yet Beea, and !t
will ba ono whirh wli! i.lvo ponro to tho worll
for etnturlea au its Intereata "i',' make fnr
i peace, and lt wlll bo abie to dletate terms to the;
i r?st --r the world. America baa rery H'tie tn
' galn b) an open <i. to China. Thnt eountry ls
j an Induatrtal one, ai I whatever wa may now ba
ai.io to Ball to then, the chlneaa wlll s,mn ba
abie to mak,- for themaelvea, One day, an.!
that dav ls near at hand, whatever China buya
fr,,m th.- real of th,. worll wlll reach her
thn.ujrh Ruaala and Central Aala.
RUHRA'f OPBN DOOR TO CHINA
"Ruaala in tha last threa yeari has dor." more
to open the doora of China than Bngland and
all the rest of tho world hn.-< done ln tifty years.
No om who has not Been ll arlth his own eyes
can have the falnteat coBoeptloo of what Ruaala
T.as Btovt and la rtffl dolng In Central Asta. i
have travelled over twelve hundred milea of
rallway whlch Bhi ha? bullt from tho Caaptaa
Baa to Taahk*ud, In Turkeetan; over a branch
of tiiifl llne whi.h runa to tha northern frontler
of Indla. and over another branch whlch goes
from Merv to the border of Afghanlatan. rhlfl
laat branch waa not completedi when I waa
there but It wlll bi open to trafflc next week
Th*re ar.- also Ruaalan llnea all al.?nc tho i ,-.
ilan frontler and penetratlng Into that eountry
alther completed or rapldly approachlng com
pletloa. All th- work on theae llnea hai been
done bv BoldlerJ, who in thla way ar-- not In
Ruaala. aa elaewhere, non-producera.
??All thls tremendmia Aslatlc rallway system
ls ownod and operated by the Oovernment All
th.- llnea are admlrably bullt and aplendldly
eaulpped. Why, l aaw a brldge acrona the ?rou
Parla In Central Aala nt a polnt where tho
river ls three milea wlde, that coat 20,..".?>
rublee, nnd ls the greateat plece of engtneeting
work ever accompllBhed. There ls nothing like
lt anywhere elae in the world. tho celebrated
Porth brldge, near Bdlnburgh, not ezcepted.
CITIEI AND TOWN8 IPRINQINCl UP.
"Wherever I went I aaw cltlea and townfl
apringlng up iu< h bb Aakobad, In Turkomanta,
for example, whlch already haa 21,000 Inhabl
tants. Neai Merv the Caar ls bulldlng a mag*
nlflcent palace New Bokhara, twelve milea
from Old Bokhara, haa 12.000 Inhabltanta. The
Rua.sian pollcy In Central Asla is n<>t to brlng
tho new and the old Into too cloae a eontraat,
and ao ?h- bulldB hl r railway Btatlona a rew
milea away from the old- centrea of populatlon,
thua formlng new and entlrely modern centrea.
Where do th- people come from to Inhablt theae
towna? whv. from European Ruaala TheOov
rrnment is turnlng her aurplua European popu
latlon Into Central Aala b'ct ** rtl" Cnlted
Btatea turned tln- eurplua populatlon of her At
lantlc st.-,..- Into her greal Weatern territorlea
What i have |uat aeen ln Central Aala ls ?
an .x-i -t reproductlon - f what 1 wltneaaed yeara
aif.. in Illlnola, Indlana and Mlaaourl, when the
emlgranta from the Baal were pouring Into the
West So human power can Btay the onward
rnarih of the Blav through Ruaala which wlll
be the feature of tho twentleth contury. just as
the march of the Anglo-Baxon through America
haa I ."'ti the feature of th.- nlneteenth
"Already, thanka to h.-r rallwaya, Ruaala oan
at an' tln ?? i ? ur h< r armlea acn bb the frontlen
? of India by the same routea that Aleaander,
Tamerlane and Kubla Khan marched to the
1 conqueet of Eaatern Aala Ruaala to-day has
?_:, ih'iiiihui p-S'r^'"i all of whom have Benred ln
the army from three tn tu-o yoars. ono-fifth of
her populatlon haa been dritted and dlsclpllned
to milltary work.
"Tho Cnlted Btatea wlll be commlttlng a worul
mlatake lf Bhe falla tn n tain th.- friendBhlp i f
thla greal world-power of tha future."
PR0SPECT8 OF AOREEMERT HRKUIT.
joint HtOH CO_Illl"*BIO****l BEXT MKFTtNn BOT
TO I.aPT MOBS THAN' TWO WBBKB
Waahlngton. i,f><- 22. The naai aaaatofl of tiie
Anglo-American Joint Hi*h Commlaalon win be
llmlted pretty cloeely to a fortnlght. Lord Her*
Bchell, tho Brltlah member of the Commlaalon,
li ked to saii for Burope on January '_.*> anl
cannot remaln longer In th.. t'nlted Btatea, aa
ho ln obllged to attend tho ..penlnir >,f the Ven'-z
ueian boundary erbttratlon In Parla belng one
of the arbltratora. There are Indlcatlona that
tha Coramlaalonera regard th" proopecta of
roarhlns; nn agreement as mueh hrlphter than
:hf-y -lid ju^t before tbe adj .umment ,,f th,- aea
Bion. and the oplnlon ls now expreaaed ln well*
Informed drclea that t.cf.iro Lord H. racbell de*
j arts a treaty will ha\-e been completed set
tllnp nll tho j-nints ln dtapute between the
Cnlted StAtes ar.d Caaada, and evon maklnjc
s,,mo slijrht prouross toward an aRTeement on
laclprodty.
UPE-BAVERB REPORT 1 VE88BL ABBORB.
| lv Hook, N I ? f,rr - -Tha Mnntoloklna
1,1 f.. S;,\irR fstatl^H, reports that a rhlp Is aahore
,,, ir ., ,,f polnl N'o pnrtlcul,irs hnve been re
eelvi d
I'AKK AND TILPORD*! INCRBABBD BALEfl
of |h< celebrated Poland Sprinir water teatlfy to Ita
merlt Pur*. ?parkllna ont\ rl'hr.ous -Advt.
A "BABO ""K" PIRI BXTTNOUIBHBR
or a portahle tire-*sc*p* 1* a unlque and valuabie
Xma* 8lft. ^T Canal-et.-Advt.
EriDEMIC AT ITS IIETGIIT.
FURTHER SPREAD OF THE GRIP NOT
LOOKBD FOR.
r.i.KVATKi. AND BVRFAO CARI Bk-RQ CLRARgED
AM) DISIRPRCTBD RAOIgTRATB
CORRRLL ll.b
When the wrefched weather of yesterday Is
taken into conatderatton, it is far from strange
that reporta ShOWOd no dlmlnutlon In the extent
of the grlp epldemlc tbat has been upon thc rity
f'.r some tlme.
In Bellevue Hoapltal, where Btatlstlcs can b-'st
be secured, the number of caaea of grlp had in
<?rea.---.-d yeaterday m.irnlng from thlrty-two to
forty-fonr, and among the new caaea was that
of Mrs. Wlllard, Buperintendent .>f tbe Trainimr
Bchool f..r Ifale Mureea Her caae is a sllgbt
one.
Ifaglatrate Cornefl was yeaterday added to
the lonp iist of sufferers from the epldemlc.
Mrs. Cornetl telepboned to the Harlem Court
that h.-r huaband would be unable to slt there
yeaterday, Ifaglatrate Deuel took his place in
the Harlem Court, ln addltlon tO sittinj. ln M-.r
rlaanla.
In the Pollce Department. where the prlp has
been partlcularly ln evldence, Its work wns ap
parcnt yeaterday In tho Increaaed number of
men reported unflf for duty. The number so re?
ported yesterday was 381, ns agalnst 888 the
day before. it is belleved that the majorlty of
th>* ni-w cases of Illness wer,- due to the Kflp.
Willlam M. Ivlns. the well-known lawyer and
flnancler, ls among the sufferers from the trrip.
He has not been at his offlce, in tha Lord'a
Court Bulldlng, Blnce Monday, and tf was sald
ther- yesterday that h- mlght not be able to
leave his h'-me for aeveral days to come.
Presldent Murphy of th.* Health Board said
yeaterday that there was some reason to think
that the epideml-* had reached Its heipht He
added that h" was well pleaaed with the anxlety
dlaplayed by th* rallroad companlea to aaalBt
the fi- abh Board in tl-.,* steps taken to preserve
th" he.iith of the eonimttnltv and to prevepl the
epldi mle from spreadlng further, He r-'ai'l that
th.- offlclals of the Manhattan Blevated Railway
Company had said tha* as fast n_ the cars i ame
ln they were h.*ln_r thorousrhly cleansed an'l dls
Infected Manager Pranaioll of th-* elevated
r.-ad raid thnt this practl e had been followed
by his company for some tlme The woodwork
of the cars anil the Boora, after the mattlnga
have heen removed, nre thoroughly waahed with
n dislnfpotant. The cars i.f the Metropolltan
Btreet Railway Company and th-* Third Avenue
Rallroad Company have been put through the
same pmccSB.
Prealdent Murphv was n. ked yeaterday about
bi.. suaplclona, volced a day or so ago, that the
k'rlp was cauaed by Bome remarkable chemtcal
reactlon thnt went - ,-i ln aaphalt He dld nol
appear Incllned t-i taik abi ut the matter, tv*r .bd
he _eem overjoyed at belng asked aboul it
By an error there was prlnted ln The Tribune
yesterdny a atatemenl that Willlam Rutherford
of No. i.fMll sixth-ave. ha.i i.n found dead at
his home, a Buicldal vlctlm of the grlp. Thla
Bl il >meni was Incorrect. Mr. Rutherford's
name waa confounded wlth that of a aulcide
whose body he dlscovered,
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THB QRIFi DEATH HATF.
The denth r_te ln th - boroughs of Manhattan flnd
, The Mronx has Increaaed ln thi laat live daya from
IM deatha from all cauaea on December II to IM
deatha from all caueei on December 22. The follow?
ing table irh-es (he denth Uat in the borOUghB of
Manbattan and Tha Bronx for flve days:
tw is ri-e. w, Dae. p\ r>... 21 n.c. 22.
Pn-imonla . :n 1*1 21 -.'I V)
1 ln .?!??-? ?. T B . II Ifl
Ho 1 1 _!?!? . 1 I 8 2 2
Vlhrr OaUMS .lll lll 1.1'. |g] 147
Vir tha week endlng December 17 ther,- were 7!i_
deathi tn tt>e?e two borougha, md of this number
I . were from Inrlu-nz.i, 33 fiom bronchltla and l-.">
fr.-m pneumonla.
I',,r the correaponding week one year n.o there
wen KO deatha fr,.in all eauaea, and of thal number
?.-. ? r??? from pneumonla, 21 from bronchltla and -i
from influenaa.
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MANY CABB8 IX PHILADELPHIA.
A NfMHl-'l. OF DEATHS ATTRIBL'TED TO THK
rpiDEMir.
Philadelphia, D-c. ___, 1, |. Mtlmated that .e
tween twenty-flva thouaand bi i ?' rty thousand
persons iri th'.4 clty nre lulferlng '? im l-*'.p. and
doctora report the epi lemh. on the Incn tse, At
the Board cf Health to-day ?!*< deatha were re?
ported to have occurred wlthln the laal twentj
four hour.s dlrectly duo t'i Krlp. and twelve other
deathi were traeed Indlrectlv to the -
All the hospltals hava an unuiually !.ir_.* numher
of er;;. pattent., ar-.-l ln s.-v.-r.ii In.tancei ' .? iuf
ferer* have '. it thelr reaaon nnd hav.- :o he
itrapped to thelr bedi ? lf I4fl ???
nearly ten thouaand are si.-k al home, Clty Ooun
rai.t 1 . irum to -i iy, 1 tn re were
so many abaenteea from grlp. Reporta r
frorn K.ist.--n Peni and Bouth N--.v-i.r- .
-, an epldemlc of the dlaeaae ln thoae re
_
ORIP BPIDEMIC IN NEW-ENOLAMD TOWNfl.
Brldgeport, Conn., Dec. H.?The _rrlp is prevalent
ln thls clty, but the aaea ln general nre not n.-v.-r ?
In all iit-s of buelneai employea are affeeted. and
about a doien reportera for the newapapera are >u
the 11-t lr la eatlmated that there ire two hun
dre.1 caaea in the elty
Sew-Haven, Dec. 2J. -Accordlng to the stafemen*.
of ti-.i- Health Offlcer, tbe prlp epldemlc la li
ir.K In thla clty, and wlll contlnue to do ao aa long
as tha preaenl weather condltlona contli i There
are. however, fee caaea of actual proatratlon.
Hartford, Dec tt There are hundreda of caaea
of the grlp ln thli H'.v Not many fatalltlei have
t,. ..-i rep irted thn.-- fnr.
Bprtngfleld, Maaa., Dec 22. The jrrip i* epldemlc
ln thls city. It li more dlfflcult to niri> than be?
fore, but no deatha fr. m li ar- reported,
Woreeater, M:-s, Dec, H The recently laeued
:? ? of tha Health r ?, irti thal a mii-i
form ..r' grlp la prei ilei t In thla
JAFFBAY, BARYARD'8 CENTRE, DEAD.
BI_OOD.FOIgONIXa POl'ND Tn Bl Tin: CAUBB OP
HIS DEATH
<"nmi r.iiK'e, Mase., Dec B. Petry M. Jaffray,
pentre of Harvard'a football eleven th!< m
dled at hla rooma, No I Bow t. lata ;h:s iftar
noon, fr.itn blood-polaoning Hl; <!>-.ith wai mdden,
ns h,- _ 11 DOt taken Violt ntly lll unrll n-.on, and
after tl il phyalclana _ork--i Inceaaantly to e.i-.,
hli luffertng
When death came the phyalclana were Mmewhal
In doubl as to the exact tr.itare of the dlaeaae
iplnal menlngltli waa auggeated ta probable. T_
? .ver, an autopay waa held by i number
of promlnent phyalclana The following offlclai
? ? tni nl wa* Iraued.
Th.- post-m .rt.iti ezamlnatlon on the body ?'.
p M faffriy ahowa lhat i ' death waa
, ', iti geneftl *eptl _?n la Tl
rtie reault of an acote Inf* tlon
ihe lung* whi.-h wai followed by a aeneral in
f,...;..., ..? the blood Ther. wai no Injurj whl .,
rould in sny **'v ^iv'' bui an Influen 1 ln pi >?
duclng thi 11
WII.I.IAM l? BTRONO, M D
W P. COUN. II.MAN. M I)
it was at flrat belleved that rh. cauae of Jaffraya
death waa .ni Injury he recelved In the Vii- game,
bui th.- doctora* atatemenl ahowa thal rh:s wa* not
the cas.e.
Jaffray entered Han ir ' '- (from Weatmlnater
iehool, al Dobba Perry, N v Hla bome wot at
Irvtngton-on-the-Hudi .n. In his freahman year
he played rlnht guard "ti rh<- DnlvereJty eleven In
the Princeton gami irr uu aopbomom aad lunlor
\eir- ba played lubatltute guard He was twenty
,,-.. vear- old, welghed IM pounda aad *??? t feet
51, in<"hes tail. Ha waa .1 member of the inatltuta
of lTTo. I> K. K . nr-l /.-ta Pai tei I- '. and tha
Porealllan and Haaty Puddtng cluba
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OOLDBN ROD B*_8TTLI.D at thp: BREWBRT
1! ?-. par chk.> r,f ;t bottlaa On aala r,t Hotel., Rea
tauranta nn! Orocera Order by post or telephone :>'4
IVllllainaburgh. Otto Huber Brewery, Brooklyn.?
Advt
3end your frlend a cn*e of India Pale Ale. He'll
appreciiti it lf It's Ballantlne*a?Advt
PRAISE OF THE PIL6RIMS
ANNUAL DIXXER OF THE NEW
EXGLAXD SOCIETY.
SPI.I.CHI.S RY OOL09BL ROOSEVELT,
QOTBRNOB DTBB. OENERAL MKR
HITT. OENERAL BHAFTEB, iiEXER
AI. WHEELER AM) OTHER*
BomebOdy has sald that llberal samples of tha
beal bratni and rmargy of tha rast of the eoun?
try ko to make up whal la ealled New-Tork. if
this Btatement ear.n,.t ba denled, nelther can the
aaaartloa that a goodly portlon of that metro>
poiitan miatura Bnda Ita way into the coaaptetad
whole from New-England, and of tha N'ow-KnK
land alenwat of New-York. tha Naw-EaglBBi
Boclety In th- city <>r New-Tork ll tba repru
aentatlva organlaatlon. Thls andant an.l honor
ablo Bodety held its nlnety*thlrd annual f.-stival
last nlghl at Delmonlco'a As usual. tho fes
tlval t>>,,1, th" form of a dlnnor. and, at usual, it
t...k pla.-,- at tho Waldorf-Aetorla.
Th? aplendtd ballroom was n.m* too hi?r to
hold tho four hundr.-d and BK t" BOBfl nf New
Bngland and th.lr gueata nor woro the hoxea
laruo enouKh to provtd.- m.,re than enmfortahly
f,,r the moth.-rs and Wlvefl anl daiisrhfors of
th,.se who dlned below. The elaborato deeora
tions nf th" Bpadoua ball wera thoroughly 8Mb
tlnctlve ,,f the oruanlzatlnn.
Above tha preeidtng offleefa chair appeared
the seal nf the Bodety, Sanked by Aaiertcan and
English flaics. whlle .*i elther side the cats-of
- ,.f fcfalne, New-Hampablra, Vermnnt,
Maaaachuaetta, Rhode island and Connectl at,
worked on large blua si;k bannera arere sua
pended from th- balcontes and columna Abova
wera cluatera of allk flaga atudded ?t'b >-- I 1< n
eaglea whlla th" electrollera below ?cr.< folned
i.y flaga Bweeplng In graceful folda from oi to
another. The two balcontea at the end nf the
room were hung with a val. nea of tii- Am.
coi-irs, on whlch was pla .-.l a handeome Bllk*
embroldered baaner with th.- eoat-of-arma <>f the
Cnlted Btatea
AT THK TABLB of RONOB.
At th<^ eentre of the elevated table Bal ex
.1 , - ?-? Henry E. Howland, prealdenl of tha Ho***
Bngland H clety, who has coma to ba regarded
ar- ..no of th" most deltghtfully refreehtng and
rpiatntly amualng Qf tho men whom New rora>
crs frequentl] hear at tho publle dlnnera ??* the
Beaaon At i-'s rlghl utA Ooveraor Bllaha Dyer
of Rhode laland. On eith^r Blile nf blm aat one
. f the moal brt!.*.j.nl arraya of men of tha tlma
thit it hn* been the r.l fortune ..f Naw-Tork
,>n tn ?.>o togetbM '.n thls clty tn a long tlme.
They Included Oovemor-elect Rooeevelt Oeneral
PMahtlr.g J-.'' Wheeler, Oeneral Wealey -fer*
ritt, Oeneral Wllllam R. ?bafter, Jnseph
ir. Choate, Bllhu Root, J Plerpont Mor
gan, caitain K. C Taylor, Oeneral H.im
Uton s H&wklna Oenerar- Wallaca iun
dolph, Cnlted Btatea Dlatrtct-Attorncy Jamea M.
Beck, nf Phlladelphla; Mllton I. Bouthard. Jns
flro Iforgan J. O'Brlen, S. Frankiin :>t_ntnn.
Wllllam B r-avenport, Howland Pell, t'nlonel
Panb-i Appleton, Isaac H. Balley and Hnrace
RuaaeH. Beeretary Algi r and Beeretary miss
wore detalned by offidal dutlea Rea**-Admtral
Bampaon would hava been prceeat ha.i his tias
ship. the New-York, now on her way here from
Havana. gH h-r*. in tlme The Rev. Dr. Oeorfre
It. Van T>e Wator. chaplaln nf the 7ist Regt*
! rnenvarKl O. C. Ifcrar/an were piev.Ttteit.ftem
boinff presont by reaOOfl "t sti-rht lllnesses, Mr.
ii.-atnan l>"fn?T "no of the prrip's vlctims. Th.;
prlp and the weather had done thelr WOTBt to
eaat a damper ov-r tho festlvltlea, but what ar<?
llttle thiiiKS llk" th" grlp and tho areather be
tween New-Englanderat
Not many of thoae i.aent who nnti^od th*?
abs-'ti," ,/ Colonel Bdwln sh. pard Barrett k-ew
th-- real reaaon for his absence. C iloael Bar*
rett, who was Natlonal prealdent of tho sona of
tho Amerl,-.in Revolutlon, waa kllled Tuesday
morning Ly falllng from a arladow at 1::.-- ii.,me
in Concord, Mass
BIBTBR BOCIBTIEB REPRE8ENTBD.
Among tho repreaentativea <>t sistor so.-iftl^s
who were preaent were: J< hn Reld prealdent nf
Sv Andrew'fl Boclety: Juatlce "'organJ n'Rrien.
presldent of the Boclety ??' tho Prlendly Sons of
st. Patrl. k. Wllllam M. Maaaey, preald. at i ' st.
George'B Boclety; B. Frankiin Btanton, presldent
,,f th" st. Nlcholafl Boclety: Charlea F. Juntt,
prealdenl of Bt Davld'a Boclety; Wllllam B.
Davenport, prealdent of tii- New*Englaad So
clety of Brooklyn; Tunla << Bergen, vtce-prefrt
of tl,.- Holland Boclety; Mllton I. Bouthard)
, of the < 'i.io Bocli ty, ar.d Howland Pell, */lce-f?r?
err.-.r of r*..- Boclety Of Colonlal Wars.
?ri,,. f waa ornamented by thlnga
characterlstlcally New-England. Tho icea came
in receptai ea Burmounted by Bgurea >,( l.K-al
i Purltan maldena, mtnlatifre Priadllaa Hu^e
| .lack ,,? Lanterna, such aa many of the dti ari
wera accuatomed to carve with tho pllant ja.-k
k.,;.-,. .;, boyho d'adaya glared from th<-tr fiery
.->??> from each table, whlla all th" vegetaMea
that grow on a th u m i New*Eagland tarma
? thelr cholceat delegatea t.. adorn tn- t i
Moreover, and cl ef. I u I greateat of all, thera
appeared upon tii" menu card a legead whieh
must h.-.v" recalled to hundreda visinns ,,f aro
matlc Baturday ni^ht.s or Bunday mornlnga ln
; days lnmr paat Th'.:? maglc worda wera:
Old-faahloned Boaton baked I .-an*.
i; m ?)?.'. \ rowc i.r- ad.
EX-JUDOE H0WLAXD*8 aDDREM.
it was late when ex-Judge Howland t-.--.- .-md
rapped for order. .vh- n n waa obtalaed ba ?et
the oratorical ball to rolllng In a cbaracterls
Hcaiiy wlttj addn i i{,.t Mr. Howland'a Bpeech
had Ita -?:'? im tnomenta notablj" in his ?? ar*
,-n, .-s to th-- death of Colonel Oeorga K. Warlag,
jr, and [aaa* H. Bromley, both of whom arera
membera of tho New-England Bodety and to
memory Mr. Howland pald trtbutaa that
evoked th? heartleat applauae. Mr. Howland
si .-k.- a.s followa:
Fellow Pllgrtma, Fair Pllfi i The _7^th
' ? i ? -: - Up.Il
Plvmouth lt .--k end t..- '?:. . the fouml
ln_ ,,f ,,..; ^ tlna In thi >.. ni ?
,,;',! ? ,\ ._11.i il i- in> ple_?lna duty t., t...! you and
our ?: Int ? irdlal
,? d hearty welc m< II
-?i dean t? ? ? goor*
mei \\ ' aaked ?-?>
lay'ar ice that he Di - .- mi nu lt i
ry repai the gra Lx ran, "l..,rd.
we tl-.ank Thee, ' bul lf then .;. tti.
lenced, "Bountlful Cr. ,:.,r '; and
?iMir. ??( your thanki ? ' aauced in
iik- manner by the acceptal I .. -,.i.i tu
vour r. ilati a.
t New Rnaland devoted t.> h.-r
tradttlona and tralnlna. who hav? braved the daa
u, ra of her dlnnera and th.- arlndatorma >,f her ;.r.
. offloera for arorea of yeara maj ? -: s^nij>a
iinz.- wlth the elergytnan wl loyfully to a
brother of the cloth "We h ive Juai termlnated the
. ,t rr.iv.il our church haa raperlenced for
in iny yeara. ' "I rejol ??? r, h-.ir r er
"How rn nv dld >-?', add :> the foldT' "W. II, wa
dldn'l add any. Lnt w. fOl r.,1 Of I
There is danaer that. ln your loj .1 devotlon to
rtmonl you i *h?
i - . ..a ti,.. iirst paae t a prohlbltlon paper:
- I'.-r tha evlla of Intei le."
_till iltho ii lera may aaree wlth the aaaa
M [ don't object ao m .- vi l a man blow*
? born, bul It'a the tune he i ,i- . n
it whl'-h niak.s rn- tlred." ?
nevlna from tho cbaracter and p-altlon ? f Ibe men
i (,. ?.- r..i ? ice and tl
. || as tha future noaalbllltli . ..f tha men y.'U
f.r.. y. ii. '.Iiit t*:. . iiTsl.le w..ril may w.il
THE H. .T BPBINQI OF ARKANBAA
The Natlonal baalth and pleaaura reeort: -,wned
.md controlled by c I Qovernment Klegunt hotel.,
Arlin?i,?n. Eaatman and i'ark Oolf and other
amunementa I-'or Informatlon and tnokl.ta apply to
j W. K. lli.>t, 3&1 llr.adway, New-York.-Advt.

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