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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12

WARREN AND BRISTOL BEANCa
Leave PROVIDENCE Qndia Street
Station) for FALL RIVER--6.5o. v.SO.
$50. 11.30 a. M: 1.S0, $3.50, 4.3J. $50, o. 20
NEWPORT-7.3o. $50. ll.so a. M: 1.sO.
100 o.5U, ESQ p. m. SundayS--1.3Os
$50 a. M: $50 D. m
WARREN, BRISTOL and way stations
at ESQ, 7.3O. $50, ll.So a. "a; 1So 3;ao:
AIS. 4.S0 (exp.). $50. $50. 7.3o and 11.30
d. m Sundays-1S0. $50 a. m.; l.Sc.
$50, $50 p. IN.
Providence, at els. 7.15, s.l5, LIE a.
m: 1.15. S.15 400, 4.15. 5.15. els, 715.
Ills p. m. Sundays-1.t5, s.15 a. m;
lis, 5.15 and 6.15 y. m.
MIDLAND AND CENTRAL DIvIsIONs.
Trains leave Providence as follows:
FOR BOSTON. Kneeland st. Station
COS. ll.55 a. m. Return-l207, 6.2i
FRANKLIN-6.o5. 11.55 a. M: $50 D. m.
MILFORD 1t.55 a. M: 5.55 y. IN.
CRANSTON-G.40 9.05 a. M; 100, 40.
5.35, G.30. lis p. m. Saturdays. Ills
KSSiIGc'HrsvILLE-.'12.o5. X "5.s5. ESQ ..
m Saturdays. s'11.10 D. m.
EsHANTICUT-1205 5.35. $50 p. m.
Saturdays, lilo p. m.
PoNTIAC-..6.4Oa 40 a. m: ''12.o5. 6.s5. $50.
"IlO ID. m. SATURDAYS. "'il.lV p Hus
NATICK. RIVERPOINT, CENTRE
VILE, ANTHONY and WASHING
TON-6.40. 9.05 a. M; 1903 40, 5.35,
6 70. 715 u. m. Saturdays-11.10 p. IN.
ARCTIC AND QUIDNICK-64o q. m:
1905. 420. 5.35, $50. ''i.l6 y. m. Satur.
COVENTRY. SUMMIT. GREENE.
ONECo. MOOSUP and PLAIN.
TiELD-6.4o, 9.o5 a. M: $40. 7.1E q.
m. The 7.15 train connects at Plain
field for New York.
sTERIING. JEWETT CITY. CAN.
TERBURY. SCOTLAND-5.4o, sos a
m. 4.20, T.15 p. m.
VERSAILLES, BALTIC. SOUTH
WINDHAnI, ,wILLIMANTIC,H HART
FORD and NORWlCH-6.40 SoS -
m; 4.20. 7l5 p. m.
FisHKILL. NEWBURG, WATER
BURY and DANBURY-9.05 a. m.
PASCOAG AND INTERMEDIATE
STATIONS. EXCEPT FIELDS
STATION-6.i5. $50 "a. m; 4.l0, e.u
%. m. Saturdays, Ills y. IN.
s'Stop on flag.
a Sleeping cars onlyN All parlor
cars. Via Walpolc Line.
n Except Mondays.
G. PETER CLARK. A. e. KENDALL
Gen. Supt. Gen. Passr. Agt.
GEORGE l.. CONNOR.
Pass'r Traffic Manager
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Adyertis. in the rrovidencs News
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ICE
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CRYSTAL ICE OMPANY.

n. T. SHERWOOD. Manager. Telephone Is
Once, ia Washington ST., lroVlienci. %. D..
ICE FROM PURE sPRiN Ma WAIt =.
penots-Dexter avenue and Erond sttse-
Early and Prairie streets. Storchou-es -
Crystal Lake, North smithneld; IgtkF
Pond. Burrilivillei Spring 1reen f9r..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12
SWAN POINT CEMETERY

Oficc. 80 North Main street.
Omnibus Go the Cemetery runs from
corner of South Angel street and Way
land avenue Sundays every 40 minutes
from 10 a. IN. TO d. m. until further
notice.
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sToNINGToN DIVISION.

FOR NEW YORK (via Stoningtou
iine)-7.35 and sos y. m. daily ex-
cept Sundays).
For NEW HAVEN AND NEW YORK
(Shore Line)--a1.12. 1.25 a. IN. daily,
S01 1905, c11.01 0imited), 1113 a. IN.
(exp), 207. 4.05 daily, COS daily,
(for New Haven SD p. IN. daily.
FOR PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE
AND WASHINGTON tvia Harlem
River) 1905 a. M. except Sunday;
s.17 p. m. daily.
FOR NEW LONDON-a1.12. 1.25
daily exp). 6.52 (accom.t. S07 (loc.
exp). 1906 (exp), 10.1G (exp. to EaAr
Greenwich). 11.0l Qimitedl. 11.13 a. m.
(exp). 2.07 (exp). 2l0 (accom.). 4.0S
(exp. daily, 4l0 (accom.l, sic fac-
com sos (exp. daily. s.i7 p. m. (exp-
daily. Sundays-7.55 a. m; 4.6S p. n.
HOPE and way statlons-6.30, $50 a.
m; 1880. 2.30, 4.30, $50, $50. 1l.3o p. m
Sundays-9.S0 a. M; 5.3c D. m.
OAKLAND BEACH, BUTTONWOODS
and way stations-6.20. go a. m.:
1920, 2.20. 4.20. $40. 6.20. l1.20 p. IN.
Sundays-9.20 a. M; 220, $40 u. III.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12
WHAT DOTHE Chill LDREN DRINK ?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have YOU
tried the new food drink called GRAl\-OE
IL : delicious and nourishiug and takes the
place of coffee. The more Grain-O YOU give
the children thesmore health YOU distribute
through their systems. Grain-o Is made of
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but
costs about a as much All gloccrs sell il
l5c. and 25c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12
State Of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations.
THANK SEWING PROCLAMATION
BY His EXcellency
ELISHA DYER.

ELISHA D1 Elk.
Whereas the Governor OF this state
IS required by law 10 set apart one day
i'm each year as a day Of thanksgiving.
and
Whereas the President has designated
November twenty fourth, 1898, TO be
observed az such by the people of the
United states,
Now. therefore. !. Elisha Dyer, COVER
nor of the state Of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations do hereby APP
point - ..
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1898.
as "A day of Thanksgiving and praise
throughout this state.
/ earnestly request my fellow citizens
upon that occasion 10 refrain from their
usual occupations, 10 meet In their sew
eral houses Of worship 90 render thanks
10 Almighty God for the victories which
have crowned our arms. and TO extend
the tenderest sympathy 20 those to
whom the war has brought trouble and
s3rrow: and finally 20 remember those
among ms whose burdens can only be
Iightened by the generosity OF their fell
low men.
In testimony whereof. 7 have hereun-
L. snI-Ia1- -han1- and -c-lusGd-th -Seal- -of
the state To be affixed az Providence.
this nth day OF November in the year
OF our Lord. one thousand eight hun
drcd and ninety-cight. Of the founding
OF the State the two hundred and sixty
third. ard OF Independence the one
hundred and twenty-third.
II 50
ELISHA DYER.
1,y Tho Governor.
CHARLES =. BENNETT
Secretary ef state.
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THE BERLINS ARRIVAL,

New York. Nov. 12.--The transport
Berlin arrived here yesterday. There
were 137 soldiers. nurses and laborers on
board, some Of whom were convalescents.
There are AZ officers and government at
taches on board. coming home on sick
leave. or in the course Of government
business. In the hold of the transport
is some captured Spanish ordnance,
most OF IL of an ancient pattern and
valuable simply as trophies. The ord
nance will be taken TO the arsenal at
Waterveliet. y. Y. Some of IL is more
than century old and bears the mark
OF a Barcelona arsenal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12
Mission Houses Burned and Missionaries
BaTharOuSly Put 10 Death.
MISS MULLER'S THRILLING RESCUE.
Boats Crew From British Warshlp Arrived lust as
The Blood 'Bssottsd SaYagss We're About
10 Attack Her Mission House.


Sierra Leone. West Africa, bring news
Of the hanging at Kwellu of IS murder
ers of American missionaries, members
OF the United Brotherhood Of Christ, In
the Sherbro district Of Sierra Leone.
The massacre OF the missionaries, re-
ferred 20 I'm the foregoing dispatch. grew
out of the dissatisfaction of the natives
with the local hut tax \ number OF
chiefs rebelled and the resurrection
spread through the Sherbro district,
where the headquarters Of the mission
aries of the United Brotherhood Of Christ
were located. The insurgents burned
the mission house and murdered a num-
ber OF the missionaries. among them
Mr.. and Mrs. Cain and the Misses Archer
Hatfield and Schenck. Several OF the
miseionaries-Mr. and Mrs. Burtner. Mr..
and Mrs Minshall and the Misses Muller
and Ward-succeeded, after terrible ex-
perlences, in reaching Free Town. capt.
tai of the British colony Of Sierra Leone.
Miss Muller was rescued under the
most thrilling conditions. A number OF
the natises, frightfully besmeared with
the blood OF earlier victims, had already
surrounded the mission house where she
was, and she owed her deliverence 10 the
arrival, just in the nick Of time. of
boats crew from British warship.
A British expedition was subsequently
dispatched to the scene of the uprising
and the cremated bodies Of several OF the
missionaries We're subsequently recov-
cred. The search for Mrs. Cain. who fed
10 the bush al the time Of the massacre,
proved fruitless. and IL was concluded
that she had been killed. Native chiefs
to the number of 100 were arrested by the
British authorities and placed on trial
for murder. II is probable that the IS
already executed were the principal pro-
moters OF the rebellion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12

A famous musician says that so per
cent of the Germans understand music,
16 per cent. of the French, and two per
cent. of the English.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-12

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
EASTERN DISTRICT.

's ~" ssVveW C~0
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
EASTERN DISTRICT.
Time tables giving full information a.
70 local and through train service may
De obtained at Providence station and
stations below.
'rain Service From Providenos.
PROVIDENCE DIVISION.
Corrected to Oct. 18th. 1898.
oVSION $40. $50. s.os, s.oz' 500.
1907 a. m; 1909. c2.o2, 2.O4. s.23. io2,
5.O2. 5.5s. COZ. 7.2s, 7.5S, sos. s.5s. 1905
?. M. Sundays .455. $40. $50. d64o.
7Ss @ Sos U nos ps,;rIas eos, dato' ,.s~s SOS
Boston from Park Station. 1903. Gas.
I.45, $40. 800, cl000. 1908. 1915 a. M:
l2.45. 1.O2. 2.45. 800. 3.45. 4.45. 800. 5.45.
o.AO 100, 9.lS, Ills y. IN. sundays
los, $50. d7l0, SIS n. m; 1918. 800,
. rDs y;IS 200, BIS. 200. s.ls p. IN.
ATTLEBORO--hs.55, $40, $50, Gao, 7.02.
s.O2 $40, 9.02, 1902, 1l.40 a. m: II OF.
1910, 2.0i. $40, 402. 4.4o, 5.02, $40, 6.o2.
$40. 710. sos. zoos, IL 40 p. m. sun
days-4.55. $40. $50. $40 7.OS, $40, 9.0s
"a. m; l2.os. 40s. L4e. $40. COS. sos
NORTH ATrLEgoRo AND PLAIN
VILLE-s4o. $40. 11.40 a. m. ;4.40. 6.l0
p m; Sundays-6.f0 a. m; 4.4o p. m.
WAMPUM, WRENTHAM. NOR
WOOD. CENTRAL NoRWOOD AND
DEDHAM-6.f0. $40. 11.40 a. m. a 40 p.
m. Sundays-6.4o a. m. 40 y. IN
MANSFIELD-hi55, $40, $50, ZOE, S.02.
e.02, 1902 a. m; 1902, 2.04, 400. 5.O2.
6.02. no. Sos zoos y. m. Sundays
4.55, 5.40 5.50 7.0S. 9.0S a. M; 1908. 4.0s.
COS. sos p. m
FITCHBURG and way stations--5.s0.
s.0S a. m; 1902. 4.o2 p. m. Sundays
4.0S p. IN.
10y ELL and way stations-5:t) a. m:
m iZ.U2, f.O2 p. m. Sundays-4.0S p. m
TAUNTON AND NEW BEDFORD
$40, $40 a. M; 1910. $40. 40, $40
tTaunton), $40, 1l.40 y. m. Sundays
6fO, $40 a. m; $40 y. m.
MlDDLEBORO-6.40. $40 a. M. 1910,
$40, 4i0, $40 y. m. Sundays-640
&. M.
PLYMOUTH-6.40 a. m: 1910. 40 p. m.
POINTS ON CAPE COD-6.40 a. M:
l2.iO yarmouth and way stations),
$40, 440 p. m. tYarmouth). Sun
days-640 a. m. (Yarmouth).
COTTAGE CITY-6.40, 12.40 p. m, via
Woods Hole.
NANTUCKET-6.4 a. m.
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wORCEsTER DIVISION

FOR WORCESTER 6.35 (exp),
7.55 (exp. to Woonsocket). 9.55 COS.
socke). Las (exp). 3.55 texp. II
Woonsocket). 455 (eXp.l, SIS (exoD.
9.25 D. m. (accom.). Sundays-T.L a.
m. (accom.). 3.55. 5.55 (accom.) y nj.
MILLVILLE-5.55 .55. 7.55. 955. l1.55 a. in.;
Las. s55. ASS. 5.55, 9.25 2. ni. Sura.y
--7.55 a. m: 1856. sos D. IN.
LACKSTONE--5.55. 7.25. 7.55. S.25. -
$50. 1l.25. 11.55 a. m: LIS. Las. IS
500. 40. 455. 5.25. 5.55. 6.25. 7.2o. ~
Il.25 ID. m. Sundays--l.25. 1.55. 9.25.
ii.25 a. M; l.25, 3.25, 3.55, $50. 5.55, 19J,
The times., 1898-12-01
Tbc Treaty i'm the SENATE.

1t would be grave charge against
the sanity of any senator to suggest
that he will oppose the ratification of
the treaty of peace with Spain. No
sane man would want to keep up a per-
petual war with a ruined empire now
sunk to the pitiable condition of a
bankrupt power of the class of Portugal
and threatened with a domestic reyolu-
ton. No sane man, wanting peace,
treaty for this country. While we have
not been excessive in our demands. con-
sidering our responsibility for the fu-
ture of the eight millions of people in
the Philippines, We have eXacted vir-
tually all Spain had TO give. Our ample
excuse for insisting on our right, by
conquest, to these islands, is that Spain
had oppressed the people mercilessly,
and that the national conscience and
the dictates of consistency prevented
the nation that warred for Cuban relief
from tyranny from permitting restor-
alton of Spanish sovereignty over the
archipelago. But this ample excuse
could not warrant a refusal TO compen-
safe Spain for whatever of permanent
improvements she had effected. The
twenty millions which we shall pay to
Spain was not in purchase of title, but
the repayment of money expended by
Spain for the concerns of the islands,
Certainly no sane man. unless he
should be reckless of the regard in
which he is held by his fellow men,
would arise in the Senate to affirm that
We had exacted too much of the enemy.
The long abuse of her authority Justly
deprived Spain of any moral right to
retain sovereignty over the islands
where she would surely wreak ven
geance ON the unhappy people for her
defeat To pay larger sum of money
than she is believed to have expended
be to reward robbery Spain incurred
the greater part of The Cuban and Phil
ippine debts for her own use, pledging
the revenues of the colonies which
should have belonged TO the colonies
as security for the debts. If we have
exacted virtually all that was possible,
paying only what was fair as indem-
nifty, and If we have not demanded
more than our responsibilities to hui
manity compelled, on what reasonable
ground can any senator oppose the rat
ification of the treaty?
We are to consider that the un-Amer-
lean minority which RACES against ter
The times., 1898-12-01
BOARD OF TRADE BUSINESS.
Members Elected and Chairmen a
Committees Named.

The Washington Board of Tr1de hid
its regular monthly meeting az the board
rooms yesterday afternoon About "a
dozen members were present The follow
ing members were elected: \. P Clark
Charles A. Muddeman. DR.. Charles ?.
Stone and George Field.
President Noyes appointed an ex cuti.e
committee consisting of the following
members: a. T. Britton. chairman: B.
riah Wilkins. Samuel Ross. Charles J.
Bell. Charles b. Church. George Tru-s-
dell. o. T. Crosby. c. E. E.mmons- N /
Weller and W. P. Cox.
The following chairmen Of the sew r,I
committees were appointe5: 3 ids L.
Ross Perry: charities and correc io1s. T..
=. Janney; manufactures. Ward Thcro1
insurance. W. j. Newton; neIrbe.s il.
w. +. Van Wicket; mercantile Interest,",
Isadore Saks: parks. Henry +. Blount .
public buildings L. FL. Warner: p bin.
health, DIR. ". W. Johnson; -Tpeblie L
brary. J. W. Babson; public order. \ NJ
Lothrop; universities. ". j. 81 siet n
-Four delegates were elected to the Ma
tional Board of Trade convention. ard
five delegates 10 the Pure Food conyra-
ton
The times., 1898-12-01
DEVILS IN RUSSIA.
Methods of Treatment That Arc
often Employed

fSt Petersburg Letter IN London TelegTaph-)
Superstition is very rife throughout
Russia and the East. In some parts OF
Russia the people believe that devils can
enter into the organism OF human beings
whose actions they thereafter guide and
there are sorcerers VINO profess TO De
able to cast OUT the spirits These men
are utterly without scruple. and the sut-
ferings which they cause their victims to
undergo may be easily imagined. Very
few cases ever come before the law
courts The people look upon the wizard
as a powerful parsonage. who can work
them much evil and therefore not lightly
to be provoked Hence complaints are
rarely laid before the tribunals.
A typical story of the sort, however,
recently came before the court of Nladi-
caucase A Mahometan mollah or priest.
named Ahmed Ramasanoff. WIS charged
with torturing a peasant woman named
Kotcheretova. his object being TO drive
devils out of her At the beginning of
the present year Kotcheretova. who was
only twenty fell i'll. her malady being
accompanied by epileptic fits. The vii
layers and her husband, man named
Aslan-Bek, came TO the conclusion that
she was afflicted by evil spirits. and the
husband called upon the moliah Ramas-
anoff to cast them out First of all they
made up big wood fire and when there
were plenty of hot ashes they stripped
the young woman and tied her hands and
feet Seeing these ominous preparations.
Koteheretova began to cry out and beg
ged them to desiSt.
-Cut off my arms. put out my eyes, do
what you like, but do not burn me- They
paid no attention to her pieadinss. and
picking her up. placed her On the fire
She then became insensible- She was
covered with burns. which the doctor who
examined her declared TO be of d very Sc
we're character.
When brought before the court the
priest explained that the woman's hus-
band had sought his advice. He coun-
seled Aslan-Bek to force his wife to name
the spooSs. and he tthe priesD would be
able to restore her TO health. He had put
her on the fire until she gave the names
of the evil spirits, which he then wrote
upon a piece of paper and threw it into
the flames. after which he was quite sure
that the devil swOuld leave her. He
added that when she cried before being
put on the hearth it was not she that
wept, but the devils. The inquiry showed
that the woman had been kept on hot
ashes for eight hours. The headman of
the village deposed that such methods of
treatment We're often employed and were
priest guilty. and sentenced him to de-
privation of all his civil rights and to one
years imprisonment. The husband would
have been also tried, but that his wife
declared that she forgave him.
The times., 1898-12-01
LIEUT.. TIFFANY STARVED.
Dr. johnson Before the AIger Relief
Commission.


| C0mnaission.
Boston, Nov. 3o.-The Alger Relief Com
| mission began its session at $50 a. m. to-
| day. and after brief executive session
DR.. j. Booth Clarkson, of Boston. who
went to Porto Rico as medical agent for
the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Associa-
tion. was called as witness. He noticed
| a shortage of supplies and of some medi-
cine. but thought that was because there
neglect on the part of nurses was due
to ignorance and not wil!fulness
Major Charles X. Darling, of the Sixth
Massachusetts. testified that his troops
sometimes lacked food and believed this
was due to lack of transports and bad
roads at Porto Rica.
DR.. F. NJ. Johnson. of this city. who
attended Lieut. William Tiffany. of New
York, who died in this city. after his re-
turn from Santiago with the Rough Rid
ers on the Olivette. said that death was
the result of protracted fever and starva-
/ ton, explaining that he meant starvation
from a medical standpoint. The doctor
believed that Lieut.. Tiffany could not get
right food or could not assimilate it.
DR.. Henry Lamont. surgeon OF the
! Rough Riders, said that he was unable
! to get essential medicines en- the start
from Tampa. 1t was with great difficulty
that he got his medical supp les on shore
| and to the front, because of lack of trans :
port facilities. At FL Caney battlefield
DR. Lamont said that great inconvenie acs
was caused by the lack of iitters and am
balances. When suffering from n wound
and i patient in the hospital at Siboney
he thought he did not receive proper at
! iention. receiving no medicine during the
SIX days Ire was there.
| He came back on the City of Washing
| ton. which. he said. was not properly pre-
pared for carrying sick men, There was
not proper food for sick men and no med
| ical stores. No medical officer had charge
| of the embarkation of the wounded.
| Suggestions to Gen. Sternberg and the
| Secretary of War were ignored and let
| ters requesting that the question of his
military status be settled received no an
swer.
DIR. David Clark, of Springfield. was
sent to Montauk Point by the Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Aid Association 10
distribute food and medicines to the Sec
ond Massachusetts, and testified to the
difficulty he had in fulfilling his mission,
because Of red tape and misunderstand-
| ing of orders. He criticised severely the
manner in which the medical officers at
Camp Wikoff allowed ''sick and dying
men to leave CANA.
He cited the case OF a man who left
the camp and died within a few hours
He believed this was due to ineXcusabie
neglect on the part of DIR. GIihooIy. al
Montauk. He also thought that sick
! men should have been sent from camp to
New York by boat and not by train.
w II. Seabury, purser of the Bay State
| testified that he found a shortage OF
! medical supplies in the Cuban hospitals.
a. Brown. of Portland. Me-, complained
of the intoxication of DIR. Thomas, of
New Orleans, contract surgeon. while
in a hospital at Santiago
The times., 1898-12-01
REPORT ON MARKET CLAIMS.
Statement From Auditor Payne, of
the Supreme Court


the Supreme Court.
The Northern Liberty Market claims,
under the act of Congress approved jan
uary 26, 1897 form the subject for a very
lengthy report submitted to the District
Commissioners yesterday by James G.
Payne, auditor of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia.
II comprises more than one hundred and
forty pages OF closely typewriter mat
ter. and Is the most voluminous report
that has been submitted to the Commss-
sioners concerning the work of the va
rious departments of the local municipal
government during the last fiscal year
The report treats all the allowances
separately of the old market claims in
addition to those reported last May and
in November of 1887. All claims presented
are included, with the exception of those
dismissed by The counsel for the petition
ers, or cases in which the claimants failed
TO complete their proofs. The report
mentions briefly the legislation providire g
FOR the establishment OF the market. the
disposition of its privileges and its main
tenanee and management.
1t explains that the counsel for the
District was seriously handicapped l.e-
cause practically no proof was available
TO meet the assertions of the claimants
ana their witnesses except from among
those personally Interested: hence couu-
sci was compelled to rely upon exhaust
i've cross-examination of the claimant
and his Witnesses
The last report of Auditor Pavus
showed allowances aggregating SE-
62;oe. In the present report the asge-
gate Is sSi.s5559, making a grand total OF
Sl2s,5is.59. This Is exclusive of the al
iowanees In the first seven claims. which
We're paid by drawback certificates
The aggregate amount Of claims pre-
sented is as follows: For value of hold
ing. sS36. 1850: value of fixtures, S2s.-
6ss-o9; value of stock, s2s. 49, making a
grand total Of S592. 2l5
In each of the claims. with the single
exception Of that of Francis NJ Bradley.
power Of attorney has been flied from
the parties in interest. These DOW
ers of attorney. with the original
papers In each claim. will be deiiv-
cred to the Commissioners for future
reference in distributing whatever appro-
priation may be made. The record of tes-
timony taken Will be preserved subject
to the call of the Commissioners at any
time.
Auditor Payne asks for the sum of
$4,000 as compensation for his services
The times., 1898-12-01

Mr. W. T. Stead is an Englishman who
sees ghosts and fancies a great many
things are so merely because it would
conform to his peculiar ideas of things.
His assertion that the Pope is extremely
bitter over the American demands on
Spain had no. foundation in fact. The
Pope is not in the habit of saying inju-
dicious things. and certainly he would
never reveal his feelings II they were of
the kind described by Mr.. Stead. On the
contrary, he has taken great pains to as
sure Americans OF his esteem and his de-
sire to maintain the most cordial rela-
tions with us.
The times., 1898-12-01
The Necessity of Expnnsion.

Artificial obstacles in the way of
trade are the natural creation of that
absolutism in government that is rep
resented by Russia-the very antithesis
OF the ideals of the English-speaking
race, in particular. It is true that they
have been the product of American pro-
vincialism, also; but that is now happily
at an end, and with it the pernicious
system Of trade exclusiveness. Few will
believe that the hands of the clock of
time can be turned back; that absolut-
ism in government, with the consequent
mistaken restrictions of commerce. can