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/ ffltibxm V? yO^ V?,L' LVIII... >'?- 10,040. NEW-YORK SUNDAY, JANU.AJRY 1, 1899.-2 PART8, 22 PAGES. WITH [LLUSTRATIED 8UPPLEMENT, 20 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENT& CUBA CHANGES RULE TO-DAY.! fjPAIN'S LAST HOI KS IN THI ULEXD TBAXQU11 >llRANQEMENT9 TO* HOISTINO THK AMERICAN FLAO -. LHIBB OBTICUOJ "?VI.VDINO tJF THBR AFFAlRi [ni CABi.r t an.] BaemaM, Dee, 81 ' ~ ?* ^^^ Ma ui Cube have ? M the Falaee a few oMatala remalm ' B* u" ftf" <8!rs and arra- "' aad deewnenl araedeeerted keestoes no ? - " " !T 'a,l,r>" Captain--- itolktaos nn; hfct sJda la an their deUeato UmmeelYoa | arlth a dlsnity whlel admlretloti of Aanar* ? m\ ? ? -' ?-* ? ?""?,,lM' also recelra meek tn ."*" BU4*eeafu1 ?fferta ln matnta ? ? bp * ?? nst m?" lnenT. ?satrythlBf ralatlm ! ?* imbarkHtloa of Iroeps has ??? ?'? 'r,r,!on .. .*,. spcnti ' en?lea i Bai ' ? and P-? ; -tft-hment gf.aoM t the rj Thtt hattalion v ?. ' ' r"w when t> . ;-..? *: ? ' ' 1atel>' ? ..k on the t. .. | al Tedo erule ?ra akao l r ' ' - ph'" dea**1^ dock win reroaln '?..'? ' ~ cuard I ? deetoai w-hat . . ra Manterola ha. embarked a the I " - -??*?? Cli?- j ttarqota da Hontoro a: | | tary ' ': ' S; atlish BdS th* cere t The peoBTammi fortl ? Bo-aaaipaw ^oon le unOkang ll DBVl* ("-"r.r,nr.,'.ir.K the Am, rl aa foreea la I ? haa eesna in ls ba pjoaanl wlth Oeneral Broeka ar.i ?h* MSBBbssa od the An ? I ?? CasnasJa gloa at the ceremony lt haa r**en arrenaed that when the B8 - I Bd( B_1 IB BSJ tha i Bga Oaaja ah< Lleutenant But er, '?? > , - . Mfranaa by Lte nenant r Br 1 oeei M '? kde, eon of ( eraa Wada \ Cuban Con - the Beata Crua Aaaembly ani th* rer.tr.-. Irtol ttee. haa arransed to pay te- I - ?? 1mm*llately I. ,?'*? ... . Df \- ei ? :> l IhrOQITl ' -?Bd are In a temperate ' 're their dlaapp ment ? ' ? are atlll led over the degre-- to a he made of ,.,... : * Some of . . . r, i llaplaytng neltner Cuhan nor ?? i ? ? ? ? ,iimit I lenlal of the report that it ha i a , * - tloi The Bpai - 1 are era all t . v- on the btal venda ? 3'!:' :-\'\!'..\ Bl GEXERAL BROOK8. Ha\ . Itloa bf Maji r .? ? ,ry .;? vernor of Cuba, r to the the laland lt ? ? rs of I e and tlon ol ?> n->' end to'the dlatreaa Inj pay that tl - I l ivernment to the people and ae urlty ..... ? ? nfldence, l iraulti ol peace. 1 i I ? -. ? ? ae of a ? ? ' Bfo tl of thi L'nlted Btatea ? , very poeei ..( pr. i to earry out tl ti through the chai I Ivll edmlntatra tlon, althougl ntrol. In the li Rt of all the of Cu aaed of rights l properl the i IvlJ ar.d crlm ?? . ? .......... .f.||?. qulBhment of Bpai gnty wjil remain *. with bi na and eh as Baay '- ? a be f ui I neceaaary Jn the Int-reat f good | rhe people ol regard tc pre ?\ ?? i Inarlted and irgi I ,r> co :' m.'d nd a e 1 ward rty In our humanl tariai, ; ? ? aure a k:r a and bi nel ? nt governi ? Ihi . ? ? rnor of the laland will al ^*-''1 wlth I e n ho mav d*a'.r" to conaull him on mattera of publlc In lareal Th* laat of the proelamatloa has been ranlsfl |s '?'? aaklnai and ai; roa .d SOME CTJBAXS 81 ILL ANOBT. ijNvr:.. ~: ?, * PALACB DBCUMXD, ?BT rjMUl MAT BE ,? K Havana. D*" 81. -The poalUoa of the mllltary aadiaJalBti - a -... ,? r !in? B(M te r ? ? ? upon the ? turnlng orer of the gorernment to th ' ely advlaa '' namee are nol 1 ; ? . ? ? them from the tloi would y- n If this . bad not h" - tha fact thal II was *'???? ? i . ,, Br' ' neral ] latalned by ea pert Judgea of C\i md fee laa ' " ' ? ' ? to-day A 1 ?g the llne whlch had "' ? ?..,... ^?- ' tal ? ot*8 A-ertea.m ? , ,. ., ,., mm to ^! "n?" '" haa been de ' '" ' ? pienta of th* lnv.-at;,, t intend to leave thelr houaea to-n. ? .. dra;,ed in hiack , ^?'"??'?^?: ? _aaifc_.pa|. dal.ie.* lake no 1^ ,.rnt(.(1 mouahar.di,ill,artU .. , ,utlr|, _,y ad Tlelntf?_. Cubana ?N . ??,?,.. ;olJ|rl kaeea aood Uae. al. Imerleaaa The rhar.g- of Ba?B la Bkaaed it. tkeea haadMlM to a weddlng | mkkih tli. WB-p#0^ta )u,, "-*? ' ' ' ' - " -'"11 that th* marrlage A RKMAKK/.l Ll PB \ls -., , r,/nu | > *. Bouthen i __*?? ... ? ? '? ? ?'!.. i ervli e 1/ Vik*, k , ale.,>lng-car &?M^_7WB?e. s Htsssrss ?dr^bwaV.'-Adv[^ta ?^-VorkrVmc.A.,k% Wlll take place to-nixht. btal that they ean ceie. brate the cvent a month hence. The clty la Mtiloft '-right. M lt haa been for two .!*>?<?. Bnconnten of Indlvtduala ln heated polltlca] dlacuaelona mach as ocenr in an Ameri ?'? Cltj Of iwo hun.lv.'.1 thotisand Ir.hai Itanta, are do) COOa-ldkrod in.li<-at,ive of a rtoteua mood. Most of the Cuhans are prlevod an.l .llstrustful rec^r'Mnx the ultlmnte purpoaes of thc rnite.l Btatee rather than angered Company C, of thc Ith Vtrgtafta Reglment, is r:icaiii[? d UP< n thc Kla ls at th- CftbU BJ 8" rl raoa aad Bforro Caurtle. a few Bpantah artii lerlata are hutde Thc Bpenlah liifani.tyincn ln the clty have i.-cn wlthdrawn to a bi j Ing Bla blocka, embracing the Cat?ller|a Wharf, ?he palace. the reoldenCO Of thc Milit.-ny Qov ernor nnd the nearl.y betracko. Thc embarfca tion ..f these troopi tboaxd the trangporta Chtteau Lafltte nnd Btuttgart wlll take place before ln o'clock to-n orrow tnornlnc leavtng .'aj.t.itn-Ccneral Caslcllnnoa aml his s'.aff of flfteen under thc protectlon of tne Arn-ncans. The aound of hammera i? heard lu thc pala te, nalllr.g up boxea contalnlnx tbe (Mapere, booka aad < ITeeta of tha Captaln-CK neral PRE8ERYIXQ ORDER IX OVBA. UTTLE rBAB OF TROUBLE WHEN BPAlTri FLAG COMEt DOWN T'".-lv\Y. aWBaomic M*aa8traKg taxsm hy -ntr. uniteo BTATBfl AL'THORITIBi F.'l'H M'.v bHUTARI i ? rncncTt crbatbd ant kori IPi OhPl"Kf:n TO THK Igl ,\N~!> Waahlngton, Dee, 81.?-The proepeeta for a peaceful ohnnge of admlnletratlon in Havaaa have 1 itly as ? Ngult Of th- < n-? p-tic meaauree taken by the wnr Department an.l thc Army ofllcera in charge gi Havana to preveni trouble, Advlcea to this eftect appear la a ca! le dlB] .itch reccivcd to-day by Aaalstanl Becretary Melklejobn from Oeneral Brooke, Mllltary G vernor of Cuba, in which. after rc- j fcrrinu tn sonio routlne matters. he eays. 'There , will he n.. braach of order: Of thnt I a:n ;c sured. You may r-st tAWUrcd that there has heen nothlnr* beyond tlM ustial in a clty Of thls . fiZc." The War Department lf aiso lnfbrm*d that j Ll LudlOW, ln cliarge nr Havana clty. Is procoodlng with vlgor to organize the pollce force there. *to replaoe the dlamlaaed, Bpanlah known as the Orden PubUco. Aft. amining a nomln'r of appllcants for appolnt ment on the force, he has aelected and appolnt thousand Cubanav He la belng aeelated \ taak of recastlng the pollce force hy John M Cullagh, formerly Buperlnteadenl of tbe New Y -rk pollce force. who la fervlnfj him in a purely idviaory capaclty. Oeneral Ludlaw has dla ov i ?; rma thut there never waa a de- I tectlve force In Havana, so he has called ln an member of the New-York Detactlve Bu organlse a corpa for Havaaa Immedl ? BTRENGTH OF THE AMERICAN P-ORCEf The War Departmeat is confldenl that there j luate foron ^aj>r" to carfy oul its i.lar.s anoto order. Adjtatanl Oeneral Corbla baa prepared a Btate ? ?? abowlng thal to-raorrow when thc Bpan- . lah flair eomea down there wlll he an An imber ng 88,014 men, made np , ' 82 158 ? '?? -??' tr-'-n nn.l 1.1".'. ofllc r? " trlbttted na oi | thi proi li ta followe: : Havaaa Provliice, 16,914; Ptnar *ei Rl ?. 2 100; M itansaa "? Puerto Prlneipe, 1.408* Beetlago, 7.-W6. ara have been laaucd for the diapatch -f addltloaal troopa t>> Cuba to aaehrl la th tenaace of good governmenl there Thn ..rd.ra are addreaatd to Major-Oeneral J. H W ? ? Ui | the Plral Army Con wlth head ra al Ifaeon, Oa. Tbe Been ary of War dlrecta that th< headquartera of the corpa, ortg Bzed at Clenfuefoe, Cuba. be chaag. I to ?,:i., | and thal Oeaeral Wllaon, alth blg irtera aad the sth Maaaachueetta, I lHOtb Indiana aad the 8d Kentucky, be pul In ] for trangportatlon C iba, fully armed an.l equlpped f - fleld awrvlce, wlth thlrty ,.-? ratloni anri forage In addltlon to that re qulred for the Joui ln another order Oeaeral Wllaon la dlrecfc l to ;t ceed with hia headquartera ai a equlp ment fmni Ifaeon to Bavaanah in tlma I bark ..n the tranapoii Paaama Th<? 8tti Maaaa ehuaetta and the 8d Kentucky wlll emhark from Savannah .>n tranaporta to be provlded; aad the 160th ladlaaa wlll proceed to Charleaton, one battallon al a tlme, -? I ? ??? ?rt ," *a Bara toaa. ?hich wlll convey tha reglmenl to Cti i ln three trli-s. HBW I.Kl'AKTMKNTs AND COMMAJ^DERB To stniriify the admlnlatratlon f'f mllltary af faire nnd preveni ? poaalbla c nfllcl ".r authorl ty, the War Department to-day latued tn order ng four new mllltary departmeatg in Cuba, aamely, Plaar del Rlo, Mataniai Clara and Puerto Prln Ipa bonnded hy ha pro vlnclal boundarlea of the same na:.'-!". Tne dei.arttncnts beretofora eetavbllabed are Baatl apo. Havana and thc fity of Havana. the Isiand now ls divid-1 into s-v-i, dlBtlnd mllltary d-partraeata eacll uader the r^imanrl of an Army olBcet Independenl of the othera, hut all respr'nslb> to I'.-'n.ra; Brooke, tha Mlll? tary Oovernor of the entlre laland Oeaeral Lee aiready commanda the n-part ment of Havana Pro*rlace; Oeneral Wood. tbe Departmeat of Santiaso. und Oeaeral Ludlow, the Departmeni of thc Clty of Havana. To lay?a order aaalgraa ofllcera to command tbe r malnlng departraeata The order la addreee. I to Oeneral Brooke al Havana and atati by dlrectlon of the Preeldenl th- foll wlng geo. graphlcal mllltary departmenta are eatabl The Departmeni of Plnai 6>1 Rlo, Ihe D roeal of afatanaaa, the Departmeni of Banta tbe Departmeni of Puerto Pi th? Departmeni of the Proviw ol Ha Umiu will Snclude the lale ol I ? ? Brtgadter-Oeneral Oeorge W. Davla to the command of the Departmeni of Plnar del Rlo, Major-Oenaral Jamea H Wltaon to tb. Departmeni of Matanaaa, Ma> r Oei ? ra J < Bat. i to the Departmeni of Banta Clara, and Oeneral L H Carpenter to Ihi I - ? -nt nf Puert. Pi lacli The War Departmeni has eome to thev;on :. that ll wlll be necei I Oen? eral Brooke, thi Mllltary Govern ?r ol i uba, the aaalatance of a epecla Cablnet - Ing ln functloni the I. autonom iua i Cuba, , th a,_M ,nlftratlon "f tt,- elyll affalra of the isiand lt nai nol heen decldi I ghether the Cablnel when appolnted. ehall be made up ol Army ofllc. > detalled, r whether aa BlatanU from clvll life ehall be.called ln. One f thi moal dlflli uH queatlona t< ? ? :. ,horl noucc ?? the Wai DeMrtmeat r; n ol axea In < uba N portance of this aub). cl wlll be reallaed fr- m the .tatemenl just made lo the Wat i"^,,,.......i that there are taaea t, the am ..... of fl.OOi. already due ar.d oaeollected, whlle by tl of the current flecal year the a-rreara wlll be S.1IHHHMIO Two methoda an undei conaldera tion ti collecl theae taaea Th- flrat la to ap . . ?.. ..;,,,.r of the Army. probably of the pa, corpa, a^ collect. Thi ta d metl. a ta -1 ntlnui temporarll: uadi i a bi ? lal arrange menl the taa gatherlng plan punaed by he Bpanlah Oovemment. whlch contracted wlth Ihe Spanlah Bank of Havana I.Ilecl the amount .,i taxei agreed upon, authorlglng the bank to . ,;;., i an ad lltlonal eum of 5 per eenl to de fray thc coal of collectlon The ' ai k bM branchea ... every pn vlnce In the ffdand. wlth a thoroughly orgaalat I etalf t collectora - ? V A S A.'.MK UCORICK IKI.l-KTH j"<,nounc..rt hy alBcrlBttaattng P?f?haaer8 the cho"e.t ilcorlce apeclalty tha* nioney ean buy. i Advt. WELCOME TOTHE MEW YKAR. BTJNG ix BI THK CHIMM, BCMa-CBBD BT THE RORNfl AND BAIUID AT.!. AROUND BOMB OT Titn QI_M_| OP ITS UUMISMl have PASBSB), BTJT TltBBB wn.i. nr. aUBBJOB OBXCBBATION IB thi: CITT. TO BtABl Pf> 'I'l.l. H M'l I Th- nld year paeaed In thla .-ity l.-ist nicht to the rlnging of tha chlmea .f Trlnlty, Oraea Bt An.it. ? ': | MlchaePa nnd other churcbea The aound of thi 11 .* marked the bi ..;" the New reai waa borae on the breeth of a Btrona northea terly gale thal i!!h*<i ?h* atr wlth o fluniea of anow, nnd the anlmal enthtipinnni of the Un horn flenda waa eonao qUI ntly )<.-.ii:..\v h;it mitlgatl ' Th* f.u-t thai N. . Tear'a Day waa te fall on a Bun laj ma le ? eati i lay .1 half hollday for tbou if Now-Ti nd for other tbouaanda it waa a full hollday. .\'..no ..f tha excbaagee, except the Produce Bzcbange, wera open for bualneaa and of eoura ? the exchangea tosjether with the 1 anks and all bualneaa bouaee, wlll 1 * cloaed to-morrow, when the festivittes of the' day will v..- generally celebrated. The r-suit ia ;i three daya' h illday for the larger part of tha New -Toi b bualneaa a 1 Id, Tlme waa when m ghl of leearhtg town for New Y,ar*s Day, for thal was th* holl? day moat unlveraally ol_ervad by the Now Torkor of New-Yorkera Hut the euatora of New Y-ar's calla ia a thlBf Of the paat, an.l hiis been for yeara. There are b fen Now-T who make a pretenae of keeplng ui> tb.- pretty cuatom, but for tha moat part It, la no longer obaerved. lu its stead has come the hablt, now common am.>ng f*aahlonable folk, of leavlng lnwri l.efi.re I'hrlstnias. and pending the holi daya in the oountry. not returnlna untii aft-r New Year's T>ay. Conaetjuontly to-day Hnda many of New-Tork'a beat-known people al Lakewood or Lenoa r>r at th-ir country placea oa Lona laland, whlle a few are to be found looking out ob the wlntry asa from the c!UTs of Neerporl Th* paaelng of !h<? old year was obi*rved In varhuis wa] I last ntpht. There waa a e*rvlce wlth elahurate mualc at St. J'atrick's Cathodl ll, aad watch meettngB .'t a number of churcbea, Methodlal Bplecopal f..r the moat part. Bueh eervicf-s were held at 1" ,?',?', icli nt th* Thlrty fnurth Btreel Reformed Church. At ;h- Church ,f St F'ranrl.s Xavler, Iti \\'p.?t Slxu-enth-af.. th*r* were Bpedal aervleee ln ihe f-.-ning, at whieh ArchifiPhoj. CoiTlaaa hm preeoal The Democratlc Club held a Mnoker, and In fternoon there waa a concert at the Produce Th- Preea 1 !lub elebrated in the evenlng, and there were b aa a' Madl< den Maji y MenItt ia *xpe. ;? I l ? ,:,. t?-.,. day by taklng eotnmand ??? the rtmeni of the Baal at Oo?einor*a laland, ifter. Chaplaln Chldwlck, of the battle-ahlp M wlll aaslBl In tl tl at wi ? Catl s Chui ln Baal Twenty ? at , . * ? Al tho Wi at Flfty eevenl mch of tne tha R" ?'. i, c l'. Fagn 1 ? Blt-1 Bem Inary, wlll . l ? : ' '?< '" ,n" ;- '' '? noon nn "The >?'? ? ? ind Other Dlvlne Nov New ? n |S 0 ? k thin mornli ety for Bthlcal Cull ? 1 ? that ?h* celebral 1 ear. to m< n , ,. . ; .? wlth, there haa ? greati - ia m tlie f untr\ than ever I fore Again. thi re la no polltb al li l aort ? But the real n foi th eerenll thal bklB falr to r lo tbal the l aa ll waa a few | . '? : m**e ,h" pr. ratloi ?'> madi. There is no mon Btrlvlng among . ? . rjul lo f the ' "?''?'? i:""': nda ol dollari 1 ?? .:'k" a ;' putatlon for lavishneaa. In prlvate llfe op tn h ? , s "? v-ar's Day T be auri. of the clul - etlll eerve Ni w feai 1 . ?? moi.r ? ,:" ' ' x ? n. ,,., :. , there v ??? more eporta aoing on to mon >n than uaual The followera ot wlnter golflng wlll make a neld day of lt, aad n,..,t of ih?- qun cluba wlll have matchea A New Jear'fl receptlon wiil ho glven al tne Harlem Bran. h of the T< img Men'a Chrlatian aasoclal ?' ? ,n; A '"' ' . ,:- .? 1 mgi and ; aintlnga H nl by th- Arkell Publlehlng Company, the Centurj Company "Colller'fl vVeekly." Harper A Broe., [ri .. k I- Blle ?'? mpai ??' ? ?? ? ?m Bonn, wlll be laat wlll be held. In 1 ? . ??? 1 I at '? ' ?**? lM mc,,B La .adle wlll glva an entertalnmant ln the ball, tntitled "?,.! Bnal ld< a" ? BINGINO IN THE NEW TEAR TN LONDON. BCOTCHMEB CEUEBRATE UBDEH THB SHAIX)W ,,|- BT PA1 I ?> CA I BEDBAL .,,,,1. j, . ? The dreary. ralny weather whlch ... 11 ol Bl PauPfl rtngoui ? . in ih. nea Bcotland's ti ';,!' r ::'''' ahadow Itlee bad ? ?'1 the aeml ement ln front ol for the gai rlng. tl araa the am : rly in man) j ea X . malorl '.! w"r* t] ? waa evl li n ???! . ? the ; on . ? ? ? ? , H \..| ? teeof I (mOOTTXQ IFFR IT "\ sT. PAl L. r i/B coal-trimmbrb'bhot INDONB8AIL OB BTOITNDED \ ilng affra : ? - I'.iii! .'..,. ? "ii De ember U terday I ,>. , eaman waj , . ? oa ln tal on board ? ? mpi on ... trlmmem > settli 1 8 . ' ? ? arh*n the trtmmera can.n ilrunk and broki In th. foreca.tli 1 kh -\ * illor r. Cummlng SVw-Jei m ? Matthew B'al.h Ciimmlna aaa arreated but thi trlmmera refujed to ..... . ? ? .? I ? elf-de ? , ?? coun bera ? ? ?nt A. Oi ? aterday lhai no \. ?.'. -V.,rk Of] I . J .,, . (j, pa ,| 11. 1 ad been Informed ol th- aaie I'mil m j bad irred ? ara of The M I ...... | r New-Tork hav. ao , ninu ? li "' I ' ?'? '"n I, ui THI ORBAT BAMIL1 r?UND OF TH_ \V. iKI.I. jVp|1 :? al tbe low aal ra ?- 11 le ?? e rlgbtfl of all NKW I'ol.l' v IB81TBD JANTJARf laa: Thi ? t of a ? ???? nt?; Ifberal 1 ? ,,, 1.. inaured; 1 1 h auireader raluaa; . ut.-mati* , opUon fot ilenled :-nn ln Ivanui ?? ' of i - flnai "? -' I' ' ,n "'" ; ajbtful N ' ?? bnl abclea II ia the l ...i. , , r ,:,. beal ? oanpea] II i? ih" ''"", , poilcK -,,r aa ag.nl u aaa Appty r-r furth-r tn- 1 rorrtmtlon to C 11 Raymoad, .ien-rai Agenu a Lioiaty Street. New-Tork Clty.-AdvU NEW GOVERNOK bWORN IN. 1-ltEUjlTNARIEfl Tn THI" CHANOl OF OOVERNMBNT AT ALBANT. no Ft RTitrrt f-FA.r.' TtONI POB OTTtCM AM NOUNCKO A rr.NKKitr.VT: with BflgAM OF DKPARTMBNTg. f ot Ti-i.K'.rtM'ii T'. t 11:-. Tittrtvr l Albany, Dec .'.! ti.I re Rooaevelt waa I Bworn in as Oovernor of tha Btate of New-York 11- could llttle have thOUghl on Janu? ary :'. 1882, when. .,ii" of the youngeet men ln ' the Chamb. r, he eame forward to take the oath of offlce aa iaeemblyman from the XXIat Dlatrlcl .if New Tork, th;,t alzteen yeara later be vv'-uid become the Oovernor of the state. Then moel of the Aaaemblymen, loking at their colleague from New-York, wlth bla rather con Bplcuona eyeglaeaea, mentally pul him down a< a young "aoclety" man, who ?an merely plan nlng to j-et a littie temporary glory by a year or bo of eervtce In the Leglalature, Bul Mr Rooaevell in that Brai year of work as nn Aeaemblyman ahowed that he waa an ea oeptlonally well quallftod man for i ut.l'.c life and that be had th- courage and peralBtenc] of pnrpoee of men who have dlatlngulabed ca reera Thc "dude" Aaaemhtyman vantahed from the eatlmatlon of his colleaguea before thc t.n.i of tbe aeatnon, and he remalned in thelr memory as ,i hard-worklng at: ! t>atrl >tlc man That ptich a man should riae tbrough aucceealve etepa .,f inm-r t.. I.- th- chlef "f the Commoawealth is t<> many membera of the Leglalature of 1882 roI at nii Bvrprtatng, eapaetally under auch . condltlona as prevaued last fall when th< Republlcan Btate Conventlon piainlv nnml nated f.,r Oovernor ihe chotce of th- Republlcan roti ra of the Btate THE OPFICIAL PLKDOS. coinnei Rooaevi it this mornlng at firat sald tha! he WOttld defer laklng the oath ..f offlce nntil tO-moiTOW, bttl flnally he.lnformed John Palmer Becretarj ??! Btate, that he would visit his ofhee ln the Capltol at noon and take the pledge to He people of thc state Mr Palmer at" Ui tbe Bame tlme reoeiv 1 word from John I McDonottgh, th.- Becretary of Btate-elect; Willlam J lf. tcan, ContP dler-eleot; John C Davlea thc Attorney-Oeneral eleet, and John P, Jaei kei. th? State Treaaurcr-elcct, that they ala. dealred to be eworn in. He : ent w-ord to Meeara M D nongh, Morgaa, Davlee and ? ??:. thal he arould t.c pleaaed to ve them ntoi.t n.? n. Colonei Rooaevell reached the Secntar- of Btate*a ofilea at noon la company Wlth x'. ... | roungB, bla prlvate secretary. and tbe othei Btate ofllcera-elect who bave been menl afterward arrived, The Rt Rev. Wlillam Croawell Doane, Proteatant Bpla copal Blabop of Albany, ean." Into the room in ? Btate ofllclala, and there were ais.i preaenl Aehlei W, Cole, chalrman of the Btate Rallroad Commlatrton; Sc-nat-.r Hobart Ktum. Deputy Attornej Oeneral Leggett, and Andr-v. Davldaon, Deputy Becretary of Btate ".' I the | --1 klndly come to order,** ? '? ? rd -r to ln:errupt a general hai Ishaklng wlth the Oovernoi ? R oeevi ?.. reupon itepped forward to Oeneral Palmer*! deak, and, pladng h!s left band npon a laoroceo covered Btble, hfted bla rlgbl baad to 8 level arlth his face, prepared to afflrtn Oeneral Palmer then read the "ath of oiiicc. Colonei Rooeevelt'a "1 do" In reaponae to the a/orda read by the Becretary of Btate waa ? in ' ln a -lear an,i determlned trolce, ? Whlch hia fa< Ilgliieil Wlth one nf iils charactertatti amllea as the aeaemblage broke Into applauae. He then Btgncd the oath ln a :? ? -ath book, his certlflcate belng the flral i-ntry. TWO Bt nvKMlts. The pen wlth prhlch the ,;ith was slgned was one whlch General Palmer had uaed when be . ,s ir, tbe Arm: durlng the '-''>ii War. II ka a large gold pe". u|,h rubber holder. After algn injr th- oath Colonei K lid t'> Mr. ? : ? "i would llke to have the peti f"r my boy Teddy.' " Mr. Palmer laughed "All right," he aald, "I thlnk he wlll value lt; l have had it thlrty-four yeara in my poeeeealon. I carrled it all tbrough th- war." i ?,,; ,: .;;;., ? .? ; -?-ni.-d embarraeaed by thla .;,! "I Rnd I am b-t-inninj- my admlnletratlon qulte badly with a ronflacatlon." However, upon Mr. Palmer piainiy Indlcatlng that be dealred him t<. accepl the gift, be eald; ?The pen is i much rn ire valuable one than l Buapected H **??. il"' ' sh,llt "?*"' lf rny^' ' ean gi t it a good many yeara later." Th- Blble uaed wlll be pre* nted to Mrs !? evell i.y Mr. Palmer. It i^-ars thc follow? ing Inacrlptlon "Uaed In admlnlaterlag thc oath of ,.mce t.? ,; . | |? i; .-it. December 81, 1V'.,S Pre ted to Mra Rooaevell by John Palmer, Bec? retary Of State." Thc oath was admlnlst-r. 1 tO Mr McDon ... 0t Btate eleet; C< ntroller - M.r.'iti. Attorney-Oeneral-elecl Davlea and . ..,r- Treaaurei eted Jaeckel. They -rtoed in a ,,,u before the deeb of the Becretary of Btate and held ap tbeli rlgbl banda when Mr. Palmer read the oath. Then they etgned the "ath book, This cotnpleted the eeremeny. Oovernor-elect Rooaevell remalned In the Department for half an hour ebattlng aitb his brother state offlcera, Th? arrangementa for the publlc Inauguratlon arP.i remaln the aame M bave been aanounced it wlll be held at noon on Monday ln thc Aa aembly Chan VTARNING TO THK OVBRZBAI4OU8 Colonei Rooaevell aald after belng Bworn In: ??1 do 11..t thlnk that I wlll have anj ... ntei mahe l 1 day other than I tbai after 1 bavi aaaumed thc dutlee of Q n ,.,,.,,r , arlll iv t receive publlc rlaltora after 1 ,,,,.. !,.ft tbe Baecutlre Chamber 1 wlll my deak tarly ln the mornlng. ?ad wlU eUy there throughoul the day. bul whea I leave the Capltol 1 wlll pol aelde all mattera of State and. f the moel nrgenl neceealty, 1 wiii n..t eonaenl to any eonalderatlon of thal ,. , aft. ? ??'' a h wra " i? the coorae of a converaatlon with the At torncy-General-elecl Colonei Ro aevell said thal one < ?' th- objecta be -? M.1 mpltohed during his gdmlnlatratlon -vas a blg redvetion ln the number of Btate lawn ?1 think then ar- now In exlatence al leael M ,?.,- ,..?t more lawa than ar- Deeeaaary, flon'l youT' be aake I of Mr Davlea ' "j thoroughl) iatm aitb reaj," waa Ihe lat ter*a reapoi ie Colonei Rooaevell alao aald: "I aha'l nol make -,, \ more appolntmenta before Monday." Thia announcemenl quleted the rum. ra thal h- mlght ,..,- , . Buperlntendenl of Publlc Worka c-daj ,- ,?,.| -fo, aevell waa at tbe Ex< lutlve Man ?lon thia afternoon Whlle al tbe Capltol earller he Invlted a number of the heada of Btate de nartmenti to rail on hlm and dlacuaa matti nertalnlng to the admlnlatrptlon of the depart nvnta Pontroilei Roberta, Attornej Oeneral ,.,,,., : . .. number of other ofll lala were .,,?.?.; hia callera The Oovernor dla; uaaed n partlculai the ref rencea whlch he aill make ln hia measa*. tn the dep irti ienU K I Bond t- nh his oath nf Offloa as State Bnglneer and Burveyor before BecreUry i'a!;,,.-r .',, . thla afternoon Ha wam nol al tbe BUte i-'ncii,. -.'?' nfflca thia mornlni when the mee aenger from the Becretary of Btate nnnounclng ihl. ,1,- n ivernot aad Btate ofllcera would take t(',.lr 0atha of offlce al noon, and coneequently ,'.'..1 nol k:. iw of II Ueutenant-Governor Woodruff la the only Btate ofllcei who dld nol take hls ofhclal oath to-day. He had nol arrtved in t,,wr. ui> t,. ihe Coatlaaad oa nrth paera. BTG WOOL B0V8B FAILS. AjnONMBNT op THI assabf.t maNU FACTURINQ OOMPANT. BTATBBBBT OF thk CX>HDITB>B of thi; COSf CBKB LABT tti.v UCD thi: PBOBABI? BBABOB FOB TBB PAtLtTBB rtoaton, r>*.'. 3i -Th* Af?ah"t Mannfacturtng .:>-. af No. 4i Bedford al . and N IJ Btate. ar . ihi? -ity. with arooilen mltla al Maynard, haa n-a la ''ii aaatgnaaMnt for th- beneBt of Ita credl torn io Bdward Panaao, "f Fenaae i.r tbera .<? Ch iis; Arthur Btleboa Ueaaurer of the Cochu. Manu? factnrlrg Company, of Dover, tt. H., nd J retnlah Wllllama, of Jeremtah Wllltams J Ca I is ,n- ,.f th* !arK-?t wooll.n manufacturtng com panlea ln tba country rrs iiaMBtlee io rdlng to th- Jul] atatement, aaaouatbd t.. tWlAltl. in< iu.iins: ipltal atoek Thla ataUmen! alao ahowed debta ak'icr. i ? . r IjtU <<! th- aaaeta R.a.1, i .I.. !?, manufactnred atoek; MBMM ln -aah and debta r. Blvable; .'"?l-" 4*7 ln machlnen 1384.871 1-. bulldlrura, and tllMM in land .in.i water power. To meet thta exeeee of debta ebora the capitai atork ft mnrtc-.i^ >>f 8450,000 waa glven npoe prop? erty owned by th.tapany bi Btowa, B Murlho ., and Maynard ot, Auguai .".. In faVOI nf Lorenan Maynard nnd othera lt waa undera I that the moi " ralaed araa to pay th* matur Ing debta of th* r-.,mpany. whUe, a' th. aame tlme, tated, an arrangemeni araa made ? l Oelber Dommerleh * Co., of New-York, hy whirh tii.it ii.'is.. was ;.. do ih- ftnanelng for tke \ -; i..i company, ?nd to advance th* n.caeary money from llnao lo tlm. fi r the eonttnuance of the *aa, Th. money fr.im auch a.j\;.m, it aa underalood, had io h* uaed to meet new obllge tloi ? of the company. Anotrer dlfBculty eneountered by the eompany, ln tbe oplnlon of the trade, is thal 11 found I ' hampeced In Ita outlet for lu paper by the eon aolldatlon of elght or nlne of the Boeton banka wlth'Whlch II had done buelneea t ... indebtedneea ot thi company to th- noston wool trade for merehandlee, II la eetlmated, wBl nol , xi- ?d 11,10,000 II la beHeved that. bealdei tbe etMnHH on Ita mortage, aome 1200,08 or U i.i. been advanced '.n gooda by New-York ; irtl*. Th- utatement waa made at th* ..ffi** of th* treaaurer, Mr Buckmln ter to I I ?' the em barraasment waa due te heeary kaana whi.h the company found Iteelf nnaMe to nv-o- al naaturtty. n Howard who ia a m*mhr>r of th* flrm of neibermann. Dommertch ? Ca, tblB dty, waa aeed at hla lonaa No. ttl VYeat ieventy-fourth-et., last nlght. ii- aald that tha nowa ? I the ? nBgi b tha Aeaabel Manufacturlng Companj <? I came as a aurprlea to him. for hls firm bad re celved BO intimatlon of lt Ho knew of no COUM for the aaalgnment, aad thought that the men of th* nrm mtghl bave beeeme dleheartened and declded upoo the cmw that they bad Mr Howard waa of, the oplnlon that th* houae nol ba arlped oul bi the i algnment, a* lU proapeeu for the preeenl year were eeen brlght, and as aoon as Ita affalra were atralgl oul it? bualneaa wouM probably ba eontlBuad Iii 8IXE88 \T THK CUSTOM EOUSE. J'->as___l . i-???^l|ij|^NHvti.e OREA1 EXCESfl OF EXPORTB <u_yj| tiif CTTflTH1T ~?i The atatement of the reai Cuaton Houae, ? Ith the ti- ^rs. eetlmated, Bhowa an exceea of ea rta j^^tN** [ ..rts nearl) aa i it ?;>- ihe ei ea ' porta . v r exporta ln 1887. Tke toUl d u **i Tta from tna Port of New fork in tv gregatird In radue $4*10.007.000, sgalnet 1308 SSSftii in 1807. The I ital Importa of merchan ,!'... ,, the :?? ar andi *H'?. 74i . |.,| m value, as eompared Ith MtHl for thi ?? ? ? laa al thla porl In IHH (en lu Ung i ? ,' i !? ptal sl-- 108.530 Kl, agaln.i Sl 19.048.652 79 ln 1807 The total Im t gold and alh er were flOO 1804187 I ....,., .,, | 828,079.30'. In 1897 Th- -.:;?? for the "ln tranait trade" are aa follov Mei ndii >28 584.717 I r 1888 f riH8,030 for is'.'T. Qold and Bllver, S2 178,491 ?in 1898, and 84,734*340 In is'.'T DomeBtl porta of gold and allver, W4.086,0ltt ln 1898, ? red wlth S75.237.233 ln 1807 F i gi ex . . rilvei >!:?-'? 1.017 ln 1898 S2.293.S74 ln 1897 Thi t relgn exi rta f mer chan ii-- aggregated ln ralue f8.650.719 In IBBB, tfi 362.182 ln 1887 The iperatlona of th* local Buh-Treaaury for the calendaryear ended yeaterday, aa compan l wlth 1817, w< re aa folloi |gjs l8*', .??;...::::::: - ? ? -. ...nn, ......|8.?8.84 - ; - . *1 ,- ' ,- ? , . 8.48BTS |1S18B?,SS4B0 11148 "- ' -. ??,--., MSS5.T? 81 r ;:;:::::::: rr.Me.Misi ?.*-.< ? - Phe Inereaaa ln the bualneaa "*?? ot eouree, chlefly due to the large eredlta count <t war dlabura - nta and the payi on that account. ? i n\i PRICEB 00 II'. AN 8.DVANCB or r. CBBTS A TO-t 'N' IBTHBA g ? An advance of 'j:> eenta a t<m In the prlei l all gradea of anthradte eoal al tldewater potnta has just hc-en orderod to go in',. efTecl I daj The new BChedule Ib aa follown: Btove. 8375 a ton; t.'it, |850; cheataut, |875; egg, 8880; grate, 83 25; buckwheat, $1 85 to$195, aad pea .<?_? to >'-' 18 A ~ B !" '." adopte ! for the pea aud buckwheal - ,., .'. tbe Bupply of theae aorta ol eoal, wbleb ? - i remaii ' all the ,Uea I..-.- ' '?? th? r,"l! whieh haa gone through the breakera. uaually 8uct ia .1 deal H th< ei il * belng paaaed through the breakera la I ?nd to break ibe realduum of Rae fragmenta, tke ;?? i end buckwheal Blaaa "' ? breaki quantl y of the flne gradea la emall and the prtee inu-t i ?? correei ondlngl) hli Ttlhaa also been dodded to Un ratlon ? ? ?.k, ,,..,. ,, ,. riave been mlnlng a i thi 2hS they could get eara to carry; bul aetrong ;.,,;,-; iin be made to enforce the propoeed cur ?t of ti-' weeklj outiut _ ? - fIf TBE 8PANI8B CAPITAL nuBMIB- BAOABTa COB1 KVBf BBT I " aBB IN,; .,(?? BPAB1BB OEBBBALS M,,lr,i Dec 81 BeBora Bagaata and Caetelar aI,. ,?,, oonvaleacent. The former waa a a to kb r ?bi '" ,: ?'? Fourteen iteamera nr* now oa theli a Harana to repatrlate the Bpanlah troope remala Ing i.n Cuha. Tba report i l the meetlng of a doaen Bpanlah renerala the purpoae of whlch baa not .,1 hai b< n ? Brmnd b) a mem ,,;;..:aSn?V whod m nol denj the Importaaes ,,f th.currei i ?? ... ?i ?, Rtforma" publlahea an Intervjew with Ueutenam Oeneral ( rea Mlnlater for WAi whn a?y, be la pnxkma lo realgn his portfollo Hs ao n aa poaalble Oeneral Corree ci mi i I ,,,?;? ahe facl thal the llghl thouaand offlrera vh? buve returned from the colonlea are, i ow wlthoul p ata .ioyaI BLUB LINBTi PH1LADKLPHIA BALTI BOHB AND WASIHN (TON 9ERVICE. THBBK Fl\ !? HOl'R TRAIN8 ro w tgHiNa roN . ,i Bluc i.i.nM.ii.' eoltd trali dtntag and par lor^ra newly bullt ' - "?'?'> unnln. B uth i-,.- ? dally from antral Railroal of New-Jeraey. ?" ,r "f Uberty-at., at 3 , ? Other llve b< ui tralna al U K fl n and ., ti L.iv- Bouth rerry. fool Whltehall-et.. rlvV mlnut*a parll^r Tn*ae. wlth numeroua other faattrnlna (.*? tlme-tat I-). alvr (In^at servlce ba- i Iwean New-York and ahove cltlea-AdvL I THK NEWfl OF TWO CAPITALS LONDON. IlRITrsn EFTIMATE8 OF THE WEALTH OF THE Pini.IPPINES. a rnoROuoH obolooical burvbi recomv MaDfDBD THR TRAN'SVAAL DISOR dkrs'art N'OTF.S. [bt eeann to tiit vaaraanBaVl I.ondon, Dcc .11. Thla heintr, morallata' day, "The Tlmea" Btasni up ihe Mstory of the world ln tbtrteen mlnmni, of whlch two are devoted to Ameiica. Every KnKlishrnan kn-.w* In hia heart what haa heen the most helpful evertt Of the year for h!.? own country. It haa heen the Amerlcan war wlth Spaln, l.y whlch the two great hranches of thc An*!- Baxoa ra.e have been broughl into harmonlooa retatloae. A year ago there waa puiilic dlacooaloa ><t the rjueatlon ..f Knjrland's food siipply in tlme ..f war; nohody haa anythtnjc now to aay aboul the poaalbHtty inratlOB ln war time. Am.-rloan good feel Ing aecurea Bngtand at the one polnt where ahe ls vuloerabta Thls matter la -rencrally tinder ?????? d. altbOUgb lt is no: mentloned In the re vlewa of the year, nor in th* leaders on the open .1 or EngtaaeTa poaltlon on the Contln'-nt and her bold upon the colooiea have heen srreatly strenKthcned l,y the frl-r.dly relattir.s wlth vlc torloua Ameiica "nterlnK upon a n<-w career of eapenaton. Thla tt i* that haa made the old year a good year for Merry F'ni-iand. Th? Pblllpplne ^Isfirhances are not regarded n- serloua i.y Eagllahmen who have praetical knowledge of the lelaada Mr Sawy^r, an en pl ieer who waa ln the i'hllippines fourteen yeara and in consular <=erv|ce there. acuta th* Idea that Americana wlll need a larce rr.ilitary f- rei there, or that tbey aill ha-e any perma nent trouble !n govemins; the natives. He la confldenl tha' a nativc army with Amerlcan s ean be "TKanized tn a short time for the malntcnar.c" of ord-r. Praetical men who have been In th- Islands ronfirm the ideaa which Mr <"*hamh-rla,n bofda in rcrr.ird to the minetal w>ilth of Amerlca'a Bouth Soa p~?i*(?f slons. They assc t that one of the flrat meaa urea adopted by Congreaa Bhould he an act for e.,ulpping a scientlflc ro nmn?i-'.n for a complete gi ? iglcal Burvey of the Pblllpplne grotap, The larger.udanda are unesplored, and it ls prohahle that there gre rVh gold dlatrlctg in rh? interlor. as well as corpor. Iron and coal heds ln the amall.tr Isiand?. Caporta agr*e that the impor tant work undertaken by the Amerlcan Gov ernmeni for dvHiaatlon Bhould hetrin with the orsanlzation of a complete geologlcal survey hy the beal s-tentinv talani avallabte from eoliegea i.nd mlning BCboola Th- new Amerlcan craleei Albany, whlch was bougbt wlth the New-Orleana ls n?arly ready he launched at Newcaetle-on-Tyne. A part iant requlrsd for h-r araa aaat *o ^ca^fvf.,r??%^ht_oiitL,rcak of the war. arid ! the remalnd. r wiTlRe M.pplicd when the ahlp mplete.i, durlnRT*||jf|axt fev. nvnths. Lleu 1 tenant Colwell, Ualted Btatea Naval Attache, i wh-> haa done more work durlag tbe last year thnn anj other dmerlcan oaaeial tn Europe, wiii ; attend the laanch earlg ln the year. The Albar.y Wlll be a sister shlp'.if the New-Orleana. wlth ! precleely the same arniam"nt. The Liberal membore of Parlteraeni \re Caap ln ba kst'.irs poiit'.es over the vacanl I -li-rship li ttae of Commona Mi I.ahouchere aa Bumea thal Mr. Aequlth wlll he the ofn. :ai ean* Idate, flithuiKh he hlmeelf prefera Mr. Ilerbert il .ii- There baa been nothlng hke a full ' Liberal membere, altbougb the whipa are quletly canvaaalng for the Brai and *amoad s. Well-lnformed Ubi aanert that when Parllamenl meeta there wttl i>e no con teat, bul only oni eaadldate, and ho an uawttltng Sragged Into harneaa Theie are nimon thal the prellmlnarj raeettag wlll he held at l...r.l R iee ? -?? s |fo lee, bat thls seems unlikcly. when there la gew ral agrefmenl that *h" '.eader ' ; of the whole party sh- uld he lefl open and aaor Of S!r Willlam Hareourt quletly - b taitb as llttle dlsturbance a* poaatbea Men llke Mr Laboucherc favor the redaetton of , thi party platform to a Blmple leeoe llke the Ition of the retO power in the House of Lorda; ahrewder obeervera maJntata that the aucceaa of an aggreaalve pouV y agalnet the Li rds is nnjlkely without popular agttatloa,anl that no Blgnal for auch agttatl m eaa be Kiven whlle the ITnlonlata remaln In poaret ataaae of the moel tboughtful ' afflrm thal Lord :? mlatake waa bla negieel arhea in offlce to bave ? btll sent up to th- Loi-df to allow any member of th- npper hbvaa ta ait m the lower bo-iee whenever ba ahould prefer to Aq bo. They belleve that thla aill be an affeutlva ! ?: enabllng Lord Roeebery to ifad the I ,??-. ... the C mmona and forctng the Dalaejlati r .naenl to aome acheme for mendlog rather ? i ? Houae of L rda y. Btf Willlam Har-.urt ls wlnding up the ritual debate In a tetnperate toae, hut ulth ? , | ? n of the truth that he has ..,, .' 1 .'' ln '..rcinK slui-glsh biahope l ? l : . lawleea a-ts wlthta the .-,.?. - baa ? ? ' i f r drag - rt ij ? poHtlea, and limpoaajad, aa though he v.. another Btenatl Time haa broughl his rli licatlon in tbe.raaelate atand rnforce tne law wlthln the rhurch. Th- Archblehop of Caatarhary haa done more t?ian aaybody alte to reanere peace in the dlatracted Cbareh ard tO reacue the , shment from publll Bgltatl n He haa I tbe air l.y deflnlng ^-hat ls leual and lllegal dOCtrtne and practlCO, and haa enrned the ..?:,'ti "f belng the most statcim.i.illk.' An Bjilcan Prlmate ef tbe vci..rian reign. The cff.,rts of Beveral Journala ... magntfy the laat Ilarrv ?.f ilBCOnteal ln tho Tran-vaal have Preeldeal Kriiiter is known to he con rlllatory, nnd whtte there la lajaatlce in Roer deallnga with the Ultiandtr**, there le n.> :mme dlate method -f redreaa lameaoa nnd itho.ies in ha-.- i.ari rted th- CPtOtaJal Of* nce for a long tlme to aome. Th.- franohiae . | aare eea aatended ty thle time if there - ,, : aeen no laaieaa lavaatoa by night-ri.lera. Mlnlng bualneaa tn the a*raagvaal has greatly Improved lurlag th- year, and polltlcal agita ti.-.i is the laal tbtng whlch Hritish mve.-tora waai bi lhal qaarter. Reeidea, aa "The BpgetaV ,.,,?' reada the leeaor, in n Impreealva tcne to i,; ?? i Bagllah-epeaking race. whlle eq ii.i to the reet "f th- arerl l maal govem with luetlce, mercj ar.d moderatl.'.n. The money marbat Wlll he eaaed next week ,:i-e paymenta of dlviaeada and there are BlgnB Of a mnri; t-ndenev t>> invest ln Amerlcan n.ilditiKs Mr Lloyd glvea thc cue in to-day'a "Btatlat" by predletrng ihe re-clectloa of Preal? dent McKlnley, nli yeara <?! aoand money ad mlnlatratloa and a -rreal increase of Amerlcva proaperlty, and adds that tu?liirabla tnveat ment of Hritish capltal ln the l'nited Statefl haa already beguu and wiii rontinue a more con ?ervatlve \ l.-w on the S'rc-t la that thla tnveat tm-nt cannol he crcat. when gfgCh speoulatlon tn Anicrl.a ls gOUg BO faat, and when Immenae balaaei-l atfalnst Bnglaad are beM ln New-York. Home seourltles an- pref -rred when money te aa dear as lt la at present. and when great indus triea llke ahtpbulldlng are faaklng aetoundtng