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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

New York. Nov. 6.--Admirni Dewey
arrived in New York 1t two o'clock
yesterday afternoon on the Pennsyl-
vsnia railroad. He was alone IN 1es
his Chinese valet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Caracas, Nov. 6.--After a blockade Of
two days Puerto Cabello yesterday sur.
rendered to Gen. Castro and the on.
aals Of the dsfaeto governments
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Manila, Nov. 4-Chase's troops Of
the Third cavalry and Rivers troops
of the Fourth cavalry swan the river
and surrounded the garrison at Bong-
Bong. entering the town. The enemy
escaped. Six rifles and . quantity Of
ammunition yer captured. Cashiers
scouts had a skirmish with the insur.
gents a Aliaga, killing five.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

London. Nov. 6.-According to Il spe.
cial dispatch from Cape Town. it is re-
ported there that the Barutos have
risen against the Orange Free State
Beers. The government has received
no information ON this point.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

London. Nov. A.-An army order Il.
sued this afternoon instructs the proper
authorities to mobilize 81 bsttalious of
militia at their respective hsadquar.
tiers on various dates after Noyemhar ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Paris. Nov. 6.-fhr Temps rorrobor-
ateS the statement Of the f,clair that
the Beers hay" decided to employ pri,
atccrs, and says:
There is nm immense fleet of trans
ports now al sea carrying troops. The
IransNaal government can not seri-
ously threaten these, but there is no
doubt that it has issued letters If
marque in Europe and the United
States and British may suf-
fer. even il the transports do not"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
Vice President IIobcrt is danger.

"'Tf mustered OUT october 18th.
The defeated Shamrock sailed
from New York for England on the
lst int.
NaIter Spence, aged IL. waR killed
at Carthage, No, by coming in con-
tact with IA live wire.
The remains Of the late Gen. Guy
Y. Henry were inferred at Washing
ton October 3Oth.
A consolidation Of the principal
bridgc-buiIding firms Of the United
states has been effected.
ten homez is writing a history
81 'uban warfare from 1868 to the
date 81 American occupation.
Capt. NicoII Ludlow has been re-
tired from the navy with the rank of
rear admiral after 80 years service.
G"o NJ. Lee, son of Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, has been appointed Il first
lieutenant in the volunteer armyand
assigned to duty in the Philippines.
Arthur Bird, a merchant. vas
found dead in the street at III Reno.
Okla, with Il bullet hole through
hls head. His assassin is unknown
McrgcuthaIer, inventor Of the lin
otype iyposcttIng machine, died
practically "A poor man, though mil
lions have been Eade out Of his in.
ycntion.
Miss Francis Wood, a school
teacher at Greenwich, Conn, was
forced to resign by the school board
because she persisted in wearing
bIoomers.
j.. II, Hartman. Of New York
'llY, has formed IA syndicate. which
will undorwrite the reorganization
Of tn" Kansas City, p~ittsburg &
Gulf railroad.
Tom Hayden, c0lorcd. was taken
from officers by a mob near I~aypttc,
Mo-, and hanged. HAYDEN mur.
Tered It young white farmer named
Andrew Woods.
Iua private letter Cen. Wheeler
states that the value Of a church and
monastery IN the towns of the Phil
Ipplncs often exceed in value all the
buildings,
4 stray bullet fired from a II in
the hands Of e. +. Mood in "A battle i
with officers at Irinton. Ohio, went {
through window and killed Mrs.
Iottie IIcuthoru.
Circuit Judge Eycrsolc refused to $
% to Manchester, Ky, to hold court, !
assassination ut the hands
some tcudjSt. Charges will likely e
'c preferred against him. and he a
nay he lmpcached. o
Henry I'rjdmorc and Tom Don. o
wan. at OIdtown, Tenn, settled $
tcUd by lighting a fatal duel with e.
pocket knives. Pridmore was stabbed y
Trough the heart and Donovan re-. n
eyed several wounds in the abdo. @,
men. II
Civil suits for the collection of -
Qualities aggrcgating SlOO. GOO for d,
IoIatlon of the antitrust and pool W
" laws have been instituted by the &c
ttorncy-goncral of Illinois against It.,
u corporations doing business in
'hirago. T
The battle at L%adysmith resulted =,
I II complete victory for the Beers.
he engagement cost the British
" ''''' ''''' a'd SIN
an'.' 1 L,,'a ~'1" guns 20 '"f tne so
WIS ,''' '"'"" themselves to be br
cm fighters and great military co
ratrgi>tS. at,
Robbers Sandboggcd the express
oSSehg'r "na passenger train III the an
'rds at benson, Tex, and robbed ME
'' sale IN the car of over $40, 900. CIV
ne 'ono'rN was discovered by the =,
'Ner OF an express wagon when he sb,
" receive Il local freight. ne
II 'o""' the messenger uncon- DC
lpllS. WV
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
A packing house is TO be erected
at Oklahoma CITY.

Gen. Otis nav has an army y
40 600 man IN the phl;,,in.s
Fire at philadclphia destrove,
$500 600 worth Of business propcrty
IN. ,o,i, ,,n;,.,t,.r hnHa;,a -,
Sine ~;ng n wo, J-os,.o.aJ ~,
fire, =
Three ,bops,nd i,n~,o;oro,ts war,
landed AT ,ha mort If New yorL
Ortobcr 3Orh
,., ,u,I, -, -.
o~n,r,n,ro- Ia A., n.,,.m. ,",..I;
' ''' ~"
Slavery ,s Ia ho abolished in tho
g,In H., .n,L.,,. -
Lc pLl,rIu, ll.,J.
n4
''''''''' WIZ gwen
''' '''''' 'l''" ''''' "''''"'
The BANKING house Of b A Sayro
a Co., at Louisville. Nv, founded
in lsto. made An assignment.
''',.' ''''. '1'~ '''''''' was If'lci'''
,,"' '''' wiz VIZ. % j"'a''S '''ooIh%
20, val. .l.n.I
,, u., rn ''
'''' '' '"' "'"''''
''' ",''
'A.' ,"'"P'o,' POO 'It@a''lllo''e
N''''N'" out zen '"'rH' o. Eng
'"''' ~ ""' "''''''D' "' "''"Fo'
The steamer George CaIwcIl was
wrecked IN a storm near Charleston
ana l. % 'O' ere" were drowned
A factory for the manufacture Of
thOTltp. uDWprfnI p\uIp-ivn rcrnuIIv
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Az extension I" N~Pri"gN'''' NO..
me t'rPrd" BOAT Nu"hTi'N was
'"",''''" Ut "~''"'"'"'' va" ''''''r
"'.'
INV" hundred head "' .h"oP1l lh"
"' IVY ''"'N y''"' "''' '"''''
"'''''
'"tt"h IHIII employees at faII
River, Mass, dr'ouud a 10 per cent
'''a' J." VINCE
south Dakota Is 10000 tons Of
coaI snort on her winter supply, aud
" Iamii'" is feared.
negotiations Will be opened shortly
~ hadrid Tor q ne" treaty between
the | hiirt States and Spain
On account Of cold weather, uavi-
CATION on the lmIkon river has
been closed untlI next sprIug.
Senator Mason wa. cypcIIod from
the Tippcunoc cIub. trhicaro, for
''IisIoyalty 10 the rrpubI,rap parts :. "
In Il riot at Decatur. H.. between
negroes and union miners, Fred
Dongow.ki, white. wa4 -hot and
Killed.
lama. Iorr;.. ., u.L,
rision over Tom Sharkcy in the bat
tlo NJ foncy Island for the worlds
championship.
Cubop rorm.,g h,ro uoGti,roJ
G,v -,ou rr,,lo ,,.,,., A., n...
md,clssiou into that country Of
American corn.
Mrs, Pearl Krprcdv If Tor,.
IInnte. Ind. rnt an oud Ia hor
domestic troublo4 Iy tni.,nr hoil
s|trychnfnc und luIdamm.
Gen. White rrport. fL,t , Siam
prdc Of the ormy moDn, was IN.
Immediate rauso Of ,ho Jorcal If
English troop. ,t InJysmi,b
boon nn,rbas.d u;.on%n l.. I,,
man iu~miront. uL, ,
establish a c~o.onor,t,,o c]nIon,
'''' ''''' W '''''''S'''
.,a.. nr;'nn Wv '"'' ''"''N VI
''' 'S"' N''p'' III '''o' STATE mas
Tn. ~
~ iIH ''"'' y II
a,,J .'i',| "'''' Wv '"'IS'
,n,, h r', '''',T '''" i
''''''''' 1T WV '''' army
Admiral Dewey has announced 4
his engagement to Mrs, v. Is. t
l'n1'h' OF Washington city, The Il
"'0F = = SISTER to John t. Mclean.
English military authorities have !
DECIDED to accord American press f
correspondents in the TransuaI fine +
same PRIVILEGES ~ fine EuoII.h ro,. r
respondents, g
The Quebec French ,,,,li,,
new spapcr URGE ourboc ,o .o.nJa ,
from Cnuadn hroo,sc tho nan, :,
il scpd;,, trnons +, nil lh,,L.,J. :,
the T,aosyoaI :
b
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
WORK OF THE SIGNAL CORPS
jeHrBp, I%ustitntcd and Operated
In Cabs. Porto Rico and Iuzon
-Hscom IA -n ,ia

Washington. Nov. The extent II
which the government is institutins
ana operating cable and telegraph
lines aS a result of recent trrritoria
acquisitions and control. is brought
out III the report OF Gen. Greedy. chief
signal officer. This shows that the tel
egraph system of tuba, formerly
o"rtd and operated by Spain, has bee
taken over and developed by the sigma
and that at the close of the fisca
year $500 miles of line we're in opera
ton, Of which 500 miles were absolute.
~ new lines and the remainder large
j. reconstructed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Madrid, Nov, Ga dispatch from the
'araries says that "A British war ship
Is exercising Il close surveillance of
shipping, being presumably On the out
look for p]risateers.
The captain of a merchant vessel re-
ports from Nigo. Spain, that a British
squadron of six large vessels was seen
on Nigo harbor on the night OF No
vember 3. that one vessel reconpoiterpl
the hnrhor. and that the squadron
sailed in the direction of Gibraltar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
The 1lOS m n I'd unem Of Indyssmlth

E%stcourt. Nov. }, Noon.-(Delayed in
transmission).--The Beers continue Il,
shell Ladysmith. but are doing little
damage. The naval gunners from the
Powerful have finally succeeded in dis
mantling the 40-pounder posted on
Hcpworth's hill
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

'''i'' an" ''i"t al 'H' 'Ius' Oh inc hsch
9''' S.'oo mics OF i'ne were IN opera
"'"' " "h''h 'oo hh'ieS were absolute
, "'" ""eS ana me remainder large
, ''c"h''rue''o
Difficulties Encountered.
Gen Greedy discusses the Question Of
Cuban cable and telephone concessions
showing the legal and diplomatic diff.
entities surrounding them as well as
the practical difficulties npd.r whicl
the military cnbl, lines ara L.,, j.,
| operation. He recommends the In v;ro
Of a dccp-sra cable between Porto Rice
and Cuba, which would cost about
$GOO.OOO. Ry this means all comIuuui
cations between Porto Rico and the
United States would pass over strictly
American lines.
A~n,ng"ni>ed by Private Compnnic.
In tho phiiinni,no Cen rro,I, chou.
tina the efforts Of the United St,tpe
10 lay cables for military operations
was altngonlzod by the private com
panI'S owning lines there. Gen. Gree
y says thtf" are certain concessions
which pIalnlY can not he acceded to b,
INC ' h''cd States, especially the cNclu.
s''r cable rights for an indefinite pc.
fI"n, no only IN the Philippines, but
IN all Spanish possessions in the Pa
clhr. tie says II is only a matter oi
u'''' Wh"f LuHon Will he connected
with formosa by an international "a
pie thus giving an outline to Japan
and China,
magnitude OF the work.
A vague idea Of the magnitude of The
corps work under Maj Thomp
son S supervision in the Philippines
may b" conveyed by the statement that
o''f IN" telegraph system alone more
man Soo'ooo messages, many long, am
Az ON public business, were transmit
tea III TIA" ten months ending June y
over i5.Oo0 IN May alone,
\ Pacific Cable >cc.ss,r.
As to Pacific coblr thr renort ,.,,
part:
an order Ia min chaser ,h, I~,nitn,I
and il. Pacific coIon;rs II 10 -.
,ertjoI to suap the Pacific hv .,l
\ arinc cable as recommended b, tb.
president to rnrur.,g :, hi, ,aI
of February m ,soo rL,,
value of s,Ich 81 rnhIa Il no, ,~ln,,
or military u,,nos,e Inn, mana ~,
,ecialIy for the fostcriuy If indn.tr;,I
in the new r]oIoniee and IN ~,
Ter to facilitate commercial on,r,.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

A vague idea of the magnitude of the
signal corps work under Mai. Thomp.
sons supervision in the Philippines
may be conveyed by the statement that
over the telegraph sNstcm alone more
than 100000 messages, many long, am
all on public business, were transmit.
ted in TIA" ten months ending June ;,
and over 5000 in Nav alone.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
Report. that white HAS c.p,suia..

RepOrts TINT white Has CaRfta1atea.
Lisbon. Nov. 6.--Persistant reports
are in circulation here that Gen. Sir
George Stewart White, British com-
nander in Natal, hascapitulatsd 70 the
Beers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
WRECK ON UNION PACIFIC
One Passenger Killed and Eleven Wounded
at Brighton, Colorado.
Cheyenne Flyer Crashes Into the
Boulder Valley Train While
Standing at Station.

DENVER, Col, December 29.-The Chey-
enne flyer, on the Union Pacific railroad,
crashed into the Boulder Valley train at
Brighton, Col, today- One man was killed
and eleven persons injured:
Killed:
William Rundleman, baggageman on
Cheyenne train.
Injured:
f. W. Torpkins, travelling man, Kansas
City.
F. V. Davis. traveller for Nash-Smith Tea
and Coffee Company, Denver
John Payne, Boulder.
s. G. Hurst, banker, Brighton.
Mrs Margaret G. Young.
Section men on the Boulder Valley train:
John McGovern, foreman, Denver; Sc
ricus.
Jas. McGovern, foreman; serious.
John Riegan, foreman
John Cervington. laborer.
John Kennedy, laborer-
John Flannery, laborer
The Boulder Valley train left Denver a
little late this morning, and, as usual,
stopped at Brighton. which is the junction
for the Boulder Valley line from the main
line to Cheyenne 1t was here that Banker
Hurst of Brighton got on the train. just
before the collision. The Cheyenne flyer
Union Pacific train No. 3, also left 4JenVer
late and in coming into Brighton In the
early morning dusk ran into the rear end
of the Boulder Valley train, telescopfng two
or three cars and derailins the passenger
locomotive. The section gangs from the
Denver yards and half a dozen passengers
occupied the Boulder train. Two cars on
the FLYER were burned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29

to the congressional naval committees, ad-
vocating legislation for the construction of
two composite vessels for use in training
landsmen for naval service.
THE only practical way of properly train
ing landsmen and apprentices" Secretary
Long says, 'is by putting them on board
vessels adapted for this purpose in COM
pany with regular crews, and the best kind
of vessel for this use is one of full sailing
power and auxiliary steam power
THE number of vessels that might he a3
vantageously used for training purposes is
small, and the vessels employed are old
and not likely to be serviceabIe much
longer"
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Use of Names Unauthorized.
MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD TAKEN.
Col. LOckett Attacks and Defeats Six
Hundred FilipinOs.

The adjutant general received a cable
message from General Otis this morning
telling of the capture of mountain strong
hold beyond Montalban, northeast of San
Mateo, formerly supposed to be impregna-
bic, and the capture of many prisoners and
large quantity of arms and ammunition.
The dispatch is as follows:
MANILA, December 20, 1899.
"Adjutant General, War Department, WASH
ington:
Colonel Lockett, with regiment, two bat
talions 46th Colonel Schuylers), one 45th
Colonel DorsD and a company of the 9th
Infantry. two guns Captain Van Duesen),
attacked the enemy 600 strong on the
mountain stronghold beyond Montalban.
northeast of San Mateo; a large number
were killed and wounded, twenty-four were
taken prisoners. Lockett captured one
cannon, forty rifles. 10000 rounds of am
munltion, 500 pounds of powder, arsenal
fortifcatons all the feed supplies and con-
siderable other property.
This captured point is located on the
mountain trail and was formerly supposed
to be impregnable. Our casualties were
Lieutenant Enslow, 11th Cavalry, and five
enlisted men wounded, mostly slight; Pri-
vate Matson, 45th Infantry, drowned.
OTIS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
FOR THE LAWTON FUND.
Contributions to the War Department
Have Reached S3O.526.IO.

Adjutant General Corbin reports today
that the contributions to the Lawton relief
fund to date received by him amount to
$50, 525.10, being an increase of about 1900
since the last previous report. He issued
the following itemized statement of sub
scriptions today:
Previously acknowledged, S26, 1913 10; T. H
Jolliffe, Brookline, Mass s5; A. Midelburg,
Sewell. w. Va, 81; j. NJ. H, New York, 81;
A. F. Schenhelberger, Boston, Mass, 81;
Jas. o. Parmlee, Warren. Pa, 81; William
Thomas Logan, Philadelphia, Pa, 81: cash,
Philadelphia, Pa, SlG0; Chicago subscrip-
tions. through Alex. H. Revell, 81, ,122; VIM
K. Vanderbilt, $1,000; John E. Parsons,
New York 500: E. C. Connerse, New York,
500; through Geo. E. Albee, New Haven,
sos; James McMillen, 500; Pinkerton's Ma
tional Detective Agency, $50; Chas E.
Pearce, st. Louis, $50; w. L. Elkins, Phil
adelphla, Pa, $500; daughter of Mr. Elm
stein of the New York Press, s100; citizens
of Trenton, Mo-, $50; Mrs. Elenor Martin,
New York, 500; Timothy o. Woodruff New
York, 500; Martin T. Mcmahon, New York,
$25: Edmund Ruse, Hoboken, N. J., $40;
SIS; Edmond Ruse. Hoboken, N. Y, $40;
James Z. Ross, Buffalo, N. Y, $40: Caroline
Mills, Flushing, N. Y, $50: w. C. Putnam,
Davenport, Iowa, s5: r. E. Montgomery
Fort Worth. Tex, IS; blank, Llewellyn
Park. S5; Lieut.. ]. N. Kilbreth, jr, 4th Ar
tillery, S25; Geo. c. Strong Post G. A R.
Brooklyn, N. Y, $40: j. L. B., 81; n. With
erill, New York, $50; J. Nelson Washing
ton, D. c., So Total, $50 525. 10.
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GOING INTO LIQUIDATION.
Officials of Providence Bank Decide to
Go Out of Business.

PROVIDENCE, R. l.. December 29-The
action of the directors Of the Roger Will
Jams National Bank. one of the oldest
financial institutions in the state. IN -l,om-
mending to stockholders yesterday thz.E .ale
bank go into liquidation and turn over It's
business to the Industrial Trusc Company
Is part of a movement similar to that which
took place in the Boston bank district more
than year ago. to concentrate the bust
mes done by several banks into one institu-
ton The City National Bank and the
Globe National Bank have been absorbed
by the Jniun Trust Company The Third
National is going into liquidation also The
industrial Trust Company having offered
TO take over its business, and it is under
stood that other national banks are ready
to follow the example of the four men,
Toned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
siRRENDERs To L. $. MARSHAL.
Alleged Bank Robber Goldsmith
Gives Himself Up

NEW YORK, Decemher 29-Lewis E
Goldsmith, assistant cashier of the Port
Jervis National Bank of Port Jervis, n. Y,
who is alleged to have robbed that institu-
ton OF $4,000 on November II last, and
also TO have falsified the banks books. to-
day surrendered himself to United States
Marshal nenschel in this city. Goldsmith
left Port Jervis four days before a war
rant was issued for his arrest, and he has
since been fugitive.
His left arm was in sling and he said
that he had fallen OF a train and broken
his collar bone. He waived examination
and WIS held in $4,000 bail for the grand
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
GOVERNMENTS INTEREST.
Statement Made at War Department
Concerning Military Road.

1t is said at the War Department that
the federal governments interest in the
hearing of the so-called Military road case
before Judge Love in the Alexandria county
court at Fort Myer, lies solely in the fact
that the road is the only direct route be-
tween the National cemetery at Arlington
and the national capital, and is in constant
use by those engaged in the public busi-
ness Notwithstanding the government has
betrayed practically all the expenses of
maintenance of the road since the civil
war, 1t does not claim title to it. 1t is.
however, interested in the success of the
contention of the Alexandria county au-
thorities that the road is a county road
and, consequently, public thoroughfare
The United States district attorney for
the eastern district of Virginia is assisting
the attorneys of the commonwealth of Vir-
ginia in support of that proposition It is
said at the department that an examina-
ton of the land records of Alexandria
county shows that the road In question was
opened as a county road in 1885, and has
been in continuous use as such ever since.
The officials of the War Department are
very much interested in the outcome of the
hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
DISTINGUISHED MEN SPEAK.
Close of the Southern Educational
Convention nt Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 29.-The
Southern Educational Association con-
cluded today the most successful conven-
ion in Its history. At the morning session
John w. Abercrcmbie. superintendent OF
public instruction of Alabama. delivered an
address on Education in the Old and in
the New SOUTH
Dr. j H Kirkland, Vanderbilt JTniver-
sity. Nashville; DR.. L. A Alderman nres
ident University of North Carolina. and
s G. Gilbreath. University of NashviIIe
We're among the other speakers
Miss Patty Hill of Louisville. XIV nos
elected president of the Kindergarten de-
partment-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
STREET CAR BANDIT KILLED.
Passengers Resist HOld-Up at
Seattle, Wash.

SEATTLE, Wash. December 29.-1n an
attempt to hold up Ballard street car
late last night highwayman was shot and
killed. There were eight passengers aboard,
when two men, wearing masks boarded
the car. one at the front and the other at
the rear. One of the passengers. named
Plimpton, opened fire on the highwayman
entering the car from the rear, and three
shots were returned. One broke Plimptons
arm and another entered his breast.
A passenger standing on the front plat
form fired on the robber at the front end
of the car, and at the first shot this rob-
ber reeled from the car and fled to the
woods. After the firing on the rear end
ceased the second robber took to the woods.
Bullets passed through the clothing of two
other passengers. The highwaymen secured
nothing. Shortly after midnight the police
found near the scene of the holdup the
body of one of the robbers. He had been
killed by bullet from a passengers pistol.
The body is still unidentified.
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NEW YEAR RECEPTIONS.
Lists of Those Receiving to Be
Published Tomorrow.

The Star will publish tomorrow
lists of those receiving and not re-
ceiving New Year day. Persons de-
string to announce that they will or
will not receive Monday can do so
without charge by sending notices
to The Star any time prior to 9
O'Clock tomorrow morning. The no
tees should contain only the an
nouncenent that there will or will
not be reception and the names and
addresses. Every notice must be
properly authenticated to insure pub
lication. -
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FRENCH MILITARY BILL.
Provides for Defense of Coasts and In
crease of Navy.

PARIS. December 29.-The government
will submit to the chamber of deputies at
the beginning of January bill providing
for the defense of the French coasts and
colonies and to Increase the strength of the
fleet. This does not involve an increase in
the expenditures. The cost of the defense
of the coasts and colonies is estimated at
120o00,090 francs, spread over two and a
half years. This sum will be provided for
by Jo,000,oO0 francs annually, set aside to
pay off certain bonds, and which become
free this year by the final repayment of
these bonds. The expense of the increase
of the fleet will be met by utilizing $1,000
600 francs out Of the 105, 900 600 francs an
nually devoted to the construction of new
vessels. At the end of two years the whole
105OoD,oOO francs can be devoted to the
new naval program.
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GrosvenOr OF Fight the Trusts.
,nacial Disnatch to The Evening Star

ATHENS, Ohio, December 29.-General
Charles Grosvenor is going to introduce an
antitrust bill in Congress in a short time
The trusts in this district, the salt trust
especially, have become particularly odious.
There are a large number of workmen idle
In this city and about Pomeroy, and the
general has agreed to make big fight on
the bill to crush out trusts
He is not a candidate for delegate-at-
large to the Philadelphia convention in
case Secretary Beck OF the national COM
mittee is candidate.