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such a man upon those to whom he is
described BY these comrades in arms
He looks Ike man built for big un-
dertakinEs. and he realizes that the
work ahead Of him IN Cuba Is big
undertaking He realizes that even his
;sata In arms and his conspicuous
service at Cold HArbor. where he fell
wounded. may be eclipsed by the sue
eessfui fashioning OF a new hmer-
ican government out OF an old one
which had become feverish and tumul-
tuous with revolution from the effects
of the eorrup, touch OF the spaniard.
"He Is a ine officer" Adjutant Gen
eraI Curbin is reported to have said.
well equipped in every way, even for
the novel and arduous duties ahead of
him; man OF genial heart. knowl-
edge OF men and affairs, and should
win the respect and confidence OF all
classes among whom his influence will
be felt"
General Brooke said General
Miles. belonged to the Second corps.
was fne soldier. was wounded at
Cold Harbor and served on the from
tier. He viii do what is expected of
him"
Colonel Edgar S. Dudley. who, as
quartermaster. was thrown closely
with General Brooke during his COM
mand in the Platte region, spoke OF
General Brooke as a man who dis
tinctly insisted on being acquainted
with all the details of the command.
He was not satisfied with commencing
merely. he covered operations for
which he was responsible from the
bottom up. While not a strict disci-
plinarian. he held his STAFF officers to
strict accountability. And yet. on ac-
count Of strong personal magnet
ism. he was popular with stan officers
as well as with those who came to
know him.
He Is man who. believe, win
hiring together and adjust and harmo-
nize ALI the elements OF the island of
Cuba-Spaniards, Cubans and sol
diers."
And vet General Brooke is not with
out n restrained impulsiveness. carried
~ an extreme which, while not leaving
the impression of a phlegmatic man,
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r..t Mali tn seattle.

The widespread public interest in
the contest for the fast mail contract
between Chicago and Omaha has
caused one temporarily to overlook
the similar achievement of the Great
Northern railway in establishing
quick mail communication from New
York, via Chicago and st. Paul, to
Seattle. and thence to the Orient. The
fast Pacific mail service by way OF
St. Paul to the Puget Sound country
is now quite as remarkable as that via
Omaha to San Francisco. On January
3 the Great Northern placed in serv-
Ice fast through mail and passen-
ger train from Chicago to Seattle, on
which the mail pouches never once
leave the car after the transfer at
St Paul.
From New York to Seattle the time
by this Northern route Is just four
days. East OF St. Paul the mails are
carried on several roads, but west of
that city-on a run exceeding the
eastern portion by 500 miles-the
mail goes through without change
across five great States on the tracks
OF the Great Northern. Forty-five
minutes are consumed in transferring
the mails in Chicago. and thirty min
utes in St Paul After that the
Northern Oriental flyer does the rest
without a pause until the Asiatic
mails go on board the steamers of
the Japan Mail Steamship Company.
Both the Importance of Seattle as an
Oriental shipping point and the speed
of the Great Northern transconti-
mental mail service make the achieve
ment noteworthy feature of Amer
lean railway progress.
The Puget Sound cities have al
ready become formidable rivals of
San Francisco as regards the freight
and passenger traffic for Japan, China
and Asiatic ports. The steamer route
from Seattle to the Orient seems to
be more free from storms than that
from San Francisco, and as a large
proportion of the Oriental exports are
products OF the Northwest the freight
traffic has naturally taken this course.
The fact that the full capacity OF the
Japan Mail Steamship Company's
boats is engaged as far ahead as next
August is in itself a striking proof of
the growing Importance of the
Oriental trade that has its outlet at
Seattle.
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yet impresses one with a sense OF even
mindedness and common sense
General Brooke is soldier by tenn
permanent and choice; he was leader
among boys. and his way has been
gradually and constantly up among
men. He was appointed from Penn
syivania and retires July II. 1902. He
was made captain OF the Fourth Penn
sylyania infantry on April 20. 1861. be-
ing houorably mustered out July &c.
1861. He was made colonel of the
Fifty-third Pennsylvania Nov. Z. 1861.
and served through the war. On May
i2. 1864, he was made brigadier gem
eral for specific distinguished service
He was breyetted major general OF
volunteers Aug. /. 1864. for gallant
and meTitorious services in the battles
of Tolopotomy and Cold Harbor.
He has had three commissions in the
regular army; Lieutenant colonel.
Thlrty-seyenth Infantry. July 2s. 1866.
transferred TO Third infantry. March
10. 1863: colonel Thirteenth infantry.
March 20. 1879: transferred to Third
infantry. June IL. 1873: brigadier gem
eral. April 6. 1855; brevetted colonel.
March 2. 1867, for gallant and merito
rious services in the battle of Gettys-
burg. and brigadIer general, March 2.
1867. for gallant and meritorious ser
vices In the battle OF spottsylvania
courthouse.
General Brooke has had an excep-
tionally varied experience ss com
mander OF posts. which, 1t is believed.
viii add to his natural qualifications
TO Nil the position he is Just about to
assume.
His services in the regular army
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OUR POSTAL SERVICE.
A VERY EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
Total Cost Last Year Was Over sso.s2o,
900. which Exceeds the Expenditure In
any Other Country by sIG,OOO,Ooo-

We spend more money by S16,O00.OOO
a year than any other nation for our
postal service. the total last year be-
ing SCOOPS, 200: Germany Is second,
with ST4 .337 .43O. and Great Britain
third. with $40, 139. .S35. We stand see
ond in the amount of mail matter
handled per capita. New South
Wales is just little ahead, with 92-9
packages u year an inhabitnnt. while
we handle 92.4 packages. Great Brit
ain is third. with IT'S. Germany han
dies more foreign letters, received and
sent. than any other nation. Austria
handles the largest number of foreign
postal cards aud the United States the
largest number of newspapers. sent
and received. in the foreign malls. We
are fourth in the number of letters
handled
The United States has nearly twice
as many postofiices ms any other couu-
try. the total being 71.4GS, and the
largest number of employees. 1856
Germany is second. with 39,3S9 of
lices and 1S3.212 employees. and Great
Britain is third, with 20.750 offices and
144,IO employees. In proportion 10
area we are away behind on the list,
having only one postofiice to every
hfty-six square miles of territory. but
we count all the mountains and the
plains. Switzerland is first. having
one postoftice to every ~ square
miles: Great Britain second. and then
come Germany. Belgium. Portugal
Holland. LuSemburg. Italy. Rouma
MIA. Denmark. Austria. France. Hun
gary and Japan. all ahead OF the
United States. New Zealand has
postoftice for every $40 Inhabitants.
Canada one for every 53i. New South
Wales for every tiT. Switzerland for
every so. and the United States for
every S91 Inhabitants.
In the length OF mail routes we are
away ahead. because of our enormous
territory. We send our mails over
1I2,696 miles of railway and 2Sti.4Ji
miles OF what we call star routes, en-
bracing steamship lines. stages and
other methods of carrying mail. Ger.
many comes next. with 2S.6.j4 railway
miles and GI.0'i'i miles OF other ser
vice. Our postal cars last year ran
264,6i4.90s miles, those of Germany
i24 go. 525 miles and those OF France
I5,212. lG5--Chicago Record.
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COMMANDER OF CUBA.
AMERICAN CAPTAIN
GENERAL.
HaIor-eensraI John r. brooke Is ORE
OF tho Most striking risurs- In Gen.
Miles star of aid.-ns Is = SELF
Made Man.

Major General Brooke is one OF the
most striking figures in the army. He
Is over feet In height, of massive
build and commanding carriage. His
head Is erect and face stamped with
the bronze and suggestion OF enduring
force. He looks 90 and viii be so on
ths @lst Of next July His hair is
mick and white, with weather
roughened mustaehe and kindly eve OF
nius under broWs that are earnest and
heaSy. A voice at the first moment
nninyiting by reason OF It's depth and
brusGueness. his conversation Is even
Eithal. with little waste Of words.
For he is a self-made man, and the
nneries OF speech have been torn away
in the midst OF his fght from the bot
tom Up.
Coming from the hardy. honest
Pennsylvania people Of the mines. the
Lao started out with stout heart and
a body made 10 stand storms. And he
has stood them. standing Enaried now.
but with elean-eut individuality. ro-
bustRess and balance oficers In The
army who have known General Brooke
for thirty years speak OF him In such
: Eay rs 70 leave the impression Of
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In prevents and II
Cures BdIGneSS

Ayers Hair Vigor will
surely make hair grow on
bald heads, provided only
there is any life remain
ing in the hair bulbs.
Ii restores color to gray
or Vhiie hair. Ii does not
DO this in a moment, as
Sill 4 hair dye; bur In a
short time the gray color
Of age gradually disap-
pears and the darker color
Of youth takes It's place.
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Patents GRANTED.

During the year 1s9S 33,915 patents
were applied FOR. 22.20T We're granted.
Il, S2i are awaiting the payment of the
final fee aud 1853 have been forfeited
for failure 10 pay the final fee. Ii is
not generally known that the patent
office Is self-supporting. The total re-
ceipts last year were S1.l3T, ,T34 As,
while the total expenditures were ST.
1856, 196.2O. leaving balance OF ST.
5JaS. Is In favor of the government.
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The Point of View.

When General Leonard Wood was
asked TO explain the discrepancies be.
tween his testimony regarding rations
before the war board and the letter
which his late lieutenant colonel of
the Rough Riders, Governor Roosevelt
wrote 10 General Miles on the subject
he smiled and remarked: Are you
trying to get me into trouble with
Teddy?'
No: but You say the rations Were
good and he says they We're bad, and
you both We're there together"
1T entirely depends upon the point OF
view" remarked the governor general
of Santiago. Governor Roosevelt has
been accustomed to dine at Delmoni
cos. l have spent most of my life at
army posts upon the plains. l speak
from the standpoint of n regular army
officer He speaks from the standpoint
of volunteer"
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r,rtr-ons nrlare. for b. 8 o. r. r.

Baltimore. Jan. 23.-one of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed in many years has been let by the
receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, In order to place the lines
west of the Ohio river in proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that is being used east of the river
the receivers found 1t necessary to re-
build 81 bridges between Benwood, w.
Va, and Chicago. That the structures
might be rapidly pushed to compile
ton 1t was decided to divide the work
among three companies. The Youngs-
town Bridge Company of Youngstown
will erect 81 bridges on the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark. Ohio; the PencoyI Bridge
Works was awarded the IL bridges on
the Lake Erie division, Newark to
Sandusky, and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company of Wilmington, Del, viii
erect the 9 bridges needed on the Chi
cago division. The total cost OF these
bridges is in the ueighborhood of $780,
900 and it is expected that all will be
in place by September Nearly six
thousand tons of steel will be needed
for the structures.
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A Proud Boast.

"Yes, sir | claim that live in one Of
the most enlightened communities to
be found in this country" Il don't
see what you have to base your claim
on. You haven't public library in
the place and I doubt If you've got
Browning society down there"
That's all very true, but want you
to understand that we got through
Christmas without burning up any
body who played Santa Claus with a
lot of cotton fastened to his clothes"
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lyeT'Sll
Hair :
yIgoI |
What does IL do?


Ii causes the oil glands
|in the skin 10 become more
|actiye, making the hair soft
|snd glossy, precisely as
nature intended.
Itcleansesfhe scalp from
dandruf and thus removes
one Of the great causes OF
badness.
Il makes a better circu-
lation in the scalp and stops
the hair from coming out.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-25

s !lu5trati0n represents our peeorat.
aslsh Dinner Set There are lV1
assorted ns follows; Il dinner
: : desert plates, ie soup plates. II
1I4 saucers, Il fruit saucers. II indi-
" buffers, pickle. j gravy. 9 covered
1 open dish. l i0-inch platter. ID
E%'lsr. l covered butter l sugar, !
ssH 3oWl. our price for this elegant
II 'hly 81 q. Ii must be sent by
H., yf express. the receiver to pay
N' charges. Cut this out and address
J0SI4IN DRY GOODS CO.
Denver. Colorado.
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The official inauguration of the new
telephone line between Moscow and st.
Petersburg took place recently The
line alone cost 10000 rubles $50. 400
In the exchanges at all stations Ameri-
clusiyely.
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My wife locks the front door and
then 1 lock it, What's that for?" 81
don't propose to have her get me out of
a warm bed to go down and see if she has
locked it,
The Lamar register., 1899-01-25

We have new preacher How do
YOU like him p Il cant say my wife
hasn't met his wife yet"
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y o.-DENVER.-NO. 4.-iSoe
Il Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention This Paper.
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Scholarship without good breeding
Is tiresome pedantry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25
GOVERNMENT CLOSES CASE.
Progress of Second Trial of VIM
Strather for Murder

In Criminal Court No. / this afternoon
the government closed It's case in the sec
Ond trial of William NJ. Strather, indicted
for ths murder of Rosa Talbot the 18th of
October. 1897. in a room in house 49,
Franklin street.
The witnesses who appeared today in be-
hail OF the prosecution were Policemen
John II Gibson. Joseph Barnes, Singleton
L. Cooper and Josephine Baker, and Amy
Carter. Emma Baylor and her husband,
James Baylor, were examined late yester-
day afternoon.
The facts presented to the jury were iden-
teal with those ELECTED from the same
witnesses during the first trial of the case.
last February. in effect that Strather and
Rosa, living as man and WIFE occupied a
room In the house of the Baylors The
evening OF the nth of October loud talk
ing was heard in their room About j
O'Clock the morning of the 18th a humping
on the floor was motto I'd. Rosa was heard
10 exclalm. Let me up" A few minutes
later Strather left the house proceeded to
a hydrant and washed blood from his
hands Rosa was found on the bed in tie
room upstairs. covered with blood When
asked What's the trouble?' Strather re-
piled, 1T amt anything more than a case
OF murder" a bloody Ratchet was found
in the room.
The defense opened the case by calling IN
the stand q large number of prominent 6er-
sons TO testify as 10 Strather's renutntion
for peace and good order. This line az sx
animation was in progress at a late hour
this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25
THE CRAZE FOR VELVET WRAPS
Now is the Time to Secure
Bargains.

The universal demand for velvet wraps in no
ways diminshes--and the woman without one has
but idea and that is to secure a velvet garment
possible Nothing is So Fich-so dis
tingue generally becoming to the fairer sex
yelvet-but 1t must be good velvet none ut
all
Thanks TO the January sale now going on at
VIM. IL Mcknew's. g23 Pa. ave. the finest and
richest velvet garments to be had at greatly
reduced prices, which place them within the reach
Of OF modest means An elegant $50
imported black velvet jacket. with Persian lamb
collar. reveres and edge-a royal garment-may
be had for $50 Another lovely imported
velvet garment that sold for So so is now marked
$40 All the other velvet jackets and wraps are
reduced in proportion. Superb garments that sold
for $50. $50. SIS. so and So 80 being sold
for SIS. SIS and $50.
Now is the time for bargains in all kinds Of
wraps. The writer elegant So 80 electric
seal jacket for $40 so and S45 jacket for S35 at
Mchnews. Every Of the superb higb-class
novelties in Berlin. Parsienne and New York cloth
capes and coats were greatly reduced.
Two lovely SIS evening wraps marked $40
and two elegant carriage wraps, red and the
other tan. reduced to S25 from $1,000 Fine
wraps at such moderate prices cannot but be
tempting to those WIN could not secure them at
frstof season prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25

pointed lieutenant in the regular army
from Pennsylvania in 1861, lieutenant col
onel of infantry in 1894 and received his
BriSadier General Richard Comba, a ma
tive of Ireland, went into the regular army
as Il private in 1855. became first lieuten-
ant in 1863, lieutenant colonel in 1885 and
br1gadier general of volunteers in 1898
Colonel Peter c. Hams graduated from
West Point in 1861, became lieutenant of
artillery in that year, entered the Corps of
Engineers in 1862 and became colonel in
1885.
Colonel George l.. Gillespie graduated
from West Point in 1862, went into the
Engineer Corps and received his present
rank in 1895.
Colonel Charles r. Suter was a class
mate of Colonel Gillespie at West Point
and, after graduating, went into the Enei-
neer Corps, receiving his present rank in
1895.
Colonel Francis L. Guenther graduated
| from West Point in 1853 and served ALWAYS
| in the artillery service, receiving his pres
ent rank in 1896.
Lieutenant Colonel George r. Davis grad
| uated from West Point in 1871 after hay-
| ing served as sergeant and risen to the
! rank of second lieutenant in the volunteer
army from 1861 to 1855. After leaving the
| Military Academy he went into the cav
/ airy but was transferred to the Judge adj
vocate generals department in 1855 He
was made lieutenant colonel in 1898 aud
| appointed professor of military law at the
Military Academy the same year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. 1-Justice Cox
In re Emma ]. Warren, lunatic: transfers
OF securities allowed. Liverpool agt. Liver
pool; release Of defendant until further or
der ordered upon depositing note and cash
IN registry. In re petition of Edw Fur
man to change name; order of publication,
Washington Market Company agt. Wilson:
restraining order returnable January 80
granted Doyle agt. Doyle leave to amend
bill granted In re Susie Barnes Mary
Ambush, Thomas z. Hibbs. V. Pizzarelli
ordered. Govan agt. Wiley; commission
ordered 10 issue. Mantz agt. Junkin: time
10 take proof limited to seventy-five days
Equity Court No. 2-Justice McComas.
Reid agt. Anderson ct al; order dismiss
ing bill of complaint upon mandate of Court
of Appeals. Vestry of St Johns agt. Bost-
wick ct al; order directing defendant trus-
tee to pay plaintiff $1,000. Godfrey agt
button ct al; decree dismissing bill with
costs against complainant and American
Surety Company; appeal noted: bond
$1,000; supersedeas Thy Justice Hagner)
Circuit Court No 1-Justica Bradley.
ChambIn agt. Johnson; verdict for plain
tiff for l cent damages; motion for new
trial filed Disney agt United States Eco
nomlc Association; plaintiff called and
Judgment for defendant for costs Long
agt. Davis; on trial.
Criminal Court No. 1-Justice Cole.
United State agt- Jas. II. Bush. larceny;
bail fixed at $500 United States agt. VIM.
M Strather. murder; trial.
Probate Court-Justice Bradley.
Estate of Julia Ross; will fully proved.
Estate of Chas. H. Childs; will partly
proved. Estate of Enoch Williams; will
dated December ). 1898. fled. Estate of
Elizabeth Harris; petition for payment of
claim Estate of John II. Click: assign
ment of interest filed. Estate of Samuel II.
Boutwell,; petition to have bond increa sed
Estate of Henry Senge: summons returned
served. Estate of Henry H. Dodge; answer
OF guardian ad htem filed. Estate of VIM
II. Taylor. petition for probate of win filed.
Estate of David E. Holmes; order of pub
ncatiOn. Estate of John K. Reid; final no.
uce naming Friday. February H. 1899 for
settling estate. Estate of Chas. X Barker:
final notice naming Friday. February II
1879, for setting estate. Estate of LYDIA
Shanklin; will partly proved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25
MORTUARY RECORD.
Report of Health Department for the
Past Week.

The mortality in the District declined
from 14j in the previous week to 49, in the
past week. OF those who died IS were white
and Al cOlored. The annual death rate for
each thousand of the whole population fell
from $3.50 to -. 40; that for the whites de-
Ginning from All to BIOS. and that for the
cOlored from 81. 81 to q 90. Deaths from
grip increased from IL to %, and those
from kidney affection from to TO- while
mortality from heart diseases decreased
from 10 to 4; from consumption from II to
TO- and from disorders of the nervous sys-
cases of typhoid fever. three of diphtheria
and one of scarlet fever. One case of small
pOx developed during the week and was
promptly placed in quarantine at the hos
pita1 for contagious diseases. No other
case of this malady has been reported up TO
the close of this report.
AT the close of last report there We're "a
cases of diphtheria under treatment. Dur
ing the week 90 new cases occurred and &c
were discharged, leaving IS cases still in
isolation in IS premises
OF scarlet fever there were 143 cases I'M
der observation at the close of last report.
During the week so new cases were report
ed and "a were released from quarantine
leaving 1863 cases with warning cards in 100
premises.
throughout the week were: Temperature of
the atmosphere, 81 degrees: barometric
pressure, 3001. and relative humidity. So.
The rainfall was 80 of an inch. with very
mild noTtherly winds averaging but four
miles per hour The Thermometer register
ed 30 degrees on the 18th, falling to II de-
srees on the Goth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25

Profitable Home Dyeing
Diamond Dyes Make Handsome,
Unfading Colors.
A Few Dimes Will Save Many
Dollars.

In nearly every home there are faded and unfash-
ionable dresses and coats that be dyed with
Diamond Dyes 70 they will look rs good new.
Suits for the boys be made from the father
partly worn Clothes and then coloTed with Diamond
DYES to look like new, while dresses and jackets
can be made for the girls with little work or ex-
pense.
Many women dress their families In handsome,
fashionable clothing at comparatively small Ell
pense thanks to Diamond Dyes.
Diamond Dyes put up specially for home use,
and the directions each package plain that
the inexperienced can get beautiful and unfad-
ing coors by using these dyes. They color anything
from ribbons fathers and waists to the heaviest
coats and dresses.
There are some fifty coors in the list of Diamond
Dyes making all the fashionable shades. Be sure
to use only the Diamond, they the only dyes
that have stood the test of years and that can be
depended upon for successful home dyeing.