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CHRISTIANS GEL EBRATE.

Interesting Entertainment by the Members Of
the Y. M. G. A. Branches.
At the various branches of the Y. NJ. G. A.
Yesterday the members entertained their friends
in their usual, characteristic way. Probably tho
most interesting features were the exhibitions
in the gymnasiums and basketball games. A
reception was held at the East Side branch,
The afternoon programme consisted of the one
act comedy. "A Regular Fix" In the evening
there were dramatic readings and r~ecitals.
The gymnasium was the scene of ZONE clever
athletics, under the direction Of Physical Di-
rector DR.. Muller.
Tho exercises by the members of the Central
branch began at 10 o'clock in the morning, and,
Notwithstanding the carly hour, the gym
nasium was crowded. The first was q basket
ball game between the Central and Pratt Inst.
ture teams. The game was u spirited one. and
although the schoolboys lost, they kept their
opponents on the 90 throughout. The score
was 81 points to 4 in favor OF tho homo team.
The exhibitions by the regular gymnasium
Glasses in dumbbell drill. work ON the apparatus,
dodge ball. and handball. were interesting. Dur.
ing the afternoon and evening the visitors
were entertained by the women.
The New Years Committee of tho Harlem
branch arranged an elaborate programme, and
The ,hSm large nI tn sSoi or BBsrs93ns eaetsnt enjoyed Ssd
house was held from $3.50 O'Clock to 8 o'clock,
during which time there was work by tho
leaders corps and regular class teams In the
gymnasium and an exhibition basketball game.
In the evening there was an Entertainment by
Miss Nellie Nicholas and the Swedish ladies'
quartet.
fine exhibition, In the gymnasium from 2:30
o'clock to I o'clock. The programme opened
Young Mems Corps and Bedford Lights, which
The, score was SO points to 10. There were
exhibitions on the v%aultils, horse, horizontal
swinging exercises by the advanced and inter-
mediate squads. From 4 o'clock TO 9 o'clock
there was a reception to the members, and at
$40 o'clock the gymnasium was open to wo-
men and men.
At the Twenty-sixth Ward branch the special
feature was a basketball game between the
regulars and second team. The great rivalry
between the two made the contest a hot one,
and after forty minutes OF play the regulars
won by the score Of 10 points to 8. In the after
noon the leaders corps gave a clever exhibition
In the gymnasium, consisting OF triple hori-
zontal bar work, tumbiing. Indian club swing
ing, vaulting, and jumping.
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FOURTH B~oARD-oouNrER CENTRE oAMp1r

The games on Friday were Of . high order.
Lopez, which was defended by Black With s...P
q II g., Up to the tenth move both players
proceeded on the well,known lines. Black nd.
square. and thereby. established for HIS antago-
mist a well protected passed pawn on the kings
get rel an attack NJ rd doc 70 eoneentrat led his who lie
forces toward the centre OF the board. After
vantage in position. although not in material.
Six moves later. however. a climax was reached.
Meyer, by, q really fine combination, the best
shown in this tournament. won IA piece. Then
he d~emoralized his opponents pieces COM
pletely, and IN spite Of a long and stubborn re.
after thirty.nine moves. The whole OF the mid
die and end game stages were conducted by
Young selected q French Defence in his game
against Hewins. with his third move tho for.
inste aey Of Kt lrf% b 's B. p aowe Sy Pla a iHei Ep ahme
ensued. A one time the Prlncetonian escaped
2 neatly laid trap; which had been prepared for
over, the position had n pr, tty even appearance:
A Wholesale exchange Of pieces followed. and
queen side and there Was stnl a lot Of 'das6tinS
In the contest LETT, the players agreed to call the
game "A draw after nineteen moves.
Cook and Seward entertained each other with
tho Dutch Opening. In spite OF the fact that
this is rarely played. and owing 70 the din
middle game Cook shifted his, line OF attack
board. and supported by his queen and both
his rocks he began "A combination, intending to
grab pawns. NJ awhile, Seward had looked
quietly at the man9uvring OF his adversary's
forces. He advanced his king's pawn to bis
fifth square and hampered Cooks further ag-
gressive movements. After thirty.six moves
The game was adjourned in an even position.
In the evening session Cook played "A iine end
game and won after forty.nine moves.
Dana adopted tho French Defence against
Southland. who, after six moves, proceeded with
tonian thought II WAS right to advance the
threatened pawn instead OF casting. which is
the usual continuation here. In this Fian.
Ghetto position he ought 10 have kent his kings
bishop. After the exchange Of this piece his
kings side was weBkenod and no therefore
castled on the queens side. thinking 1t TO be the
safest plan. But 1t was really u case of going
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NO FESTIVITIES IN WAsH1yaToR
The Usual Receptions Omitted on Account -
the Death OF the Presidents Mother.

the Death OF the Presidents Mother.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The White House was
closed to-day against the usual New YeAF9
festivities, and Washington, taking its cue from
the action OF President Mckinley, who Ii In
mourning on account OF tho recent death Of hiA
mother. gave to the day only the s~cantiest obs
eervance.
Besides the Presidents reception. society to-
day missed the breakfast given by the Secretary
of State to tho members Of the Diplomatic
Corps and their families, which usherS In tho
long line of similar functions. The receptions
at the homes of the Cabinet officers and OF Gem
Miles. commanding the army. were also omitted
as, indeed. were all official receptions. The
streets missed the crowds of gayly uniformed
officers and decorated diplomats making thu
rounds. and they wore an air OF almost funeral
solemnity.
All the departments of tho Government were
social calling in observance Of tho old. time ouhl
tom was the sole observance of the day.
The period OF mourning which official life ID
now observing will end with Jan, IS. and on
the 14th President and Mrs. Mckinley will
dine with Vice, President and Mrs. Hobart
and Mrs. sherman. These will
introduce the regular series OF Cabinet dinners.
at which each OF the members In turn enterf
tain the President and his wife. A dinne1
will be given by the Mexican Minister and hmos
Romero on. Jan. q 10 TO II. Cambar, the new
French Ambassador.
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NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

10 was the general sentiment among tho command
Ing o1,cets present atthe dinner given by Brighten.
Louis Fitzgerald last Thursday night that tho inter.
ests Of the National Guard dem and the election of q
MatorGsneral. o. well o. brigade commanders. in.
stead Of their appointment. 1t 10 understood that the
Governor Intends to make appointments In both cases.
The eondiuon Of the Second Signal Corps. Capt.
Leigh. at its annual inspection 10 commented on by
InspectorGeueral Hoffman as follows,
This corps Il IN q very satisfactory condition. Tho
armory was very clean and neatly kept. the arrange
ment and care Of all property being excellent. Lockers
wero handsomely rsssod. The hospital corps IN thor.
oughly equipped. Books arc In excellent condition and
carefully kept. Alterations should not DO noted in
record OF events In report book except on tho dates
they show In reports. Percentage Of attendance
from March 81, 1899. to June 2. 1897 (nfsy-seven
ovsnts), 90. So"
InspectorGeneral Hoffman has the following to
say concerning the annual inspection OF the Forty.
seventh Regiments: "The general condition 10 fairly
satisfactory. but no improvements seem to have been
mAde In the past year. The condition Of surplus
property in the QuArtermaaters department indi-
Gates that thtRs Is not the proper care and inter
est for the State property and its preservation. and
the system which 10 being carried out might be i'm
proved. AZ far as I am able to Judge. the medical
department 10 very ~efIcient. Taking into consIdera-
tiOn that an addition is being built. the armory was
Is clean a. could be expected. with the exception of
the boiler room and cellar. The headquarters books
show . number OF errors and omissions."
-
dance at the armory Jan. 10. Corporal George W.
Heinig Of this company has been promoted Sergeant.
Tho bids from military cIothien for the manufacture
Of the recently adopted distinctive uniform will DO
opened at the armory tomorrow night.
company = e'oh'n RESENTMENT capt. hhoadea' en-
Joyed . good time at Its Christmas tree party in the
aFmory last FueSuay h'sht. Inc tree was To- ded
man IN inc company receiver 4 souvenir more or less
appropriate ihere were no Speciai guests cola,
uoh tohowea 'he preseh'auon oIs'i"' Ihe company
mas enjoyed . rreruit'hS ooom OF late
The Thirteenth Regimen will hold an indoor cycle
meeting At the armory Saturday evening, Jan. 22.
Ameoting Vi tne omoers oi squadron "a VIII DO
held next Tuesday evening, as well a. q meeting of
members OF the souadron. Among other thin,s tbs
bupJoos VI hoiuinB squ~oron VIZ pe uiscusseu.
Troops drills, mounted, will oommenc tomorrow
80. gr.s,,,na dorb,. vno,n,,na -. 80.
$500 N ieu'inB
-
Ths Twelfth Reqinent. Col. McCoskrv Rutt will
r.. 1890 =, a.. -u,r -. p.,an
10 fesio~ea . W. Af"of' neA' friuAy hisht ny
and brigade trophies will also be made. There win
ba dan,ino alter IN. ru,tarv caromo,,.s Coun.,.
o"pa
G held a shoot for three hne turkeys last Thursday
night, tho prize winners being Sergeant L, ].
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Tho Bay Ridge A. c. basketball team Jour,
neyed to Yonkers yesterday afternoon and
met the United States soldiers of that place.
The game was a spirited one from the start.
both "fves" being unusually well matohed,
with no board backing. and this appeared TO
put the visitors at q disadvantage. Despite
THIS ), they pIaS y ,h a RPnl1nErkfSg game u ,a 3St c were 10rc Geo
ports. who won out by 8 points to 6. The teams
lined up:
Fourth Separate Co. Positions. Boy Ridge a. q
Ross King .......... Loft forw ard .MarttH
Koch ...........R Right forward ......... Hopkinso1
McQuillan -. ....... Centre. .................D i16
Williams-Frazier. -. Right guard ......... Cook.Casa
Madden ...........Left guard. ......... harrington
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Mins Barton 70 Establish . Committeo In This
CITY % Collect Money and supplies.
WARRINGTON. Jan. 1.-Ansistant Secretary
Adee of the State Department and Misc
Clara Barton, President OF the Red Cross. have
decided TO establish o central committee In New
York for the collection Of money. food. medicine
and clothing and their shipment TO the starving
Cubans. Miss Barton will 10 Q member of tho
committee which she will set about O. ganiZing
on Monday. She will remain in New York, as
st9ting in the direction OIL the efforts TO collect
subscriptions OF money and supplies, and will
proceed 70 Cuba in time to personally partici.
pate In the distribution of the first consignment
sent to C~onDulGenera Lee.
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Tho Usual Chicago Hold Up.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-Under the preteIt Of . Now
Years greeting two men entered Lewis Browu1
saloon. 81 South Canal street, last night.
robbed tho proprietor OF $50 and then hed.
The two men ordered .hiskey when they en-.
tered the place. While Browns back was turned
they told him that he would make the New Year
much more prosperous for them IL he would
turn over tho contents Of the cash drawer
OF the robbers walked to tho cash drawer and
took the money,
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Now . Lunch a, III A,hisuo CluD..

The new year was welcomed in royal fashion
at the athletic clubs yesterday and members
and guests turned up in large numbers to assist
at the festivities. The New York l.. C, kent
open house, and over 900 callers were enter
tanned at luncheon in the main dining room.
Among those present were:
President James Whitley. Gen. T. l.. Watson.
Lyman Brown. John II. Hanan, Barlow s. Weeks.
Drrnt GOLd. A. q. Mills, j, Walter SpAldina, ], II.
Haslin. Z D. Sanger. y, NJ. Hausling. II, A. Kathan,
DR.. 7. Hamilton Burch. Arthur J. Moore. James b,
Moore, Edward w. KeArney. Edward Kearney, j q,
o,Brien. Maxwell z. More. DR.. W. d. sswall, Alfred
y. Colfax. Charles L. GoOdhue. II. c. Barnett. Roland
George D. Phillips. Howard p. rockingham. and D.
At the Knickerbocker A. C. the members had
~eatables and drinkables In sight with the air of
men who knew a good thing when they saw IL.
The minor clubs on both sides OF the bridge also
put up u buffet service. and clubmen who went
home 70 dinner must have fought shy of the
domestic menu. q
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uo.,ou,s board or Alaermen . he.

Boston. Jan. 1.-The State Board OF Elections
to-day finished It's recount of tho ballots cast II
the city election. The most important result
was that It confirmed tho election OF Aldei !aAA
Lott, Rep, who on the face OF tho election ro'
turns had 81 moro votes than r.. j. O"Toole
Democratic candidate. The members Of the
boston Board OF Aldermen arc elected 81 lArgS
The new board will DO a tie. standing ak Hspuh
licans and ak Democratic.
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WELLER TALKS TOO MUoH.
IRE spauish Government Decides That He
Must ne Cont. MartIaIied.

SStotoi Gable Despdfoh 10 THE sur.
MADRID, Jan. 1.-Tho Cabinet has decided
that the trial OF Gen. Weyler. late Captain.
General OF Cuba, by court-martial is imperative.
The action Of the Ministry in this matter is
grounded upon tho foot Of Gen. Weyier's
breaches Of tho law In having furnished for
publication q protest against tho references
made TO Spain and the Cuban question by Prosi.
dent Mckinley in his message TO the United
States Congress,
Gen. Weyler admits having given to tho press
o protest against McKiniey's references to
Spain and Cuba, and particularly against his
own administration as Governor of Cuba, but
denies the illegality of his utterances.
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Hya,tsvilio Pest OmOs Rsbbs4-

WARRINGTON. Jan. l.-Some time this morni
ing. between midnight and daybreak. the Erol
Gerry store OF George Ti,e at Hyattsyille, Nd
elk mIlos from here. In which Is the Post Oh1ool
was robbed Of = 90, OF which S400 was 0oyoI1k
ment u oney. This IL the second robbery 81 =
Post Ofiss within . yeas
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from bad 70 uorse. Southland haa 20 open queens
kniEht's aie After having placed his hing into
the whole line. This heavy onslaught seemed
70 confuse the Princetonlan. He left a piece to
be taken In consequences OF his thirty.hrst move,
and after ten additional moves. Southland won
games follow.
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10 games won by each university in the six

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: We. the
contestants in the @. H. Y. P. intercollegiate
chess match. beg to express to you our warm
analysis which The SUN has given to our tour.
nament games. and especially to thank you for
the complete record Of them. We believe that
the contest is growing in interest. and that this
has been greatly aided by the publicity which
THE SUN has given to our efforts.
ELMER Z. SOUTHARD and JAMES HEwINS, Jr.,
Harvard; G. D. SEWARD and A. S. MEYER,
Columbia; w. w. UT and ID. T.. DANA,
Yale.
COLUMBIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Jan. /, 1898.
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FOURTH BoARp-FRENcH DEFENCE.

The Individual records Of tho tournament fol
low:
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compani s i, X, and y, Twonty third Regiment.
viii compete In a howiint competition Tomorrow
plght. and Companies A, Il, aud II next Thursday
pight, Company O will hold . dsnce neIi saturday
nighL
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The Twelfth Regiment. Col. Mccoskry Butt. will
DO reviewed at its armory next Friday night by
AdJt Gen. rllinghast, and q presentation of the State
and brigade trophies will also be made. There will
be dancing after the military ceremonies. Company
G held a shoot for three nne turkeys last Thursday
night. tho prize winners being Sergeant +. !.
and Privates Norris and WeIde.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

themselves with ecstasy. just then there
was a break in the enthusiasm, and a
a lap alone; That was MTIehHsl,s oppGrtganisyy.
speed and better handling OF the tandems at
Michael dnishsd the second mile in 3
half a lap ahead and riding with superb
With oiockwork Regularity and he never
lost a second In chsnKing from one to
ael caught Tayloro for the first lap, but
the Frenchmen was piucky and continued
90 ri ths p asea; hs k shd on up several nis F oseasionss
he yelled at his leaders in a voice That was
Michael again Tapped his rival in the fourth
mile. Taylore was having trouble In cha. lng
his pace. while Michael was riding faster and
At the completion OF eight miles Michael
gained a90ths FRI Lag y and Tsyl0 s,I,i sr S,S up for q
this rear wheel Of q tripleIi sat up and blew
his nose. These little incidents amused the
crowd g ;Tfy dss6 put IT, Sh iG w ,H,srs g sure in tSs raSe T foS
the champion. barring accidents. Michael fin
ished his tenth mile in 20 minutes 10 3-5 sec
onds, ana on the next mile no was four laps
Tayiore WAS firing now. it seemed. and in the
was eight laps ahead when he finished his ff-
teenth mile. 1t had taken Jimmy 80 minutes
and AZ 10 seconds to do this. and he was still as
Billy Young, VINO is Taylore's manager, at this
that Michael's pacing machines were purposely
crowding the Frenchman and that they were
thereby committing a foul, The referee, how
MY saddle Ia brokel" Taylore yelled, as he
was winding, up the twentieth mile.
"Get oil Get off !" his handlers cried. as they
rushed out with q new wheel geared TO lol.
Taylore jumped of, and the crowd, beliey-
the next mo emit the plucky Frenchmsn
was up and away, the, crowd cheering him as he
his lead to one mile and 6nished the twentieth
mile In Al minutes and 80 20 seconds From
The herald., 1898-08-15
Telephone and LIQUID Air

Henry Norman. the we'll known English
journalist. in recent article. entitled
America Revisited in War Time" in the
July McClures, speaks as follows regard
ing the use Of the telephone here and In
England:
1.-THE observant visitor to America must
be impressed nrst with the remarkable de-
velopment Of what may be called applied
intelligence. Not only is there an extra
ordinary fertility of invention. but also
what is perhaps more striking still, there
is apparently an instant readiness on
everybody's part to make use Of the things
invented.
From visit to visit, for example. have
observed . constant improvement in the
telephone. The instrument has grown
smaller. neater. more graceful, simpler,
and easter to use. As 1t stands on an
American desk today 1t might be a flower
holder. In some Of the best and most ex-
pensive parts Of London today you cannot
have telephone put in your house at all.
When you do. 1t is the ugly box arrange
ment Of ten years ago. I call upon a
Journalist friend in New York. Upon his
desk stands an elegant little apparatus
through which he converses every after
noon with Washington and Chicago. In a
London newspaper office you might as
well look for machine for making liquid
air." 7t-
The herald., 1898-08-15
THE FENCE IN FUTURE WARS

The trocha has lost its terrors for
the time being, but it has established
its potency as defensive equipment
that must be reckoned with in all future
wars.
The idea Of stopping an advancing COL
umn with barbed wire fence was
laughed at in the United States at the
beginning Of the war, but the humor
Of II was not so much in evidence when
our boys ran up against It in the chap
arral. Connected with posts deeply i'm
bedded IN soil 20 marvelously prolific of
verdure a. to conceal them and render
their destruction by fire difficult II not
lznposxible. they offered q resistance that
y4e wen nigh perfect The difiiculty Of
romov1ng miles Of such distractions BY
.ths slow process of clipping, and in the
The herald., 1898-08-15
THE PUBLIC DEBT

The public debt Of the United States
claims some attention at the hands of
the American people just at this time.
From 1894 to the breaking out Of the
civil war, in 1861, the nations debt, while
variable, was not a very formidable,
quantity. We may be said to have
started in the former year with nest
egg of Indebtedness, bequeathed mainly
by the Revolutionary war, amounting to
SIS, ,407, ,404. There was no very marked
increase or decrease in these figures
until 1916, when, owing, doubtless to the
bill of costs Of our then recent war with
England 0n 1879 having been filed, the
public debt reached for the first time
in our history the one hundred million
mark, being, in 1876, $127, 1874, 1888. From
that time onward there was a gradual
annual decrease in our public debt. until
the year 1885, when 1t was all but wiped
out. amounting, in that year. to the
trifling sum Of $37,513. In the succeeding
year 1t was only $336,957, and in 1887 1t
was but $3.30S,124. For the succeeding
twenty four years the public debt ranged,
annually, from $5.250.S75, in 1889. to $751;
718, $50, in 1861. In 1862 it Jumped to more
than half billion dollars, and. in 1868.
reached beyond the billion mark. In 1864
it was 81. .709 ,452,277, while in the succeed
ing year it touched the high-water mark,
amounting GS65) to 1854, ,s15, 1856. Thence
onward there was steady annual de-
crease until 1893. WREN 1t had fallen to
$S3S, ,964.476. During the succeeding four
years there was slight annual increase,
last year uS97) the figure being $685.
656,0Ss. Roughly estimated these figures
approximate the supposed cost Of our
present war with Spain--which is said
to be close upon $1,000, 900, 000-provided
the pending peace conditions rendered
by the administration are accepted by
Spain and the Aforesaid war ends q