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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
Rev O.. the D,s,r,c, of Columbia National, Guard

WASHINGTON. Dec. la row Is on In the
District of Columbia National Guard over tho
appointment OF Major George II. Hsrries to DO
BriEadier-Genera commanding. When Col.
Cecil Clay. the commanding officer of tho First
Regiment. was informed yesterday that Gen.
Harries had been commissioned, he sent his
copied to-day. Col. Clay was n candidate for
the Brigndier.Generaiship and would not servo
nnder an oficer who had been his junior. Con.
Clay, has. many friends who may follow his OK
ample OF leaving the organization, Another
the appointment OF Gen. Harries. and rumor
has 1t that no win also tender his resignation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
WHITE HOUSE CALLERS.
Tho Chairman OF the Currency and ApnrOpria.
lions Committees Soc the President.

The Chairman Of the Currency and Apnropria.
lions Committees Soc the PresidenL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-AmonG President Mo
Kinley's callers to-day was representative
Joseph II. Walker of Massachusetts, Chairman
Of the House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency. He has been q member of the committee
eight years and Chairman three years. and 1t 10
assumed that his talk with tho President re-
lates TO the prospects Of currency legislation.
After tho interview he was asked:
What will Congress do on the currency
question Z"
From my experience as Chairman Of tho
BANKING and Currency Committee, I should say
that 1t would DO nothing" he replied.
Representative Cannon. Chairman Of tho APP
preparations Committee Of the House. conferred
with the President a good while on appropria-
appropriations for additional river and harbor
work, and thinks that 1t would be wise for the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors not to report
any measures to the House. The President
probably intimated to Mr.. Cannon that esti.
mates for running the Government should BIO
cut as much as possible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
me Government VIII Pay for AdverusIuE for
Blda for the sna Pedro Project.

WARRINGTON, Dec. 1.-secretary Alger will
not be obliged to fulfil his Expressed intention OF
paying out of his own pocket for the advertise.
monte calling for bids on the cost of improving
Ban Pedro harbor, California. The Compt oller
Of the Treasury has decided that the cost OF All.
Vertising may DO charged against the $50. 900
appropriated for surveying harbors on the Pa.
cihc coast. In the act OF Congress providing for
the San Pedro improvement The amount carried
was $2.oOO. 600. with $50,o0o additional for
making surveys. By an error in phr0seoloey
propriating clause ana the Secretary OF War has
NO authority to use it.. When Secretary Alger
Improvement TO no DELAYED longer. and directed
Advertisements for bids 10 he inserted in news.
account.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
CAPT. CATERS ooURr-MARr1A1.
The Court will Meet In savannah. and BriE.
Gen. Otis will Ne President.


Gen. Otis will Ne President.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-Capt. Oberlin NJ. Car
ter. the officer of the Army Engineer Corps
who has been charged with negligence In car
rying out tho project for the improvement Of
Savannah harsor, was ct the War Department
to-day and was told to prepare himself for O
trial by court.martial. Tho detail OF tho court
is being arranged at tho headquarters of tho
army. It will DO composed Of q number of high.
ranking officers. Bril-. Gen. e. g. Otis,
commanding tho Military Department Of
the Colorado. will be President and Lieut.
Col. John W. Clous; Judge Advocate Of the
same department., will DO the prosecuting officer.
The likelihood that the evidence at the trial and
tho findings OF the court will be used as a basis
fol- an investigation by Congress of the present
system Of contract work on Government on
cheering projects has induced the War Depart
the detail. Only officers Of the highest ability
and professional standing will DO selected,
The court will meet In Savannah. It had boon
intended to hayo 1t assemble in Washington,
but as most Of tho witnesses are in Savannah
and the court will probably be obliged to inspect
charge, 1t was decided that the Georgia city was
the best place for holding the sessions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02

WARRINGTON. Dec. 1.-These naval orders
have been isBued:
Ensign T. ]. SEMI. detached from the Monterey,
Assistant Engineer Z. Fl. Dunn, detached from the
New York Navy Yard and ordered to the Concord;
aymaster l.. C. Kerr. detached from the Yorktown,
Passed Assistant Engineer J. X. Robinson. transferred
from the Yorktown to the Monterey; Assistant Ensi.
neer $. Y. Moses, detached from the Monterey and
ordered home with leave; Carpenter J. Burke. de-
tached from the Monterey and two months leave
granted; Acting Carpenter W. =. Harding, detached
from the Monterey with two months leave.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
FuNT'S FINE FURNITURE.
UPHOLSTERY SCRAPS
FAR BELOW COST.
As WEST 23O ST..
LHoMAs JoNEs,s WILL ooNrEsrED.
NsDhsws and Nieces AlIeGs Undue Inauenoo
and Forgery.

NeDhows and Nieces AiIeGe Unduo lnauenoo
and Forgery.
BRDoEToN, N. j.. Dec. 1.-The contest over
the will Of Thomas Jones. o pearl button manu-
%facturer. Of Vineland. was heard In the Cumber-
land County Court to-day. The estate, which 10
valued at S250.o0o. 10 left to tho widow. The
contestants are five children OF Q brother Of the
deceased, who alleRe undue influence and that
there 10 another and a later will. They also al
lego that tho name of tho Rev. Matthias II.
Shrimp, ono of the witnesses to tho WILL wEErGt,
plac cd there by him. Mr.. shrimp Identified M
handwriting to-day, but said he could not re-
n.,nb r signing the will.
The oontention of the widow 10 that the CON.
tes, mug nephews and nieces are not heirs-at-laW.
because their father had not been divorced from
n former wife n England when no married theiP
ducefs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
Vour,h.Class Po.tmas,er. ApDoin,ea.

wAsmSGToN, Dec. l.-EiEhty-cight fourth.
class Postmastsrs wero appointed to-day. among
them the following:
For New ~York-ApeI. Delaware county, Arthur :.
Piersoni BovinH Centre. Dehsw are county. Alexander
tlilionj Cullen. ~neEkimer county. aeorge crossmAn;
Last WindhAm, Greene county, II. AnibAl Butts
Jowett, Greene eouhty, George II, Chase; Killbuck.
ccsttaraugus county; ": W. fembeTton; Les Centre.
Louis =. Teichi Purdy Creek, steubon county. VIII.
liam Donaidsoni Sharon, kehoharie county, John
Weston Schuyler coEnty. q. W. HosenkranS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
AND HA YTL.
NE Lueders AFFAIR In Process or Settlement
by Diplomatic Haeans.

by Diplomatic Aaeans.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l. State Department
on1cials express the belief that while the trouble
between Germany and Hayti over the Lueders
AFFAIR has not blown over. there will be no
hostilities as a result of Hayti's refusal to pay
the heavy indemnity demanded by Germany.
Everything indicates a settlement satisfactory
to both sides by diplomatic means. The depart
ment has been in communication with Ambas-
sador White at Berlin Yesterday and to-day. and
ernnient Sssuranees tthnt Inc c n Hern' Il, rb q
head has been. ordered to Hsyti merely to pro.
tect American interests. Secretary Long denied
to-day that the departure of tho Marhlehead
would, be expedited on account Of Gcrmeny's
attitude. DR.. Won Holleben, the German AM
has been very much exaggerated. and his view
Ii Endorsed by State Department officials.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
Ms,hoa of Gro, Reporting Criticised.

WASHINGTON. Dec. lin his annual report to
the Secretary of Agriculture. made public to-
night. John Hyde. the statistioian of the Agri-
cultural Department. scores tho present method
OF crop, reporting. He says 1t IL cumbersome
obtained 10 not commensurate with the labor
involved In its collection. lie recommends the
appointment OF n corps Of competent men to
make the reports.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
Cigarettes Blamed for al. Fall.

TAUNTON, Mass, Dec. IAN effort is being
made TO induce Gov. Wolcott to pardon Solomon
silverberg. n New York boy. who is serving q
years sentence In the New Bedford House OF
Correction for larceny. He contracted the cigA-
retie habit, End because his mother refused to
elbow him to smoke he ran away FROM home and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
BROOKLYN.

The De Kalb avenue and the Conoy Island and
Brooklyn street railroads have boon virtually oonSoli.
dated, the stOckholders of the De KRlb avenue road
having yesterday decided TO lease the road TO the
other company for ovo years.
Tho directors Of the Sea beach Railway yesterday
elected c.. l.. RoMiter President and 7. s. Williams
secretary and Treasurer. the road thus becoming part
OF the Brooklyn Heights system.
A temporary Injunction wss granted by Justice
aaynor In the Supreme Court In Brooklyn yesterday,
restraining tho Mayor and Common Council from
granting permission to the FlAtbush Gas CospAny to
extend Its pipes and service 10 all parts OF Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
where ysarsrday's Fires Wore.

A.M.-s'lo. 800 Columbus avenue. Patrick sheehy.
damage ol50.
F. M.-2:sO. 1ls Sullivan street. Isnatiua MeEz.
damage SIS; $40. 1877 Mulberry street. Alphonso
Scala, no damage; 400. 90 orchard street. Herman
Brlinsky and Others, damage $500; 4:S5. 221 d.
1921 Lexington avenue, Samuel Gordon, damage
trifing; 6:i5. 24p Grove street. PetTolia Manufac.
sfdgwick avenues. damage 95; 9;l6. l44l Broad
way, damage Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
The Rattlenhips KearsarEo and Kentucky to
No Launched in January.

WARRINGTON. Dec. 1.-Secretary Long has
been informed by tho Newport News Shipbuild-
ing Company that the battleships Kearsarge
and Kentucky will be ready for launching about
the middle Of January. The firm wishes to
make the occasion memorable, and has asked
that elaborate preparations be made to cele-
fers that the ceremonies be as simple as those at
the launching Of other big ships recently built
for the navy,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
Typhoid fever a, Paterson. n. J

PATERSON, n. j., Dec. 1.-Seventeen new cases
OF typh.i fever were reported to-day. They are
not confined to any ono locality. During the
month OF November there were twenty-threo
cases exclusive OF eleven in the orphan asylum.
Ninetson OF the twonty'three were reported dur
Ing the last few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
JoTTIXGs AHOUT TOWN.

Judgments OF absolute divorce wore granted In
thesr cases yesterday by Justice Trnaxi To Emma
gins from Charles y. Higgins. and 70 Lizzie L. On.
erich from Martin /. UnKlch.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
Canals to us stspt Opes Untn Friday.

ALBANY, Dec. Tho State canals were to
close at noon to-day. There are a number OF
boats on the way TO tidewater which cannot get
through until about noon on Friday. Superin-
Kept open until that tune unless sooner closed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-Post Office inspectors
to-day arrested Fl. Bernhard. alias Crause, alias
Krause. and he was held In $500 bail to await
trial on a charge of using thsmgl,Hfor fraudu-
lent lent purpCSss, Hi Der goods
SELF . dealer. found
on MIN. inspector B1N with
. photograph and We kofes-
SaFdsd a Important Nkh&
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02

n-S- Arc carefully prepared from
t1OOO u purely vegetable ingredients.
Ds1In and are mild yet certain In Of
stto feet. They cure all ivor trou-
bies. biliousaeSs. headache. indigestion. 400.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
Fast Locomotives.

It has been claimed that the cele-
brated Empire worlds fair express
made 112 miles an hour, but the state
ment fails entirely of authcnsi :&1tion.
The figure of 1927 miles per lour for
short distances appears to be nearer
the mark, and even if there were an
error of second the rate would still
have been 100 miles an hour. Between
Jersey City and Philadelphia it is a
common occurrence for the engines
hauling the Blue Line trains to reach
80 miles an hour. Speeds of over 81 miles
an hour are often made by the Phila-
delphia & Reading and Central New
Jersey flyers. In England Great
Northern train has made S4 1 miles an
hour; while Midland train between
London and Scotland has run up to the
same speed. The London G. North
western has gone up to s1.S. The con-
tinent of Europe does not appear to af-
ford any examples at all approximate
ing the American and English records,
fact attributable to the conservative
dislike of the government officials to
high speed rather than to actual ina.
bility.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
Bed Napoleon Died Upon.

A French traveller who has been Wis
lting the island of st. Helena, declares
that the house in which Napoleon died
IS ina sad state of dilapidasion and neg
lect. Not vestige of furniture remains
within its four walls, the onlv object
visible being a bust of Bonaparte in
the room in which he expired. If the
edifice is devoid of furniture. however
there are at least ten times as MANY
chairs, wardrobes, washstands. etc. in
other parts of the world, supposed to
have been in it, as would fill a dozen
houses OF like proportions For in
stance, the bed on which Nanoleor
ttlcd is to be found at the Invalides At
lime. Tussaud's and at the Grev;e
museum. The very same bed is in the
possession of Marquis de Biron. and Of
the family of Marshal Bertrand. Prince
Murat also has it. It is needless to
state that all these beds are the real
ana only authentic ones on which the
great Corsican breathed his last.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE OF SALE.-TO all to whom it
may concern.
The heirs of Leonard ID. Prince, de-
ceased, are urging me, as administra-
tor of said estate, to sell the lands be-
longing thereto, described as follows
Sc. of Sci, NJ of Sci, Sw4, Sci, Sec
Is; WI of Ne4, SET, Nw4, lots 2 and 8
Sec. 10; also that part of Nw4 of Su4,
Sec. 10, lying east Ct branch or
stream running South through the
above described tract of land; all in
TIP. 20, N. R. 2 west.
l have an order of Court to sell the
same, either at public or private sale.
Now this is to notify all interested
therein that the said property will be
sold very soon to the highest and best
bidder for cash, or for part cash. bal
ance six months time. The lands are
appraised at S. per acre.
GRANT G. ANGLE, Administrator.
Estate Leonard D. Prince, Decd
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
THEY LOVE THE THEATER.

Havana Residents. Though Few, Support
Grand Opera for Months at Time.
One of the oldest places in Havana
is the theater. Here, as elsewhere, the
men and women are seated apart In
some Of them, at the end of each act
the house is emptied, and patrons are
compelled to purchase a ticket for
every act of the performance. 1t is a
sort of seeing the show on the Euro
pean plan. In connection with the
theater, however, it is worthy to note
that Havana is probably the only city
of little over quarter of million
population on this continent that sup
ports comic and grand opera for con-
secutive months, with seats selling for
three dollars and upward, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. The home of opera is
the Tacon theater, which was erected
in 1887 at a cost of four hundred thou
sand dollars, since which time more
than thirty-five thousand dollars has
been expended at different times in re-
pairing it. There are fourteen exits,
and the seating capacity is said to be
four thousand two hundred and fifty.
A visit to this house on an evening
when some favorite prima donna is to
appear is one long to be remembered.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
THE MiDDLE.AoED MAN.
He Buys Two Cents Worth OF Cocoanu
Cakes and Renews His Youth.

He Buys Two Cents Worth OF Cocoanut
Cakes and Renews His Youth.
"When l was boy" said middle
aged New Yorker the other day, &C
cording to the Sun, II used to be very
fond of cocoanut cakes, as they were.
called, small disks of candied cocoanut,
which cost one cent each. They were
colored white and red, and a,lally they
got sone chocolate colored, and it
seems to me they had some other
colors. If l had only one cent bought
usually a white one, though some
times / took a red one; if had two
cents bought red and white, to have
a variety. 1 have seen the time when I
had three cents, and bought all three
colors at once. r
II had not bought any cccoanut
cakes for l don't know how many
years, though had seen thea along
year after year, particularly in sum-
mer, when the dust blows and the
white ones get all covered with dirt;
but the other day 1 bought two of the
new-fashoned kind, that seems just
now to be having run; you see them
on all the push carts. The new cocoa
nut cakes are all one color, a sort OF
molasses color; and they are not round
and fat like the old ones, but thick
and bunchier, like little broken-of
masses of the prepared cocoanut.
II found them very good. They
differ some what from the old-fashioned
cocoanut cake in taste and TEXTURE as
well as in build and color; the old
cocoanut cake, while not brittle, ex-
actly, was what you might call
crumbly and sugary; it dissolved quick
ly in the mouth; while the contem-
poraneous cocoanut cake, after you get
below the light frostwork of it's exte-
rior, has decidedly more consistence; it
is what the modern child calls chevy;
but the cocoanut taste is there all right,
and as eat them they carry me back
to the days of my youth"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
Notice of Application to Pur-
chase Oyster Lands.
Office OF Commissioner of Public LANDS.

Office OF Commissioner of Public Lands,
Olympia Wash,
Notice is hereby given that c. Grindrod and
Anton Heilberger, of Shelton, Washington, have
fled an application in this Office to purchase
the following described Oyster Lands, in Mason
County, Washington, to-wit Beginning at a
point SO links north of the meander corner Oh
north side of Hamersleys Inlet; said meander
corner is on line between sections 20 and p,
twp. 20 north, range west, ". M; thence south
SO deg 10 min west 3.Sl chains to point which
is cedar post; thence north 81 deg Al min west,
2L1 chains for initial point OF this tract thence
north q deg S. min east, ESQ chains; thence y.
81 deg 55 min east, 800 chains; thence south so
deg Us min east, 40 chains; thence south GO deg
O5 min east, 3.75 chains; thence south 81 deg 05
east, SO chains; then e south ~ deg o. min
east, S.2I chains; thence south u deg 55 min
west, LOO chains: thence north AZ deg 80 min
west, 1879 chains; thence north 66 deg O5 min
west, 11.59 chains to initial point, containing
l129 acres, more less, according to the survey
thereof, as shown by the plat and field notes of
said described oyster lands, filed in this office on
the 2nd day of December, 1896.
During the next thirty DAYS foll0wi ng the last
publication of this notice contest may be filed
in the manner provided in section s. page 81,
Session Laws OF 1895.
Date of first publication Dec, II '96.-6w
w. L. FORREST. Com Public Lands.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
A LOST PEOPLE.
The Relies Of . Lost Race Discovered On
tho Coast Of Brittany.

me Relies OK Lost Beoe O1ee0Ve1e0 On
tho Coast Of Brittany.
A lady whose home is in the south Of
France writes of a visit she made re-
Gently to an island on the coast of Brit
tany. Those of you who have read the
story of King Arthur and his knights
will remember that they started out
over the sea in pursuit of the dragon.
In this-the Morbihan seas little
island which can be reached from the
mainland only when the water is
smooth. The sole inhabitant is a Bre-
ton shepherd, who lives in little hut
and spends his time in caring for his
sheep. The party landed and were met
by the kind-faced old man, who led
them over the grassy slope where his
flock was feeding, and showed them
the way around bill, on the east side
of which they found the entrance to q
tunnel.
This extended some distance, and its
floor, sides and roof were made of inn
mense fiat pieces Of stone, covered with
hieroglyphs and figures, Cooking
somewhat like wreaths and again like
coiled serpents." At the end of this
unnel was hall, also foored, rooted
and walled with the same curious
stones, and in the center was an altar
and a stone upon which, it is thought,
that human sacrifices have been offered.
The strangest part of all is that no
stones nor rocks like those used in this
tunnel can be found on the island, and
at no place nearer than hundred
miles inland. Who brought them?
How did they come? There is no record
left-at least none has been found, to
tell who these people were, or any
thing about them.
They must have lived many centuries
ago, but have vanished entirely, yet
their work is as perfect apparently as
when first built.
1t is thought that they may have
been Druids, who came here when they
left Great Britain; others, again, think
that they were worshippers of the SER
pent god called Hoa. But it is con-
lecture. All we know is that the
stones are here, strangely carved, skill
fully put together, but of their build
ers their is no trace.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
Costlx Perfumes.

Mignocette, that at the moment Is .
perfume greatly in favor for its del;-
cate and refreshing fragrance. is com
pounded as well from some of this reg-
ular stock in the perfumer's laboratorr
and even violet extract is two-thirds IF
II due to the sweetnessof cassie. orr;s
ana altar OF almonds, though violet is
the most popular perfume. The trne
extract OF the purple flower is made in
france, is costly and only to be bouoht
ut few places in New York. Its rare
sweetness is expressed from the violets
that grow at Cannes and Grasse. where
the mlgnonette attains what to Amer
can eyes is unbelievable perfection Of
SIZE color and odor, and where the
roses owe their sweetness chiefly to the
oees' who sprinkle into their hearts the
pollen from the blooming orange trees
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-01
A MILLIONAIRE'S WORK,
The Mammoth Baths Constructed by
Ad0lph Sutro.

Adolph Sutro.
The most wonderful baths in the
world are those built by Adolph Sutro,
in San Francisco. The great cliffs have
been tunneled, that the water of the
Pacific may flow through succession
of canals into the reservoir where it is
warmed; and thence into the enormous
tanks. The baths are more than twice
as large as the largest of the famous
old Roman baths, and Mr.. Sutro has
tried to make them as beautiful
Twenty thousand people can sit, stand,
or promenade about the tanks, which
are arranged for every possible set of
bathers.
There are cold baths and hot baths,
swimming and diving baths, baths for
children and beginners. The largest
tank is two hundred and seventy-five
feet long and one hundred and fifty feet
wide. There is even fresh-water
tank, supplied from the waterworks
above.
The place is full of beauty and color,
with tropical plants and rows of grow
ing palms; while through the glass
sidewalks, the ocean view stretches.
The building is OF steel and glass, and
its glazed roof spans more than two
acres. Tier after tier of rooms for the
bathers rise, until they are numbered
by many hundreds.
A great stage, fifty feet broad, is
placed at the ocean end of the tank
room for an orchestra. The buildinr
Is furnished with electric lights and ell
evators throughout. Three restaurants
provide refreshment, and an aquarium
and conservatory add to the beauty and
interest. The Cliff rocks outside are
covered with seals, summing themselves,
and the finest baths in the world have
perhaps the most beautiful setting.