The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-01


c..,o...i ,., Wheeler called op tho prosi-
,.,
dent yesterday ana h'' long t"iK WIN
him. Ii is said upon excellent authority
,,..t f., re-,,nso 10 "a direct ouestion the
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eeHe'a' S''N 'o 7'
things 10 go To the FnHppiHes ana see
active service IN the Islands. 1hereupon
the President assured him he should be
,r,,i,..d brieafler general and sent 10
I'D" I""ipi'"'''
GOOD PLACE OPEN.
The oes.tiou ot tobacco cNpcrt at the
Apr..u,tnral Department. paying $3.50
r,.l. ,nnuu be- NOW omen To- some one who
can como t,p t, fbo g.,ulremeuts of the
ri,.u .o,,.i'o ,,pn,f..ion Apulicants
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bdtcp h""Hu. IN i'''''.- '' ""' gut ,''
lfAnclldl uIeiieli'7. J. "a 'N"i'.'i'" ,''"
VIII ie held Mit isle D. "r'n'r par it.'u-
i"rs may De- htH Joy applying I" l"e 'i'l
service commission
AN cA. uilaDH- Wll Ie nfld M New
port News. Va. May fih t. ON the posi-
fions of pOstOllcc clerk and carrier I'm
that city.
The official record of January tempora-
lures in Dawson shows that comparative
lv -na4ltiue residents of virginia were
I'm tie tropics Tho highest tcmneraturc
recorded was two degrees above zero and
the lowest forty-fvc below.
COSTLY DEFECT
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al'l"7l 'l'i'''S '' '"' ''''''''" WI
'". ...r,o ,.r,, ,.r,o..he~o of rormosa.
like that of many other Eastern coun-
tries is such that tobacco rapidly spoils
if it is not put up I'm hermetically scaled
tins. American cigarettes of which there
vas AZ ono time considerable consump-
ton. arrive iu little pastehoard packets,
the cigarettes projected by "a. wrapper ot
tim foil, and in o. very snort Nile-a i''.'
ter Of "a fow weeks oniy-iney turn green
and ms.dy and are pr"cuciHy N'.
WITS Dc 60, an 'nsii@l 'Iln' '"lA
ciearo'fos. which are auFerIsfu 's ','I',-
made of american ioode''; ln 'oul.a wv
cases "'-' ~. tro,,ort irfo
mea'. small hiaio can p' D,'.E .,,,..t. ,..io
position on the onl'r cover H'', " ~
twist OF tho Wfi+l Gus ~. '',i.,' .i'...
the tin. ana ihc W., e....l-s,,t os
arc hci0r, F'n .,.,. ,r,o ,otat
the day iheE Pc, '"' .,..l,'' o,clrdine,
import oi ol o., .,, -, fs-- -i0 Of
o..u- '.l. c,.,o, has h,,t tie ven
Nnl'N 'i' ''''
.. ,. Trsosrrv Dopartmcnt
f,us 20 elicit amy confirmation Of the
ou,ee1 afeloverr or a Newport News
to,-,or tna. Congress passed an act 20
,.,,,,.rar,te cities suffering from epi-
1or.fcs or contagious diseases brought IN
h,. troops from Crha on' Porto RICO
FEW CLAIMANTS
. .f.t.,,, san which rossod
IN" o''i.''l''' l.',,..,. e1ntaincl provision for
Ut. i" .e, LARGO number of claims
'i' p' ,f., ,-o uovrnan and Tucker
--r,, t,riyidual claims 4 fuu
aclS' ,"u .,.refite5 fo NIroinia and
I-.l ,l' .,,.,o ,-,e ,itliehed m the
Norln o.. ,ho oe5co ~ the
uine. II 's .,. st,to and Otber Dcnart-
Alo,.'f ,.at few norsons I'm either state
me"'s, ,''-' ..-... b, coilocs tbeir claims
nave '." ID 81. t,,. dr,v., tb,t money
i'' ,.., ,..,, NOM, ,,ro to collect
~ ~ ,l tl,,r,o
r.rf Tf.ufenlnt Walter S. Alexander,
.-.tt.d STATES Artillery. and
nj. lieutenant William T. Han
s..t f.git.J sfates Artillery.
,,T.- orders to renort at once 10
,f,i,~ Dewitt. Surgeon United States