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SEALED PROPOSALS.
Tho citv of Newport News, Va. VIII
receive. up to u o'clock noon OF lhe


10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1898.
sealed proposals for the construIe,5ion
work and materials of brlck pullu.'!s
- be used as Jail and also to contain
q nolice station house ana fmerseiesS,
hosnital. The proposals must cover 60
me cost of the building, together VIA
necessary prison cells. steel worh a,,u
other appliances for tho'ousilis
enrinped modern jail. The proposa,s
snail be made upon plans and specl l1sa;-
lions furnished by the bidders at .ng *, :
avn expense without any cost 20 th ne
| civ which shall accompany ana ne
| submitted with the bid. All such plos
viii be securely sealed and sent or uG,
,ivered to the city clerk OF Newpol!
! News and must be in his hands oS :
o.c,ock of the day mentioned.
particulars as to size, expectea Coz
ond general nature of the buildlns ai.'
eauipnehts will be furnished upon az
n,ication by the city clerk
\ The city reserves the right 10 'e'ee
: any or all bids.
" au 18-1m.
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
WHEN YOU ARE BURIED ALIVE
From the London MaiI)

L.
Count Michael Won Karnice KarnicI<i.
the cars chamberlain, has invented
and perfected an ex .eedingJv clsvo,
apparatus for the prevention of that
bugbear Of the nervous-a living burial
The apparatus was offered as a Gift to
the French government, which still has
us acceptance under consideration.
A tube Drotrudes four feet to four
ana a half feet above the surface of
the grave, and upon the top of if is
llXed small metal box with a sprins.
lid. 'p' IN
To the lower end of the tube. which
Just enters the upper lid Of the coffin
Is 1lXed an india rubber ball charged
pretty fully with air so that the SLIGHT
est extra pressure upon it would cause
a discharge Of air upward through the
tube, and thereby release the lid Of the
box, which springs open upon the
slightest pressure.
The opening of the lid automatically
Rises sma flag and sets an electric
Dell i'll motion, which rings immediate
~ over the grave and in the sexton's
house, where it also releases a fan
which indicates the grave over which
the box has opened
As Will be seen, the lghtest sign of
breathing on the part of the buried per
SON or the slightest motion of The
heart viii suffice to open the box and
sound the alarm, and the open box. nv
clever and intricate little mechanism
pumps sufficient quantity of air down
into the coffin to preserve the buried
person from suffocation while assist
ance is arriving,
Count Karnich, it may be added. is
firmly convinced thar thousands Of per-
sons are buried alive every year in a
state Of lethargy
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
A 100000 BONFIRE.
(From the Boston Transcript

IT IOIu TIE Boston TRANSCRIPT
If any one should refuse to believe
that the Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Company has cars to burn. he has only
to pay visit to the yard of the old
Sea Beach road, at the foot of Fifty
sixth street Brooklyn, where he win
see them burning
The company has gathered there 223
cars, Of total value of 500 900, and ii
Is burning them at the rate of from
eight to ten q day In about three
weeks the entire number will be re-
duced to junk and ashes.
These are not Anticipated, out of date
rickety cars that are being destroyed
Here and there one will be found which
has seen better days many years ago
but the bulk of them are in the prime
OF street car life, bright shiny. solid
with a dozen or more years of good
service left in each
tut the city railroad march of prog
ress is so rapid in these times that even
serViceable rolling stock has to be con-
demned as soon as it fails to meet pop
ular requirements. The only fault to
be found with the cars that are being
burned is that they are too small. Since
the big cars have been introduced the
public refuses to ride in the smaller
ones that suited them five years ago
and the company bows to popular pref
erenCe.
There are cars in the doomed lot that
cost the company $500 six years ago
IRE average cost Of the entire 223 was
Between $500 and 500 each, making the
total cost about $l500OO They are
worth $500 apiece today, so that, at a
lair valuation, the company is destroy
ing rolling stock valued at Sill 500
Two questions naturally arise in con-
nection with such an apparently reck-
less demolition Of property:
Why does not the company sell the
cars to some other company that
could utilize them out west, or some
Where else where the public is not so
hard TO please as here?
Why does not the company let the
poor people have the wood of the cars
for fuel?
Supt. Bolin Of the company's Fifty
eight street station, answered both
Questions for a reporter recently, thus:
In the first place, we cannot get
anything like fair price for these cars.
Other companies know they are con-
denned and they will not pay more
than $50 apiece for them delivered. We
would lose money on them at that fig
ire. As it is, before we burn w the
cars we remove an the fuetal that is of
value. AND Ills nets US about $70 car
''i ~ "'" 10 i"'.ls "'1ial IN hum IlaA al
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TOUR IN LUZON.
Two American Officers Well
Received EVERYWHERE.

Manila, Nov. 23.-Paymaster W. b
Wilcox and Naval Cadet L. r. Sargent
of the United States monitor Monad-
mock have returned here after a six
weeks tour of the interior. They were
well received everywhere. They crossed
the provinces of Pang-Asinan and Neu-
va Eciia and then Travelled over the
mountains. The naval officers next Wis
tied the watershed of the Rio Grande
and Cazayan They say its fertility is
marvellous. Not a yard of barren land
was seen; the towns were quiet and
prosperous, the plains We're highly Gull
tivated and the mountains were SPLEEN
didly timbered.
The native authorities refused to per-
nit travellers to go into the mountains
unescorteaT because the fern head
hunters kill any party of less than 20
rifles
The insurgent troops have every
where apparently settled down, and
there were no signs of dissatisfaction
with Aguinaldos government. There
are many Spanish soldiers and friars in
captivity but no sisters of charity were
observed among the prisoners. They
sailed down splendid river to Aparri.
at tic CAlI GIIlt IlOtlu OL Ine lSianQ OF
Luzon, where they arrived on Novem-
Der ., on board the insurgent steamer
Filipinos. From there the apparently
idle travellers took a steamer to Oslo.
on the west coast, and landed and
tramped through the province of Ilo-
cos, near the mountains inhabited by
the Negritas, or black aborigines They
saw none but they collected a number
OF interesting weapons ana implements.
That part of the country is apparently
quiet, excepting in the mountains.
where state Of primitive savagery
exists.
The insurgent officers had lust re-
ceived Aguinaldo's proclamation not to
permit foreigners to carry weapons, so
the Americans agreed to have every
thing in that nature forwarded to them
later The two officers reached Santo
Tomas with difficulty, because the
bridges had been washed away a cen
fury ago, and had never been rebuilt
only temporary bamboo bridges are
erected during the dry season each
year. From Santo Tomas the travellers
went by boat to Dagupan, where they
took the train for Manila. The Amer
lcan officers are now drawing up a de-
tailed report Of their trip for the use of
the authorities and at Washington.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
JUDGE GORDON RESIGNS.
His Action is Believed to Havs Much Po-
tical Significance.

Harrisburg, Nov. 23.-Judge Gordon Of
Philadelphia has resigned and Cover
nor Hastings has accepted his reslgna-
ton
Judge James J. Gordon was the UNI
successful candidate for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination before the
Altoona convention this year. which
was captured by George A. jerks. He
has long been recognized as one of the
leaders of the anti Harrity element of
the democratic party in this state and
his resignation is believed to have
much political significance. Judge Cor
don has been on the bench for more
than 10 years.
1t was expected that the trial Of SEN
ator Quay would be held in the court
presided over by him, and Senator
Quay's friends and attorneys have de-
clared that under no circumstances
would they permit Judge Gordon to try
the case, alleging that he was the mys-
ferrous power that was urging the dis
trict attorney in the prosecution.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
NEWS FROM EAST.
Minister Make De-
mandS on Government.

Tacoma, Nov. 23-The Northern
Pacific liner Olympia brings the follow
ing Oriental advices;
A telegram published by the Chuw
Wo states that Sir Claude Macdonald
the British minister at Pekin, will
probably make the following represen-
tations to the Chinese government on
the subjoined points, at an early
date:
First-Fhe treaty powers will not rec
ognize the restoration of the regency
on 50 fiimsy pretext as the i'll health
of the emperor, which is not sufficient
to justify a change in the sovereignty.
SecOnd-The work of reforms started
by the emperor must not be suspended
not only in the interest of peace in the
east, but for the sake also OF the
maintenance Of the Chinese empire.
Third-It is contrary to the principles
Of humanity to visit capital punishment
upon political antagonists, and this
practice must be discontinued in the
future
Fourth-That the Chinese govern
ment must take greater precautions to
prevent assaults by natives on foreign
residents in Pekin, in broad daylight.
The British minister is now conduct
ing negotiations with the ministers of
other powers on the subject, but no de-
csion has as yet been arrived at.
A Chinaman claiming to have come
from Manila applied to the American
minister at Bangkok for passports to
travel in Siam. After the glorious ex-
plot Of Admiral Dewey. he explained
he had no alternative but to become an
American citizen.
Hamilton King performed a natural
ization ceremony on the spot, and APP
piled for passports in due form, but
Prince Devawongse objected to the
celestial's standing. The United States
minister rejoined that American pro-
lection was claimed for him "by right
Of conquest" There the matter stands
for the present.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24

ing and conveying the transports, ard
it is recommended that to secure
smoother handling of such a campaign,
the navy be by law charged with the
transport service.
The navigation bureau recommends
that congress authorize the increase Of
the naval force to 10000 for general
service and $500 apprentices, and an ar
gument is made to show the absolute
necessity of some such increase unless
the reserves on the receiving ships are
to be reduced below the danger point,
an evil that was very closely APP
preached during the last war
OF the volunteer officers it is said
that they rendered valuable services
but that they can never be the equal
in professional attainments of their
brothers Of the regular establishment,
for lack of exhaustive training. A
tribute is paid to the good work Of the
naval militia, in manning the coast de-
Tense stations and the vessels of the
auxiliary naval force and furnishing
material for crews of the auxiliary YES
sells serving with the regular fleet.
But for crews aboard ship in active
service, they furnished nothing more
than material, and in the ordinary
course most of them would have been
enlisted as landsmen and nothing
higher. All had to be thoroughly drilled,
and even the officers. with exceptions,
We're found to be unqualified to act
as instructors. Capt. CroWninshield
does not wish to be understood as I'M
decorating the zeal of these men, but
simply desires to point out fatal defects
in the system.
The bureau recommends the passage
of the Cummings bill which provides
in substance for appropriations for the
naval militia on an entirely different
basis. This would provide for the crea-
ton of q. national naval reserve entire
ly under the control of the department,
recruited from sea-faring classes, who
would be compelled to serve in war
times under penalty of desertion. The
men would be required TO report once
a. year for drill for which they would
receive one months pay. Another rec
concentration is that the system Of re
wards by promotion be abolished and
that medals of honor be substituted, so
that officers may be rewarded without
detriment to others.
Finally the suggestion of the superin-
te ldent Of the coast signal service, that
this should be made a permanent in
stitution is approved, on the ground
that it would afford a skeleton at small
cost around which a highly efficient
service could be promptly built up on
the outbreak of war.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
A GREAT REMEDY
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that wood, but we tried the other way
and had to give it up. Some time ago.
when we had condemned a lot Of cars
we invited the poor people to smash
them up and take the wood Italians
swarmed around. They fought and
rioted till the police had to be called in.
They rolled the cars down embank-
ments. Finally, they ran Two cars us.
on the tracks of the Long Island Rail
way Company, and a collision resulted
that cost the company 5000. That put
an end to the company's attempt to be
charitable"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
MILITARY PRIsoNERs-
They Are to Be Shipped to Spain the
First Fortnight of December.

Havana, Nov. 23.-Capt. Cen Blanco
has directed that all suits in cases
pending against civilians or members Of
the volunteer, guerrilla or modified
forces, under military jurisdiction, shall
be turned over to the civil authorities
The effect of this order will be that all
such prisoners now confined in milf
tary fortresses will be transferred to
the public jails. Provision is made that
this transfer is to be completed by
Dec Is.
All the military prisoners are to be
shipped to Spain during the first fort
night of December.
Maj. Gen. Matthew c. Butler of the
Cuban military commission. accompa-
MED by his aide. Lieut.. Hampton, sailed
today on the steamer Mascotte for the
United States
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
ATTEMPT ON czAR's LIFE,
A Bridge over Which Imperial Train Was
to Pass Had Been Banicsded.

Berlin, Nov. pa dispatch from Ell
bling, the seaport of west Prussia, says
an attempt was made upon the life of
the car, While his majesty was re-
turning from Copenhagen. Just before
the czars special train crossed the
bridge between Bohemhoefen and La
game, a switchman discovered that the
bridge had been barricaded. BY almost
superhuman efforts, as a result of
which he is now in hospital. the
switchman succeeded in removing the
obstacles sufficiently to permit of the
passage of the imperial train. An in
vestigation. which is being conducted
in secret. is till proceeding
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
RUsSIA's PROGRESS.
cFrom collis1.s Meeklvl

Russia's festivities in the east CON
tinue. After the breakfast at Batoum
the surprise party at MerV. the al
fresco fete on the Amoor and dance
through Manchuria, there occurred the
other evening a banquet at which for
pieces de resistance were the forts Of
Niuchang. Presumably an entertain
ment in Corea is next on the program
whereupon, wind and weather permit
ting, will come the grand cotillon in
the Yang-tse valley. In the circum-
England should show her false teeth to
France. The Fashoda incident is not
timely and much resembles a put-up
job. Let the two nations but come to
blows over it and there is Russia's en-
joyment complete. After a state din
ner in the forbidden city, Pekin, illu-
minated a giorno, would blaze with
the fireworks of a new encyclical Of
peace. The result is as obvious as the
festivities. 1t is the reason of the lat
ter which is obscure; Russia dances
that she may not weep. She devours
in order not to be consumed The en-
pire stands confronted with many a
danger, and among them the fear of a
yellow invasion is not the least The
Muscovite dominions in Asia are bare
as your hand The average number
of inhabitants to the square mile is
three. In Siberia the average sinks to
one. AS consequence, though Russia
wants population, she don't want 10
Gusts, and that is what the Chinese
are Thirty or forthy million of them
could be tossed over into the Primorsk
provinces and not a man Jack be
missed Yet once there they would
first Gust the Slay and then eat him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24

Der melancholic days are here,
Der saddest of dem ALL
Ven We are guessing vich id is:
Last summer or neXd fall
Baltimore American.