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GIRLS WHO RISE roo EARlr.
The Faculty or Mount uolyoEe College FInds
Itaeir Confronted by u Novel Problem.

The Faculty or Mount uolyoLe College Finds
ltseir Confronted by n Novel Problem.
HoLvoKE, Mass. Dec. 1.-THE faculty of
Mount Hosyoke College is trying to devise a
plan by which 1t can keep the girl students in
bod until a reasonable hour in the morning.
AS a rule girl students are wont 10 rise lato
rather than carly; but in the case OF tho
Mount Holyose girls the conditions seem to I've
quite tho reverse. The students are up and about
sometimes as early as 1 A.. NJ, and seldom later
than $50. The mania for early rising is not
confined 70 one or two, but It is quite general
the faculty.
The question how 10 pu, a stop to the prac.
tice is yet to be answered. Apparently there
Is no other way han for the teachers in
each dorm tory 10 rise with the chickens
ana patrol the balls until such an hour
as IL Is propcr for Young women in search
OF an education 10 rise. The idea of this
solemn morning patrol is SO pleasing 20 the girls
as almost TO compcnsate for the possible loss OF
study honrs; From their point of view, il they
can 81 up long enough to study their lessons
At night, they ought 10 hc allowed TO get up
oil study required should be lessened.
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". ~. O. a. ana VILLAINS Aiumnt Propose q
Put Up n RaS. % Structure.

wnLIAMsTowN, Mnss., Dec. 11.-Williams
College has long felt the noed OF q building to DO
devoted to the uses OF the Young Mems Chris.
tinn Association. Mnny Of tho prominent col.
lcges possess such buildings, which, act as the CEN
te Of social and religious life. The lack OF such q
meeting place has aroused tho Williams undor-
graduates. At present the Williams Associa.
tion has only two rooms, and these are totally
Inadequate for its needs, and IT Is generally
thought that in this matter Williams is far be-
hind most Of tho colleges. Active steps have
been taken, however. Pnd 1t is now considered a
certainty that Williams will soon have n build.
ing equal to similar structures OF other colleges.
The question was ngltated among tho under
graduates last year and q committee was ap.
pointed to SEQ what could be done. This com.
mittoe has made encouraging progress in tho
work and lately reached q point where 1t was
necessary to know how much the men In college
would do toward securing the building. A large
and enthusiastic college meeting was held,
which was addressed by several alumni and Pro-
fessors Hewitt and Wild. 1t WIS then stated
that IL IL proposed to erect q building which
shall cost about S35. 900. 1t is also considered
necessary that tho building have an endowment
OF $4,000, to pay its running expenses, and 1t
is understood that IL tho amount OF this ondow-
ment 10 rnised by tho student body certain
alumni will give literally to the project. The
trustees Of the college. have, BECOME interested,
is very centrally located. There is n great in
terest manifested among the undergraduates,
ana already about $500 has been raised or
pledged. The support of the alumni 10 being
earnestly sought, and 1t is hoped that the new
building may be completed by a year from next
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GREEK CHURCH LANDS IN ALASKA.
Property Acquired Under Russian Law Mast
Remain the Property or the Church.

Remain the Property or the Church.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l1.-Late this afternoon
Secretary Bliss approved an important decision
of Assistant Attorncy.Gencral Vanderventer on
the rights Of the Russo-Greek Church to its
property in Alaska. The Church owns property
at Sitku. St. Michael. Unalaska, Belkofsk, and
KndiRk. and maintains u large number Of
schools and missions throughout the Territory.
It was established soon after the Rus
SLAMS took possession OF the Territory, and
was for many years the only Church in the
country. Tho decision was in response to the
recent claim OF Nicholas. Bishop of the Greek
Church in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, to
tho effect that the Church had recently been dis
turbcd In the possession Of some of its property.
some of the buildings being torn down or dam
aged by intruders and the Church lands wrongly
converted TO private use.
During tho time that Alaska was n Russian
province this Church erected ediices at different
places in Alaska and from the Russian Govern.
ment acquired extensive and valuable, lands,
Article II. of the treaty. whereby Alaska was
coded to the United States, provided that tho
Church property should belong to the members
of the Greek Church resident in Alaska who
should choose to continue to worship therein.
The decision holds that any lands, the right and
title 10 which was acquired from Russia by the
Church, is not public land nor subject TO entry
and acquisition under the public land laws.
1t says that whatever lands were owned by the
Church at the time of the ccssion continue to DO
owned by it, without diminution or enlarge
ment, so ;hat the extent of the claim at the time
of the cession fs its limit now. 1t is further
hold that in addition to its private lands &C
uuired from Russia, the Church will, under tho
statute OF 1894 and 1891 relating to Alaska. be
sustained and protected in its use and occu.
pancy OF public lands as mission stations. each
station being limited to 640 acres.
The department finds that II has no authority
by which it can remove the trespassers from the
private lands owned by the Church, that being
a matter within the jurisdiction OF the courts.
1t is recommended that legislation he enacted
by Congress providing for ~ commission. whose
duty il shall be to survey ami determine the
boundaries of the church aud other private lands
in Alaska. and TO confirm in some authorita-
tive way the private titles obtained from Russia.
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Washington Notes.

WARRINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE Legislative. Exec
utive, and Judicial Appropriation bill will he
reported to the House on Monday by Represcn.
tatiye Bingham, who will ask to take it up on
Tuesday for consideration. This will project
the advertised civil service debate into next
weeks proceedings. as this bill carries the APP
propriation for continuing the work OF the Civil
Service Commission.
The President has recognized Mariana Fab
reGa y Sotelo as Nice-Consul OF Spain at New
York.
Prot. Philip r. Alger OF the navy. who was in,
jnred yesterday by the discharge of a service
rihe which he was examining at his desk in the
Navy Department, is better this evening, lie
had a bad night, followed by a high fever this
morning.
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LIFE WlsnINeroH roPIoa


WARRINGTON. Dec. 11.-Thc Haytian Minis,
ter. Mr.. LeRor. takes n lesson In English every
day. At present he speaks tho language with
some ~luency, though his speech gives strong
evidence OF his French extraction and bringing
up in tho island which during his earlier life
was his homo. In many ways the HAITIAN
diplomattst is an interesting figure, He is short
in stature. exceedingly swtarthy in complexion,
but active In his bodily movements and singu.
larly alert in his mental characteristics.
Unweicome credit has been given to Repro.
sentative Nehemiah u. Sperry Of Connecticut
for tho introduction OF q bill which he docs not
care to indorse. 1t was introduced by request"
TO oblige ono OF his constituents, and the verbiaRs
OF tho measure as we'll as Its ideas was the work OF
the constituent. 1t provides for q radical rcorgan.
iZation OF the postal system ftho country. and, to
uso Senator Aliens expression employed in ref.
erence to another matter, Ia as long.haired and
wild a scheme as was over conceived OF in
the palmicst days of populism." The bill
would have the Govcrnment establish q national
10 include every kind of transportation and Hu.
thoriEe other remarkable. things which would
Congressional Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads. Mr.. Sperry has received credit for
the authorship of the measure, much to his en-.
barrassment.
On the day that Mrs. mckinley, mother OF tho
President, was stricken with paralysis at Can.
ton, some one discovered that q peculiar shadow
had been cast by tho sun on one Of the largo
pillars ut the entrance to the White House, and
u report went forth that the shadow was a
striking silhouette Of tho President As a mat.
ter Of fact, tho shadow Is quito as real n thing az
shadows can be, but the silhouette is that Of an
old woman.
That shadow" remarked an employee Of the
White House. holding his watch In his hand,
"appears at l1:16 O'Clock In the morning and
lasts for just twenty.seven. minutes. We
noticed 1t first on Monday. the day Mrs. Nc
kinlcy was stricken
An examination showed that the shadow was
cast on the front pillar by the suns rays falling
on the top of the pillar standing next to II. The
figure is strikingly like that OF an old woman
walking from the White House, turning her
head to look over her shoulder as she went.
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EXPORTS FOR xoHEMBE Err.
Farm Products and Mineral Oils show an Ia
crease Over Last Year.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE exports of bread.
stuffs, cotton. minera, oils, and provisions. com.
prising about 9S per cent. OF the total exports
for the month OF November. were valued at
$50, 323. G99. which is nearly So. 500, 900 greater
than those for the previous month and over
st. 0Oo, 900 greater than those for Novemberlas
year. The greatest increase is in breaGstuffs,
the exports for November, 1897. exceeding those
for the same moath last year by $y.l.7 ia,
while the value of cotton for the corresponding
months shows n falling off. OWN; to the do.
crease il. price. OF ~, 000. 900. no Notwithstanding
an increase in quantity of $1,000. 900 pounds.
For the eleven months ended Nov. 80 the cx-
ports Of the four articles named were valued at
1893, 206. 900, rs against $3.50. O99. 5l2 for tho
corresponding. period OF the previous year and
$i56, SOS, 90l for 1895.
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POSTAL RECEIPTS IN THE tiles
Large Increase In November Last Over the
same Month Last Year.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE Post Office De-
partment to-day issued u comparative statement
regarding the gross receipts Of the month Of
November. 1897. as compared with the same
month last year. Tho statement is exception
ally favorable. Tho receipts Of the department
are regarded as a barometer by which the busi-
ness situation can DO accurately guaged. When
ther arc increasing, the business world is doing
well. When they decrease, business is on the
downward path. The increases this month run
from ! to nearly 30 per cent.
The best showing was made by st. Joseph.
Mo-. which showed an increase from 50. 16l to
Sl2, 500. or 20.7 per cent New York, as usual.
had the largest increase, amounting 10 $lO5, 545.
or 1876 per Gent. Buffalo made n fine record, in.
crcasing 23.7 per cent. The receipts for the
fifty largest offices were as follows: Total re-
ceipts. 49, 1927 sos; for November 1896, ~, 945,.
3l5; increase. $751;. 500. or ia per cent. The
figures for tho first twelve offices arc as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
FOR FOURTEEN ACRES OF LAND
Jon Brisben Walker wlas His Suit Against the
Union Pacific Compapy.

wAsuISGroS. Dee. 1.-THE Secretary of the
Interior has rendered a decision in the case Of
John Brisben Walker against the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. The suit concerned the title
to fourteen acres OF land in the suburbs OF Den
YER. The title to the land was purchased from
the Denver Pacific Railroad Company, 10 which
the Union Pacific is the successor. and after
passing through various hands became the pos
session Of Mr.; Walker. 1t WAS afterward dis
to sell the land, as il was not awarded to il. MIR.
Walker brought suit for a patent, and IL was TO-
day granted under The act OF Congress providing
for the issuance of patents to bona hde pur-
chasers OF land from railroad companies. The
land 10 worth several hundred dollars.
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THE CASE OF CAPT. GARTER.
Secretary AIEer Directs That Vow Charges and
snscinoaiIons He Prepared.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l.-Oficers Of the Judge
Advocate Generals department OF tho army
are formulating entirely new charges and speci.
f~cations against Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter Of
the Engineer Corps. Lieut.. Col. Davis, Dep.
uty observation-disclosures. who prepared the
original charges and specifications, recon-.
mended that the charge should OF DO pressed
and that Capt Carter be merely rcprimanded
for careless work. The cases OF Col. Lydecker
and Cap,. Amman OF the Engineer Corps were
could not be secured at the hands OF a court.
martial.
Secretary Alger. who recently directed that
Capt. Carter be tried nv a military court. has
turned over the whole Caje TO the Judge-Advo-
cate General, with instr 4gtions to abandon tho
new ones. Capt. Carter is entitled TO the ben
eft of the military statute OF limitations. but
the new charges will cover the whole period OF
his duty at Savannah. where the alleged loss TO
the Government occurred.
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CAUGHT IN A FOLDING BED.
A Hotel Proprietor ana His WHO Have q mar
rev Escape from Death.

FOW bHCHUW 4" D0uEus
NEwBURa, n. V, Doc. 11.-.John f. Bennett,
proprietor Of the Shorter House, at Blooming
burg. and his wife, had q narrow escape from
death last night by being caught in a folding
bed. They had not been in their room long whom
Mrs. Fred Shorter, their daughter. heard moan.
ing sounds coming from her parents room. Mrs.
Shorter summoned her husband, who entered
the room by breaking a window and loosening
the catch thereon. They found that the hack OF
the folding bed had closed down upon Mr.. and
Mrs. Bennett, and held them so that they. could
not get loose themselves. They found that 1T
ther after releasing Mrs. Bennett, and Mr.. Ben
nett still remained IA prisoner, suffering intense.
ly. Further assistance was summoned. and
after "a hard struggle Mr.. Bennett was released.
Physicians were called and Mrs. Benefits in.
jurics were pronounced slight as compared
with Mr.. Benefits. who is thought to be sori.
ously hurt. The back OF the bed. which rested
upon MIR. and Mrs. Bennett, weighs nearly 700
pounds. A broken castor Is supposed to be tho
cause of the almost fatal accident.
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KANSAS PACIFIC SALE.
nI-Gov. HoadIy starts Tor 81. Louis TO File y
Motion FOR Pastponemcnt

WASHINGTON. Dos. IA conference was hold
this morning at the Department OF Justice DO.
tween Attorney-General McKenna and ex.Gov.
Hoadly. special counsel. regarding the proposed
postponcment of the sale OF the Kansas Pacific
Railroad. Gov. Hoadly arrived this morning
from New York, and started this afternoon 10
-. Louis to file the motion for tho Adjournment
OF the sale. The hearing on the motion will be
Gov. Iloadly said that he had talked with
members of the Reorganization Committee
since tho resolution for postponement was re.
ported by the senate this week. but
that he had obtained no indication OF their in
tentions.. He, did not know whether they would
raise their bid for the property or not.
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NEW ToRK CENTRAL WILL APPEAL.
u VIII Ask the Courts 10 AdJudicate Its sos.
600 CIRIm AEaInNI The Stale.

ALBANY, Dec. ll.-Attorney.General Hancock
has been notified that the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad Company will ap-
peal To the courts from the decision OF the State
Court OF Claims dismissing its claim against the
State for $4,000. Tho claim WAS for damages
TO the roadbed of DIR. Webb's Adirondack Rail.
road which Is owned by the Central, occasioncd
by the construction OF tho Forestport canal dam
which caused the water 10 back upon the road.
BED OF the railroad and resulted in the perma.
co pany.
The Court OF Claims held that tho company
nao no claim against the State. as IL neglected
10 comply with an old law which provides thar
no railroad shall be constructed within ten rods
OF n canal or canal feeder without the consent
OF ana subject 10 such conditions as NAV be
imposed by tho canal authorities. meaning the
stale Snperintende ut OF Public Works and the
by the railroad company. ~
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new s%lsl.,sr to Ru..l. RsseA.. st. rs,susurr.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA cable message was
received at the State Department to-day from
Ethan Allen Hitchcock OF ST. Louis. the new
Minister to Russia. reporting his arrival a, ST.
Petersburg. He will relieve Clifton r. Breckin.
ridge OF Arkansas, who attracted considerable
attention al the coronation OF the Car by Lis
preeches ana cooked hat, with a coal adorned
by metal buttons. Mr.. Breckenridge was re-
ceremonies at the coronation. The state De.
partment does not know whether Mr.. Hitch.
O0ck TOOK An &hcial uniform 10 Rusaias
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4 QUESTION TO RE DECIDED.
anve Our Courts Any Jurisdiction Over the
Chiid OF an Ailehi

WASHINGTON. Dec. ll.-An interesting case
with an International bearing was heard In tho
Police Court yesterday. Tony Tomasola, an
Italian boy. asked the court to take him from
his father. whom he charged with treating him
cruelty. When Judge X mball indicated that
the bow should be sent to school. Caesar Celso
Moreno, who acted as interpreter. explained
that the court had no jurisdiction in tho mat.
ter, as both father and son were subjects OF Italy.
Judge klmbnll WAS also informed by Mr.. Moreno
That there was no representative OF the Italian
Favn, he said, was in Italy. under trial for being
the head OF the padrone system in America.
amino the law.
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reil TAH ne . Prerequisite or Voting Declared
UnconstitutlouaL,

ALBANY. Dec. ll.-At q special tsrm n, N.
Supreme Court held here to-day Justice Chester
decided that the provision OF the charter Of In.
village of sauGerties. making tho payment of A
poll tax of 81 a prerequisite for voting for vii.
lage Officers, was unconstitutional, and granted
q peremptory writ OF mandAmus directing The
inspectors OF election OF Saugerties TO rsceivs
the votes OF electors Otherwise qualified. whether
they had paid such tax or not. This decision
same subject. NP0H tue
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
Fourth class Postmaster. Appointed.

WASHINGTON. Dec. ll.-One hundred fourth
class Postmasters were appointed to-day. among
them the following for New York:
C,oNetranch Junction. Dutchess county. John Siyer;
Conrsus, livingston county. Alfred Proctor; East
Berne, Albany county Z. '. Ills y: owAsco, Cayuga
county, }. u Bodinc; Poplar RidEr, CayugA county.
neNtr Wheeler; South Lima. Livingston county,
Eugene Eldridge; Wales, Erie county. Edwin Leigh;
WeEterio. Albany county, W. ". SwartwouL
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BOD Grea, Mrller. sluee H.l..e,. rln. rnl,e

with one accord in praise OF his wonderful genius.
Criticism he has not escAped-whst author has but
even criticism OF BAlIAC has been couched In such
language that it becOnes In effect a tribute. BalEAc's
OF France, with I hlnEs military a. veil As civil, with
the life OF the lowly and the hlgh-bOrn alike. are now
offered In an Engiiah translation A. once faithful and
complete, Specimen pAges sen. on application. Adj
aFoes 0ebbie Ppblisklng Co. PhilGdslDhlA-AdS
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Psssisa Ausrssys Dl.barrsa.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ll.-B. 7. Beers, a pension
attorney al Port Henry, y. Y. was debarred
from practicing before the Interior Department
on the ground OF receiving illegal feeA in pension
clAimA Walter Middleton OF Washington WAS
diSbarred for the saoe CAUSE
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Atruck by = Horse Car.

An Avenue d line horse car struck Charles
King. 81 years old, of 70 South street. at Park
row and Mulberry street last night, and cut his
face badly. Patrick Henry. the driver. was
locked up. Tho injured man was taken 10 tho
Mudson Street hospital In o serious condition.
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Two ! ounrarrrs Arro.tca FOR sto.IlnU . nlc,el..

Charlrs Rice, . years old. OF 500 First avenue.
and Michael Di'it t . years old. OF 4O5 East
Twenty ninth street. woro arrested last night
for ttealing a bicycle belonging to the son OF
John Crdry, superintendent OF an apurtuIenI
house At III Madison avenue. Tho boys w.ro
identified as the thieves, but they persisted ia
denyihg That They knew any thing about IT,
room1.
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
FURS ARE THE HOST
For the convenience of par
ties who desire to invest
a certain amount c. c.
Shayne offers the fol-
lowing suggestions.
So VIII Buy

one of several kinds Of muffs and scarfss
Mink Boa, with head, tail and claws In
perfect representation Of the animal; Goas
Rugs In all colors.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-24

\ dish of cold scallops, surrounded
with tomato jelly, and the whole cover.
ed with wcll made mayonuaise, is n
very delicious and attractive ono. The
jelly is very simply mudo. 1t is merely
the juice Of can Of tomatoes mixed
with boxes of gelatin and made into a
firm jelly. The scallops arc tho most
difficult to get right, as it is next to i'm.
possible TO get the average cook to real.
i2o that they require hardly any cooking,
one minute being nm ample allowance;
otherwise they tougher, and tough.
greasy scallop is Of all things tho most
indigostible as we'll rs the most unnp.
petizing. If properly cooked. scallops
ure delicious, either hot or cold, with a
mayunnaisc
To fry scallops for salad put tea
spoonful of salt and half as much pepper
in half pint of fine siltcd flour. roll
the scullops in it and fry in deep boiling
lard for u minute only. Put in tho re-
friRorator, and, when quito cold, dish
with the jelly and mayounaise