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,fi TUE RECHMOND DISPATCH-SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1897.
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Here, for tlio first time, is published a photograph Bl of thn most extraordinary Island in iho
world. It Is in a Michigain lake, and sinks and fio. ns and reappears, to the mystification cf seientl-t-".
A SINKING ISLAND.
THE STORY OF A QUEER FREAK.
OF NATIRE.
DR. C. HENRI LEONARD'S THEORY.
The Anthor-Sclcntlst Una Lived on
the Border? ot the Lake and
Studied the Pussle of the Inland'?
Movement? Closely.
DETROIT, MICH., November 26.-Dame
Nature must have SOSO In a curious mood
when she udded to the remarkable and in?
comprehensible mysteries of the ur.?.
an Island In Lake Orion, MIlihllSB, to
which the attention of the scientific, world
is now for tho first time called. It is lit?
erally a sinking Island, periodically van?
ishing from sight beneath the waters of
the lake, and attain rising h'Sl? and dry, to
the astonishment of the r?: ?dents along
the lake shore and the complete bewil?
derment of those who profess to have
solved the riddles of moat natural phe
Boraena,
Thelslandls situated far from the beaten
track of town life, and so ha? escaped
the publicity that so remarkable a freak
.would have attracted had the busy brains
of scientific men been concentrated upon
Its peculiar manner of thrusting its body
out of tho water and becoming a bold
landmark in the neighborhood, and again
sinking shyly out of sight and hiding Its
modest head somewhere la the recesses
of the lake.
It has come to pass at last, however,
that a scientific man hais pitched his
tent, or rather his cottage, on the bor?
dera of Lake Orion, in the vicinity of th?
mysterious island, und through this
circumstance the valuable ?Cleat??B puzzle
1? at last mude public to whet the curi?
osity of ckver men and, perhaps, result
In a solution of the mystery and tho
arresting from Duino Nature of another
Of her closely-guarded ?SOrets.
The scientist to whom the world Is In?
debted for making public the existence of
the sinking island Is C. Henri ix-onard,
A. M-, M. D., a well-known author of
Detroit. Mr. Leonard has watched the
atrango antics of tho Island with grow?
ing liiteiett, and has, besides making
systematic notes ?>f its habit?, formed .1
theory icgaidlng tho cause? of the ap?
pearance and disappearance of so inter?
acting a landmark. The nsult of his
studies he gives to the readers of this
newspaper as ?follows;
"The OOattBgen la.i\?. named a strange
apot In thli vicinity tho 'floating island,'
bat thla I? something of a misnomer, . I
It is really a sinking and a rtatBg Island.
During several months of the year it
lies submerged In about twenty feet or
moro ot water, then for the balance of
the year It is out of water, and picnics
C?n be held upon It, If so desired. It In
used a? a hunti??g plaoe, when out of the
water, by BOOM of the boys of the sum?
mer resident families, waterfowl hoSAg
shot from Its surface. Member? of
family hav?a rowed over tho spot win n
the Island has chOSBfl to sink out of
sight. ?.??I have endeavored to reach
Ita submergeai sun me with a 7-foot
oar, but could not do ?o. '1 wo months
It has been up out of th? water
(?g??n, aa ???a In the accompanying 11
lu?trutt?.-i.
'The 'island' approximates an acre In
extent; It !s, of coursy, very wet for the
Sr?l weth or ?o i?t?.-r 'ari??liig' from
la?W? depth, but ?? th? season art
along R becomes drytr. end, as bofoi?.
tat* i, ?.???n be used for pi? nie purposes.
1 .....uld be arr??id of its ?tublllty ui
a lam? load, though I hiav? buen told '
by one of the old residents, that one
season the people tried to hold it d?wi?
l?y pouring on its sunken surfaco four
!' n wagon-loads of large stones, rowing
them ov?-r tho lake's surface to the, p?a? I
whore tho Island was known to lie sub
I merged; but, llko Banquo'a ghost, the
a 1 would BOt down; it makes its
entree Into air cv ry year just the. same.
"The photograph shows Kl locality
and the Island'? ?longatOd shape. Th?
ohetOgrapta was taken In October of this
present year, tho time when the mys?
terious island is most prominent. In
the centre of the island a half-dozen or
more large stumps are growing, a clump
of tare? hSlng in tho centro of th.- m
I third?: these stumps are In great BBSS
sure responsible Cor the phsuoaoenn at
i- i.ding Ils annual sinking and rising.
That is, I am of tho opinion that a col?
lection of these originally formed the
nucleus lor tho growth of this fctrange
freak among tho islands of our fa -h
w.ii.r lakes.
"Th? flora of the lake is something
marvellous In Its richness and variety.
These Btumps have drifted out to the
?nitre of this portion of tho lake, and
taken with them some of tho strands of
ihu long, ?take-like *plants that grow
!h? re to a length of nearly 10 feet, with
lb? lily fronds, mosses, and various
others of tho aquatic plants. These
iloaUng growths have formed there, with
tho earth attuched to tho stump roots,
an Island garden all to themselves. They
grew luxuriantly, and tho onderbrush ?
a ? d away from the shores ami i
islands thereabouts gradually drifted II
to them, and so Increased tho size. 01
the mas?; then, a_ the wood of th
brush anil of the ?tumps decay? d, t i
mass became water-logged, und th.
B/?ole gradually Bunk beneath tin
l.ue.
"Hut how comes It to rise again, a-;
does tach succeeding year? This Is th?
point that has puzzled ?rlasr heads than
mine, but I have a theory for It, which
seems 10 answer all tho requirements.
As the flora ripens during the hot months
of summer?for tho island Is a thick
mas? of vegetation?tho stems enlarge,
become buoyant, and, as the ?OBBOn ad?
vances toward September, undergo the
first stages of decay?that Is, the ?ten)
become filled with the gases attendant
upon fuller ripeness nnd commencing de?
cay; this large mass of gas mil a
Vegetation overcomes the natural w gbt
of the mass, tho specific gravity being
only a little heavier than tho ?rater, i ad
so tho whole mass gradua,ly ?TtSSS OhOV?
the water's surface; it stays In this con?
dition above the surface till the heavy
frosts of the full ocur, when, the plants
having been destroyed, end decay
measurably completed, the whole mass
0?>lng heavier than the water again, It
gradually sinks to the bottom of the
lake, which Is about thirty feet Seep
at this point, to arise again the follow?
ing year, when spring and lummer have
brought the lake's flora Into Ufe and full
vigor once more. m
"Theso lakes are fed by large springs
entering In at various places along the
bottom, and It is my belief that a largo
one Is located under this 'Finking islan l"
and that the upward current from this
sourco also helps the vegetation in the
ng of the Island from the luke's
b?d during tho lute summer months.
"It Is not above the water'? surface
long enough to have grass grow upon Its
surface, or shrubs or trees, ex?
cept a few wind-sown seeds from the
adjacent field?, and even these have little
or no time for developnv-nt before tho
fiosts com? to destroy them.
"It seems to change Its position but
very little, the wind? blowing BOTOSS
tho ?urface having little or no effect
upon it in thia respect. This leads me
to think It Is anchored by the long
roott-d and tentacled weeds that luxu?
riate ?o about ?nd upon the unstable
mass,
"Another thing of not? I? that with
all this rich wutei-vegetation of OrlOB
l.*iko there is no sno.BBllB.ln??? arising
tioin it. i'hi? Is another psenllar thing
to me, sa a physician. My family have
summered on the lake's border? for -
nine years, and there 1? yet to come to
my knowledge a case of ? .?lug
.....?.?.. .?._ _?.??_K-na.___l _.? ?k. ?_?._ ,?
all that time. This I attribute to th.
fact that the large amount of iroi
sent In all the water thereabouts?lake
watrr as well as that from our wells
m:? to prevent tho development ol
the microbe, or bacteria, that gives us
the form of zymotic disease that tho pro
,un ha? denominated 'malar.a.' This
nee of malaria is also testified tc
by the local physician there, who has
I been a resident for some fifteen ream,
I ?, altogether, Orion Lake, with it.1* an
nual sinking and rising Island, Its rich
I and abundant water-flora, and Its ab?
sence of malaria from Its barters? has
?any points of scientific interest con?
nected with Its history.
"Oakland county, Mich., Is a county
noted for Its many beautiful small lakes,
Bevenal hundred being reported as with?
in its boundaries. Among these Is Orion
Lako. Originally, what now constitutes
the main txxiy of water was three lakes
lying close to each other. The em!
ment of the Bay City railroad, riann Dg
across one end of one of these I
raised the surface of tho waiter, till the
intervening land was overflowed, and now
one very Irregular, but picturesque, body
of water occupies the place of the origi?
nal three. It Is quite full of islands of
various sizes, one brins about forty .
in extent, on which a largo club-house
stands, used by the summ? r visitors to
this health-giving snot The lake Is
soino ?V?0 fe.t higher than Detroit, though
lying only forty miles to the northwi-t
of tho city.
"But, of all Its attractions, non? r in
Draper? for Interest with the mys?.erlous
sinking Island.
"C. HENRI LEONARD."
MR. ALFRIKMVS NEW PLAT.
It Doe? Sot ltrllri-t I iion. Sonthern
Chivalry.
N?w York, November 2-i, 1897.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In your very kind editorial notice of
my play, "The Magdalene," I find the
New York Mall and Express article on
my play quoted as making the lnr
slon that I have put "southern chivalry
in a very bad light."
I beg to assure you that this Is not
true of my delineation of tho chaic
Of John Morlson, the father of "Th..
Magdalene." I make the father a
wreck from drinking and gambling, but
cause him to cling to family honor,
making him declar?*?viz.: "Family honor
Is not sentimental. It la actual. For It
we of the South kill and art? killed.'
And there Is nothing In the portruyal
that disparages southern chivalry. Th.*
old man 1? destroyed by drinking and
gambling. Tuero are many such men
in the South, in tho North, and in the
world. Th? only villain In my play is
Mcllvilla Scott, a New Yorker, while the
Rev. John Hanson, the leading chara? ter
of my play, Is a southerner, and an ideal
man in the nobility of hi? character.
I have never written a line in dis?
paragement of aught the South holds
dear. And I never will write such a
line. I will surrender my career as a
dramatist before I will do It. I love
the South. It holds all that I hold dear,
living and dead. Sincerely,
EDWARD M. ALFRIEND.
TO SrPPRRSS Hii.tiiiiMii it?.
Iilni-iar Mer? linn?- Rrfoae ?,, gnbmtt
to Further Blackmnl I.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 27.?The
?hIneso merchants of this city have com
nenced to auppres? the murderous hlgh
?Indt-r ?societies. These business-men have
?Kn?-d a compaWt not to submit to fur
bsff blackmail, and without thuir usual
ucome the highbinders will be forced to
?ave the city or so to work.
?or twenty highbinder?' soeletl? s are
affected by thl? arrangement. While the
membership of these eoclet!--? is
lot known, it is expected to !?.. in the
leighborhood of l.COO? All of thwe ara
.ot righting men. but they havo been lur
ashed motitx whan occasion ?demanded.
WILL SUE THE CITY.
COMMITTEE REFUSED TO PAT __*t
TIRE BILL FOR BUGGY REPAIR-??.
MR. CARTER WANTS ALL OR NOTHING
ays Committee Agreed to Per Coat
of Repair*?The Bill *.'._ and ?Com?
mittee Allows f2*_? Property ?l??n
era Defora Street Commltte*.
The CouncJl Committee on Relief of
the Poor met last ev< nlng at I o'clock
and decided to allow only f-3 for the
repair of Mr. E. L. Carter'? buggy,
which wa? ?mashed tho middle of last
October by a runaway ambulance The
charge for the work was 5-_?
Mr. Carter refused to accept the offer
of the committee, and requested Mr.
Gross, In ?Those ?hop the work had been
done, to keep the vehicle.
The committee claim that they ordered
tho work to be done, but that more re?
pairs than were necessary as a result
of the accMent were made? Mr. Smith,
therefore, moved that 122 be allowed for
the repair?, which Mr. Carter refused to
accept, aa stated above.
Mr. Carter was seen after the commit?
tee meeting by a Dispatch reporter, and
asked what ho Intended to do In regard
to tho matur. Ho Bald he would imme
dlatety commence a suit against the city
for $5?j0, nnd had already taken steps to
h'c.'uro OOUBBSt Captain QflQt*J** I). U ; fl
will probably bo retained by him. Mr.
?'arter declared that thero had been no?
thing ?aid aa to tho cost of the repairs.
Aft'-r tho accident ho had his vehicle
taken to tho ?hop at whi?-li ho has all
his work done, but Mr. Cottrell. chair?
man of tho committee, ord-r>-?l that It
b?- sent to that of Mr. Gross, 'i'his was,
therefore, don???, and he ?ays Mr. <-?>t
trell saw Mr. Gross. In regard to the
work. If tho bill Is a sUf-p one. Mr. Car?
ter says it is not his own fault, as the
choice of tho workship was not hi?.
Mr. (?sorter** wife was in tho buggy
at the time of the accident, and was
quite painfully hurt, he ?ays,
DA MAG];?-) ON FOURTH STREET.
A sub-committee of the Committee on
Sir-ets met yesterday morning at 10
o'clock and heard the claims made by
the residents of Fourth street, whn-e
pror-orty was damaged by an overflow
of tho sewers some time ago. Roth tho
City Attorney and the City Engineer
were prisent, while Mr. I_ O. Wer..l?.n
burg appeared to represent several of
the claimants. The sub-eommitteo, which
is composed of Messrs. Pollard, King,
and Foster, took no d*flnIto action, but
will bring the matter beforo the commit?
tee aa a whole.
THE ANNUAL BVDOXT.
The Fin me? Commlrt?o has deeldcd to
have? tho budget for th?- next fiscal year
completed by January l.'.th, so that each
department may know just how much
it will have to spend, and may, tlx-re
fore, mako contracts acconllngly. This
has not h? nt of ore been done In time to
allow tho departments to know how
much tiny would receive, and was one
of tile arguments ma?ie In asking for
the additional appropriation for th?.- pub?
lic schools.
M Nl .'TINGS TO-MORROW.
Th?* Committee on Streets will meet
to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, while
that on A^-ounts and Printing will <*on
vene at CM.
The ward delegations Of Madison, Clay,
and Jeffer.son wards will meet at the
City Hall to-morrow evening to recom?
mend members of the proposed Finance
Commission.
Donatlon-Dny at Shelterin? Arm?
HoMpltal.
The Sholtf-rings Arms Hospital desire?
to return thanks to tho following Per?
sons for their gmt-rous donations and
kindly Interest] Mrs. Joshua ivterktn.
Miss Harbour, XV. A. Hammond, Dr.
? D. Hog?*. Jr., Mrs. S. M. laKJBfcfl*?
lilt. T. C Williams, MI ? Alary Wil?
liams, Mr. nnd Mrs. R. t?. Rosher, MM,
C. C. Pni.k, Mrs. John Claiborne, .Mr.
T. C. Willliams, Miss Mary Gilham, Mrs.
BlflU-fcenshlp, Mrs. E!ll?)tt, Mrs. Baylor,
Mrs. Hill, ?Mrs. J. A-StOB ?'abell, Mrs.
Herbert Claiborne, Mrs. Archer AM
? _> Miss Saille Anderson, Mrs. Fran?'ls
D. Williams, Mrs. G.orge Ainslle, Miss
niBfllfl Pace, Mr. D. <>. Davis, Mrs. Wil?
li :m II. Tatum, Mrs. Adolph Dili, Mrs.
i . i:. Valentin? Mr. 3oaepb Rllley, Mil
Ifra, It D. Hof?, Mr. L. 1
T. Christian, Mia. R. H. Mam;,*, Cox ?fe | tl
n. Mrs. A. D. Landerkin, Mrs.
ff, W. Gordon, Mr. Oof**?, Mrs. Sprlgg,
. "?It, Mr. an?l Mrs. F. W. Suit,
Htm Francos B. S???tt, Mrs. David Tom
nant, Thalh!m-?r Rroth- rs, Mr. J. P,
. Mrs. William E. Il Bl -, M?.
EUcbard ?1. Crourh, Dr. Christopher
Totnplda*, Mrs. Charles E. Smith, Mrs.
Prancla M. lloykin. Miss Anni
pard. Mrs. Sli-iiard, Miss Anna Roy
kin, l?rs. Bufen* Bhe_?ard*OB, Mrs. Jonn
0. Ta: iOT, ?Mrs. R. C. Carter, Mrs. M. W
.ni, Mrs. George T. King. Mrs.
Ji'lin C. Freeman, Mr. Ed. Schumacher,
?nd the King's Daughters of Haymarket,
?7a,
Vi'tri? Attack? Mr. Sbelton.
QUbert Wioiams (colored) ? :
'it a;id lodged la th'? St-eond Po
lit -Station on the charge of feloniously
i*sault',ng and wounding D. H. SlieRon.
ro attaikid Mr. Shelton on Third
ml _______ streets, and struck him over
thfl ?ye, using a pair of "knucks." The
I low i -'Iy g.tsh.
Pe-raonnl* nnd Briefs.
Dr. ?T. Wyatt Davis, of Fluvanna, is
.?siting his mother, on west Clay street.
Rev. Dr. W. XV. Moore will preach at
In- First Pre?byterian church to-day at
.1 o'clock.
Mr. Eugene E. Davis, Assistant Superjn
, BdflBt t?f tho Water-Works, Is quite sick
it his heme.
Ray. Mr. Keene and his bride, of Roa
loke, are visiting Captain Morgan R.
dills and family.
The Rev. John Scott will hold services
n Lee Camp Soldiers' Homo chapel to
norn.w Bight at 7:20 o'cloek.
Mr. George Gordon Battle, of New
fork, well known In Richmond, la apend
Bg a few days at the Jefferson.
Rev. T. J. Taylor, the pastor of Laurel
atreat Methodtet church, will preach hi?
aiewill sermon to-morrow night.
Mr. George R. Fairlamb, who fell from
lis wheel lust we?*k and severely Injured
iis knee, la still confined to his bed.
Mrs. M. 8. Oary has gone to Baltimore
n a visit to her two son?, and expects to
tay until after the ?Christmas holidays.
J. P. Wilkinson, the youth who r-scaped
rom Laurel Reformatory last Thumlay,
Bfl beam t??ught and returned to the m
tltution.
Mrs J. L. Marx and ?on, Hubert, or
??troit, Mich, formerly of ?his city, are
lie guests of her aunt, Mr*. S. Sycle, t*Jf.
est GracQ-fltreet.
2_?U
Miss HrB- Gardner Is spending the
Inter witrTher sister, Mrs. C. P. Gard
* r, No. 1106 Ninth atreet, northwest,
.'ushlngton, D. C.
Mr. W. F. RriUlngham, a veteran news
ip? r man, formerly of Richmond, but
ow of New York, Is In th? city, acconi
inied by hi? wife.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rurtis are at the
?fferson, en route South. Mr. Rurtis is
i.? proprietor of the ciJLebrated Hotel St.
bar?es. In the Cat-kills.
Rev. Dr. W. *f? Moore, of Union Theo
igical Seminary, wdl preach for Dr.
oge at the t3econd Preabyterlan church
il? afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mis? _____ Mull, ?after4*> six-Weeks visit
' her uncle. Jacob Mull, Esq.. of Wli?
iegton, DeL, returned yesterday to h.r
?me. No. b'Sl north Twenty-fourth street
compaaled fay her cousin. Miss ?rac* I "i-i
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The boilers for the Jefferson aro In P?
sinon, though the building will not t
completed for several daya The?* bot
era are said to bo the. largest in the dl;
Harry Schmidt. the Richmond clut
twlrler, who haa been In the cdty eine
the base-ball season closed, will go, wit
his wife, to his home, In Mobile, nex
Wednesday.
MiPses Saille and Maud Woods, of Char
lottesvlllt?, aro guests of Mr?. Nannie U
Werth, 203 west Grace street. Miss Nannt
D. Atkinson, of Kentucky, la also a gues
of Mrs. Werth'a.
Dr. J. H. Abbltt. of *?v*e?it Appomattox
Va., who kOS beta here several day
visiting his brother, a student of th?
Meillca! College of Virginia, retumei
home last night.
Tho ?ilc Of stamps In the Infemal-reve
ntio office for the week ending at noor
yesterday amounted to $?2.41?. This Is th?
sale for five days only, ns tho office OTOI
closed on Thanksglvlng-Day.
Mr. Robert Gordon, the famous minstrel
tenor, Is In tho city, stopping at Murphy's,
Mr. Gordon has retired permanently from
the stage, and Is now the travelling ageni
of a manufacturing concern,
Messrs. J. J. Redmond, W. C. Rhoades,
and George L. Perry, members of the
West-End Hunting Club, returned yes
lerd.iv mori'lng from a week'? hunt, hav?
ing killed fifty old hares and one deer.
Mr. T. W. Thatcher, of Brookllne,
Mass., and Mr. O. R. Rice, of Boston,
members of the Dixvia Shoe Company,
whose factory is op orated by convict? at
the Virginia Penitentiary, are In the city.
The funeral of Mr. Rowlett Winfree will
take placo from?, the house this afternoon
at 3:3?J o'clock, and will bo In charge or
Richmond Lodge, No. 10, A. F. and A. M.,
of which ho was for iminy years a mem?
ber.
Judge E. C. Minor; Clerk P. P. Win?
ston, of tho Law and Equity Court; Mr.
Julian Bryant, and Mr. H'*nry Taylor will
leave on a hunting trip to-morrow. They
will go to North ?Carolina is aearch or
sport.
Dr. C. B. Brock, one of the physicians
at the Eastern State Hospital, spent
Thanksgiving-Day and the next with his
father, Dr. <\ W. P. Brock, It? this city,
and returned to Williamsburg yesterday
morning.
Judge Thomas R. Purnell, of the United
State? ?Circuit i.'ourt of Apjieals, and wife,
of Ra!?*!gh. N C, returne?! home yeater
daiy. Ju'lge und Mrs. Purnell spent a
short time with friends In Washington
after tho adjournment of the court here.
Th? meml^ra of Capitol Council, No. 3,
' ?. A. M, will ????mW? Bt Monroe
Hall, on west Main street (opposite the
park), this morning at 10:30 o'clock, and
ks invited guests Join the "Junior" United
Order of American Mechanics and attend
Grove-Avenue Baptist church.
Manhattan Tribe, No. ?, Improved Or
d?*r of Re?l M ii, h. 11 an Interesting meet?
ing at Leo ''aim;*. KaJU last night. PSVSial
visitors were present, who had tho plea?
sure of participating In the. proceedings.
This tribe Is progrBBStng rapidly, having
an adoption almost every night.
The Baptist Young People's anniver?
sary celebration at Immanuel church to?
night promts? to bo a most Interesting
jccaslon. Short addresses will be made by
Rev. Dr. John B. Turpln. President F. XV.
Uoatwrlght, of Richmond COUeg?, ami Mr.
1. Garland Pollard, and tho musical pro
rramme will be especially attractive.
The service? at the Union Gospel Mls
ilon, No. 2, corner of Twenty-first and
franklin ?treets, to-night will be conduct
d I.y Mr. Melding Pollard, a prominent
nlssirm-worker of tho East End. Song
iervlce commence? at 7:30 o'clock. 9mt
rlaaaj each night during the week at the
?amo hour. S:m?lay school this afternoon
it 4:10 o'clock. The public 1? cordially ln
dted.
In consequence of the Inclemency of the
reather Friday night, tho Good Templars
f RlcJimond Lodge had a very small
lumber of the eoll-water knights pres
nt at their usual weekly convocation al
leividere Hall. Several emnmlttees awuk
eports, an.l the one on entertainment rc
orted that the services of Judire F. R.
?Orrai had t?<-?'n engaged for Thursday
lght, December 9th.
Rlehmonder? fa Hew York.
NEW YOKK. November 27.?(Special.)?
>'. S. Forbes, Mi?s Williams, Mrs. T. ('.
vllllams, and T. C. Williams, Jr., Wal
orf.
THREE LIVES LOST.
tro Mew and a Woman Horned to
Death.
JAMFSTOWN, N. Y., November 27.-At
o'clock this morning a fire In the At
ntlc block, on First street, resulted In
ie deaths of Walter Cessions, of Pana
a; August W. Jarda, address unknown,
it beli'?ved to be connected with the
ew York C ai'rail railroad, and Sa'li?*
oss, of Buffalo. The place was on? or
-repute.
The girl, Radle Voss, or Sadie Kenney,
i sho was also known, Is said to be
L-ll connected. Mr. Beeatona was a son
tho late Walter I* Sessions, who rep?
sented thi3 city In i'ongress many
irs, an.l was one of the New fork i
orld Faiir ?'<jmmlssl?ir*?*rs. Young Mes- t
.ns wais also connected with tho com
Isslon In a clerical capaotty. H?
member of the Republican County Cora.
IttOO, and was a candidate for tho
isembiy.
ROTHS? llll.ns I* ALASKA.
a- Un Hankers Will Enter the
Northern Trade.
lAM fran?"Tsc?>, Novamber 27.-Tho
Jthschllds, through th?. Sin Francisco
?BBS of LI?1h>3 & Co., are about to . atot
? Alaska? tra?do. Four itaogMBO are be
S built In sections ly XV. H. Brick JJj
?., tho owners of the California _ .
inr-Works. When this contract i-? mi
led the machinery an.l timbers will tie
nt to Dutch" Harbor, near Unalaaka, to
set up.
!'ho firm will then build nine barge? in
.tlons. to follow the material for st'-am
B*t building, an.l th? barges will lik?
se be put together at Dsrtoh Harbor. F
i of this werk is being done far tl
aiska Exploration Company, which WBB
orporated about four months niro, with
capital of afT,000.000. Mr. I_?b?S sr.i.l The
thschllds were Inte-oat.-.! In the ven
*e, which was engineered In London
o months ago.
A ?HI EST?O* OF WIVES.
in Can Have ?Several If He Mar?
rie? Them et Ore Tin??*-.
HICAGO, November 27.-Accordlng to
> Interpretation of the nilnois criminal
le by Attorney Levy Mayer, the lead
r corporation lawyer of this city, a
n may have as many wives ?s he
BBS? In this State, if he marries them
the s;?me time; take* th.-tn to the same
tice or minister, and hears them make
i responses in affirming ?horns.
tOte of the Stat? of Illinois pro
es that whoever, having a fOrnMT hus.
id or wife living, man:
i. or continues living with su.-h second
iband ?>r wife. In this St;.!., skajl 1
ni'd guilty of bigamy. In other s
lar?? Mr. Mayor, tlio Bffenca ?loos r..,t
U BSdaa? there has been a former valid
rriage.
Million? or Money.
rASHIN?'Tii\. Wo?BiBbBI 27.-A?s!st
tary Vanderllpp to-day atithor
I the dir?9Ctor of the Bureau of Ba?
ling and Printing to print and d<
the United Stat?*a? Treasurer $1*.
follows: United State? note?, .?ng.owW
er certlflcate*. $24.000,?J?O; treasury
es of 1*90. $6.000,000.
Pesalbly Fntal ..< < I,i. nt.
)N.STANTL\??l*i.K, November Tl -
? Austrian-Lloyd ste.ui. r Diana
n In collision ..ff QakttO with the
tish steamer Antonio. Tho Diana
k. The 160 passenger? and 40 member?
:he crew of the Diana w?*re saved.
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ASTT-BRADT CIRCULAR.
Internal-Revenue ? ??llrclor? Mai
Obwrve i l?ll-??*rvlr?> Law.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November Tl.
A<*tlng-Commi?sion?**r Wilson, of the In
terral Revenue Rurfnu, has Issued th
following circular to sit collectors o
Internal revenue:
"By direction of the Honorable th<
Secretary of tho Treasury you sre here
by notified that until otherwise ordered
ths existing rule?? relative to tho ap?
pointment of deputy collectors must bt
complied with. You will at onco tak?!
steps necessary for compliance with this
order, making your requisition? for cer?
tification for original appolntmenta un?
der Clvll-Servl?? Rule 8. or for reln
Stateassata under Clvll-Servlce Rule 9,
through this offletV'
This rule, It Is said, Is not In conflict
with the views hitherto held by tho de?
partment wth reference to the removal
or appointment of deputies by collec?
tors. In the case of Collector Brady, at
Richmond, Va., the department held that
a collector Is not bound by the law to
reappolnt the deputies of hi? predeces?
sor In office, and that vacancies thus
made should be filled by appointment
from the eligible lists furnished by the
Clvll-Servlco Commission, or by re?
storations. The collectors in some .dis?
tricts contended that they had a legal
right to make thdr own ?elections for
filling vacancies, but this view was not
sustained by the department, except as
to districts where no eligible lists ex?
iste?*. ^^^
COFFEE IS CnEAP SOW.
The Two Ria* Couipetlnsr Concern?
Catting- the Price?.
NEW YORK, November 27.?As a re?ult
of the war now being waged between the
Arbuckla Coffee Company and the Wool
son ?Spice Company, iho sales of coffee
during the week Just ended have been far
In excess of any similar period during the
past year. Coffee brokers declaro that
their sales have been doubled.
The Woolson Spice Company, which Is
controlled by tho Havemeyers, Is selling
Rio No. 7 at 9 cents a pound. Not to be
outdone, the Arbuckles have made a re?
duction in their prices. Coffee is now
cheaper than it has been since before the
war, say the old dealers, and If the fight
continues there Is no telling wh it pitea it
will go for. Another reason for the low
price is to be found in the enormous
quantity of green coffee here.
THE ESTERIIAZT CASH.
It I? Believed the Count AMU Do
Exculpnted.
PARIS, Novemhor 27.?According to the
Intransigeant, Colonel Picquart, who was
summoned from the United State? to
Paris in connection with tho Dreyfus
case, and whose statements ar? said to
be the basis of the accusation? brought
against ?Jount Ferdinand Walsin Estt-r
basy, baa ?been ssntenoed to thirty days'
detention in a fortress.
Qeneral Pellleux. who was appointed by
Q? BSral Saucier, the Military Governor
of Paris, to conduct the investigation or
the charges brought against Count Ester
hazy, has complct.d his inquiry. The
Journal assert? th.it the inquiry will
result in the exculpation of Count Estor?
ba zy.
TEDDY HALE ARRIYES.
ne Will Enter the Six-Day Bicycle
nace.
NEW YORK, November 27.-Teddy Hale,
the champion long-distance bicycle rider
of the world, arrived to-day on the Cunard
Liner Etrurla, and will be one of the
starters In the six-?ley bicycle raco to
begin at the Madison Square Garden on
December 6th.
For the past few months Hale has been
training In England for the ?vent, and he
declares that ho Is In the best of condi?
tion.
Hale won the slx-?lay contest at Madi?
son ??Square Garden last year.
State Bank Security.
(Charlotte i.N. C.) observer.)
Referring to an argument of tho Rich?
mond Times that SVOTJ StBlO should he
permitted to provide its own bank cur?
rency and that to this end tho Fed..ral
?ax upon tho circulation of Stato banks
?hould be repeal?-d. tho Pblladotpbla Re
:<>rd saya that "If the States would
idopt one sound banking system and ad
?ore to It tho suggestion of tho Times
,vo:ild bo admirable. But Maiixj. Nevada,
Virginia ami New
i'ork would elect L?-glslatures with v?-ry
lazy and contrariai nt notions of finance
ind confusion WOBld follow." Thl3 ?could
..* readily Obviated by having the <'..m[
roUer of the Currency at Washington
?ass upon the sufficiency of the ss?Rirtty
I for ths not?:? e>f tho State
tasks. On.? thing Is certain and that is
hat something must le? done about the
cinklng laws or .something worse will
tappen, and tkOSe who are so ready
rlth Objections to everything that is
irepOBSd should atono for this by pro
oslng something themselves, unless
bsy are ready to take the ground that
hing? are all right as th?-y glB am!
bat no legislation upon banking and
urrsoey la
? ? ??.??????_ _?_ ?i?? ????.?*
M \IIRI A4.KS.
RURWELL CARROUUB. - Married.
ov.mr.er loth. ROBERT PICKE?TT
URWELL and ?KSS1I-' MKL\ 11 __l
ARROLLE by Rev. Landon Mason.
BWAWmmmmmPnemnmnmm
in: \ths.
BOTTOMS. -I.i.-,|, at 4:15 A. M., at the
of bis parenta, No. 300s east
ranklin . RANK b BOTTOktS,
IS BelOVOd SSO at Mr. and Mrs. A. J.'
ottoms; aged 12 y. SIS?
la hard t? break ths ten.1er chord,
When love has bound the heart;
Is hard, ?o hard, to speak the'words,
Must we* f?>rever part?
?ar.st lov?d one, wo have laid thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace,
ut thy memory will In- cherished,
Till we se? thy heavenly face.
ranaral will t.ike place from the above
TO-DAY lisunday. at 2 P. M.
?lands and ratatlWB respectfully Invited
attend.
('KAWFoRD.-lii.-.'. |? Hanover county
a., November 27th, ,?t i I? M , R??SA R
UAWJ-'oRl?. Muy ?l.?ight?*r of the lale
?ptaln J. V. and Loalao A. Crawford.
Friends of th.- laimly Hr.? Invited to
?et the remains Bl ?Vtba ?station MON
AT, November WOt, at 2:30 I?. M. In
rment at Shockoe OSBBBtsry,
? .STl-'S.?Entered int.? rest, at her
ttbOJt? home, No. 9M BOO?, Grace
reet, Miss ANNIE PAN'.MLl ESTES
11:15 P. If. Friday, ?th instant,
'uneral from St. John's church TO?
BT (Sunday), the 2Sth Instant, at 3 30
?OtSt P. M. ?
REWARD.-Died, after a lingering IU
s?, at his residence, No. Ii37 .?
mtb street. Bortbweaf, Waablngi
Thursday. .November Ktb, THOMAS
.1.1 i.N HOWARD; ugi.l 9} years.
i.teriiu-nt in Washington.
SiA!'MAN.-Di??d. November Tlth, at
nee of his patents, at ?TairtsM
strn t in? ar Mech inltsville turnpike)
COXARD PAUL. Infant ?on ot Paul
id Ida E. Xauman; aged 4 mouths,
i-'uneral from the residence at 3 o'clock
M. SUNDAY. .V \< mber 28th.
VVINFREK. Dl.'.l, Saturday. Novem
I* 27th. at 3 A. M . et hi? residence, No.
Tweoty-third street. ROWLKTT
I.N'l'RLE. la Oto 7.'d year of hi? ago.
'?r,,ni will take place from rooMoaea
)-DAY at 8:30 P id. Frl?:u_ and ac
aiUUuce? InvRsti, B ?tl
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CUBANS ARE DARIN!,
THEY RAID TOWNS HEAR RARt?*
AWD PI-/AJFI DEL RIO.
STORMY TIME OVER CDB?M QUESTiO
It I? Orravln-c Amon? Member. -
the United state? ?*,*.,ai--*i*?, ,
Favor of Interfer?a? o? of (.rant
trim: Ufllliirrrnt Klt-hta.
HARANA. via KEY WE?JT, FLA.. .?.
vember 27.?On the night of M
23d a band of ln?urg.'n'?a entero^ t
town of 8anta Marl* d? i Rouan,,. __.
ba?a ITovini*?, and, under the
darknetss remained threo hour*
which time they plun?li-r ad on?
sunrise tho invader? retired, an?l t?xj|< |
a position upon the neighboring hei-nti
A sergeant of the garrison and twiv
privates, while reconnoitring, cam? up*,
the enemy, and were met with a ?eii?g
of musketry, resulting In the woimdin*
of the ?. rgoant and three private*.
A portion of tho |__M***j___t < "! tren, ??, *,
manded by ?'?il'.nel ??ayo. led by
Rlaii'-o, rc.-en._ly r.?i-' ,
suburb of Finar del Rio cfty. I',
?iarkn.-ss, the raldera ?uoc?. : ?
Ing tho guards ami entering ?
th >' _____***_ Ihr..? sf?. -
l 4 o'clock In thfl
with them consl<lerabIe boot.
account of tho affair ?ays that Ramon
-/., his wife, and bahy wer? -_%.
cheted by the Insurgents, and that th?
la-rtor also killed Carlo? a. toga, ?r__>
had acted as guida for tho Spanish gac?
ral, Gc-Jor.
DYNAMITE.
Preparations were recently h*rm upon
the plantation India, beJonging ;
so Brothers, at Duran, Hit?'
for tho grinding of sugar-, .
the hands v. ero hauling BOtfl
several dynamit?? bombs, plaesd
ray over which tho gool?
transported, exploded, wrecking the ma?
chinery.
Tho scheme of autonomy for the talar?;
Is looke?! upon with favor 1
Cuban autonomists, though by
Is argued that the 33 per e*?t inargln of
prota tion to Spanish prod-.
I to 10 per cent., .
with the views of the A*_ta__M__
Si rani of the I?*aders of thfl
ev?r, _**a_an that the new
giivernm.-nt will result In i
ft_r thfl inhabitants of tlie ____* ar._
may ruin Cuba, v;hlch ?Oil
to pay its part of tho ?pal
tho war and navy expon?.s. ? -.- a pcac?
is restored. It will be In.;
c:!;ire, I ?
bolieved that a now publi.? I I
to bo floated, as the ti?
to the extent of K- j?j0,0W.
CUBAN STORM CiNUM?
NEW YORK', November II
say?: Di?pat.'h--s to the Worll from
many leading memhor? of th
States Senate Unll-ate ?tor:
Cata? as soon as the Senate r
week from to-morrow. Neirly a ?tor*
of senators are reputed t? have .
written resolution* favoring fltther Inter?
vention by the United State? er lairaa
?Hate recognition of Cuban bellig ?
Senator William Mason. >?f I
?ays: "I am a Republican, and I
n carrying out the promises of my [*?"
IV" ? tOtnli ad i" lap I f' re to stop th*? **? '
tnd give indep?'ii?!< in'?? to Cube
thing Issa than that ia worse th*
'alth on our part."
I'iiator Roger Q. Mills, of T?xas, flfl-s:
'Cotu'ress owes It to civilisation
lize the Independen?? of Cuba."
r Jacob H. Oallingi.r. of ,V?-t
lanpshlre, say?: "1 favor *rl, Cub.,
ho rights of bolliic? renoy, I
ntroduce any r?j**olutlon. ify trapi*??
i n is that the Senate will act on Its
iwn resrxm-lbllity.''
Senator Henry M. Teller, of Iowa,
ays: "We In the Son --.? all
hat La neeettsary. Ws havfl
? solution granting be' . to
he Cubans. I do ; it we hav?
lone all tliat w?? should hav. d? M
.e have dono all that w*
?flllasa that tho Hinist? -
esolutlon by an overwhelming b
' It got a chance to do ao, 1 it I
upp?iso they will get a chase* I vot?
or it. I cons'.'l? r our treatment of th?
!_ ***_. question cowardly, and thfl
st thing we have dono In year?.''
Senator Mi'I.n? ry, of I?oul-*ai!a, ??y?:
i tasawt th* sp.-.Niv p I th*
enato resolution r?'-ognlzlng tho bel.i
erent rights of tho CVl
TO END THE WAR.
Senator Richard R. Kenny, of Ml
are, says: "I shall favor flash
s will most Rp**??dlly end the war and
lake Cuba fr.e. Slum! 1 t
f'lrnnierttl non-lnterf.-r? BOB, Is ir
i?nt it would not stay action."
S.-nator J? -t.-r IMtChard, of North
arolina, says: "I am In favor of ?"l-tnf
'lllgerent rights, but am Bet prepirM
? .-ly I am in favor of Bhfl Bfl
adflflsS*. I do not understand th.-?'. ths
nt will urge non-ir.f? >r*l ?
Senator John ____!____****-, of ?*?outh ?.'**"
na, BBysi "?'ongTi-is .li'-'iif". r?** Oflsti*
lat a stato of war exists in Cuba "
BeflfltOr Luc?an Baker, ot Kansas, ear?!
1 am In favor of Cuban today? ?Bfl ?
st, last, and all th? tune "
Senai,,r Samuel E*fl ?, ??y*:
[ ill.ill ?oiitinue to favor all
OB to r?store p??uce, and giv<? lniJep*Bd>
ice to Cuba."
Si-i.ator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, ??y**
[ would bo glad to see CBba f r. <*. a???.
i far as Is consistent wli.'i ;
id national interest, will co-op?"
m support of such measure? as will beat
omote that end."
Senator XV. A. Harris, of Kansas, ??
am In favor of belligerent riglit? for
?'uti.-ins."
Senator F. M. Cockrell, of Mis
v?: "My belief has been that we a
it rights to the ?Cuban
nts."
?enat.tr I/?e Mantle, of Montana, ?-y?
n my judgment, th.- Senate should at
?st recognize thfl Bt rlsrht? of
Cuban?? without ti.-lay.
'A? conditions now exist there. I ?
nd a United Rata* EBaa-ef-war I
rbor of Habana, t ? guarantee the rU?" i
American citizens, und to compel du?
aptot for th? American flag on ?tl
caalons."
i ? i>. in-.I for the l ..nil Crime.
ACKStl.NVII.LR. FI_*... .\ov?mb_f
-Hicks Prie?-, the ntyn? charged ?til
onions assault, ha? t>e?-n taken from
l st Stark? by about : it d?*
iiiln??!, m? n and han-.etl t.> a Mfl
tlMjfl About ftfty shot? wer? fired Into
i body.
he iii'.h gained entra?e? to th? } '!
pr?t- riiilng to have another BBI
liiipri.-..n. Then. ov?-rp?>w-ri-i*;
ler, tli.y did ihelr work befor? Uta
iixed their prt-??*n?-e.
?rice had always U*en con?tdered ?n
?ffenstvu negro before hi? erima 11*
s fully Idem
The Lauratta He>a?r?.
VII.MINCTUN, DM-, NflTflflSl?* B -
ia, r i.-iiii.t.i-?. whici'. bas i
id by th? United State.-? Oovotemt
s charge that ?he had ?<.?
?t? ring expedition to Cuba, ?a i
moA to-day. Tills *tep wa- '
? govtrnment afte Un I
Grey, counsel for th? own?r* at m*
isel. had entered a bond of ?M.??-J. ?nJ
?d S3._-.a0 to cover the costa Thorn?-* J*
-Ian, of PlitU-b-Iphiit. ?01 ?n"*? ?
nous vessel in the l.loi'.Uke trad?
?-S-_-S?____-_-S?-S-?a_-__-_?^^
SHOES! SHOK?!!
OR Bl'.-Sr STYLES AND I??'T
ce* tro to BMMKTT A 9A\ svmw*
ent. corner WVtb and BB>*d ___*
W IS TEH MILL!- ER??
IEST STYLES. REST S l> ? K r?'t
st becoming Hat? and i;.>nn**t? ?o
?. U. W. CVSBYS 907 **? ***_""
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