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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
New Orleans Races.

NEW ORLEANS jar a-Ffiy-eighth
day Crescent City Jockey Clubs winter
meeting. Weather cloudy. track slow.
Morning and Mrskadine were winning
favofites.
FIRST race-seven f1rlongs Ren Frost
90 10 d nrst. The Star Of Bethlehem @
20 s and 3 20 % second. nerr.a "a u -
third. Time, i.2l.
second race Morning e 20 %
arst. caslln % 80 7Hl q 10 ID second.
EolsnAsss 90 70 u Third. Time. ls5 -,
Faiyd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
STUDENTS POISONED.
sixty-Scyen Cadets Made Sick by Big
TUX y alta Vi itary Academy.

PHILADELPHIA. January 30-A spe-
cisl - tho Press from Chester, Pa. says
that si1ty-seyeu cadets OF the leunsy.-
van3a Military Academy az that place
Were poisoned TO-DAY. presumably from
nasng turkag rnve clans were calico
IA ana they were aunlU scored 1nNf0t'7
The condition Ol tae sci. aUlosl. n.s
improved unril all are out Of danger.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

HARRISBURG. PA. Jan 30-There
were only 90 votes cast M to-day's joint
assembly for United States senator Mr..
Quay received IS. and jerks. q. less than
quorum voting. there was mo- election.
There were absent and paired li6 lcgis-
Iafors the other absentecs being away
N1thoui mir.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

Electricity has been applied to ne"
razor which differs greatly from those
now in use. the blade being piyoted IN
d frame with an extension al the I'"i
which passes between the maEheS
which attracted 1t alternately 10 reclpro-
cate the blade rapidly and sever the
hAIrs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

A Virginlan has designed handy
scissors and knife snarpner. having 4
fat stone mounted IN guideways, to be
reciprOcated by an eccentric carried Dy
a friction disk pressing against the pal
auce wheel Of q sewing machine. the
tool being held rigid while the stone re-
ciurOCates
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
THE Bll0U THEATRE.
Largest Audience of the Season APP
piaulcd the Performance

The bill Of the Bijou last night was I'D
10 the average. and several features on
the programme made distinct hits.
Stanly and Jackson. well known here,
Jumped into favor with the BlJou pa
irons: Mcbride ana Goodrich. a clever
singing and dancing sketch team. made
good: Lawson and Namon. the tramp
wheeiman and female bag puncher, were
quite clever Eldora and Norine. equil-
ibrists and jugglers. were well received:
Hooker and Davis were only fair. Ber-
de Fowler. IN imitation made the hit of
the show, and the little dance OF Eleanor
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

officer German. Of tho Third district
Yesterday arrested Tom Smiln lcol9ievl'
charged with entering me mouse 81 10 IA =
stealing "A silver pitcher valued at 500
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

The acreage OF winter wheat for the
present season IS estimated at 23953.G9
which IS .,5l.9tS acres greater than the
area sOwn in the fan Of l9-. and 42lS SO9
acres in excess OF the winter wheat area
actually harvested in 1sgs
The acreage of winter rye So estimated
az 81 per cent less than that OF last
year.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
THE NATIONS CROPS.
Acreage OF Wheat NIuch Larger Than
That of Last y ear.

WASHINGTON, Jan. a0.-Thc final es-
Inmates OF acreage. production and value
OF the following crops I'm the United
States for 1895, made by the stausticiaI
O. the Department OF Agriculture is as
e,ff,vras
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
TO CURE COLD ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets.
Druggists refunl money n "a fails 20 cure
-3c. Genuine has L. B. Q. on each tab
lan
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

The condition Of General DaNid a
Weisiger remains practically u"c"'i'H'u'
He is. perhaps, a shade better.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
Table Talk

In temperate regions Indians eat grass
hoppers. They also eat rattlesnskes. as
DO thA Africans. FrQgg are eaten the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
Mrs. Deborah Mckee.

WINCHESTER. VA. Jan. ESPECIAL
Mrs. Deborah Mckee. the oldest resident
o. Hampshire county. ". Va. is dead
aged ninetyAve years. She was a Miss
Hnnklns OF baltimore.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
Mrs. Sarah G. Ballauc

Sunday morning az . o'clock Mrs. Sarah
c. Ballauf died at the residence OF her
sister, Mrs. II. n. Breeder, 80. 7l9 west
Grace street.
The deceased was IN the seth year Of her
age and was the widow Of the late Fred
erlck l.. Baliauff.
The funeral will take place from the
residence at u o'clock to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31

ed. and will begin this week the publ
cation Of a party organ for the Shenan-
doah Valley. The plant OF fost's weekly
has been secured. and Messrs. Arthur
Woodhousc and Dorsey Ba'lic. OF ne
Spectator stan. will manage the new pa
per.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
MissTonke.

STANTON. VA. Jan. So Speciai.-
Miss Fouke governes- n the Kable Mill
tary School. died to-day OF pneumonis.
Miss Fouke has been soverness az the
Kaole school for a number OF years. She
came 70 stanton from Charlestown. X.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
Mrs. Robert Meade

LAWRENCEVIL1.E VA. Jan 90
Special-Mrs. Robert Meade. whose resi-
dence Is near Walthalrs store Bruins
wick county. died yesterday. Mrs. Meade
was an excellent lady. She was tho
mother Of Mr. Robert Meade. ~ Peters-
burg Va, and sister Of DIT T. J. Taylor.
OF this county
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
Mrs. j. II. Vincent.

SUFFOLK. VA. Jan. 0-special.-Mrs
J. II. Vincent who is well known here.
died this morning in Salisbury. Md. aged
sixty-four She leaves eleven children.
OF whom the following reside in Virginia
Mrs. Or. f.. T.. Williams. Mrs. Fred.
Bounds. and J. T.. ". H.. G. L.. and G..
Z Vincent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
Mrs. Benjamin Haden.

STANTON. VA, Jan 30-Special.-
James Cannon. a merchant. Of north An
gusta street. was found dead In his bed
to-day about noon He failed 20 open
his place OF business this morning. and
his door was broken open IL Is thought
he must have died some time last night.
lie was On the street yesterday. md
seemed 10 be as well as usual Mr.. Can
non was an lrishman. and about eighty
years old. His last relative In this city.
Miss Cannon, was married about a week
aro and moved 10 Roanoke Va 10 live
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
Dewey out FOR
PRES. MCKINLEY.
Il am Anxious TO See Him Get a Second
Term-He Has Made Good Presi-
dent and is a Warm Friend
of Mine

OF the Philippine campaign and the.
prospects for early peace, the admiral
said:
Il am much pleased to see the war in
the Philippines winding up"
Dewey was asked what he thought
should be done with Aguinaldo when
caught, and he replied;
Il hope he will not be caught. for
then we will be relieved of a rather
perplexing problem.N I hope he will
make his escape from the country and
thus rid us of himself. OF course, If
we capture him we shall be too humane
as victors to punish him severely, and
the chances are that he will be al
lowed to live somewhere in secluded
peace.
Il do not believe we shall ever i'm
prison or hang Aguinaldo, which is the
fate he, perhaps, deserves.
The admiraPs call was for the pur-
pose of giving TO the president certain
information for use in his message.
From the White House, Admiral
Dewey went to the navy department.,
and had a long conference with Sec
rotary Long regarding the establish
ment of naval station in the Philip
pines The admiral recommended SUI
big bay, 60 miles from Manila, as the
most desirable point for a perman-
ent station. AS naval stations can
only be established by the authority of
congress, Admiral Dewey said II would
be wise to leave the temporary sta
ton at Cavite, as it had a good arsen-
al, machine shops and docks.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
FIGHT AT GRAS PAN.
New Details About
British Victory
Come In.
Beers AIM GUNS WELL.
Their Artillery Works Havoc
in the English
Ranks.
Beers AIM GUNS WELL.

Orange River, Monday, Nov. 81 (de-
layed).-The British arms have
achieved brilliant victory. The en-
envy, strongly entrenched, held a range
Of hills commanding the laagte near
Gras Pan. The Lancashire reconnoi-
tered in an armored train on Friday.
The Beers shelled the train Gen. Me-
thuen then advanced. His column,
under a detour; bivouacked for the
night at Swinkspan, three miles from
the Boer position.
At dawn the advance began. the
guards forming the reserve. The COL
umn debouched on the plain eastward
OF the Boer kopjes. The Boer guns OBJ
ened fire. Two batteries of British ar
| ulIery posted on each side shelled the
Beers practice being good on both
SIDES. The Beers stuck tenaciously to
their position, firing steadily and accu-
rately. The duel, which continually
BECAME hotter lasted three hours.
The Boer shells wounded several men
OF the naval brigade. Finding it i'm
possible to displace the Beers by artil-
iery, Gen. Methuen resolved upon an
infantry attack A brigade of infan-
Try including the Yorkshires the
Northumberlands, Northamptons and
the Lancashires, with the naval brig
ade on the right, calamity stormed the
Boer position in the face of a whitening
tlre, and carried hill after hill. the bril-
gade under Col. Money capturing the
main position against a terrible fire
but suffering severely.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
WOOD IN new YORK.
Has No knowledge of the
Cause Of His Sum
mons.

New York. Nov. 2S.-Gen. Leonard
Wo ID governor Of the province of
Santiago de Cuba, was a passenger on
board the United States transport Nc
Pherson, which arrived from Santiago
today. Gen. Wood said: II have nc
kncwiedge Of the business for which
1 am called to Washington, beyond
orders to report. Before. / left. we
had the news of the death of the vice
president, and flags were half-masted
on ali buildings. His loss is great. as
he was a strong man in the admins
tration News of his death was heard
with profound regret at Santiago.
THE condition of Santiago in rela-
ton to public affairs is improving dali
ly. We employ many men ON public
works, such as roads, etc. / have great
hopes for the early development of the
mining. industries of Santiago province,
with its wonderful rich deposits of iron,
copper and zinc ore, which are bound
to add to the prosperity of the ISL
and"
Gen. Wood expects to proceed to
Washington this morning.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
ALMOST FOUNDERED.
Soldiers Bail Ship Day and Night Up to
Their Necks in Water-Crew Desert
at Honolulu Leased to Gov.
eminent by United States
Senator.

Manila, Nov. 28-735 p. m.-The
transport Manauense, with Lieut.-Co
Webb Hayes and three companies of
the Forty-first infantry on board, ar
rived here. She narrowly escaped dis
aster. The officers and soldiers were
for u days bailing with buckets. The
steamer was unseaworthy, under
manned and short of provisions. Her
engines broke down, and she rolled
three days in a typhoon.
The Manauense sailed from San
Francisco October 26. A reporter of
the Associated Press interviewed a
number of officers today, and it was
stated that the Manauense was in first
class condition on October 23 Her en-
gines had been thoroughly overhauled,
and her fittings were said to be in
the best of condition. Her hold was
said to be full of supplies for the sol
diers, and the officials here are at a loss
to account for the alleged shortness of
supplies.
That she was undermined is abso-
| lutely denied, because had she been
clearance papers from this port would
not be issued but the crew later de-
! serted. Regarding the alleged unsea-
worthiness of the vessel, 1t can be
stated that she was inspected by the
treasury department and was passed as
in first-class trim before she left this
port.
Lloyd's local inspector, Capt. Metcalf,
also inspected the vessel and passed
her. The local inspectors of hulls and
boilers made an examination and found
her engines in excellent condition.
When the Manauense anchored in
Manila bay this morning, 33 days out
from San Francisco, there was several
feet of water in her hold and 400 grimy,
greasy, hungry, exhausted soldiers and
sailors had been passing buckets of wa
ter since Nov. II night and day. First
Assistant Engineer Dunleavy was un-
der arrest, and according to Col.
Webb Hayes official report, the chief
engineer would also have been under
arrest if there had been any one to re-
place him.
The colonefs report also declares
that the captain of the vessel told him
the only thing which brought them
through was the fact that the men
were greenhorns and failed to realize
their danger, while experienced seamen
would have deserted the ship and TAX
en- to the boats in mid-ocean.
The Manauense is a chartered ship
flying the British flag. She belongs
to firm of which Senator Perkins of
San Francisco is alleged to be a junior
member. The officers say that the firm
bought her for $4,000, and they claim
efforts were made to sell her to the
government for $150,000. She started
from San Francisco accompanied by
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29

Washington, Nov. 2s-Admiral Dewey
called upon President Mckinley to dis
cuss with him the situation in the
Philippines. Interviewed as he was
leaving the White House, the admiral
expressed himself with surprising free
dom on several questions now upper
most in the minds of the American peo-
pie.
II am very anxious" he said, ito
see Mr. Mckinley get a second term.
He has made a good president. He
is a warm friend of mine, and l do not
want to hear of anyone attempting to
rob him of another four years in office.
1 shall never cease to thank him for
the cheering messages he sent me
while l was in Manila. have pre-
served them all
Reference was made to Dewey's own
presidential boom, whereupon he said:
mo. / have no presidential boom on.
The American people have too much
sense. / believe, to think of any such
thing seriously. These so-called battle
heroes make very poor presidents in my
estimation Look at poor, old Taylor,
for example. Do you think the office
did him any good? Then there was
Grant. To be quite. frank about it,
think he made a poor president.
'In my opinion the president of the
United States ought to be a statesman
trained for the duties of his office. Let
army and navy officers stay where they
belong"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
DREAM OF EMPIRE.
Arthur j. Balfour Talks of Illusions of
the Beers.

London, Nov. 2S.-Arthur j. Balfour,
the government leader in the house of
commons, addressing the national con-
sentative party at Dewsbury, today. re-
PEELED the charge that the governments
motive in the war in South Africa was
the acquisition of the goldfields.
i have now come to the conclusion. ]"
he said, that the declaration of war bv
the Transvaal and the Free State was
not any despairing struggle for liberty.
but bold bid for empire, bid to make
themselves the nucleus Of a Dutch
speaking, paramount power in South
Africa, and to exclude forever the hated
Britisher from dominating influence
in that part of the world
These people have risked their all
upon the stake of war; and it is in
credible that such risk would be run
merely to prevent the Uitlander gain
ing vote. Their dream may be mad
ness, but it is intelligent madness, when
we consider the whole situation
They have also vainly counted upon
the British party system; and another
reason is their profound contempt for
British arms"
Passing to high eulogy of the bril-
liant bravery of our troops, the courage,
patriotism and endurance of the small
colony of Natal, so valiantly displayed
and the patriotic spirit of the colonies
generally" he continued:
Last but not least may we not on
this occasion fail to express our graft
tude to our American neighbors who
have done so much, namely, provided
and equipped the Maine not only in the
interests of humanity, but, as I well be-
lieve, out of sympathy for those en-
gagged in this great fight"
In the course of an eloquent perora-
ton he said that he was not entitled to
lift the veil hiding the future, but he
expressed confidence that an era of
peace, prosperity and freedom would
follow these dark struggles, and
made most kindly reference to the
Orange Free State, declaring "A couple
of months ago l could no more have
believed we would be at war with the
Free State than with Switzerland"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
GARCIA IN NEW YORK.
Son of Late Cuban General
Pleads for Civil Gov
eminent.
eminent.

New York, Nov. 2S.-Carter Garcia,
eldest son of Calixto Garcia, and a bril-
gade commander in the Spanish Cuban
war, is in New York He represents the
element in Cuba which desires to obtain
civil government for the island He said
today that the opposition to the pro-
posed new government which had sud
denly manifested itself in Cuba, grew
out of a misconception of the plans OF
the Americans and was fostered by
Cubans now in office.
These men," said Cen Garcia, "have
misrepresented facts to the poor and
ignorant classes. They have led the peo-
pie to believe they are to be thrown out
of office and succeeded by American
politicians.
1.-THE military system of government
in nv opinion, Is too hard, too domin-
eering. ! think it necessary for the
United States to withdraw its military
force and set up the proposed civil gov
eminent. 1t viii not only be a forward
step in preparing the means to govern
ourselves, but it will be an opportunity
to correct existing wrongs.
"The primary and public schools need
immediate attention. Little has been
done for us. In the postal police and
health departments, the United States
government agents have instructed the
native Cubans well and they are being
ably fitted to assume charge themselves
This. in itself, is an evidence of good
faith on the part of the United States
All we ask is chance to prove that we
can govern ourselves.
ira soldiers. eSDHclAilN
the coIored soldiers, who are a con-
tinued source of excitement to Cubans
set up the civil government, give the
peopIe chance to vote, and the Cubans
will demonstrate that they can take
care of themselves"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29

the transport Pekin, which carried the
remainder of the regiment and en-
countered heavy seas to Honolulu with
out accident. After starting, it de-
veloped that she was under manned.
and soldiers had to be detailed to act
as firemen, coal passers and walters,
and to do other work.
Before reaching Honolulu, the crew
concluded that the ship was not safe,
and the majority agreed to desert.
They were closely watched but many
of the crew secceeded in getting away,
and the Manauense left Honolulu with
less than half her crew.
The captain of the transport Nov. 16
told Lieut.. Col Webb Hayes that the
vessel had sprung a leak, and an in
vestigation resulted in finding several
feet of water in her hold The steam
, pumps were tried but failed to work,
and there were no hand pumps on
board. However, as buckets were
found, others were improvised, and the
soldiers not employed in working the
ship We're organized into bailing shifts
and stripped. Forming lines, they be-
| gan bailing. the officers working with
| the men, passing the buckets, which
4 were sent up to the deck by wind
/ lass. The longest time a shift could
stand was two hours, and often the pc
l.
F! The bailing continued until the ship
anchored here. The day the leaking
was discovered the machinery COL
| lapsed and the electric lighting plant
and evaporating and distilling appa-
ratus failed to work. There were no
lamps, and the few candles found were
exhausted after a few days.
During the last week of the passage
the Manauense was in utter darkness
at night She had been rolling in
heavy seas all the way but Nov. %
| she encountered typhoon and pitched
and tossed alarmingly. The Pekin be-
came separated from the Manauense
during the storm.
The water rose rapidly, and the bail
ing force was doubled. But the buck
cts were gradually smashed and bar
rels and boxes were substituted for
them the men working in darkness
with planks and pieces of iron shifting
or being violently washed among them.
The firemen could only feed the fires
by being lifted on the shoulders Of other
men through water waist deep. The
typhoon lasted three days and half,
and in the midst of it the engines stop
ped. The officers then held a council.
and found that there were 420 persons
on board with life boat accommoda-
lions for 213
In the meantime, the men below, ig-
norant of their extreme peril were
passing buckets and singing, What the
hell do we care?" while the ship rolled
helpless on the ocean with matches
closed. The heat was intense until the
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29

Brooklyn, Nov. 2S.-Many people in
this borough will remember 144 Floyd
street as long as they live. They will
remember, too the name of William F.
Miller, and when both revert to their
minds they will think of all the money
they lost. Hundreds of people in this
borough, and particularly in the east
ern district, have lost their hard-earned
savings, and instead of having been
made immensely wealthy, they have
been rendered penniless.
Miller is "a years old, illiterate, but
like many more of his class, shrewd and
an excellent judge of human nature. He
had for most of his clients two kinds
of people, fools and schemers. The lat
ter are away ahead of the game, the
former have lost their all.
Humorous incidents are now being
related about Miller and his methods
of conducting business. One of these
refers to the way Italian Jim managed
to make $40 in two weeks. italian Jim
is an elderly collector of old rags and
newspapers living at so Hopkins street.
James is not a speculator at heart In
fact, the first time that he ever spec
ulated was when he invested $50 in the
Franklin. Among the places where he
secures old papers is a church in the
neighborhood, and the day following
his turning over the money to Miller
he called at the church and had long
talk with the sexton in reference to it.
The conversation was commenced by
Italian Jim, who said:
"Youa know de Frank Synda?'
Frank who?" asked the sexton.
DE Frank Svnda de Milla?"
"Oh, the Franklin Syndicate said
the sexton. "Yes,'I know about it,"
Il putta da mon in," said the Italian.
Il putta de fifty dol, de fifty dol. What
you t'inka?"
Oh replied the sexton, at may be
all right for you. wouldn't put cent
in it,"
Then the Italian left. Next week
when he called he had a broad grin on
his face, and in his own dialect in
formed the sexton that he had drawn
his ''p'cent mona"
i gotta d five dol said he, IAN get
ia de more next aweek"
After securing all the old papers he
left, and that was the last seen of him
until the following week. When he
again arrived he was still grinning En-
counterlng the sexton in the doorway
he broke out:
Gotta ala de mon, gotta ev'ry ting.
Gotta five dol pcent'
Here the Italian pushed his hand
into his coat pocket drew out a small
yellow envelope, and handing it to the
sexton requested him to read. It was
telegram from Miller, informing the
Italian that he (Miller) had a good
thing, and that if the Italian wanted
to enter on the ground floor, he had
better hustle along with $50 more.
Il no lika dat" said the Italian, IAN
l goa to de man d Milla an say, ]
say: 'Giva me my mon.' He say: No
giva da mon today; comea to-mor' ]
say: 'Giya my mon or l killa; giva my
mon Den 1 pulla da stillet, ha! den
Milla he giva me my mon. Sure, he
say, I giva you de mon. You wanta de
mon, Meester. I say: Quick, da mon
1 gotta me fifty dol" continued the
Italian grinning, IAN 1 gotta me ter
dol p'cent."