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Reward of Faithful service

The resignation of Andrew McWilliams,
who, for number of years, has been chief
clerk of the secret service bureau of tie
Treasury Department, has been accepted
and w. H. Moran has been selected to
take his place. Mr.. Moran gained tue
place by promotion, having been an assist
ant messenger in 1882 and risen by faith
fulness and capability from that position
to the present one.
The times., 1897-12-07
CRESCENT CITY RACES.
Track Peep i'll Mud and Favorites
ITISpt

UPSET.
New Orleans, Dec. 6.-Two Thousand peo
pie saw the second days racing of tie
Crescent City Jockey Clubs winter me It.
ing. The track was deep in mud, and the
upset Of ravorites was the natural con
sequeI'ces. The finishes We're tame The
fields IL each event We're strung oIt. Bet
ting, hcw ever, was brisk. Summaries:
First race-Six ana d half furloags.
Cherry Leaf 3 TO 1, won; Dockstader,
second; Plug. third. Time. 1:4O
Second race-Five furongs. Lillian Rus
sell, 3 70 1, won; Dunster, second
Moline, third. Time, 1.l4.
Third racc-One mile and twenty yards
Bustup, te !, won; Billy Mckenzie, sec
ond; Scribe, uhird. Time, 2:06 81
Fourth rice-SiN furIongs. Van Brunt, ,
to 1, woEi Partner, second; Florida, third.
Time, I;29.
FlGh race-six furlongs. CarIot.a C..
to /, won; GIenmoyne, second; Stanza,
third. Time. 1:49.
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RAILRoADs.
BaltirnOre&Ohio
RAiI-R(lADS.
Schedule in effect Nov. IA. 1897.

scheduie in effect Nov. a. 1897.
LesEs ashinSton from station corner
poI OF Sew S.s,io, Jersey avenue and street
p. IN.
For Cincinnati. st. Louis ana rno.apapo
tied B. 40 p. M, express I1.55 p m
For fitLsburg and Cleveland. express
da!Iy LOO a. IN and 500 p IN
For Columbus, Toledo and Detroit II 66
Winchester and way stations. IS a.
tao and f5-3O p. IN.
For New Orleans, Aiemphls BFrolDPhann
Chattanooga, Knoxville Bristol sfnH EOa-
n9ke, 800 p. M daily; sleeping cars
through.
For I.urly. $40 p. IN. daily.
For Baltimore. week days 5. 6.3O.
xI-Oo, X7.l0. x7-3O. Ks. $50. 80
AI9-9" a. az. 10 - % 90 a.; 49, $50.
X51O. X5. 30. X6-20. $40. xs.UO. sIb,
20 lilo, MI 80 p. IN. and Xl2.O
nighs Sundays, X7 90, N7 10. xT 80, . so.
$40, $50, &5.05, &5.l0. CSC. xe.GO.
~. "a. Il-iS- NtI-5O = lti.. y z.Ui ma NJ
For Anna polls. : 10 and 8 40 a. ~. 80
ana $50 p ni- Sundays, go AZ. 40
For Frederick. week days. 8, II. .2s a. 10,
40, J-jO, %. IA sundays, . "a IA, lis
For Hagerstown, III 90 a. m and i6-sO
For. Boyd and way points. week DAYS,
. .Ot d H. 1~lUs OOs 40 D "A. sun
days, 900 a. M. lis. Z % - IN
For Caithersburg and way points, week
days, ., 4. a. m, 1880. 3-15, $50,
0.,5- : %. il-+5. p ~. Sundays. d
m. I.15. 4.33. 7.05. 1918 p. u.
For NasnIn gIOn } junction anu wssy pofnfR
8 d. NJ, 4.30. o-S0 D. IN week days 3
a. III, l 10 D. IN. Sgndays
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK
AND PHILADELPHIA
All trains Illuminated with Pintseh light.
For Pnuaueiptna. New IOrK. EostoH and
the East. week days. 100. 9. 10 a. H..
l2.}5, I.l5 ali DInmg Cars, 3, t5-O5 lin
ing carr. a o-Ul night Sieepiug Tar 0pen
at "a n'cIock} J. Sundays. Ito. . a IN
u.15 Dining Carr, 3. t5-05 Dining Carr
lz.p1 miEnt. Sleeping Car open - - ciOc <
Additional trains Tor FnAad elD Dhia, " eek
days, daily > p NJ
larlhr Cars ON all da trains.
For Atlantic city. 10 d. iu.. 1905 noon.
and 10 ana D. "a. week days, 8 D. u
Sundays.
For Cape May, 1905 noon
Except sunday. XEXpress trains.
baggage called Tor anu cLeckei IRON ho-
tels aHd residences Dy Union I TansIeF Co
on orders left at ticket offices, SIS Penn
syiVania avenue northwest, New York
avenue and Fifteenth street, ami at depot
NN n. tIREETE D. T. MARTIN.
Gen. Manager AiRr- Pass Traffic
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Ieauue Basketbau Games

The Mt Pleasant Athletic Club and
Queer Wheelmen win play game in the
old Distric Basket ball League series
tomorrow evening at the Light Infantry
Amory. Ladies viii be admitted free.
Tomorrow evening the National Fencibles'
and 6. p. O. basketball teams Will meetfor
the first tinIein a National League champion
ship anne and the hall of the Globe build
ing viii he the scene of the contest. which
begins at ( o'clock
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Daa Creedon and Kid Mccoy are pre-
pairing for their important twonty-round
contest, which Is TO take place at Long
Island. \. Y, without the usual bluster
that has become quite a feature Of a
boxers treining. Both men have been
criticised 10 such an extent by the public
and the pr, IS thst il seems as if they were
really anxious for the fray.
All agree that the winner OF this mill
can Iightfuliy claim the niddleweight
title OF the world without dispute, except.
ing perhaps, Bob Fitzsimmons, vito, were
lie 60 silled, could most lik ely make the
limit Creeaon is in training with Tom
Tracey and lis trainer at Palos, Ill, while
Mccoy is at Long Island, whence reports
credit him with an enormous lot Of road
w0rE, something new for tie Kid He
iE credited with fifteen miles On the road
every morning with his brother and Train
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
Washington, Alexandria
Mount Vernon Railway.
From Station 13 IL st. 81 Pa. Ave.
liz Effect November IA, 1897.

For AlexandIia tweei daysl, $50; 5.o5.
7.35, ex.; 500, $50, 8.59, 800. 1905,
ex;; 100, l .45 a. m: 200, ex;i z: 20,
l.lb, ;45, 2.05.. eX.; 2-49. $40, 3.59,
$40. 500, ex.; $50, 7.O6. 500 800,
1000, IL 20, SO p m.
For Alexandra tSundaysl, 40. $40,
9.45, 10 80, 1i.15a m, 90 noon, 2 -
l-3O, 2.l5, 800, } 45, 4.30, 5.I5, 500,
6.45, 7-30, S.15, 8 90. 1000, 11.2O p. m
For Mount Vernon tweek days , 8 80, 90,
1905, I1.o5, 11.oO a. M, l2-U5, 1.lo,
2.95, 3.5e, 7.06 D. n.
For Mount Vernon (Sundays), { 40, 8. AZ
q. m, 1900 noon, 2.15, 3.45 and 6.46
p. m.
For A rlIngtOn and A oueduct Bridge tweei
days., 500, 8. SO, 1905. and Loo a; NJ,
1905, ~ 90, LIS, 2.05, 2.4O, 3-2Oi 4.lo;
$40, COS, FOG and 500 .. m.
For Arlington ana Aqned56gesso 20 bTidge BIiE
n .u., 1900 noon, 12:45, I.3O. 2:i5,
3: 90, 3:45, 4:3O, BIO, 600. 6:45,
1:3O, SIS p. III.
Baggage checked free for passengers
holding first-class tickets at station Bi-
cyc.es, 20 cents each ParceIs carried
nol3-tf
The times., 1897-12-07

The past season has proved the most
profitable IN the history of the University
OF Penn ylvania football mana cement. The
University Athletic Association depend
upon tie receipts from football to help
support all other athletic teams. for. wit n
tie Sn-ie exception OF the football team,
atlaetics are carried ON at q financial loss.
A consers alive estimate OF tile total at
tendance at the gaines played upon Franz
lin Field the past season would he bout
100000. There were in al thiiteen games
At nine Of these the price of Admission was
90 cents. At tie others the prices weje
considerably higher, reaching The highest
in the Harvard game, when the figures
were, So, 81, 81, and rs cents, with
So for extra box seats.
An estimate from this would place the
total receipts al about $50 600. This, OF
course, is he gross receipts. In the min"r
games only small amount was paid 30
the visiting teams. but a. the importance
OF the teams increased tie per cen paid out
increased. The Indians and Cornell eachre-
ceiyed % per cent Lafa yeyte took SO Per
cent. ana Harva rd carried a wa 40 per cent,
OF S12, sec, as her share of the S32 ,OO0
taken in.
The times., 1897-12-07

W j Veale, of he City of Mexico, is in
the West buying coach hor-es 10 he used
at the Mexican capital. Discussing horse
racing in his country, Mr.. Veale said
Col. ate came to the City of Mexico
with limito Number OF race horses, which
raced against eachother da ' in and da out,
until he monotnny of the contests dISgusted
even their ownfrs. The Mexicans could
not be expected 10 develop al enthusiasm
which tho visiting horsenier failed To man
ifest.
As natural result the attempt to in
augurate horse racing WAS a signal failure.
The Mexican is born gambler. He loves
monte, the cockpit, ana the bun ring, and
VIII stake his money on any one or the
three To attempt 10 get him TO take up
horse racing would be as difficult as it
was IN the old days to divorce Ephraim from
his idols.''
The times., 1897-12-07

The Englisi. racing season just ended
has pH,Guced sCme interesting figures. In
the list Of winning owners for 1897 john
Gubbjns, the owner of Galtee More. winner
OF the Derby dte first Irish horse to VIII
that race and the winner of the TWO
ThJusana Guiueas and the st. Leger, as
well as other big events, heads tle list
with A2@.73 ~. oi which sum 81 hut GlU2
was wen oy GaltcE More. Leopold de
RothscI,ild, who headed the list of winning
owners Ia 1885 and 1886. is second with
sIz z,4S4
The Prince Of Wales, W no was second in
1886 is ihirG, with Il 40, which brings
up the Prince oi Wales total for the past
i've years 10 e5l.74l. Lord Rose5ery won
sl5,570 NJ. Lebaudy, II 1886 the Duke
OF DevonAhiGe, 80, 290, ana c. ID. Rose,
G1O.277. The American contingent show $
up fairly wen, Pierre Loriilard leading
with e6, 6,3s4. his partner, Lord William
Beresford. Winning e, soy. August Bel
mont won E252- Richard Croker, Il, ,052,
and Jamss r. Keene, e365 Among others,
MIR. Jersey otherwise ltrs. LiIy Lang
try. won 16,6I4. Il. McCslnlont, e7 ,204
the Duke 9f Marlborough. 200; Lord Dun
raven. c762, and the Duke OF Westminster,
e4,21S.
The times., 1897-12-07
TO CURE A COLD ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinihe Tia blets. All
druggists refundthe money if it fa!lsto cure.
25c. Thegen uine has L. b. Q Oh each tahlet.
The times., 1897-12-07
er Ioc Payne whom he engaged specially
ito train hin, for tue battle.

Tod Sloane wil have The best tina money
can buy When he begins his work for
Charles Fleischmann next season. Tom
Walsh, Mr. FIeischmann's trainer. vas
heavy buyer at Lexington last week and
got many good ones. One Fleischmann Ia
had his heart Set ON a nd has not yet been
able to procure is the Rayon d'0r-SaUy
N, Clelland colt His Lordship.
ExSecrctaTy Whituey's fancy to the
colt caused the owners TO believe he is
better than at first thought, aud although
he was offered 10 Mr.. Eleischmann for
$40, ,00c When IL was found that the offer
woulG he accepted the price was raised.
The colt was Byron McClelland's pet, and
his brothers in-Iaw say had McCielland
lived nancy would not lave bought him.
John Smith, who Las hiin in charge, has
worked him three-eighths in 3s seconds.
The COLI is a handsome FELLOW anG il he is
sold the purchaser viii have to reach deep
down in his pocket.
The times., 1897-12-07

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN-Th can
tata of Joseph and His Brethren VIII be
rendered at Odd Fellows Hall, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Dec. z and &, by well
known local talent, for benefit North
Capitol NJ. T.. Church; fine music, elegant
de54t
The times., 1897-12-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

RIJOU THEA TER-Mat. Every
Day-Every Night at &.
High-ciass Vaudeville ana Buriesque.
CORA ROUTT, the dainty; BRILLIANT
QUARTET. IDA HOWELL.
TEN OTHER BIG ACTS.
PriceS-lU 20. 20 cts. Mats. 10, 90 cts
The times., 1897-12-07
ANU SEMENTS.
Lafayette Square Opera House

The Subscription Sale Closes Tonight
ne sale OF Single Seats begins tomorrow
n1oruiTIR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
By TROLLF TO PHILADELPHIA.
Rival Companies Fighting for the Right or
Why Through Hound Brook.

SoMERvILLE. n. j.. July 3.-Tho New York
and Philadelphia Traction Company put q large
force OF men at work to-day between this place
and Bound Brook on tho first link Of their pro-
posed trolly line from New York to Philadelphia.
1t is said that the company will attempt to lay
its tracks through Bound Brook under tho fran
chise granted 1t by the Borough Council and
citizens Of that place three years ago. This will
force to a crisis the trolly war between tho Now
York and Philadelphia Traction Company and
the New Brunswick Traction Company.
The Borough Council Is in favor of granting o
franchise to tho New Brunswick Traction Com
pany. but 1t is restrained from such action by an
Injunction served by the Supreme Court on ap-
p~lication OF the n. Y. and P. Traction Company.
Tho validity of the N. Y. and p. Traction Com
pany's franchise to enter tho borough will DO
argued before Chief Justice Magic to-day.
begin work on July 0 on its proposed line from
New Brunswick to Somerville. It will attempt
to enter Bound Brook by crossing the Jersey
Central and Lehigh Valley Railroads at surface
the Reritan River between New Brunswick and
Bound Brook. The n. Y. and p. Traction Com
pany has secured a franchise 10 run its tracks
on the south side OF the Raritan between Now
Brunswick and Bound Brook, and recently So
cured a grant Of the right Of way to cross the
set county Board OF Freeholders. Entrance into
the borough by the qnderErade crossing Of the
Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley railroads Is
blocked by the objection OF the Borough Council.
panies tho Brunswick Traction Company has
been favored by the Borough Council and tho
y. Y. and p. Traction Company has had the sup
port of q majority of tho citizens.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
THE BOND AND STOCK TAX.
V1vo Coats . Hundred ca Original Issues sn
TIVE Cenes On All 1ransfers-

V1vo Gents . Hundred On Original Issues sna
TIVE Cents On All Hransfers-
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The amendment pro-
posed BY tho Finance Committeo placing Q tax
on the issues Of stocks and bonds and their trans
fer provides that on and after Sept. Is Of this
year there shall DO levied q tax on bonds. deben-
lures, or certificates Of Indebtedness thereafter
issued by any association, company, or corpora
ton. g follows:
On each 800 or fraction thereof. 5 cents
On each original Issue, whether an organization
or reorganization; On certificates Of stock. on
zach 500 faco value or fraction thereof, 3 cents,
and ON an transfers of shares or certificates OF
stock, on each 800 of face value or fraction
In order TO secure the collection Of the tax, It 10
provided that It shall not be lawful TO record or
reeistor.any Of the above classes Of Indebtedness
or tho transfer thereof unless stamps of proper
amount shall have bean affixed and cancelled,
and all bonds and stocks upon which the proper
stamps have not been Affixed and cancelled
shall DO utterly void and shall not be used in
Exemptions from taxation are made in favor
of honda, debentures, or certificates OF indebt-
edness issued by the United States Govern
ment or BY any State. county, town; or other
municipal corporation, or BY cooperative build
The remainder OF the amendment 10 Q rescript
Of tho Stamp Tax law Of 1851, providing ma
ohinery for tho operation Of the act describing
the manner Of use Of the stamps, and imposing
penalties for its violation or evasion and for the
forging Of stamps-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
FOE a CURRENCY COMMISSION.

The Prssident nss . Message written. but
FrossslP Wni net Send as 70 Conuress.
WARRINGTON, July 3.-The President has q
message to Congress recommending the appoint
ment of q commission to devise q change In tho
present currency system. 1t has been ready for
several weeks, but both Mr.. Mckinley and
Secretary Gage are averse to transmitting It to
the legislative branch. They favor instead an
independent Investigation by tho Executive
without authority from Congress, and tho pres
entatton OF the conclusions reached In tho
form Of o bill when Congress reassembles in tho
winter.
The message was prepared by Mr.. Mckinley
In accordance with q promise given tho Execu-
tive. of the Indianapolis Monetary
Conference. The President and Secretary
Gage assured II. II. Hanna, the Chairman Of the
be done 70 bring about q change in the Currency
lately, in reminding the President Of his promise,
and the preparation of the MESSAGE followed.
euine that the recommendation will have any
erect. They believe that n currency commits
sion viii present as many views as there are
members. They fear that the failure of Con-
mission will have a bad effect on the finances
Of the country, and they think that much more
can DO accomplished by an Administration plan
put into . bin and sent to Congress for action.
win be asked to release the President from his
promise TO send in o message and to acquiesce
In the idea Of an independent Executive SOM
% mia. peel 10 epp rsRsss sh SiA such the 9 Pcs y E;d 1T Y
go through the House. and although he IL not 60
confident a. to the Senate, he believes that this
plan VIII bo much moro effective than that
based on tho message which Ii nowlying on his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
,sHE ArrA0xnD a BUnenAn.
a Mother's Inst,uct Lenas mrs. Levine 70 ny
at q H1iantght Intrnder.

Mrs. Rosalie Levine, n widow, of 100 Delaney
street, awoko yesterday morning to find \ man in
the room. She jumped 10 tho conclusion that he
had come to steal her child and attacked him
furiously. The mar was a burglar. attracted In
the belief that abe had n lot of money in the
house. He struck her, and In the struggle that
ensued Mrs. Levine was badly beaten. Tho
burglar escaped before the police came, leaving
hat and shoes behind in his flight
Mrs. Levine lives on the second floor with her
two children, her father, Frank StrclitL, and her
sister. Her husband, who was n tinsmith, left
her three tenement houses in which he had In.
vested his savings. On Thursday she collected
her rents, and the thief evidently thought she
had the money in the house. As q matter Of
fact, she had used 1t to pay OF a mortgage. and
all abe had wns R5. Mrs. Levine slept with
Samuel, tho baby, who is Q years old, in the front
bedroom. the other members Of the household
being within easy call. She awoke at / O'Clock
and saw through tho partition window that
The idea took possession OF her forth with that
he had come to steal her child. She sprang out
Of bed and attacked him. shriekinE .'Thieves!"
Jimmy or club that biocksned her eye and sont
her reehng back upon the bod.
but but y Soa' TS Snrt my m %S eSiia, s"t shd b sss 'e o1s : q;
couch to shield 1t from harm. The burglar, OK
ss5e r,rsak X h.. the sr noin' , ss' , TsSs' 6 6oll9 3Ss so nsr
The blood that ran from her wounds fell upon
tho child, and the mother, shrieked louder. than
evor. No one stirred In the house. Her father
and sistor said afterward that they had hoard
nothing.
heard tho shrieks and ran IN the direction Of tho
sound. Roundsmcn Murtha and Kinslcr saw
the woman, all covered with blood, in the hall.
still shrickinE. "ThioScs!" They shook her. but
she kept Yelling. II was nye minutes or moro
pencd and that the robber had escaped. A hoy
saw him, shoeless md hatless, como out OF tho
tenement los Ludlow street. He had climbed
two fences TO got thcro. In the hall they found
his hat and russell shoes. An ambulance surgeon
bound up Mrs. Lovincs wounds and the police
searched all day yesterday without finding any
trace of her assailant. He did not speak a word
during their struggle, so TINT Mrs. Levine would
not recognize his voice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
TO USE THE CITY COLLEGE, sIrE
shaking FUND Commission Selects IL for tn
New siIty-niuth Regiment Armory.

shaking Fund Commission Selects IL for the
new siIty-ninth Regiment Armory.
The last official act performed by Mayor Strong
as Chairman Of the Sinking Fund Commission
before his departure for lichfeld Springs yes
to rday was to order that the building Of the Col
le4e of the City OF New York at Lexington ave-
nue and Twenty third street he demolished
TO make room for the proposed now Sixty ninth
Regiment armOry.
In anticipation OF his absence for n month,
Mayor Strong called n special meeting in his
office In tho City Hal! for / o'clock Friday after
noon. Tho purpose Of tho meeting IA SGT forth
in the call was to decide finally tho question Of
the site for the new arInory.
Not a dissenting voice was raised when tho
Mayor put tho motion. and In declaring 1t car
Red he said II gnvo him pleasure that the long
discussed question Of an armory for tho gallant
Sixty.ninth had been decided once and for all.
Tho Mayor prido- himself on tho fact that his
son, Putnam Bradlee Strong, Is acting SER
geant- Major in tho regiment.
The action Of tho Sinking, Fund Commission
was not publicly known until Yesterday, when
the old armory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04

3oIsrYs9t "a valcren on imported carda. He
oe1snosa ths. ysss aRa neySS-- ..,-...
smsnanent he agreed 70 the eenator VIII not
reqpiro \ vote By yeas and maya"
The vote was taken viva woe, and the amend
mspt was seysed 70 amid lanFhtcr.
Ino amendment BuRGested by Mr.. Lindsay
ySso9rday relating TO the Government monopofy
OF tooeoco q somo European Governments, and
roqnesung the President 70 suggest some modi-
locations OF the system, was offered and agreed
NJ. Whsto moved 10 reduce the duty on in.
oandesoent electric lamps to 30 per cent I'd
Vnlorom. Agreed to.
Mr.. Allen offered along amendment to change
ne rulee Tor tho tranifer of Distilled sptrfts
nom distining warehouses to bonded ware.
hQnses.. IL went over without action.
mt. AiIison asked for an agreement AZ to the
pine Tor taking q vote on the passage Of the bill,
put oo,ectt9p was made on the Domocrnctic side
pe9anno OF the important amendments pending,
he then euegested a night session, but objec-
Ion we ALSO made to that. He gave notice
Tat he would try 70 press tho bill to a vote on
Monday or Tuesday.
An order Yves made for tho printing Of the bill
- nmonded, and after an executive session the
senate at B o'clock adjourned till Monday.
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AGREED TO DIVIDE sALAR1Es.
Then Postmastsr Res Dismissed Depaty Loci
LIN and LOeklin Tola-Rsss Renoyed.

Then Postmastsr Rsss Dismissed Depaty Lock-
liz and LOeklia TOla-Ross Removed.
G~LovERsvnLE, n. " July 3.-~Postmaster
Ross, q Democrat, has been removed on charges
that he and Albert W. Locklin entered into o
bargain to divide the emoluments of ONCE boz
tween them a. Postmaster and deputy. Ross
dismissed his deputy for declaring publicly that
Mr.. Carlisle. Secretary Of the Treasury. was
bribed BY the gift Of q Cabinet once to change
his attitude on the silver question. Locklin
then made public the following compact:
whereas. we. Albert w. Locklin and Her
yey Ross have herototoroe entered into an agree
ment whore II 10 provided that In case said Ross
shall be appointed tho Postmaster at G!overs-
VILE, n. Y, no shall appoint said Locklin as his
deputy and that the salaries Of the two offices
shall DO aggregated and equally divided Boz
tween u.s.,
clare that the salaries to DO 90 divided between
MS arc and were intended TO DO tho net salaries
after deductine all sums that shall DO paid by
either Of us as contributions or assessments for
political purposes"
pointed as successor TO Mr.. Ross.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
DANCE MUSIC MILES AWAY.
Furnished by the Government to the North
Shore OF Long Island.

EuFntnheo by the Government TO the DoFtA
Shore or Ions Island.
The Unitod States Government doesn't know
It but 1t is nightly furnishing excellent promo
made and dance music for the young people Of
Douglaston. Bayside, and Little Neck. Long
Island. Just after shutdown these nne evenings
the post band at Willetts Point takes its place
on the parade ground and begins its evening
concert, and about the same time on any num-
Dor OF broad piazzas there is dancing to the
music.
When the wind Is In one direction tho Little
Neck people alone enjoy tho dance. with Q
change in the wind, which not infrequently 90
ours during an evening. tho dancers in one
town are forced for want Of music to return TO
their easy chairs and those in another tow
have the opportunity to dance.
Two small Informal dances were held In Doug.
laston ono evening last week. After. the opens'
ing selection by the band fully three miles away
there WAS a lively two-step. Half q dozen num-
bers usually complete the programme.
"The only things We can object to 10 tho I'M.
certainty OF the wind, and the fact that tho
numbers are not arranged exactly as We would
course we will not think OF protesting to the
Secretary of War or the commandment at the
Point