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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30

No Delay NJ Grand Central station.
There IL a through train every hour for the Ws.A
by New York Central Lines and two-csnt mileage
tickets are good on each OF hem.-Adp.
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". ". AsrOR GIVES eI,Ooo.
a Subscription to n Fund to Equip tn,
BuckinghamshIre YcomaDry.

SPECIAL Cable Ds'path 10 THE SUN
IoNpoS. Dec. 29-Baron de Rothschid has
appealed to the public for funds to equip the
Bucklnghamshire Yeomanry. He himself sub
scribes 81. 900 to the funa and William Waldorf
Astor gives a like sum.
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Derby Desk Company. las Fulton Street,
Desks suitable for all purposes at not high sstsss.
-Ade
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stu nj the FRONT.

The Pennsyly.nis Railroad has ever led the rail-
roads OF America In perfection Of ruadbed. elegance
OF equipment and excellence OF seryice.-Idp.
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Through Sleeping Gar to Cleveland Via
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
Leaves West .Sd 81. Station 7,G6P. NJ. dailyj con
meets for Akron.-Idr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
PASSED 4 srBMERGED SCHOONER
British steamer Sights Wreck on Hat
terRs-So Trace of Crew.


NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 29.-The loss at sea OF a
large three-masted schooner and probably her
entire crew was reported here to-day by Capt
W d. Lewis OF the British steamer Ash
lands The Ashlands. bound from Galveston
for Marsees. touched here for bunker coal.
Can't Lewis reported that yesterday he passed.
about twenty-five miles northeast Of Diamond
Shoals Cape Hatterasi lIRhtship a three
masted schooner on which all save her top
masts were submerged The wreck lies
in tho track OF coastwise steamers. and
Capt. Lewis believes is very recent
one. No trace OF the schooners crew,
which probably consisted Of about eight men.
were Visible. The wreck lay only iorty-three
miles OF shore. and had the crew made land.
their escape from drowning would almost
surely have been reported
The schooner II believed by marine men
here to have been lost In the storm prevailing
about Dec. 30. Tho vessel probably went down
in the night or during the preVa snce OF a
dense log. else her SINKING won d probably
have been observed by those aboard Diamond
Shoals Lightship.
The Savannah line steam ship Tallahassee. in
Yesterday from Savannah, passed on Thurs
day. about twenty miles north OF Cave HATTIE
ras, n sunk0n two-masted schooner which ap-
parently had been IN collision few hours be-
fore the steamship came along. Her headstbys
wore carried away and all her sails were set.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30

Derby Desk Company, 145 Fulton Street.
Bank nxtures OF wood, marble or bronze
AuV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30

Made of tho tcaler meats OF dairy fed tat Young
porErrs, daintly seasoned with select spices Try
atwo-pound package at once, BE ware OF limitations
--AdD.
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Derby Desk Company, Lao Fulton STREET.
Letter and document hling. and card index 1.abi.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
KURUMAy FORTS RKP0RTED TAKEN.
Doers Said to Have Made a Successful At
tack In Bechuanaland.

Nrtcl17 Cdb' DtIpdtch 70 THH bUN
LoRFSzo MARouEs. Dec. ~. delayed In
transmissionl.-Iti is reported that Command
ant Wiser captured two British forts at kuru-
man on Dec. II.
Thurman Is in Bechuanaland, northwest
from Kim bepley. Its special value to the Burrs
Just now is that 1t commands roads to kimber-
ley and Malekng.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
VIEW FRENCH BITTLEsHIPs.
Naval Programme That ContempIstes
the Spending OF 400 ,O0O. 900 Francs.
Qx..c.aI

PARIS. Dec. 2a.-PremIer waldeck- Rousseau.
Gen. do Gallifret, Minister OF War. and NJ. de
Laressan. Minister OF Marine. held a conference
to-day and approved the naval programme
This Is believed to include the building Of
twelve OF the most powerful battleships afioat.
An expenditure Of +0O.0o0.0OO francs for the
Increase OF the navy is contemplated.
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Derby Desk Company, lao Fulton Street.
Original designs submitted for special work.
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Derby Desk Company, 1tB Fulton Street.
HOOK cases, leather upholstered goods and chairs
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n''hy Dssh Company, las Fulton Street.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30

Most superb bay Train In the World.
Ihv Regal limited" leaves New York. south
terry And 'o"t Of Iibrrty st, daily T. NJ arrives
"."" nnP. NJ. splendid Dining and CAT, Car
l'it'- Adu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
In Offering Pommery Champagne

~ vonr friends you are presenting them with the
highest quality and rhest-prtcsd champagne
which comes to this country .-Adr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
ANACOSTIA HAPPENINGS.
Proposed Railway Extension - Chris
tian EndenyOr Entertainment.

In connection with the proposed street
railroad extension up Harrison street and
Good Hope Hill, as noted in The Star re-
Gently, it is the opinion the road will GER
tainly be built by the syndicate owning
the street railways. 1t is pointed out that
if any opposition be given the plan on ac-
count of the narrow roadway property own
ers stand ready to donate as much land as
may be necessary to widen the road to
ninety feet. An agreement to this effect
has been signed already, it is said. Accord
ing to present plans. some time in the flu
ture a wide boulevard will take the place
of the winding road connecting Anacosta
and Good Hope. When the line is built 1t
is not the intention to make Good Hope
one terminus Of the road but to extend it
and connect with the Chesapeake Beach
line al Deanwood.
An entertainment under the auspices of
the Christian Endeavor Society of the Gar
den Memorial Presbyterian Church, Ana
costa, was given last evening al the church
and was largely attended. The program
carried out was as follows: Organ SOLO
Mrs. NJ P. Smell; reading, Miss Evelyn
Doughty; solo. Mr. +. T. Davis; recita tion
Miss c. L. Smell; solo Miss Olive Simpson;
organ and cornet duet, the Messrs. Davis;
recitation. Miss Esther Simpson; fan drill
Ruth Mayer Maggie Garden, Lottie Bury
E. G. Miller and Clara G. Miller. The audi
ence voted the prize to Miss Jennie Simp-
son. Rev. DR.. Miller, the pastor, made an
address Children's day Will be observed at
the church tomorrow evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
EDWARD PAGE CASTOR
CHRISTIAN ENDEANOR.

The board Of control of the District Ep-
worth League held a meeting this week at
Foundry Church.
Encouraging reports of league activity
were received from the officers and from
all the chapters represented. The printing
committee reported the conclusion of its
labors in the publication of the league d.
rectory, from which d neat sum was real
lied.
The transportation committee reported
that arrangements for the attendance of
the Washington delegation to the fourth
internal iOnal convention at INDIANAPOLIS
are about completed, and that an Indian
apoIis mass meeting will be held at Ham
liae Church Wednesday, June IA. This meet
ing Will be addressed by the Rev. c. b.
White of Rockville and Rev Drs Thomas
and Naylor of this city on the following
subjects: Young Peoples Organize tions;
Their Work and Growth" "InspiratiOn to
he Gathered From Conventions and The
Convention and its Speakers" Rev Mr.
Osborne will read original poem on
What to Take Along" and Mr. H. O.
HIne, the District president, and Mr.. +. l..
La Fetra, the chairman of the Transporter
tion committee, will make short addresses
As none of the above speeches will exceed
ten minutes and u program of choice mu-
seal selections has been prepared by the
choir of Hamnc Church, under the leader
ship of Mr.. w. j. Palmer an Interesting
meeting is anticipated.
The committee also reported having been
much encouraged by the reports received
of the large number of Washington
leaguerS who expect to attend the sessions
of the convention.
The board received an invitation to par
ucipate in the Anti-Saloon League ami
Eersary to be held July %, at Wesley
Chapel. and on the following Sunday il,
Calvary Baptist Church.
The president announced the following as
subjects for consideration at the next regu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
THE CHARLIE ROSS CASE.
How a Vermont Town Was Fooled NV
Little Imposlor
From thu Providence Journal.


The abduction of Marion Clark recalls the
famous Charlie Ross case of a quarter CEN
fury ago. The whole country was intense
ly interested in the details of the little lads
disappearance and countless were the ANA
teur detectives who found little bows whom
they believed to be the lost child For the
first year or two after the infant was kid
mapped Mr.. Ross spent good deal of mon
ey, as well as time in visiting places to
identity boys supposed to be his lost son.
One of the most noted finds in this mys
terry occurred in st. Adams, VT, in the
year 1876. 1t was case of clever runa-
way boy who pretended to be the lost child.
ana played the part so well that the great
er part of the town went wild over him
st. Adams al that time was divided into
two factions-the railroad ring and the
anti-ring men. The st. Adams Daily Mes
senger. then owned and edited by Col AL
bert Clarke, the present secretary of the
Home Market Club, championed the cause
of the ''antis." and had made it so hot for
the ring people that some two years pre-
vious to that time they had started q rival
paper, known as the St. Adams Daily Ad-
vertiser.
A leading Boston daily had a representa-
tive at st. Adams who was continually tele
graphing sensational yarns to his paper.
yarns that often lacked even q gnn of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
He Thought 1t,
From the San Francisco News Letter.

FROM the san francisco Newe Letter.
Unlike the popular conception of most
naval officers, Rear Admiral John G. Wat
son, who has been assigned to the command
of the Asiatic squadron in succession to
Admiral Dewey, is very religious He is an
ardent Presbyterian. deacon in that
church, and an enthusiastic worker in the
ranks of the laymen. When his naval title
was only that of commander, he was sta
toned here for several years, and was
superintendent of the Sunday school in con-
nection with st. Johns Church, founded by
the Rev. Dr. Scott, and maintained by the
southern set in memory of the founder
OF course, such a religious man is free
frcm the common nautical vice of profan-
ity, but sometimes things go wrong even
on the ship of devout Christian Admiral
Watson was very disappointed when the
orders for him to sail for Spain and DESTROY
Camara's fleet were countermanded
Didn't you swear, admiral?' anxiously
inquired a sympathetic friend, who hal
been reading Dewey's famous remarks on
the bridge of the Olympia during the bat
tie of Manila.
NO" answered the candid soldier-deacon
mot SO that you could hear it. But 1
thought swear az lead as could holler!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
The Deadly Tree.
From the New Orleans TYmos-Dep,o,..

Not long ago a prominent citizen of New
orleans went raging into the electric light
company's office and declared that one of
their wires had killed "a pet tree on his
premises.
That tree" said he, has been standing
there for twenty years, and we regarded it
as one of the family. My children played
under it when they were babies, and ii is
associated with some of the pleasantest
memories of my life. When it began to
die we all mourned, and We could not i'm
agine what allied it until yesterday, when
l noticed that a wire was lying right across
a branch. My poor tree has been electro
cuted, and l feel as If murder had been
done in my house"
Considerably moved, the agent of the
company went to view the scene of the
tragedy, and found the tree still alive, but
feeble. When he came to trace the wire
he discovered one end nailed to the roof
of an old barn and the other twisted around
a discarded pole. 1t had been cut off for
at least two years, and forgotten. But the
occasion demanded something, so he made
the following report:
Tree alive, wire dead. Wire evidently
killed by the tree. Bill inclosed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Expected TO SEE FITZ WIN.
Dan Stuart Talks of the Mill at
COney Island.

GALVESTON, Tex. June 1O-Dan A.
Stuart of Dallas. who engineered the Cor
bett-Fftzsimmons fight at Carson City, was
seen last night and asked what he thought
of the fight between Fitzsimmons and JEFF
fries
Il had expected to see Fitz win. 1 have
always backed him and backed him in this
fight. l have not seen him in q year and
half, but presume 1t is case of youth
against q man who had been too long in
the ring"
Mr.. Stuart will leave on the next steamer
Tor New York He was asked If he in
tended TO engineer any pugilistie events in
the near future. No" said he, TT is no
use to try to pull off anything outside of
New York. As long as men can fight there
they Will not run of into the woods"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
THREE DOG STORIES.
illustrating the Jealousy That Is
Sometimes Manifested by Pes.

FROM tne Spectator
Your story in a recent number of tho
Spectator Of the dog who buried the kitten
alive may perhaps be corroborated by two
others within the experience OF the writer
In both jealousy appears to have been The
motive for the interment of the rival A
mongrel terrier excessively devoted TO his
mistress was very jealous of her love for a
kitten. Often when the latter had been ca
ressed by the lady the former would go of
and scratch hole in the garden, and then,
fetching the kitten, would bury It therein.
TO prevent the kitten forcing its way out
the terrier would post himself upon the
grave, and 50, unhappIly for his purpose,
would guide To the speedy rescue Of the lat
ter by its friends. OrCe he chose a pail of
SCOT for the death tomb. At other times the
dog and the kitten were good friends and
p1aymates.
Another dog, this time a spaniel, resentful
of the importation OF tortoise, which her
master had bought for his children and Civ
en- the range of the lawn, determined TO put
her rival 10 death by the same method.
Very shortly after its coming, both ihc dog
and the tortoise could nowhere be found.
Presently the dog returned with her paws
covered with earth: not so the tortoise.
Suspicious of the spaniel, her master coax
ed her 10 come and look for it, when she
guilty drew off to the garden and stopped
before small mound of earth, which when
removed with a stick. revealed the tortoise.
He who hides find.
Perhaps | may add a story Of a skye He
too, belonged to the owner of the terrier
he culprit of the first story. The skye's
favorite place was, as it should be. at his
mistress feet. He was generally quite well
behaved but would have lost his character
one day had he been without excuse. The
SKYE was running in front of his mistress
and her husband, and suddenly surprised
them by flying at poor girl and holding
her prisoner. When they came to her res
cue they found her to be a child to whom
mad been given a pair Of the skyes mistress
SHOES To secure what he deemed to Ice a
thlef OF his mistress property. and this the
SHOES that had so tenderly rubbed him, was
clearly his duty and he did it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

The Russian government has adopted a
somewhat drastic measure in order to sup
dress drunkenness in st. Petersburg In
has taken away from 5000 shops the right
to sell alcoholic liquors, and has replaced
these by 5000 establishments placed under
the control OF the state, and located at
equal distances apart. These establish
ments are directed by young women. The
liquor is delivered in bottles. to which is
affixed a government mark. The consumer
can obtain only one bottle in each shop,
and If, when he visits another establish
meDt, he shows the least signs of intoxi-
cation. no liquor will be served out TO him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

William Pryor and Solomon Adams, hack
men, were today before Judge Kimball on
the charge of soliciting custom on the
street The cases were brought by Hack
Inspector Estes, and the accused men were
defended by Mr.. D. w. Baker. Adams was
released on his personal bonds. Pryor was
also released on personal bonds, but must
appear Monday for a further hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
"Young" Mahoney Wins a Fight.

CHICAGO. June 10.-"Young' Mahoney
of Philadelphia defeated Wilmington
jack DAILY last night at the Star Theater
before a crowd which packed the theater
to the doors. 1t was a slow contest.
Mahoney landed frequently with his left
on the face of his opponent. but never with
much force. Previous to the main event,
Walter Bloom and Jimmy Howard of Phil
adelphia went six rounds. The decision
went to Bloom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Tit for Tat.
From TirBits.

Grocer-"What do you mean by sending
me only twelve ounces of steak when |
| send for a Dound?'
Butcher-"Oh, l don't know: but III tell
you what l did. i lost my pound weight,
and so used one of your pound packets OF
| tea instead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

Jennie-"Herbie, 1t says here another &C.
togenarian's dead. What's an octogenar-
lamp
Herbie-"Well, I don't just know what
they are, but they must be awfuIly sickly
creatures. You never hear of EN- but they
are dying"-Tt-Rta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Jockeys Shun the Grand Prix

PARIS, June 10.-According to the Eclair,
the jockeys, Madden, Sloan and Cannon re-
fuse to come to Paris to ride in the Grand
PriX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Fighting Absinthe In belgium

Last week had an Interesting talk with
Senator Jules le Jeune. secretary OF state
in the Belgian cabinet. who is pushing a
bin to prohibit the sale Of absinthe in Bel
GUM.
1T is doing much the same for US as it
is here in France he said. II also have
a bill before our parliament TO gradually
decrease the number of public drinking
houses throughout the country in the next
ten years. At present we have pos 900 of
these 10 a population of but COCO 900 of peo-
pie, or one to every twenty-fOur persons.
My plan is to make the proportion one
drinking place TO every 2d0 people. but the
proposal is too radical 10 carry without ma
terial amendment"
Some OF the continental governments are
posting temperance Autographs in public
places a warning TO the people on the
effects Of intempersnce. and the temper
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
STORES OF WOMEN WHOSE
LIVES HAVE BEEN WRECKED
BY THE RACE TRACK.

One finds women of all ages gambling
at the track. Even children play the
races, and so do women in their dotage.
One little shriveIed old woman-a Yerit-
able mummy with her parchment skin
almost black and the whites of her eyes
so discolored as to give the eye an ap-
pearance of being entirely brown-Is one
of the regular attendants at the races,
rain or shine. She dresses in shabby
black and wears the proverbial black
chatelaine bag.
Eight years ago she lost her husband,
and in the house where she lived was a
bookmaker. He advised her, instead of
putting the two thousand dollars insur-
ance money that was left her at her
husbands death, In a bank, as she in
tended to play the races. He would give
her inside information for a small sum,
merely nominal and she would soon
double her money. He made the plan ap-
pear plausible and showed her how mon
ey in bank could only make few dol
lars a year in interest, while at the
track by playing a ten or twenty on a
sure thing that he would give her,
she could win hundreds of dollars.
"I was green in those days in the mat
ter of racetrack doings," she said, in re-
counting her experience, "and it all ap-
peared so easy. You see me now, as
black as an old pot, my dear. l was as
fair as a lily and was plump ,ad hearty
See the change. The races did It, and my
advice to you is never to begin playing
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12

proposed that he should show her about
the place and they ended up in place
where apparently respectable men and
women were having wine.
THAT was the beginning. She had moth
ing to do and plenty of money, she was
pretty and interesting. She went regu-
larly, began drinking and then using her
husbands money. He came home, saw
the change. found out the cause. She con-
fessed everything. He said it was all
right, she had lost heavily, but would
have better luck next time. He gave her
500 and told her to try again.
THAT day while she was away he had in
a man. sold every stick of furniture, took
his children and went East. He would
have nothing more to do with her. She
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
DR. PERRHULTS Story OF The
CITyS CURSE The RAGE
TRACK.

DR.. Perrault, the man who introduced
and stands sponsor for the motion before
the Board of Supervisors to abolish pool
selling at the races, said:
"The bill will pass. A great many peo-
pie say we cannot make it a law and stop
this force which is bringing about the de-
generation of hundreds of young boys,
girls, women and men.
Il am not looking at the subject from
any sentimental or hysterical point of
view. I am business man, and / look at
this thing from a business point of view.
] do not believe we can afford to allow an
evil to continue which certainly is filling
our papers with stories of disgrace and
suicide and crime of every sort. Take up
the paper any day and you will always
find some crisis which betting or gambling
has caused in the life of some man or wo-
man. The Morgue has its stories, so have
the insane asylums and the jafls.
Men get the gambling fever badly
enough, heaven knows. but they can al
ways turn back and begin again and every
one is glad enough to give them a hand.
But a woman, that is a different matter
altogether
Take the case of a woman l know. She
went to Ingleside first just because she
had nothing to do. She is, or rather was,
for she is dead, a beautiful woman of
about 30, and had two little girls Her
husband was a travelling insurance man.
NOW, she went there merely to look on
and see what sort of a place it was; she
was as good woman as 1 ever knew,
and ! do not think she was particularly
weak, either, because l have known so
many others to do just the same way
She was alone and a very decent, gem
tlemanly looking man happened to be sit
ting next to her. She did not understand
the race, nor how TO bet and he ex-
planned. She put up one dollar and won
five dollars. They always do win that
first five somehow.
"As he,had given her the tip she felt IL
was half fair he should have part of the
winnings. OF course he refused, but he