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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 180S.
AGUINALDO'S FALL.
According to dispatches from the
Philippine Islands, the government, so
'"borlously built up by General Agulri
' his confrerees, has collapsed,
split up into a large
? *'?H$ona, the in
. : .. /(;-.'.! ..?-=? 'the
! 1-.S
lie shou.^. ,. i
general a sa!u^.
that the various inilue..
among the natives of the Phili;
lands are by no means harmonic
he cannot depend upon the und. ??'.!.
support of those who would nattii .yj
he counted his loyal followers. Even ifl
thoroughly united the Filipinos could;
not hope to accomplish anything against
the United Slates. Divided and broken
up into small and insignificant factions
they would be idiots to attempt oppo?
sition to the wishes of the United States
government.
There is also a lesson for the anti-ex?
pansionists in these stirring events. To
?a large extent the Americans are re?
sponsible for the establishment and I
maintenance of law and order in thej
conquered provinces. To leave the
ocmi-harbaric followers of Aguinaldo
In charge would be productive of anar?
chy in the Asiatic archipelago. No
matter how much theory and sentiment
may be advanced in this conenction
the facts in the case ore insurmounta?
ble. When the Filipinos are capable of
self government they should be accord?
ed the privileges to which such capacity
entitles them. Until that lime arrives,
however. Uncle Sam must accept and]
discharge the obligations that have;
arisen as a result of the war with j
Spain. _ _ 1
MR. DARLING'S LIBERALITY.
The liberal action of .Mr. J. S. Rar
Ung, formerly president of the Newport
News, Hampton and Old Point Rail?
way, is one of those golden links that
bind employer and employee in relations
of friendship and esteem. Their inter?
ests should always be identical, and it
is more than likely that if there were a
better understanding between the two
classes there would be much loss trou?
ble and loss to both. More than one
half of the strikes and labor disturban?
ces are caused by a lack of sympathy
between the laborer and the man who
employs him. Sometimes this unfortu?
nate condition of affairs is attributable
to the grasping greed of the employer
and sometimes to the negligence and
incapacity of the workmen.
'-;-Mr.. Darling's liberality is a striking
evidence of his appreciation of the
faithfulness and loyalty which made
the road over which he presided such a
signal success. Appreciation and praise
are as.grateful to the humble workman
as to the highest statesman in the land,
and Mr. Darling adopted the proper
means of binding the men to him with
"hocks of steel." It may not bs that all
employers can afford to follow him ex?
ample so far as its munificense is con?
cerned, but it is possible to manifest
appreciation where it is deserved, and
even this would result in much good to
employers and employees.
Mr. John A. Robinson, lawyer, editor
and Christian gentleman, has passed to
his reward. The universal respect ac?
corded this sterling man furnishes a
just estimate of a character which first
challenged and then held the admira?
tion of those coming into contact with
it. Conservative in thought and pure in
motive, his influence was always ex?
erted in behalf of what he consciously
believed to be right. The sincere re?
gret felt by friends and acquaintances
at his demise is the highest tribute that
could be paid to any man.
MR. DOOLEY UNDECIDED. '
Not Prepared to Advise McKinley to
Hold the Philippines.
"I know what I'd do if I was Mack."
said Mr. Hennessy. "I'd hist a flag
ever th' Philippines, an' I'd take in the
whole lot iv thim."
"An' yet," said Mr. Dooley, "'tis not
more thin two months since ye learned
whether they were islands or canned
goods. If yer son Packy was to ask ye
where th' Philippines is, cud ye give
him anny good idea whether they was
in Rooshia or jus' west iv th' thracks?"
"Mebbe I cuddent," said Mr. Hennes?
sy. haughtily, but I'm f'r takin' thim
in' anyhow."
"So might 1 be," said Mr. Dooley, "if
I cud on'y get rue mind on it. Wan iv
the worst thing about this here war is
tii' way it's makin' puzzles f'r our poor
tired heads."
"I've been r-readin' about th' coun
thry, ful of goold an' precious stones,
where th' people can pick dinned off th'
threes, an' ar-re starvin' because they
have no step-ladders. Th' inhabitants
is mostly naygurs an' Chinnymen.
Peaceful, induthrus an' law-abidin'.
but savage, an' bloodthirsty in their
methods. They wear no clothes evcept
what they have on an' each wohan has
five husbands an' each man has five
wives. Th' best goes into th' discard,
th' same as here. Th' islands has been
owned by .Spain since befure th' fire:
an' she's treated thim so well they're
now up i?i ar-arms again hr, except a
majority of thim which is thurly loyal.
Tii' natives seldom lifrht. but whin they
pet mad at wan another they r-run-a
niuck. Whin a man r-runs-a-muck,
liometlmes they hang him an' sometimes
they discharge him an' hire a new mo
torman. Th' women ar-re beautiful,
with langulshin' black eyes, an' they
smoke see-gars, but ar-re hurried an'
incomplete in their dress. I see a pic
l-her iv wan th' other day with nawlhin'
;>n her but a basket of cocoanuts an' a
ii.oopskirt. They're no prudes. We im?
port juke, hemp, cigar wrappers, sugar
in' fairy tales fr'm th' Philippines, an'
:xport six-inch shells an' th' like.
"i learned all this fr'm th' papers. :
i know 'tis sthraight. An' yet, V. .
-y, I dlnnaw what to do
.vurruld. I very body else V- ..
Iiis mind. Ye ask ann-. 1 ?
Ar-rchy r-road, an' h i. . . >' can
lind out fr'm the- I - . ? |
ly want to lc;:i.? ?- rt, ?.. u
to askprr.:'- !. i i . ?? wh ? i
all tb' x ;???> ' n.-i ., ,?!'.! :: ?.-.'-.'
zor. f'iii I I/r.'i i:i"-' ."
j i. ? i I: Ol) *<? -"ithn " wxii'l i idennes
? ?: v. ? '?' ;::? ?? ajt we must
i'o.st Interviewed.
.chmond Times of yesterday
.,ins the following:
"Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Post, of New?
port News, were in the city yesterday,
topping at the Jefferson. Mr. Post is
x-mayor of Newport News, and is
nanager of the big dry dock and ship
luiiding plant there.
"He says that the plant has been very
>usy of late, and has contracts ahead
or the construction of six ships, which
lave not yet been commenced. He
binks this will be an era in the cons?
truction of warships, and that the
:ompany with which he is connected
vill have busy time during the next
cw years. Five thousand men are now
it wbrk in the shipyard.
Mr. Post says there is an excellent
irospect for Newport News to soon
?ave a great gun-constructing plant in
?onnection with the shipyard. A torn
nittee from Vickers' Sons & Maxim, in
Shgland, visited Newport News to look
)ver the ground ami invetigate the con?
ations there, and wore much pleased
,\iih the outlook. They so reported to
.he firm, and Mr. Huntington made an
?nor to the English concern to establish
i plant to be run in connection with his
>wn.
"The matter is now under considcra
.ion. with everyIhing favorable towards
Its consummation. If such a plant is
established at Newport News will give
employment to a large number of men.'
A Correction.
The Griffiths-Curtis nuptials will no
occur for some weeks yet. The an
nouncement that the event would tak
place Christmas morning was an error
mm
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5 The best remedy
j 60 years ago
for
colds
ail
coughs c
and a!! Kindred
merits; and
The best remedy
To-day.
f R8 YOU
LIKE IT $
^ OHLANDC?fls I rtir.cmbcr, it was upon (his
gk fashion,
M (ACT I, SCEXE I.
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PROOF SATISFACTORY.
Jerry F. -Morse, of Winston, Conn..:
and F. P. Perry, of Boston, Mass.,:
smoked the best cigars purchasable at;
the Metropolitan Hotel stand a few;
nights ago, and the Boston man paid!
for them. Common place enough ordi?
narily, such an incident, but an inter?
esting- story here attaches. The cigars
had been wagered. Mr. Moore took
Mr. Perry out to see Rocketts that day.
The weather wan fine and the popula?
tion was largely at the front door enjoy?
ing it. so Mr. Perry, who was on his!
first visit to the South, saw the colored1
colony under peculiar circumstances, j
"I nevei- saw so many varieties ofvthsi
colored man before in all my life," he
remarked to his companion, as they
plodded along on their tour of explora-l
tion. "Now, that old feilow leaning
ovo:- the gate has a skin like an In-;
dian's.
"fie is an Indian," said Mr. Morse. j
"You're joking," said Mr. Perry.
"Not a bit of it." declared Mr. Morse,;
"and I'll go you the cigars that he will
answer me in the Indian language if 11
address him."
"Done," said Mr. Perry.
Mr. Morse walked over to the gray!
headed old negro and looking him
straight in the eye exclaimed: "Wah
he!"
The ancient colored man gave him a
Iboke of puzzled inquiry. l inked around
for a moment and then replied:
"Whar who?"
"Satisfied?" said Mr. Morse to Mr.
Perry.
"1 am;" said Mr. Perry.
ALONG THE WATER FR0N1
ITEMS OF 1KTKKE5T CAT.'CEKIii
ABOUT TJIK I" IE KS
Wi-Rl.l.oi Forecast
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27?Forecast for
Wednesday: Virginia?Fair; cold wave;
temperature will fall sixteen to twenty
degrees by Wednesday night; brisk to
"nigh northerly winds.
Calendar for This Day.
Sun Rises.7:17
Sun Sets.4:57
High water 9:19 A. M., and 9:53 P. M.
Cow water 3:00 A. M., and 3:49 P. M.
Vc-S".'!-* Arrive) Y#>f*ter<lR*-.
Steamship Mayflower (?), New Or- '
leans.
Steams!:: Jamaica (Nor.), Brum, ]
Port
rapanthus (Br.), Tod,
ty (Asest.), Bleecich,
hus (?), Savannah.
(Am.), Walls, New
Margurite, Providence.
Steamship Mayflower (?), Hull.
CRANK SHAFT BENT.
The Norwegian steamer Drot, from
Baltimore for Bristol, which put into
here after passing out to sea, has crank
shaft bent, which might 'have been ]
caused by being ashore in the Patap
sco last week during the fog.
She will be repaired at NewpoTt News j
and her master expects to be ready to]
resume his voyage in a day or so.
At the Hotels.
At the Metropolitan?J. M. Langebin |
and J. F. Stapleton, of New York city. '
At the Alleghany Inn?W. H. Ryan,
Virginia; J. B. Adams, Scotland, "Va_;
C. H. Rork. of Fishersville, Va.
At the Ivy?John E. Offner, Chicago;"
S. Bergstein, Pottsville. Pa.. Jack Wise,
New York: The Nineteenth Century
Comedy Company. |
At the Warwick?H. B. Gay. Balti?
more: O. M. Jacoby, Gus Goodman, J.
W. L. Walters, New York: Mr. and
Mrs. Randolph Nixsen. Brooklyn; Joe
Steif el Baltimore; F. W. Hetsons, G.
B. Thomas. Boston; G., O. N. Palmer,
William Lander, Norfolk.
No ?entlcmnn.
"Did I understand y.eu to say that 1
dress you admired somwh to-day was
a dream?" inquired Mr. Sruokehart.
"Yes," answered his wife, hopefully.
"Well," he proceeded very kindly.,
"you keep your mind on it when you
go to sleep to-night, and maybe you
will dream one of 3-our own."?Wash?
ington Star.
Tiro of o Kind, j
Husband (at The breakfast table)?*
Oh, for some of the biscuits my mother
used to make!
Wife (sweetly) ? I'm sorry you
haven't got them,_ dear. They would
I've just about stale enough by thi?
j time to g-o well with that remark.?
I Chicago Daily News.
She Inlil Him But,
Williamson?I hear that Jogmor was
so drunk last night that several oi
you fellows had to take him home on
a shutter. Did his wife think he was
dead?
Henderson?She must have. She waa
certainly laying him out when we lei*..
?-Hailcm Life.
Lessons of Experience.
Mr. Spriggin3 (gently) ?My dear, s
Washington man wan shot at by a bur?
glar, and his life was saved by a butt?-B
which the bullet struck.
Mrs. Spriggins?Well, what of it?
Mr. Spriggins (meekly) ? Nothing,
onlv the button must have been oa<~
N. Y. Weekly.
A Pnlnfnl Overitls-hf.
"Weren't you thriller], (.IsroenfiTif.
*-hen Lady Macbeth cam? out with
that horrible spot of blood on hu
hand?"
"Yes; wasn't it r.wful? T couldn't
help wishing she had warn rubber
gloves."?Chicago Uecord.
Items of Interest.
A letter travels from Khartoum to
London in seventeen days.
Small nostrils are said by physiolo?
gists to indicate small and weak lungs.
It costs a little more than 5100,000 a
year to care for the capitol building at
Washington.
More than 200 municipalities in Eng?
land, Scotland and Ireland, now own.
the municipal gas works.
The nails of the Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length of eighteen
inches, being protected by long silver
cases.
The average number of horses killed
in Spanish bull lights every year ex?
ceeds 5,000, while from 1,000 to 1,200 bulls
are sacrificed.
Italy exported last year 21,000 ancient
and modern works of art, valued at
.?600,000. More than one-half of them
went to Germany.
The British admiralty proposes to try
fans worked by electricity in order to
improve the ventilation of the lower
decks of warships.
Excepting grape wine, the oldest al?
coholic beverage known to man is sake,
a rice wine. It has been used by the
Japanese for over 2.000 years.
They are now referring to him as
' Lieutenant Hobson of the Mer
rismaek."
The recent death or Oliver T. Morton,
son of Indiana's war governor, left his
mother in straightened circumstances.
During the Civil war General Merritt
won in two years seven brevets and
promotions for "gallant and meritorious
services in the Held."
Paul Newman, ex-Attorney General
ot Hawaii, has been admitted to prac?
tice before the United States Supreme
Court. lie registered as from "the
territory of Hawaii."
Rev. Dr. W. D. Marshall, of the Meth?
odist church, is the latest claimant to a
sate trip to Thibet. He says he stayed
there for eight months and converted
several natives. The grand llama re?
ceived him as an honored guest.
Professor Shields, of Princeton, has
entered the ministry of the Episcopal
church solely because, according to the
New York Sun, of the refusal of a
license to the Princeton inn after he
had indorsed and favored the applica?
tion.
Miss Florence Caldwell, a daughter
of United States Judge Caldwell, of
Cleveland, was graduated as a civil en?
gineer last June from the Colorado
State school of mines at Golden, and
now she is about to marry another civil
engineer whom she met in Colorado.
.1. H. McCarthy, the son of Justin
McCarthy, who is lecturing in this
country on Omar Khayam, says that
after a lecture in Brooklyn one of the
hearers thanked him for his exposition
of the Persian poet's work, and added:
"I never before knew the difference be?
tween Omar Khayyam and Hunyadi
Janos."
Th-; largest private library in the
United Slates is. said to belong to Colo?
nel Reuben ")'. Dnnvtt, of Louisville,
Ky., and contains over 60,000 volumes,
o?ected during sixty years. Books on
the history o? the west predominate,
and arsons th Colonel Roosevelt
worked'' while r.av'pariiigr his "Winning
cif the West."
Tile report that Mr. Cambon will re?
turn as French ambassador to this
count.-y, itisti id ci being assigned as
ambassador to the Holy S'-e, as has been
conu.-mpfated, is coupled with a rumor
that !i '.:5d net b? "Persona grata** j
at the Vatican, though the reason for
such fse?r.g 1st so far neither hinted nor
guessed at.
The death of James. Tyson, who was!
said tobe the ziehest man in Australia, I.
is anrourcoc. lit began life as
a butc.ier. at i salary of $150 a year.
In 1SS'; hr.' -;. :'? ??' ranching
and ?m: iu- -.'v.ivt ??.* uiittme out of
it. In 'n-.n Queensland' was in i
such desperat*? fnanclal straits, he of- j
fered to tend Lb< government $2.500,00.0.
Mr. liVba :"t c-n'oys trt-i distinction, of
being the eriJj Vice Presirlerct -since
Hendricks' time .'ho :s in the lull con?
fidence ot the len at* leaders. He
knows aii their runs arid policies, and
does much t >v. c'l iorro'jlatlng them.
The adm!nvti.i:.i.n S stuttors? Hanna,
Elkins, Spooner, f'anen and Fairbanks
?confer with hint Saily; and his judg?
ment is generally Scented.
The blackballing ...,f Frederick S.
Gibbs, Nov. JTcrk number of the Repub?
lican nominator, committee, when pro?
posed as a memberthe Republican
club or New Tel:, thtatehs a scandal,
because, while the Cjb, despite its
name, is largely a sota: organization,
there were 122 votes t-at ai int meeting,
and friends of the rteeted applicant
claim there were less l\an that number !
in attendance.
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of years a Livery Sta*s or a build?
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i use. Address D. C. Tsk^ North
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Citizen & Marine Bank,
Newport News, Va., Dec. 1^ 001$,
Thp directors of this bank -hnv?. gc
elared a dividend of chrf-e (3> per cent,
out of the profits for the past. :;-;x
months, payable to the slockhoiderij C:n
and after January 2, 1K&S.
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Bounties. Arrears of Pay, Patents
Land Warrants, Duplicate Discharges!
&c. &c.
SPANISH WAR CLAIMS SETTLED.
JOSEPH THELON, Attorney,
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Address National Soldiers:' Horn*- Va,
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n-ia-tf._
E. R. WHITLOW has removed to 233
Twenty-fifth street, where I am prepar?
ed to do all kinds of
SIGN AND HOUSE PAINTING,
graining, papering and decorating.
Give me a call when in heed of any of
the above work.
-.. R. WHITLOW.
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29 to 31 inclusive, the M. and M. T. Co.
will sell over their line tickets at great?
ly reduced rates on account of the
Xmas holidays. Tickets limited to Jan.
4th.
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i ticulars, apply to L. C. Saunderss Agent.
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Wondrous
Again for Xmas Gifts.
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Infants' Soft Soled Colored and White Kid Moccasins. Regular
v";ir^"^
Children's Genuine Dcngola, solid leather, patent tip, lace and hut
ton Shoes. Regular value, $1.00. _?
Mipses' Vici Kid, hand-turned, patent leather tip, solid throughout,
in lace or hutton. Regular value, $1.50.
im
Ladies' Genuine Viel Kid, soft and flexible, patent leather tips, in
lace or button, in all the latest shapes. Regular value, $2.00.
Ladies' Hand-Sewed imported Viel Kid, silk fitted, in all styles, in
lace or hutton. Regular vai ue, $3.00.
Ill
1 Viel Ki
le, $3.00.
M
dog ?
I
Calf.
Men's Satin Calf, heavy sole, bull dog toes, lace and Congress Shoes
Regular value, $2.50. ?? ^_a_ ?_._
Men's Tan Russia Calf and Box Calf, leather lined, heavy soled
Shoes, in bull dog and ail the leading toes. Regular value, $3.00.
Men's patent leather Shoes, hand sewed, in all the latest styles.
Guaranteed not to crack. ... :? j._._. ._. _
Men:s black and brown Dor-by s and Fedoras^ in all
shapes. Regular value, $1.50. jijii Us, .'S 8 nui.i
the latest
Men's black and brown Derbys and Fedoras in Dunlap and Knox
styles. Regular value, $2.50.
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