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WAR INVESTIGATION.
Officers Tcstify that the Meat Fur
nished Wrs of Good Quality.

officer. Tcstify that the Meat Fur
nished Wrs of Good Quality.
Washington, January 14.-Major H. II
Carlton, inspector general OF the staf oil
General Wilson, and Captain Frederick
A. Smith new chief commissary of the
Department of the Lakes. Chicago, and
cd at Santiago, were the only witnesses
before the war investigating commission
today. Both depicted the food conditions
the former as TO Porto Rico and the lat
ter as to Cuba, in roseate colois, and Said
there had been no material complaint.
General Humphreys, chief quartermaster
with the Shafter expedition, who has come
In from Havana at the urgent summons
of the commission. appeared but will not
take Ahe witness stand until Monday, when
there VIII also be present the representa-
tiyes of the Nelson Morris Packing com
pany.
Major Carlton. who opened the testi-
mony, said the ratlons furnished were
exceptionally good-better than the aver
age. Tho food supplies were inspected
thoroughly and there was no fault that
could be found. OF course, he said, fhere
were few cases where everything was not
in the hest condition, but only 10 the ex-
ttnt of few instances. The refrigerated
beef was excellent. lie sbld Mt Cnlcka-
manga the officers seemed to want more
to teach the men to march and shoot than
to train them In sanitary matters. At
Porto Rico, of course, camps could not be
kept in quite as good sanitary condition
as at home, but everything possible had
been dLne.
Captain Smith testified that the beef
furnished at Santiago was excellent and
that he never heard anything az to chem
zeal treatment until he saw the published
charles.
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! MOST REMARKABLE TALE.
4 CHIEF OF POLICE STOLEN BY A
WOMAN WHO FANCIED HIM.
he Was Packed in a Trunk and
shipped from Atlarta to Los An
geles, Cnl.-Nearly Starved.

Rome, Ca, January IA most remarka-
Die story regarding the disappearance and
adventures OF j. b. Shropshire. ex-chief of
police OF this city, appeared in the Rome
Daily Tribune 1t is alleged that the unfor-
innate man was shipped across the country
to California in big Saratoga trunk and
forced to remain in it at Los Angeles for
three days It is supposed that the Tribune
got the story from some of the friends of
me ex-chief. to whom he must have related
. u 10 letters recently sent here.
for many months he was the chief OIL the
Rome police force, and being. industrious'
loyal 10 the interests of the citizens and re-
liable, gave universal satisfaction. Last
month he made up his mind to take in the
AIanta peace jubilee and the council was
only 100 glad to reward his services by grant
lng MIN leave of absence. When shropshire
oid not report a day or two after. the cloae
the festivities, and the authorities could
~ no satisfactory response to letters ana
uisgfams OF inquiry, they became SUSPICIOUS
Va ssa instituted hasty examination OF ms
S,neiai accounts. This disclosed the fact that
enropshire had left Rome several hundred
collars In debt 70 the city, so the council ap-
pointed new chief and affairs began to as
sumo their normal tone. Considerable mys-
,siy sun surrounded the fate Of the ex-chlef
unui yesterday morning, when the Tribune
printed story which is alleged to be true.
!. 70 the effect that Shropshire met In At
,an,a pelilah. who took a. violent fancy
% him. They were inseparable chums from
.ne period Of the Jubilee. and tie lady. out OF
H;. 4. for Shropshire, succeeded hnally
" ner Efforts to yet him gloriously and OBJ
,,hs n drunk. The Tribune says that s %,
snen managed to get him folded up inside
yns q her largest trunks. had II checked 70
Lcs angeles and took the train for that city
a n.rs. On arriving there she found TO her
,rSlsn ass that the checks had been mis-,
p'sosd and the hapless man was compelled
s.,si main In the trunk three days longer before
sss,,nine freedom. This Tribune dols not
s ~ 70 explain how he survived the or
sel: When release eventually came. ~,
SsGsltway wrote home. telling the boys
49,. ~. nad happened. confessing sincere re-
suAnce and begging them to arrange mat
Mn % that Il would be judicially healthy Tor
ne q! city has been immensely stirred up
sne story, which finds not few believers.
snie others declare that Shropshire Is only
nyine to gull the people into taking more
'sa'ent view Of his case.
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AMpa,cAN SHIPPING.
United state. Lines Can Not Co"Pe'c
Win Thosc Of EnEinnh'


with Those oil EhSiH"'
u,aohireton January 1.-THE senate
committee on commerce continued Wv
hearing ON the Hanna-Payhe sups.''u'S
hill. Charles H. King, secretary VI ''
Lake Carriers association, ana MI INV
search, president OF the American '""nu
fac,urers' association. spoke In iavor o.
the bill. - .s the
clement A. Griscomb. president o. WV
international Navigation company, ~
,avocated the bill. He gave tue "''N
~ the organization OF the COMPANY 49,
,s transfer from Belgium to the oh'''a
s,a,es and the building OF the 81 hou.,
"a ,ha q, paul. These vessels wou.u
t na cost 81. 100. 900 less 10 great pr,sa ,a
than En- the United States rue ~. ,.,,,ch
and insurance charges were h,so I'D
higher In this country tnan ~ trnn, the
. anu for carrying the mails lackea
Ria, 600 OF meeting the expense ihsoisou ~
carrvine the American nag. Inc conpans
,nade n living, but 1t Is evident ~ couis
moi continue under the circunistAns,es 80
would have TO quit when the vessc,s MA
worn out The company nau NY ,,,a ar
dividend and It was evident that unueI
Tive circumstances no more American naus
could he carried. He thought nothing would
rostore American shipping except sys-
tam that would reduce the cost OF con-
stIuction and the operation Of steamers'
The passage OF the pending bill would re.
- law his company would build four more
IL 00O- ton ships within the next hye years
ana make contracts for as many more NOT
10 be completed within that period
senator Elkins asked II the bill wonld
SO eaualize the conditions as 70 put the
United States on an equal footing with
Great Britain. and MI. Griscom replies
,hat after giving the question careful at
tention he had reached the conclusion that
il would. He thought the United States
could II not too heavily handicapped.
Replying to other questions by Mr. W
kins, he expressed the opinion that for
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lho prerent ENGLAND would not lncrease

tho present England would not Increase
her subsidies.
MIR. ElEns also questioned Mr., Griscom
as 10 the propricty Of tax on the ton
mage OF British ships equal to the TAX I'M
posed by Great Britain on American ships
Mr.. Griscom said he favored such a meas
ure, but he hoped there would ba no q.
fort TO put II on the pending bilI. lie aaio
there was no time within The last TWEEN y
years that such Legislation would not
have been advisable and that IL was 'ldi-
otto folly" not to enact IT,
Frye the remark that 1t woM have osen
secured except for the opposition OF the
steamship companies. ~ KNOW he sa q,
,of one instance in which man VINO
never, under ordinary circumstances. a. :
tended the carly sessions of the senate sat
through the morning hour every day for
four months In order to prevent a measure
OF this kind from coming up In the morn
ing hour"
Thomas Clyde followed with an argi-
ment for n bounty much In the same line
as that OF Mr. Grlscom
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Events Al InRIesidc.

San Francisco, january lf.-Results AZ III
gleside:
Sever furlongs -Rosebcau. Prince Tyrant'
Casdale. Time 1871.
Mic and a quarter-Tortcni, Terrier, Jos
Cotton. Time 2:?ylz.
One mile. til. San Rafael selling stakes
Hugh Fenny, Joe Ullman. satsuins. Time
1:iSia.
Six fuflongs. purse-Corsine, Soinpre' 'uus'
Moilord. Time I;i5A. ,,a,,
Adelph Spreckels. scintiillts. Time 1;3;
seven furlongs. selling-lmperious, Notet'
Bonner. Heigh Ho Time 1870.
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rnir Weather Nceded.

Hearne, Texas January 14.-Yesterday
evening, after raining almost daily Tor
several days. the sun came out and the re-
mainder of the day was very pretty. every
one who could took advantage Of this ana
had an outing. ~
Some cotton is still in the fields and inc
,,,su,ars win rejoice to see fair weather
again. that they may pick out what is isIt.
A conservative estimate on the cos'o d,
vet left In the bottom along .ne a air
Sas niaced the amount at 5000 bales.
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REEDS TRIBUTE.


The Sneaker EAt0Is the VSrtues OF
the Dead Republican Leader.
Washington, January A.--Speaker Reed
said today OF the death Of Mr.. Dlngley: Il
have never known the sense Of loss to be
more nearly universal than In the case
Of Governor Dingiey. His death came at a
time when the absence OF his services
would be most keenly felt. Not only have
we lost his knowledge but we can not at
We could In him. MIR. Dingley had rem
dered conspicuous public service in hil-.SAn
State before he came to Washington and
his success here was no surprise TO Us.
THOSE finding that he always said some-
thing. and wasted no time In saying II,
accorded TO him the high compliment OF
silence and attention. HIS record 10 50
well known and has been 70 much In peo-
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MONEY FURNISHED VOLUNTEERS
The President VIII sign q Special
bill for Relief.


bill for Relief
Washington, Januar. 14.-senators Till
man and McLanrin of South Carolina
called upon the president today relative to
tho recent decision of the controller Of The
treasury that the States which expended
money In raising volunteer regiments for
service n the late war could not be reim-
bursed BY the Federal government. In the
case of the Southern Statea. the money so
extended is 20 be applied on the debt
owing from the States to tho Federal gov
In the case of South Carolina. however.
this money was not taken from the State
treasury, but was advanced ny Governor
Ellerbee, out OF his own pocket, IL order
n facilitate matters. The same thing was
true OF the governor OF Missouri. Presi-
dent suggested that the only remedy lay
in special legislation by congress re ne sara
passed. Senator McLaurin will Introduce
a special bill.
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, IN .commission Men.

New Orleans. January ls.-Ins -,
s ~ commission Men elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows: = ~ hena na',n
~ =, Philadelphia, president; +. A, brehh,
49, ~ punalo. vice president; Victor zoIn : o.
s Saw u orleans. treasurer; Zach Patch ~s'
eiss.ed e,miftss on resolutions reported al
e,ss,y an the resolution IN iavSr " 1lsc,
s,on Baltimore was selected az the nes' p'ss'
OF meeting.
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t..s, ', T., January 1.-THE treaty be-
K,,,c, 'ne United States and the Cherokee
top,sh, ~ signed by the commission here
TT nssm Sargy Sanders and John Gunter.
fls,d n as ssa q the Cherokee commission. re-
ths treaty s =, inc treaty. To become effective.
8 Ss March 1893, and BY " p maiority vote
~ Cherokee people. - 1''' 49,
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VALUE OF ExroRTs.


Washington, January ia oeta'iea
comnarison OF exports of breadstuffs, pro-
visions and minerals oils. compiled by
the bureau Of statistics. follows 20, $50 90. /.
Hreadstuffs, decrease 1898. $Sl,6ly. SS2;
decrease 1897. s2s. s23. 1850; year 1898, $685.
Isl, sS5; year. 1897. s2iSSos,b5o. :. 90,
Cattle and hogs, decrease 1879, sZ'I 49,
1871; decrease 1891 $S,6ao.noi year 1880
S32. 800. $3.50; year 1887, sSs.ISo'siss, .,o,,,.
a.ereaee 1897. s14. 220, 104; year 1888. $685.
ss5.ssl. year 1891. si39,i49.liI.
Cotton. decrease 1898, s89,6s6, 100 de-
crease 1897 $50, ESQ. ISL; year 1898, s25Z,-
ito. 1876; year 1887. s2i2, 1886
Mineral oils, decrease 1897. N,ls..oi
dacrease 1897. "a. $751;. 1894: year 1898. $52,'
65i, ols; year 1897 $5s,o575l7.
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baptist EDUCATIONAL Hoard.

!. e'epurne. Texas, January 13.-The Zap
~. Slate board Of education will meet In
sDurne Thursday. 1t is composed OF
VII .nent Baptists all over Texas, who
rais,rmn ees to discuss ways and means OF
dehss me money necessary TO pay off the
tisrs, aue on the various Baptist educa-
s' institutions Of Texas.
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SOUTHWEST PASS.
Thirteen Million Dollars IL the
Amount which In Recommended.

Thirteen Million Dollars 10 tine
Amount Which In Rccommended.
washington, January 1.-THE secretary
of war today sent to congress the survey
and report Of board OF army engineers
on the Southwestern pass. mississippi
river. which is one OF the most extensive
river and harbor projects under construc-
ton. The board was appointed under
resolution OF congress 10 report on chan
mel thirty-hve feet deep and adequate
width.
General Wilson. chief Of egineers. In
submitting the report. says the project y
executed. will secure the depth proposed,
which il not excessive considering the vast
commercial interests involved The board
proposed system Of jetties and the csti-
nation for the entire work 10 $4,000, 900.
A further estimate Of 2 per cent for main
tenance and per cent to extend the Jet
ties Is made. y
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Random Pickings
'Mongst Mems Furnishings
ENZ:I2.XE NZX22E

pies minds during his illness that his
services need not be specified He was a
public servant equal to all his duties. who
,Ton the respect and esteem, not only OF
his associates, but Of the whole country"
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or.sr esidences MT GreenviIIe.
IL, Texas, January 14.--A FIRE
- ~ eoon destroyed Two residences,
- 70 Mrs. D. Crawford and
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Verdict 81 Suicide. Y
81 Louis. January 13.-The coronsr's vess
~. oc ,hs death cath & oS 3 hessaE ~
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Boys Knee Pants.

Fancy and very hne Cssslmeres. Cordur0y,
Cheviots. Worsteds, sold usually mn
at M.60, now....s......,.......,..., uVv
Big style selection Boys $500 and Kim
T5c Pants, now all at ..,..........s 49,
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You'll be able to pick better this
week than ever before; you'll see
handsomer patterns than ever be-
ore--you'll be greatly and agreea-.
bly, surprised with the great big
saving and elegant fit we shall give
remember, SIS in value, $40 to
nav. n
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up in the house to confront still more
pitiful Fate?
Probably thoughtlessness is at the
bottom of the sad business. The cat is
such a humble little pensioner, she
goes about her affairs so quietly and
takes what is given her so uncomplain-
ingly that she counts as cypher in
most families, who take her for grant
ed as they take their religion, without
thinking about it too much or inquir-
ing into it too curiously. 1t could
hardly be in city as humane as Wor-
cester that people should be really in
different to the sufferings of animals,
merely because the latter are small
and defenceless and cheap. Women
who faint to see a horse beaten, gaily
doom the cat that catches their mice
and amuses their children to weeks of
hunger and loneliness.
Any summer you can see poor, thin,
detected felines sinking about the city
streets and peering into swill buckets,
hungry, not only for victuals and drink,
but for a caress. They haunt the
streets because they have no other
place to go and no other means of pick
ing up living. Families which should
care for them are enjoying themselves
out of town, but they live the life of
street Arabs.
Probably the old saying that a cat
has nine lives also has something to do
with the case. People have heard for
so long that a cat has nine lives that
they have actually come to believe it.
However much you ill-treat a cat, they
say, she will survive, because she has
nine lives, you know, and she can't help
surviving. The little girl in New York
who recently cut off a kittens head
with pair of scissors had undoubtedly
heard that cat had nine lives and be-
lieved it. The fact is, beyond a certain
limit common to all creatures in a free
state, the cat has no great surplus of
vitality, but succumbs to disease or ac-
cident or the powers of nature as read
lily as any other small animal of the
SotA'S SIZE W. russ u6eOS care and
protection in summer as we'll as winter,
all the more because for the rest of the
year she is cherished. AS a member of
the family she ought either to go along
with it or else be boarded out in peace
and comfort at home. A collar and
chain such as dogs wear makes the for
mer method comparatively easy, while
the fact of two hospitals in the city
where animals may be boarded places
the latter within the reach of everyone.
These are not fanciful or far-fetched
suggestions to cover an imaginary need.
That cats endure great misery, not only
in body, but in their feelings, at being
abandoned by families through the
summer months is patent to any
one who will observe the facts.
and it is not sentimentality, but only
the dictates of common humanity that
bids us care for them in summer not
less than winter, and not to subject
them to unnecessary hardships.
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Alice Stone Blackwell continues her
well meant endeavors to find domestic
situations for Armenian refugees with
little English, but desire to get on.
fhey are all willing to wash dishes and
answer the doors, but the idea of a
male chambermaid about the house
does not commend itself to the New
England housewifely sense of fitness.
IL IS only in Oriental countries, and
some in continental Europe, where
the Anglo-Saxon conception of home
is wanting and the social status of wo-
men is low, that the house boy has ev-
er really established himself, but then
OF course Miss Blackwell is not seek
ing to modify the system of domestic
service current in this part of the
world, only to smooth the creases out
OF life for few foreign members of
the male sect in whom she is interest
ed. 1t is a picturesque philanthropy.
out if people are slow in Offering to
make conveniences of themselves for
the Improvement of these gentlemen's
English, it ought not to surprise any
one. The domestic problem is too
complicated and its victims are too
numerous to warrant any supernuous
tampering with it.
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SUMMER ADDRESSES.

A. II. Sears, Provincetown.
70. A. Smith, Lynn.
Prof. j. A. Shaw, care of e. X. Hodg-
kins, Harpwell, Me.
John H. Goes, Mansion house, South
Poland, Me.
9. Fl. BUSHNELL, Round Pond, Me.
Miss NJ. e. d. King, Grand View
house, Cottage City.
Charles A. Allen, Roach River, Me.
George w. Ward, East Gloucester.
DR.. Albert Wood Mansion house,
South Poland, Me.
M. e. Comins, North Woodstock, N.
H.
]. Nelson Flagg, York Beach. Me.
Hon. J. II. Walker, New Hampton,
N. II.
Mrs. John e. Bradley, Gardner Me.
Mrs. George II. Boyd Wachusett
house, Princeton
II. l.. Rocheleau, shambly Bassin,
p. Q.
J. M. Moore, Rockport.
e. e. Thompson, The Elliott hotel
Waterville, N. H.
Mrs. W. B. Lowney, Deering, Me.
Mrs. James F. Guerin. Shrewsbury.
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TAKE CARE or THE CAT.

Summer, which is celebrated by the
poets as the most desirable season of
the year and is longed for by less gift
ed mortals, as the time of holiday re-
taxation, is viewed in totally differ
ent manner by the city cat. To her sum
mer too often stands for a varying per-
iod of hardship, beginning when the
family turns her out of doors to forage
for herself, while they make for the
seashore or mountains and ending on
ly with their return, sun-burned and
jolly, when school and business must be
resumed in the fall. The dog accompa-
MES the family the horses are boarded
out or taken along; even the lawn and
flower beds are provided for. Puss
alone is left to the care Of Providence
and to her own exertlons.
Why is 1t that the cat alone of all
our domestic creatures is treated with
this inhumanity7 Why is 1t that per-
sons otherwise considerate and kind
hearted, go away without conjunction
and leave their faithful little friends
to starve in the street. or lock them
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A FESTIVAL CONTRALTO.
Miss Grace Preston Coming
From London, to Sing
in Worcester.

A genuine contralto voice is so rare
that whenever one is found, unusual
distinction is certain to be conferred
upon its possessor. Miss Grace Preston
is thus fortunately endowed. She pos
sesses a true contralto--not that de-
ceptive order of mezzo soprano which
often is mistaken for contralto-but a
rare contralto voice Of beauty and
power. 1t is pleasure to write about
THIS richly gifted young woman, FOR
she Is native American, and learned
all she knows about singing from an
American teacher.
In the city Of Hartford, Conn. the
subject of this sketch was born. When
q very young girl she showed a passion
for music and began studying the 81;
ano. She was fond Of singing, too. and
was regarded as the best singer in her
class in Sunday school. A musician
CHANGED to hear her, and, recognizing
peculiar quality in her voice, sug-
gested that she should be given in
struction by a competent teacher. II
was fortunate that an accomplished
voice builder was near at hand. Miss
Preston was placed under Miss BisselL
who soon discovered that her pupil
was endowed with an excellent voice.
was ambitious and diligent. Under
Miss Bisselps guidance Miss Preston
made good progress, and her voice
developed in strength and fiexibility.
For six years she studied with the
same teacher; indeed, she never stud
led with any other, and lie proud of the
fact.
Six years ago Miss Bissell went TO
New York to live, and took with her
her favorite pupil. Several years pro-
%cus Miss Preston had sung in musi-
Gales and concerts In Hartford, and had
won good reputation. She did not,
however, do much serious work until
after her removal To New York where
she has held q position IN one Of the
leading church choirs, and sung much
10 recitals and concerts. She made a
number Of successful appearances with