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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03
DEWEY ASKED TO BE GUEST or HONOR.

THE ADMIRAL SAYS HE NAY OPEN oHIo's CEN
TENNIAL EXPOSITION
Toledo Ohio Jan. IL. r. Harris City Clerk. to-
day received letter from Admiral Dewey who
was invited 10 be the guest Of honor to open Ohio
Centennial Exposition on May !. 1903. ] he Admiral
expresses his thanks for the honor. and says that
while il is impossible for him, at present 10 make
any definite ARRANGEMENT il would give him much
pleasure should circumstances at that time render
il possible for him 10 accept the invitation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03
NOTES or THE STAGE.

r,s theatres have had scarcely better day this
..,son tban Yesterday They were nearly all
filled in the afternoon and again IN the evening
and many OF them turned a"ay many u's"p
,,-s ,,eo,ie ,r TN. evening II the year should
a., ann odd chance go on a. IL has begun lhs' .
,y;ouId be much happiness among mahasrir anu :"
49,, nev theatres would doubtless be buiii-
Miss Cissie LOTUS appeared nj inc casino yes
,erdav afternoon and evening. and gave NUMBER
NJ limitations incidentally to the performance Vi
"A Dangerous Maid" She Initiated MISS MY
r,win Miss Lefty Lind. Miss Fay Tsmpieton
pan DAILY, Miss Phyllis Rankin ana Miss Euha
May.
On Saturday. January Digby Bell VIII close ms
season in The Hoosier Doctor In Columbus ONO
lie will return to New-York TO put In renearsai
Mr, Frances Hodgson Burnetts ne" play Jos
Hurst Gentleman" which he VIII pfooues ~
Washington 90 February q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03
DIED..

Allen NJ A De w. Ieyerett Josiah S.
Bacot. Mary Macy CeToline Ia
Beecher, Maria. Meikie' Jane
B0gert. Olivia II. Miller Henry 90
a. ,nnbeu Mart,rie O'Brlen, William X.
ShesebrOugh Henrietta. PER sylvester
CockcrOft. Catharine H. Ricaetts Saine.
Cotbiere Della A. tichmond sarah IA
nod sarah T. Robb, Donald l..
Dollard Rosa. ssyr- rizapetn ~
Euis Mary SNOW A..ce r.
Feretson Adsline p Wilmington. Lille p.
1;orld William Wolf. Agnes ".
Homer Maria. Yueng,.ng, Frederick O.
la Fetra. William II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03

There is nothing new at Weber & Fields's Music
Hall but there soon will be. The same burlesque'
as last week were enjoyed by the audiences yesier
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03

The holiday attractions at the Eden Musee Will
continue during the present week New cinema
tograph views were shown last evenne. IN aanl on
q play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03

ted ec.--GcrEan steamers SAVING Oh
Ssvs ,aks nrnted matter etc. for Germany, ana spe
ca,Iy addressed printed matter etc. for other para OF
American White Star steamers on Weones
davs German steamers Thurs1ays. and Cunaioi
French and steamers on saurd.ys taAs p,,ns
matter etc for all couhUIes iT "'''" '"s' nv ~~'
tisedt mall ,..u.
rsmsd shove additional supplementary msis are opsned
n he MOS OF the American, English, French and orr
man steamers ard remain open until wifnn "n MINUS
~ the hour Of sailing u steamer,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03
ENTRANCE OF THE PRESIDENT.

promptly al II O'Clock buger stationed IN the
central hall blew a call and the Presidents party
descending the western stairway. entered the re-
eeption-room and greeted the diplomatic body.
The band struck up Hail TO the Chief" and the
President and those accompanying him. following
closely behind Colonel Bingham and Captain Gill
more the masters Of ceremonies, passed INTO ,he
DlLe ParOT and took their places In the RECEIVING
,n.s. the President al the head, Mrs Mch
1e1t ana the women of the Cabinet circle III pio
s.ce' VI Official precedence. In the rear were se',
eid o. the Cabinet officers and the women invited
especially by Mrs. Mckinley 10 assist behind the
.nls, Tie Justices Of the Supreme court, "no
IT, As directly after the Diplomatic corps, W.. 49,
D. hist 70 pass before the line and enter the fast
assoom This room has heretofore been the scene
many brilliant assemblages, where the Gorgeous
osSs OF army and Navy uniforms Wed WIN moss
we, , the members of the Diplomatic Corps did not
s sss through the East Room. but LEFT the mansion
rs ssf paying their respects 10 the Pfesidehtiai
The Senate and House Of Representatives were
f,n represented. although two notable absences
vh The House were noted-Spesker Reed, VINO -
s.shqng the funeral Of his only sister III Portland,
~ ~ representative Dingley, who is confined 10 MS
% with d dangerous attack OF pneumonia.
ssssvxf striking military figures headed the ARMY
ers Ea'y -MajOr-General Miles Ma -Ieiii-
rs. Snaiier, who commanded the Santiago eXpeuls
81. MaJ0r-Gencrsl LawtOn. one Of the heroes Vi
CO.. IN the Philippines. and Br1gadier-Genera
vs,pn adJutant- general Of the Army. The on'ceIs
M. NJ IN the fun uniform OF their rank, with cha-
reaas IN hand and clanking swords at their sizes.
o., appearance the signal for stir through
vs.us ne crowded apartments. After their greetings
Ia s,sen 10 the President and Mrs. Mckinley aio
tesk 'e..slFng party, the President invited mem
A. VI The line. Secretary Alger presented we
~ = and those on the retired list
Il navy followed, the officers being presen'eo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03
Postofflce Notice

Prepare for winter. Roebucks Weather strips ex-
rude the cold sole manufacturer Roebuck liz FUTON
IT, y. Y. and AZ Hamilton ave. Brooklyn Telephones.
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ID H- M IL 4" L 10 Lh N.Y. A 81 L .LH ID A NAN|M
and honors that I would have in New Yorh
Harbor In time of peace. With my oficersin
proper position, marines In line and the rest
OF the crew mostly aloft. I met him and clasped
his hand at tho gangway Ny men aloft.
barred to the waist. RlisteninR with the sweat
and blackened with the CRIME OF battle. who
Ind been rescuing drowning spaniards and
ministorinR to their wounded as tenderly az a
mother handles her babe. set up n great cheer
OF welcome and admiration. For just a mo-
mont Admiral Oervera Gazed upward with an
expression ot pain, and perhaps anger. aeem-
inRly for that instant misinterpretinR the
cheer. But q glance undecelved him and for
fully n minute he stood howinR and smiling In
every direction in answer to the increasing vol
ume OF applause.
The men OF our sduadrons we're. I believe.
the fttest then that ever took part in n cam
paiRn. The ofioial records showed practically
perfect health. II any other nation had intl-
mated In any very decided way that IL was not
fully satisfied with the results OF the .war. IL
might have been very unfortunate for that
very nation.
II don't care to say anything about expan-
sion further than this-that II our employers.
the American people. want the Philippines or
IA part of any other country. 1 believe We can
fix the Job up for them"
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munication with the outer world. One Of, the
worst features Of the existing atrangemept IL
that Il Involves dependence on certain land
lines for the safe transmission OF Australian
cables. after they have once touohed.the outer
fringe Of the continent. and. as repeated experi-
ence has shown how inconvenient and haz-
ardous this arrangement may be. the oircnm-
stance adds TO the desire for another cable.
Great trading communities ana population
centres like those In Australia will, not rest
satisfied with a condition Of AFFAIRS under
which an accident at any vital point along the
existing line would result in the complete iso-
lation of.the colonies. or the two proposed
routes for the duplicate cable to the Cape of
Good Hope and TO Vancouver. the latter would
seem to be the most useful to Australia, for
the United States is the nearest neiRbbor to
these shores, politically and commercially
speaking, and by her recent acquisitions In the
Pacific has pushed her outposta a few thou
sand miles nearer to the colonies. A Pacific
cable would meet all the new wants thus indi-
Gated and at the same time would supply these
colonies with the alternative service OF which
they are in growing need.=The extent OF the
cable business OF Australia may he gathered
from the statement that during the year 1907
the Eastern and Extension Company's reve-
nue. from Australia reached S2,650.000.
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OYSTER sHUcKER.s OBSERVATIONS
Found n Baby Grab in n Shell, and That
Started Him Talking About Lobsters.

Found n Baby Grab in n She'll, and That
Started Him Talking About Lobsters.
An oyster shucker found In the shell Of the
bivalve what he called a baby crab.
That's tho first one Of that kline I eTer
fonnd in a Long Island oyster" said the old
shucker. 'and I've been shocking along the
Sound for twenty years. But such crabs are
frequently found In Virginia oyster shells and
are considered great delicacies when. you get
enough of them. Last summer l was shuck-
Ing. while on a visit in Virginia. and l found
enough baby crabs In oyster shells to fill an
ordinary size coffee cup. A young woman saw
asked me what l would take for them. and I
said So without thinking. She took me up
QUICKER than a mice and Off she ran with thsm
as II she had drawn q prize"
Why do they go into oyster shslls?"
I don't know. l asked an old Virginia
shucker that same question and he said IL was
because they were lonesome and went In for
company. But don't believe 1t. That would
mean that crabs think, and we know. they
biggest fool thing in water is a lobster. 1
suppose you know how we catch Holsters in
the Sound? Take a box. bore holes Ia the side
Of 1t and sink It. Put out your buoy so you'll
know where to find the box. Leave the box
sunk all night and GO out next morning and
haul It up and you've got a box full OF Holsters.
And the funny thing about It is that they go
INTO the holes backward, Even people will
put their heads In holes where they are look
and they keen on doing 1t. Fish are smart.
You have to play with them to get them to
bite. But Holsters. they back right into your
arms. biggest fool things that live.'
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Mr.. Mitohell's Tame Wildcat.

GALLAIIN. Feb. l5.-The oldest pet ever
81 wildcat, owned by Charles Mitchell. a clerk
for John Fry. The animal was captured in
Cumberland Mountains and brought 10 Gala
tin by some deer hunters not long since. II 10
not fully grown. but is quite large for it's age,
being about 4 feet long. 81 inches high. and
Weighing forty pounds. 1t is the color OF a
tiger, Mr., Mitchell has. succeeded In domes-
ticatingI this vicious animal. and values him
very highly as a pet. The house cats and
dogs stand In perfect awe Of the new
conner. although II never shows fight unless
antagonized. The wildcat Rambols about the
house In a trollcsome way and Is quite fond OF
Mr.. Mitchell. IL spends a greater part OF the
time, In the house. lying before the fire. but
readily obeys when ordered out Of the room,
Although the cat has a house built to order"
II has been permitted 70 remain IN Mr.. Mitch
ellis bedroom during this cold spell. remaining
in a corner OF the room all night and never
making any disturbance.
The cat IL a great deal more active than the
domestic. cats. and enjoyH jumping from limb
to limb of the trees. from the housetop to the
ground, DC. IL. has a peculiarly sounding
voice. which can be heard a great distance. II
was apt In, learning several tricks which It's
owner taught It. Another strange thing about
this cas IL that IT has no INCLINATION 70 rove
~around-one Of the peculiarities OF the, wildcat
following MIR. Mitchell. which Is often the case.
This ie the only instance known whore a
wildcat has been tanned. and Mr.. Mitchell IL
very proud OF the achievement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
JERSEY PEA CHI
Extensive Acreage Given to the Crop
Hunterdon's Lost Supremacy.

Extensive Acreage Given to the Crop
Hunterdon's Lost Supremacy.
Jersey peaches were grown as early as 1885
"by carloads" and were the first fruit to
receive attention commercially In the State.
To-day tho aroa given to the crop. says Alva J.
Jordan OF the Agricultural Experiment station
In his latest bulletin. exceeds that given to all
the other tree and small fruits combined.
About the year 1900 the trees became Short
lived. compared with trees In previous years.
and the decay OF orchards without apparent
cause became very noticeable. Nevertheless.
in 1895 New Jersey. shipped over 100000
bushels OF peaches to New York markets. The
extreme southern part of the state was the hrst
to produce this fruit In considerable quantities.
then came Monmouth and Middlesex counties
with greater quantities. Hunterdon became
the banner county. shipping In a single year
Hunte rdon, however. has encountered DIM
cuities in soil exhaustion and has become dis
couraged. while in Sussex county the number
OF rover has rapidly increased. and with a
favorable soil and climate may soon lead in tho
industry.
Many growers. however. complain that there
is no profit in the business. the expense OF Gull
too low; Only those, growers, IL is asserted.
who attend, thoroughly to their orchards In
trimming. thinning. destroying insects and
iertilizing do-teell, Low ground Is bad as a site
for an orchard. Old sod land Is preferred.
bomerset county has q peach orchard OF
lSS3 and 1884 the average gross receipts were
S2.23O.oo and the average expenses 81 ,pS.l4I
giving an average net return annually OF
Sl.lO2.oi. or net return per acre OF 1850.
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HELD UP NEAR FORT RILEY.
A Little Practice for -Four Oflcers Who
Have Since Started for Manila.

A Little Practice for Four Ohicers Who
Have Since Started for Manila.
Seven officers who left here for Manila about
ten days ago were hold UP and robbed a few
days before they left Fort Riley. Kan. for this
city. The story was told to friends in this city
by a Nashville. Tenn. man. who. at the out
break OF the war with Spain. got a Quarter
masters appointment in tine regular army
through the influence OF Congressman Gros-
venor OF Ohio.
1T was one night during the cool spell in
Kansas" said the Quartermaster. that six
other officers and myself decided 10 go to
town. six miles away. to see q show we had
heard a good deal about. The snow was very
deep and more was falling. and SO we decided
TO hitch four mules to an ambulance and go In
that. We had gone about half way to town
when the driver stopped the mules and told us
there was a mar lying out in the road ahead OF
US. We thought. of course. the man was a SOL
overcome by the cold and veal got out to 20
TO his rescue. We had scarcely stepped out OF
fece Of each oficer and we were ordered to
throw up our hands. The order was obeyed.
a cavalry oSnlrsyrsGd0 Colonel one b~ d,sdti9 9G rsb hi Tor IN. his BRAY BRAY,
had got full OF smoke from his cigar. and his
tel = . c1Gyo superior ~ tSa Eo IN s9pm snr a.. Area ed 2 pts.
went up as high as he could reach by standing
on tip toe.
WITS No W6To GudTueu III lule way Two
men went through our clothes and took our
pocketbooks apd everything OF value we had.
/ had Sl.2UO of Government money in my coat
pocket and they took that: l begged them to
let.me it. for | would have to make It good
somehow. and even then y might cause me
for the GOVERNMENT, money was what they
wanted and they would Just as soon have the
Governments money as mine.
After robbing us the highwaymen. all of
whom were, masked. marched us back up the
road toward tho fort and ordered US to run.
emphasizing the order by firing several shots.
We'll. OF course. we obeyed, and the bullets that
sung over our heads as we ran preysnted US
we might have frozen. When we got hnck TO
the fort nearly frozen we went into the club
house and were telling Of the hold-up TO an
excited crowd OF men before we noticed that
the Colonel OF artillery. who had been with MS.
was missing. We were Just starting out with
an armed party to rescue him and pursue the
outlaws when tho ambulance drove up and the
Colonel stepped out. followed by ten other off,
GERS with masks II, their hands. Then I know
why the Colonel OF artillery had insisted on all
OF us leaving our arms at the fort when We
started to town.
Yes. l got the Government money back. but
We were then held up for champagne for the
crowd. and that cost us $50 each and made us
all feel like expansionists next morning."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
THE MODERN FREIGHT TRAIN

And the Vivid Notion It Conveys of h
Magnitude of tho City'sW Wants and Trade.
II gives one an idea OF a great city's varied
wants and OF the enormous amounts Of prod
uce and manufactured goods required to
supply them to watch the incoming freight
trains on a great railroad. long trains OF forty
or fifty cars each. and many Of them. and to
note the varied character VI the cars. With
a view to more economical and satisfactory
transportation there are used nowadays many
kinds OF railroad cars especially designed for
particular uses. There might be solid trains
OF a single commodity or manufactured prod
uct. and trains that were mixed. made up OF
cars Of miscellane freight. and then there
might De trains made IN half OF cars OF one
article OF produce. say grain for export, and
the other half OF various cars.
Among the cars OF the various incoming
rains viii be- seen furniture cars. designed for
the transportation o. furniture. which have
long been used these are larger than the or
binary freight cars. for furniture though bulky.
is comparatively light. There are likewise
cars built for the Transportation OF carriages
as freight, from the places OF their manufac-
ture to market. Refrigerator cars are now
great great n ~ bs"p perh Tse f IN so msy trains ali see9 catl
tie cars, OF course. are old there may be solid
trains OF cattle cars; There are now used
horses and cattle. specially equipped for the
secure and, comfortable transportation of val
nable stock. There are cars built for the
TRANSFORMATION Of live poultry. much of which
Is brought here from great distances. some Of
1t from west of the Mississippi River. There
are many cars devoted to the transportation
OF special food products of one sort and an
other. these bearing the name OF the producer
using them as we'll as tho name OF the product
carried. in them. Among, such cars was Lne
marked "So-and- Sos Pork and Beans. Ready
for USE 1t may be that this car contained
some other products Of the house using it.:
but 1t was as likely a solid car Of pork and
or put up In packages separately small. Of
which the consumption in tho aggregate 10 SO
large that to great centres OF population. either
for use there or for redistribution thence by
export or otherwise: they are shipped com
and cars for dairy products and cars for fruit
and cars for various other uses. The fruit
cars seen in a train rolling into the city may
have como from across tho continent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
THE WORLDS TELEGRAMS.
Moro Messages Sent by Wire in the United
States Than in Amy Other Country.

States Than in Any Other Country
Fifteen years ago there were 10000 tele-
graph offices in all the countries OF Europe
combined and 10000 in the United States. the
number OF messages sent being greater in
proportion to the number Of offices here than
abroad. An official statement OF the telegraph
service OF the United Kingdom. which is
under Government control. shows that in 1870
there were sent in England. ireland, Scotland
and Wales 6.s59.177 teleerams. while last
fear the total number Of kilograms sent
was S~3.O29.899 The increase In some other
countries Is quite as large. III the United
States in 1870 the total number OF telegraph
messages sent was 9.l57.644. Last year the
number OF messages sent was. approximately.
9O.OOO.O0O a larger number than was fur
nished by any other country In the world. In
1870. the year with which the present tele-
graphic statistics are usually compared. me
number OF messages sent In Germany was
100000; last year 1t was 100000. The
number of messages sent in France in 1870
was 5000. 600: last year II was 80. 900. 900. In
Italy the number has increased during the
same period from 2,000,000 to 100000. in
Austria from 3.300.00O to 1%3.O0O.0O0. exclu-
sive of Hungary. In 1870 in Hungary the
n y Iest 0, ye esieg Il + %aa MESSAGES IS : a9e o6 6ent : was a s i 'SU Ih.
~sIantial increase In a country the chief business
OF which is done in one large city. The mum
kS1 VI ClV b iCbNdkC SOub III IclllIlu III
1870 was l,SOO.OOO: last year the total num-
Der was 5.0O0.oO0. which contrasts most IA
which. amounted to 4.250.COO. messages.
though the population of Holland by the last
census was less than $1,000 900, whereas the
population OF Spain was $4,000. 900. Holland
is a small country and the requirements of
communication by telegraph are by no means
80 many or so urgent as in q country covering
a large area and having imperfect communi-
cation between various points. as Is the case In
Spain. BY the, last report there were 5.185
miles Of lines in tho Dutch Indies with 100
offices the number of messages was 614 .065.
In December. 1876. Batavia. Samarang and
Sourabaya were connected by telephone.
The ,tota! length of tho telegraphs OF the
world. land and marine. is In excess Of 5000
600 miles. and the larger part OF II Ia In Amer
lea. 1t has been computed that the average
cost OF. a telegraph message sent from one
point q the United States 70 another was 81 in
1873. 30.5 In 1894. 3o.7 in 1885. 300 in 1896.
800 in 1897 and 80 cents in 8 More than
2:5.O0O telegraph messages are sent In n year
n south American countries and more than
system has been developed extensively OF late
years. but the United States continue at the
head OF MI countries In the volume OF tele-
graph business done.
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By THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE CLOCK
A New velocipede Record Around tho Pear
Shaped Plot in Battery Park.

A New velocipede Record Around the Pear
Shaped Plot in Battery Park.
The Produce Exchange clock. elevated as IL
is In a lofty brick tower and locking down with
a fine. open countenance some twenty feet
broad. is consulted by many persons on and
about the lower end Of Manhattan Island. In
the absence Of a stop watch II was used the
other day to take tho time of a small boy on a
velocipede who was racing for a record around
one OF the grass plots In Battery Park.
There were three boys in the party. The
velo'ipede. was one of those h-shouldered
affairs with a very high wheel liz front and two
small wheels behind. The big wheel was
without pall bearings. and such bearings as It
had were so worn that the wheel wriggled as IL
rolled. The rider was a good hiR boy whose
up IN front OF him as he piled the pedals.
pear-shapsd space over On the Aquarium side:
distance not stated. but 1T was quite a piece.
The boy UP and the two boys. Chat were to
time him-tbese two. as one might say. holding
the Produce Exchange clock-stood all close
together for a minute and thon away went the
boy on the velocipede. pumping away as hard
as he could. and presently he came tearing
down the homestretch. we'll bent down over
the handle. bars. knees flying up and down like
shuttles. the. front wheel ~wrlgRlinR and wab-
bling. the whole outrt under about a million
pounds OF steam and fying. across tho1ine with
And 2:10was the time accented b~utIeven this.
no doubt. establishes a new record In veloci-
pede time around the pear-shaped plot In Bat
fiery Park.