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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

Now York. Dec S-The trustees OF
the Bowery Savings hank, the biggest
savings institution in this city, on Mon.
day next will reduce the rate Of interest
allowed by the bank to dopositors from
ito 81 per cent The reduction has
already been informally decided upon
by the trustees, and it only needs their
formal action at the meeting IL IL
likely that other big savings banks IN
this city will follow suit In reducing
thoir rate Of interest All the banks
are ~ loaded up with cash that they arr
finding difficulty IN investing IN gilt
edged securities that will yield RETURNS
warrantng them to continue the 4 per
cent rate
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09
The House Finally Disposes Of the
Measure by Vote Of
ll9 10 l0l.
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
GRANTED TO WHEELER.
llc viii b. Retained In The Army
and 90 the same Tine viii
OCCUPY lli, seat In the
House.

Washington. Dec b-No business
was transacted by the senate m opau
session a few minutes after the sem.
lte convened 90 went INTO executive ses.
.iou
The senate bad long debate IN oEec.
utiye session uuon the subject ~ CON.
hrmauon OF tno Hawaiian commission.
en- The debate was started by Senator
Unr who made vigor1u. proto, +,
against the practice OF appointing sem.
ntor- upon ,uch % commission Many
senators took issus with Senator Huar
opposing any such policy
Aftor two audn hnl' hour, discussion
the question was r. erred 90 tlc Judic.a.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

Washington Ur s. The Democrat.
ic leaders 900 ths ang.c .av ihtt tho ur.
gent deficiency a1nrorr.ltou bll.whicu
come. un foIay. w.l. nor be tle teIt for
anv concerted discussion of the war
Representative slyor, Of Texas the
nnsiuc 67mormue m inter ~ the an-
rr1uuatiors commit ce. ays DE- tc.tei
90 fnmo tine bill and win he.p 20 pass
o.
Representative Bailey says any dis'u..
sion on the conduct ~ the war would
morn properly come later on the propo.
Ation 20 increase the regular army
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09
Ei(ft
Hull's Army Hiil

Washington, Dec Representative
Hull. chairman oi the house committee
on military afiain, ha. introduced q bill
increasing the regularly army % approx.
imnioly 100000 men. The bill was
framed NJ the war department. aud has
the approval of the secretary Of war. IL
il not the bill framed by General Miles,
A. this measure has not the high rank
trtaesod hY tho MiloI bill. aad some Of
the appointments are opon % OH ers of
the volunteers, or from civil life.
Il provides for lieutenant general
and what Is considered sufficient In.
crease of majors aud brigadier generals
60 command an army Of 100000 men
scattered from Porto Rico 20 Manila.
Tho artillery arm i rcorganizei sepa.
rating them into coast and field artil-
lory, but promotion 70 this is by seniori-
~ Of the whole army. A decrease Of
the enlisted men IL made 80 that the
army can be- increased by recruits m
case of war TO full strength. The cav.
airy is increased two regiments, tho in'
iautry Eve.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09
GREAT BRlTAlN's PLAN.
~ l. 10 Construct EHtsaslvs Doohyards
~ Kingston Very soon.


Kingston, Dec As n part Of the
scheme Of converting Kingston harboi
into a great naval depot and extensive
dockyard, in view OF toe construction oi
the Nicaragua canal in the near future,
the admiralty authorities have Just com.
pletcd negotiations for the purchase ol
Grek Pond az the western extremity O.!
the city, where tho proposed dockyard
will b. constructed Its said that tho
work viii be- commenced Immediately.
The dockyart, 10 /, said, is 10 10 tho
largest anG best equipped IN the British
dominion. A naval authority who has
b,Vn interviewed on the subject SAYS tho
intention Is 10 mako Jamaica another
"Gihmltar 20 command the canal ami
b. nliying port for the naval ami ui..
itary forces of the Anglo. American al.
lance. whom, by dominating both
oceans, it holds the political and com.
mcrc.ai balances Of power In tho hollow
Of its hands
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

dispute ahou, .arm anJ stock matter.
William 4. Bruce shot and Aiucd lol
Rome, just outsac Gee edge ot this p'ar
Both men were farmer. ami ueighur
ard both wru hiehls r,ro tod To-.
two men had had several previous quar-
rpia
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

New Yors, Dee S.-Tm sharaey and
KID MCCOY have been mi ,hcd 10 drhr
20 rounds before the l.ouux Ah.el
club in th. 60 y Tor purse %. $50 Uuu
The BATH vui bc .ougut early next
mouth apl he winner will 80 after
Bob Ni.sH mons
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

New Nors. Dee. s-AsGsiant Naval
Constructor Iiob.on viii g1 % Manila
90 .uPrufend tho raising of thn sunsen
chip. He eKpcct. 10 leave about Dec.
90 liobson will shortly visit his home
in Alabam1. but only expects 20 stay
three or four DAYS
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

NJ Piso, Tex, Dec George Scar
brouFh, q Wels.Fargo detective who
has mado many notable captures on th,
frontier, arrested Red pipkin at Deming
n. NJ, and landed him bcnlnd the bar.
charged with completely in a tram rob
berry.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

Wadona, MINI, Dec THE Central
House has burned and two men have
lost th2ir lives, while all the guests In
one wing were obliged to escape from
the wiAows. Two bodies, burned bo.
yona re'ngnlTion, have been recovered,
iI|Iu - - undoubtedly are q. E. Quest OF
~ Prank Austin of T'ho,,
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

~ committee with instructions 20 in.
ycsiigato and rrnor. upon the romita.
tion ~ the comm m.s,iouor4
Atg;lip M The senate resumed bus.
inoss in omen session.
Commun cations were received from
the house announcing the death during
the recess OF Rorrascntatvc- stephen
A. Norihwav of Ohio and William +.
Love Of Mississippi On motion of Mr.
Foraker of Ohio, In respect TO the Nom.
ory OF the deceased, the senate at $3.50
p. m. adjourned.
Senator Hawley Of Connecticut, chair.
man Of the military affairs committee,
introduced a bill for the reorganization
Of the regular army.
senator Hoar Of Massachusetts,, 10.
oured the adoption ot a resolution that
a committee of seven senators be- ap.
pointed 20 whom shall b. referred that
part of the presidents message which
relates 20 the celebration NJ the conton.
NAL OF the city OF Washington as the
capitol OF the Unitod States
The house passed the anti.ticket
cnlping bill by vote of nc TO i0i.
|Eauu-sss.ua.a the elimination OF a 10
ON the part Of the rail.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-09

Havana. De. s.-rhe cruiser Sow
York, which left Newport News on
Dec o, has arrived here
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
A THRILLING BUFFALO YARN.

How the Old-Tiuer Saved Himself
from a Stampeded Herd.
81 was huntin' buffalo down Medi-
cine Valley, Kansas, along in the '70s,"'
says the old plainsman. THE country
was Just alive with the critters, and
1 was knockin' 'em right and left,
when all at once somethin' started a
stampede, and three or four million
buffalo came rushing down the val
ley, just maxim the ground shake as
they came. l seen at once that /
would have to get out of there or be
run over, but my pony was all tagged
out, and the herd kept gaining on him
at every jump. l saw that them buff
falo was goin' TO run that pony down,
and that something had to be done,
and done quick. Well. sir, seen that
there was just one thing to do; l
waited till the head buffalo was right
on my pony's flank. and then l made
jump on that buffalo's hump.
"Then, sir, l just went jumpin' from
the back of one buffalo to another
and sbootin' as l went-thought, may
be, you know, that could scatter the
herd and get chance to get down
on the ground. Well, sir, when struck
the rear Of that stampede l was only
a mile from home. / went out the
next day and measured the distance
from where / jumped, and found 1
had Travelled ON the backs Of buffalo
for six miles and quarter. I'll tell
you honestly, think it was a little
the closest shave l ever had"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Swiss Mountain Railways.

Only twenty-six years have elapsed
since the railway was built up the
Rigi, and to-day Switzerland has forty
six mountain railroads. The most
popular of them at present is that up
the Wengern Alp, from Interlaken, via
Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald. A few
years ago there were only few hotels
near Wengern; this summer seven hun
dred guests jostled each other in the
new hotels, while some of the other
resorts complained of lack Of tourists.
The Wengren Alp owes its present
vogue not only to the wonderful view
it affords of the Jungfrau snow-felds
and frequent avalanches, but to the
fact that it is the starting point of the
much-discussed Jungfrau railway, the
length of which, from the Scheidegg,
is conveniently reduced to six thousand
feet. The motive power will be cleo
tricity, and the tunneling also will be
done with electric power. The total
expenses are estimated at 100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
MEMORIES,
boo+s of donorted hotter davs

Ghosts of departed better days,
Vague spectres of forgotten scenes,
Peace Messengers whose presence brings
Tranquility. when twilight filings
Its purple glocm, and night conyenes
Her spirits in the amber haze.
Dark-robed magiciaDs by whoI~ art
Forgotten forms are conjured up,
Shrewd alchemists whose cunning hold
Turns recollection's rusts to gold,
And pours in fancy's silver cup
The dews of peace to still my heart,
1 welcome you this lonely night,
Crowd round my chair and revel free,
Nor mind the storm-king's fractions shout
Who holds wild carnival without,
Throw charmed mantles over me,
My restless heart with dreams delight.
Haste, while the deepning shadows steal
Adown the dusky path of night,
Dim harbingers of spirit bands
Who lure the soul to unknown lands,
Haste, while the embers' dying light
Its mystic picture-lore reveals.
What glories in your largess seem!
What grotesQue forms your magic
makes,
And in the lights that come and so
Dream phantom of the long ago
Its visions of dead days awakes,
And sets thoughts smouldering fires a.
CLEAN.
What strange emotions thrill the heart
As each Elysian shade appears!
Sweet apparitions gliding by
AS clouds float DER a summer sky
These spirit-forms of bygone years,
These phantasmas of mem'ry's art.
Youths Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
I balanced the coin on my first finger.

/ balanced the coin on my first finger.
| felt sure of the result. for the man
never lived who is as lucky as | am.
l even began to pity poor Transome.
But before this feeling had much op-
portunity to grow tipped the quarter
whirling into the air, and, as it struck
the floor, placed my foot upon it.
| looked at Marie. (which shall it
be-" l asked, softly.
YOU she whispered.
l slipped my foot aside and we both
stopped. The laurel.wreathed head of
Liberty was up.
1t was Transome!
We both Strengthened up. l looked
at Marie and Marie looked at me. She
was pale, and | could not have been
otherwise. l had risked all on the turn
of a coin-and it had turned the wrong
way. Without 4 word, for | was not
wise in the ways of women, L walked
out of the room, secured my hat IN the
hall, and started to open the door and
go out into the street.
AS my hand was turning the knob
something touched my arm. l turned
and looked around. There stood Marie,
with little smile-a little beseeching
smile-on her face.
"Dick," she whispered, and then was
silent. l still held on to the door knob.
Dick this time the smile was still
more beseeching-"can't you see? It's
its you, anyhow"
I saw, and my hand left the door
knob. And in the little excitement that
followed also may have kissed Marie.
Such things have happened.-St. Louis
GlObe-Democrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Natural Bridge of Virginia.

The natural bridge of Virginia is one
of the most wonderful structures ma
ture has left to show her handiwork.
The bridge spans the mountain chasm
il. which flows the little stream called
Cedar Greek. the bed of which is more
than 200 feet below the surface of the
plain. The middle of the arch is 40
feet ir perpendicular thickness, which
is increased to 60 at its juncture with
the vast abutments. 1t is 60 feet wide
and its span is almost 80 feet. Across
the top is n public road, and being on
the same level with the surrounding
country one may cross it in coach
without being aware of the interesting
place. 1t is on the abutmentS that
many names are carved by persons
who have climbed up the face of the
precipice. For number of years the
name of Washington, cut in the rock
when the Father of his Country was
lad, stood high above those of all the
other daring spirits. In 1918, however,
a student at Washington College, Vir-
ginia, James II. Piper by name, climb
ed from the foot to the top of the rock.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Seeking for a ClOu."

The "clou." or great OverShadOwing
feature of the forthcoming Paris expo
sition. is yet lacking. and the manage
ment has so far vainly sought for it
amid the myriad of practicable schemes
broache by inventors and theorists
and cranks. and are still in search OF
new ideas and encouraging their pre-
sentation. An immense captive bal
loon, an enormous telescope and a 200
ton monumental clock are among the
suggestions: as are also great pano-
ramas of the world. n gigantic electric
gyroscope, typical streets of each coun-
try. palace of jewels. a ceramic pal
ace and thousand other schemes
more or less visionary: but meanwhile
the great unbound '.clOu' which is to
take in the coming exhibition the place
of the Eiffel tower in the last.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Sbakspearean Errors.

Hereare few nuts for Shakspearean
students to crack: What error does
Titus Lartius make in "COriolanus"
when he says he was a soldier even to
Cato's wish:" Again in the same play,
when Menenius Agrippa says of Cori-
olanus: HE sits in his state as a thing
made for Alexander" Again when
Menenius remarks: "The most SOW
ereign prescription of Galen is but
empiricutic-" In Julius Caesar is
another error. 1t occurs in the lines:
"Brutus-Peace! Count the clock.
Cassius-The clock has just struck
three"
In Macbeth" the bleeding captain
errs in the sentence, 'As cannon over
charged with double cracks" King
John also errs in the lines:
BE thou as lightning in the eyes of
France,
For ere thou canst report l will be
there;
The thunder of my cannon shall be
heard
The great bard makes many other
errors, but it will be a sufficient ex-
plot to discover those above pro
pounded.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Lunacy Increasing in Prussia.

The steady increase of insanity in
England has long been attracting at
tention, but it seems from recent Ger
man official return that in this respect
Prussia is not whit behind, if, indeed,
it is not tending TO fill its lunatic asy-
lums at more rapid rate than this
country. In 1871 the total number of
lunatics in Prussia was 55,O63, in 1880
it had risen to 66,345, while in 1896
it had gone up to $3.50. 1t is curiously
interesting to note also that, while the
growth of insanity is general, it is more
marked among men than among wom-
en-. OF 100000 Prussian males it seems
21S are found insane, but in like num-
her of women only 243. From figures
given in the same return, it would
seem that blindness is diminishing
while the number of deaf muteS is
rather increasing.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
The wild Horses of Arizona.

"Tbere must be 10000 head of wild
horses in Northern A"iZOna,' said VIII
s Barnes, one of the largest cattle-own
ers in Navajo County, recently. They
are the worst nuisance that can be I'M
agined. 1t has reached the point when
we cannot safely turn out a riding
horse to Craze We have to keep our
saddle animals and roundup horses
stabbed all winter or bring them down
to Phoenix for pasturage. The wild
stock not only eat the food that ought
TO go to the cattle, but they run cattle
off the range. They have chased off
all the cattle from the west end of the
Hash Knife range, one of the best grass
districts in Northeastern Arizona. II
Is useless to put out salt for the stock.
for the wild horses chase away the cat
tie that come near it. AT this season of
the year they are fat and have shining
hides. They sweep over the country in
great bands, gathering up any stray
animals they may come across. y
horse is as good as lost that joins
them.''-St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
BY SEA TO SIBERIA.
Successful Expedition of 12 Steamer
to the Yeuisei and the Obi.

to the Yeuisei and the Obi.
The attempt to reach the Siberian
markets by sea from England proved
very successful and profitable this
year, though Capt. Virgins, the pio-
neer of the route, took no part in the
expedition. Last summer after de-
livering his cargo safely at the Yenisei,
Capt. Virgins lost his steamer, the
North Star, by stranding in the fog in
the Yugor Strait, but brought his ships
company home without harm after
long journey through the Samoyed
country.
The expedition this year was on a
more ambitious scale than any sent out
previously. A fleet of twelve steamers
left England at the end of July. The
vessels made their way separately
across the White Sea to Chabarowa, on
the Yugor Strait, to which coaling
ship had been sent in advance, and then
proceeded together in the ice formation
between Waigatsch Island and the
mainland, with the Bleucathra, the
strongest vessel, as an ice breaker in
the lead. The precautions taken We're
useless, however, as the season hap
pened to be unusually open. The Kara
Sea and the straits We're free from ice.
and the expedition saw none either
going or returning. Nevertheless, the
lead had to be used constantly, as the
charts proved worthless.
After rounding White Island in safe
ty the fleet separated, four steamers
working their way south up the long
and shallow gulf of Obi, while the
others followed Capt. Virgins usual
route to the Yenisei River, where their
cargoes, consisting in part Of supplies
and material for the Trans-Siberian
railroad, were discharged, and three of
the vessels, intended for service on
Siberian rivers and on Lake Baikal,
We're left. Little or no return cargo,
save specimens of timber, was taken.
The Obi squadron went as far as Ma
hodka Bay. which is near the mouth of
the Obi River, whore a fiOtilla of tugs
and large barges met it, and fortnight
was spent in exchanging freight. The
Obi barges were 200 feet long and car
ried 1000 tons of grain. Wheat. oats,
-four of high grade, horsehair and
hemp were loaded on the British ships.
The cargo taken out by the fleet is
interesting. 1t consisted in main part
of tea pressed into bricks, which was
all disposed of at high prices. Until
the railroad is completed it has been
proved that it is cheaper to ship tea
from China around the world to Lon
don and to transport it thence by sea
to within a comparatively short dis
tance of its starting point than to use
the primitive methods of caravan
transportation, on which Siberia still
depends for its trade with China. The
Trans Siberian Railroad will change all
this. 1t is of interest, too, that some of
the steamers tOwed freight barges
with them from Nardoe. The fleet as
sembled for the return at White Island;
it was out of the YugOr Strait by the
middle of September, and though it had
very rough weather all the way back
to England, it encountered no peculiar
ly Arctic adventures.-New York Sun.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Rewarded at Last.


President Mckinley has made one
appointment to which not even the
most rabid muswump will object. The
recipient of that appointment, Cham
paign County, Ohio, man, passed
through Columbus the other day on
his way to Washington to thank the
President personally. 1t was through
ex-Secretary of State Samuel Nj. Tay-
lor that Major Mckinley heard of the
existence of the appCintee. During
the Presidents first term as Governor
he spoke at G. A. r. campfire Ill
Northern Ohio. There We're several in
the Columbus party, including Lieu
tenant Governor Harris and Secretary
Taylor, who spoke after the GovelHor
TAYLOR was not soldier and felt
awkward in trying to address veterans.
So. in lieu of Il speech, he told n story
about a man in his county, private
i'm the Ninety-fifth o. V. |. He told OF
the incarceration in Andersonville of
this young Ohio soldier and fellow
private of his company; how both had
wasted away under the Andersonville
ordeal. The Champaign County mans
friend was weaker and near 10 dying
on the day when a list of prisoners TO
be exchanged was read out. The crowd
of skeletons strained their ears, each
with the fierce hope of hearing bis
name. The Champaign County nan's
name was read, but Fred compressed
his lips and did not answer. The list
was finished. and Bills name was not
On it. Then only did Fred's lips relax.
He said quickly: bill. answer to my
name. You can't stand this. II. pull
through
bill did, and was exchanged. Nine
months later Fred, weighing ninety
mounds. was exchanged. He had
weighed 160 when captured.
On the way back from the campfire
the Governor said: Taylor, l wish
you would write out that story and
let me have it.
Tavlor did so, and the Major used it
in his speech at Grants tomb on
Memorial day, 1894.
Not long before The Inauguration
Secretary Taylor was in Canton, when
tho President-elect remarked: by the
way. Taylor, what's become of your
Andersonville prisoner?
TayIor told Mckinley what Fred was
doing. and added: HE ought to be re-
membered." The other day Fred Hois-
ington of Champaign County, eN-pri-
yate Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer In
fantry. was appointed inspector OF
abandoned mineral lands at IS & day
and expenses. Taylor was bere to-day
and told the story.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-06
Large Water Power Plants.

The large plants for the utilization of
water power in our country now fur
nish 72,0OO horsepower, with the pros
pect of an increase to 10000 horse
power, when all are completed. In
addition, there are a vast number of
smaller ones used in mines or in light
ing towns.
Switzerland comes next, with 4S,00C.
France will have $4,000 when the plant
on the Rhone, near Geneva, is complet-
ed. Germany and Italy have less than
10000 horsepower each. Norway and
Sweden each have about 5000, with
possibilities of great development. Eng
land comes last with only 1000 horse
power. Some $4,000 of the power cred
tied to America belongs to Canada, a
country which abounds in undeveloped
water powers.
These water powers are made to do
all that coal can do, except raising a
smoke. A coal bed is eXhaustible, and
er its end, but the energy of waterfalls
is inexhaustible and will be available
for mans needs long after the last
pound of coal is raised from the mine.
Not the least remarkable feature of
this new departure is the size of the
turbines employed. One hundred
horsepower used to be regarded as a
large amount to be given by single
wheel. Some of the turbines at Nj
agara develop fifty times as much. The
next great movement may be the utili.
zation of the tides, in which there is an
immense reservoir of power. We may
see the day when the great amount OF
water power in Alaska is brought down
to temperate region and is more valu-
able than the gold under its frozen soil.
Hartford Courant.