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FASTER MANS TO sYDNEr.
A Contract That May Add TO the Navy
Three New Auxiliary Cruisers.

WASHINGTON. Dec 2l.-Under the terms OF .
contract to be advertised shortly BY the Post
ONCE Department. It Is possible that three
new auxiliary cruisers OF the second class will
be added to the American navy. These
vessels are now being built by the Oceanic
Steamship Company OF San Francisco.
They are intended TO ply. between that
port and sydney, Australia. and Will be OF more
than 1900 tons burden. In order to q ac-
cepted they must maintain speed o Il Knots
and cover the distance in twenty lone days each
way. The contract contempaies mail ser-
vice for an ortionnl term OF either hve or ten
years, beginning Nov. !. 1900.
sidv of Ssu,OO0, in addition to the usual aI-
iowance Tor TRANSPORTING the malls 10
sydney. The intent OF the new service
is 10 supplant this system OF contrac;
service and subsidy At present the trip re.
quirrs twrnty-siN days and only thirteen mall1
are despatched each year. The new service
will enable the Department to send through
mails from New York TO sydney seventeen
times each year. thus eNpe,litng the mall
service from London and New York. AHA.
Honolulu, and such other points as the Post
MASTER General may select.
In framing specifications Tor this service
the Department has been guided by the sub
sidy act OF 1901. unIer which the vessels OF
the American Iie were maze auxiliary
cruisers. Should Ia" Uannn-Pdyne bill be-
come a law II X thought that prospective MD
dcrs for this service will permit thei proposals
to stand. The general opinion Is that tho
award will 70 IN tho Oceanic Company.
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gression. similar outburst OF butchery
and devastation would be Witnessed In every
considerable Filipino seaport where the
well-to-do inhabitants had submitted
quietly to our Government, and where
foreign residents had evinced natural
preference for our authority over insurgent
rule. From the outset OF the proposed pro-
tectorate until il expired by limitation, we
should be involved in ceaseless and serious
troubles with foreign powers. owing to
proyocations which we could neither pre-
vent nor remedy. In the end, we should
have upon our conscience the destruction
OF thousands Of educated and well-meaning
Filipinos, who had made the mistake OF
showing us respect and confidence during
our occupation, and we should probably
find ourselves entangled in war with one
or more foreign States that could plausibly
charge us with conniving at the conversion
Of the Philippines into lairs Of robbers and
pirates from whom neither property nor
life was safe.
The arguments for Mr.. WILLIAMS pro-
posed protectorate were answered in
advance by the President in his third
annual message. We cannot, said Mr..
MCKINLEY, accept responsibility with one
hand, while, with the other we divest our
selves of the power to discharge it. If we
are to defend the Philippines from foreign
aggression, we must retain the means Of
preventing the islanders from giving
grounds for complaint and interpretation.
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RAyDoLpH,s SENTENCE sriyDs.
An American Citizen to Tie Imprisoned
Fourteen Years for Murder In Colombia.

An American Citizen to Tie Imprisoned
Fourteen Years for Murder In Colombia.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 81. Mir. Hart. the United
States Minister to Colombia. tslegraphcd the
State Department to-day from Bogota that the
sentence OF Charles Randolph. an American
citizen convicted of murder In that country.
had been definitely confirmed. This m Ia
that the highest Judicial tribunal Of Colombia
has approved the sentence o! fourteen years
Imprisonment imposed on Randolph. Whether
this Government will take any further steps in
Randclth'- behalf has not been drtcrmlnrd.
Randolph, known also as Charles RadioTd.
was from Alnhnmn. He left tina State IN Ter
cloud and settled In Colombia, engaging IN
business there. He recamc indebted to ter
man Of the name NJ Simmons and whoa sim.
mons demanded payment Eanfolph shot and
killed him. Kando rh was imprisoned Tor
long time without trial. Ne was FINALLY,
through the efforts ot Col, Hilary \ Herbert,
tncn Secretary % the Navy, and other prcnNl-
nent men, tried hv jury The Jury found him
guilty and he was sentenced ~ death, The
United States Government sec red new trial
for him and he was again ronric' 90 AMI son
tenced To imprisonment for life. third trial
Resulted In Il sentence Of fourteen years m
priSonment. While there had teen prIctI cal @
no doubt of Raudo,ph'I entire culpa billy. the
legal proceedings to which he was subjected
were oi such a character 'hHt this Government
felt Obliged to prot"s; against them. Ran
dolrh was kept in chains Tor long time with
out trial
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at the present moment source OF appre-
hension.
One thing that lends color to this doubt
full rumor is the fact that an understanding
hns been arrived at between the Sultan
and tho Senoussi. the great religious
reformer in the south Of the Province OF
Tripoli Arms, ammunition and Turkish
officers and soldiers have been sent into
the country bordering on that until
recently under the sway OF the Mahdi
and his successor the late Khalifa, In
order to assert tho sovereignty OF the
Sultan in those regions. The Sultan Of
Wadai, who Is said to control at least fifty
thousand warriors may be party to the
reported attempt to reconouor the Soudan
for Islamism, the proposed propaganda OF
Lord KITCHENER through the College Of
Khartoum being highly resented by tho
Sultan.
As England is unable, owing TO her South
African ENHANCEMENT, to furnish the force
required to ward Off the danger threatening
the Upper Nile from the west, and possibly
also from the cast II is to Italy the British
Government would naturally turn for as
sistasce, owing to the intimate relations be-
tween the two countries in Egyptian affairs.
What the Italian people may think in tho
matter remains to be seen. The report, in
any event. is interesting.
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Information for n Correspondent Desir.
ing II.

To TIRE EDITOR OF The SuS-Sir: Allow
me to reply to n Questioner through the
columns OF your paper attn In no wise sur
prised at her perplexty us to whether the
womnn's Hotel. as now planned. is charity or
q business investment.
The hotel has been "hoodooed," n one may
use that word. by the fact that the present
plan originally started In the Charities build
ing. and that the principal headquarters have
been there ever since. The whole manage
mcnt has been on charity basis. All the
work wns done by women. who were working
for nothing more substantial than the promise
Of q possible commission percentage in myth
The thing has lacked the snap and go OF a
thorough BUSINESS investment, which 1t Is
people who had worked in the charity field and
charity methods were employed to carry the
plan through.
In few words the woman's Hotel is bust
ness venture. not u charitable airair at oil, A
present there has. been subscribed S22O,OOO
panv can be Incorporated When shares to the
amount of S3OO.OuO have been subscribed q
stock company, vii, he formed. ground p9r
chased AMI n building erected. which IL de
women Ms "a "A Quest oncr."
A an Investment the ground. the city rea
estate and the. building will make the share,
good stock to hold. IL II does not succeed as
woman's hotel II NAV he converted into al
The shares are siOO. 4 NTH IL required
down. upon incorporation. and the rsmalnini
four tbs Us the progress Of the building CALI
for IL the balance o. the required S3O0.OO0 Il
not subscribed hy Jan. 1. 1900 MI the share,
so Ear rromi al become void. which Is rather
disastrous condition OF affairs. to say IN,
least Of II.
The support desired can be summed up In
few words. Money and tho SSOOW stlll re
naming to max" MP tho desired $500 600.
Can OucS tioner" suggest any way in whicl
ar" dozens ~ interested people who would b,
glad to hear from her.
I should gladly give "Questiouer an
further information she may need and will
see her upon receipt from The SUN OF he
name and address.
ONE Who Is ISrEREsTEp.
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RELTGIOrS" EIBERILITI"IS CHICAot
A Methodist and Presbyterian Minister
ASSIST at IA Go-as-You- Please Ordination.


From ns rhieopo later Or,an.
1t is hard to see on what principle tn, Rev
DIR. 4. c. Hirst. n Methodist pastor. can defend
his course In making himself prominent last
Sunday A. tbs Peoples Church In the ordina-
ton Of Mrs VNnde ia Varnum Thomas.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas. tho pastor OF the
Peoples Church. Ii irreproachable as a man.
hut he was expelled from TIE Methodist fold
twenty-five wears ago for his latitudinaria
theology. and has departed further and further
from the orthodox faith every day since. Last
SUNDAY he even minated that there was no
important difference in theology between Jews
and Christians. or course the presumption 10
that Mrs. Thomas is in entire sympathy with
her husbands views.
The ord nation sermon was preached appar-
perpei"us error he dortr"e OF The SYini, US "a
Christ. This sentiment was emphasized by
the presence OF two or three ministers who are
person Of Christ.
Under these elrcpmstanccs the Rev. Gran
viiis Ross piSr Of ID, Miard Avenue rresby-
terrain Church sanctioned tho services by ask
ing the Giyne blessing on them. But DR.. Htrst
went much iurther. and actually assumed to
ministry rs her husband Now. when II is con-
sidered that Or. Hirst IL u venerable minister
Of .Church that rests on the divinity OF Christ
us its ohiei cprnerstone, aud that he has no
power to ordHiI any ono In his own church. and
least Of all woman. his position is obviously
not one NJ treachery to the Methodist Church.
The llirst incid mt recalls n sima mistake
made by Methodist people several years ago
A Joint conycntion OF Jews and Christians was
called NJ the First Methodist Church. with n
view. on the Methodist side, TO promote the
conversion OF the Jews to Christianity. The
Jews were Rverse 10 the whole proceeding, and
would not attend the meeting until the Chris
tians promised that they would conduct the
exercises without mentioning the name Of
Christ. This promise they kept, and actually
offered prayer without mentioning the medi-
atOrd work Of Christ. As was to be- expected.
the proceedings simply gave the Jews n con-
tempt for the manager OF the convention and
left them more settled than ever In their views.
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Puerto Rico" it Is to be hereafter. the d,

PutTtO Hlco IL II 10 DO hereafter, the de-
clsion Of the Board OF Geographical Names to
that effect having been affirmed by Mr..
MCKINLEY. The officlal spelling Is one thing
and the popular spelling another. and often a
much more powerful thing. There will be
conservatives enough who will insist that
Porto Rico II was, is and shall be. II Is a
little vexIng for grown-up persons who used to
blubber bitterly in acquiring aftor a fashion,
the art Of spelling TO ind out from day IN day
that they must unlearn so much Of what they
learned so laboriousy But as to Puerto
Rico" politeness seconds the revised orthog-
raphy. The Americans can afford to spell 1t
as the Puerto Ricans do.
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SWIFT & co., 10 GET s25,o0o.
To he Paid for the 500. 900 Pounds of Fresh
Beef Thrown Overheard n Year Ago.


WASHINGTON. Dec. u. - After q delay Of
nearly one year. Swift 4 Co. Of Chicago
are to be paid by the War Department for the
800. 900 rounds Of fresh beef thrown overheard
In New York harbor from the transport NJ AM
toba.
This vessel arrived at Ponce. Aug. TO- IL 3,
with cargo OF beef for the troops under Gen.
Miles Several officers at Ponce declined to re-
ceive the meat though In good condition. and
the vessel was ordered to Mayaguez where II
remained nearly n week As there was no re.
frigerating plant on shore. some Of the beef
was issued direct to the troops. She later ro-
turned to Ponce. where she remained till Sept.
Z. On the return the vessel ran on n reef and
before reaching New York the refriRerating
plant became useless and much OF the beef
spoiled. On arriving OF New York. the Board
Of Survey condemned tho meat aud II was
thrown overheard.
Secretary Alger appointed special Board OF
Survey to investigate the purchase and con.
domination OF this cargo OF meat. Tho board
decided that the beef was In good condition
when IL reached Porto Rico. and should have
been accepted by the officers 10 command
The report rxorcrated the contractor from all
blame Tor the spelling al the cargo. and they
recommended the payment to swift x Co OF
the amount involved. The War Department.
however. withheld payment and referred tue
matter toe m ptroilerT rarewell OF the Treasury
Department, who to-day decided that as the
beef was the property OF the United States. the
claim should be settled and payment made.
The amount involved was about $1,000.
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uoMAS,s HorEL VIM BE B0ILE
All but About $50. 900 Of the Amount
Needed Has Iieen Subsoribed.

All but About $4,000 OF the A"o"nt
Needed Has Been subscribed.
The scheme to build woman's hotel seems
now nearly certain OF realization. single
subscription Of $4,000 to the tunos was re-
ceived the other day. The subscriber maue u
II condition that his name should not De ihaue
known. or tho whole sum OF S4OO.OOo that "
needed all but about S50.OOO has now oeeh
promised. and the projectors OF the enterprise
have no fear that they will not get II all peioto
the books close on Jan. 81. Two or thfeo sums
have. in fact. been more than hall promised
which will Ill out the required amount. The
estimated cost OF the hotel is SSOO.OO0. hair OF
which has been offered on mortgage ut per
cent
Charles ID. Kellogg the Secretary oil the
Woman's Hotel Company. expressed surprise
yesterday a. the question raised by corre-
spondent OF THE SuN. who called herself "A
Questioner." She wanted to know II the ent err
tho working women ~ New York had not
been asked TO subscribe. Mr Kellogg said
TINT h. fatled To see how the matter could
Is TO he business venture. not a charity
and as such 1t Ia expected to pay
Being business affair. he said. there
VIII be no boarding school. charitable
OF retoTmn'ory regulations. The shares are
500 THE SuN has published the names OF
treasurer and trustees. Mr. Kellogg will be
glad TO receive subscriptions from working
women or anybody else There has been no
general chi issued to he wag--carn ng women
Of New York to subscribe, presumably be-
and the question here is about very large
amount
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FF0m ttf N0NOn J0HTndT,
clear majority - the really important Senate
chairmauships are held by New Eng anders. Going
over to tho House now tor tho first time ruled by
SpcaEur from beyond the Mississippi. We ind All
extraordinary number Of responsible co nmittse
Assignments held by New England Representatives
The impora 1 thing which the present Con.
grcss has accomplish the passage through the
House Of the Currency bills really a triumph tor
what were at first distnrtlvcy New England prin-
ciplrS. Not many years a." even conservative men
Of the middle WOst and far Western statos were
rather shy about speaking of the gold standard.
They were better sattsfcd 60 call themselves 'bi.
me,alists," Put the lrtycn OF ideas that were
largely II not wholly. New England in their origin
has 50 worked on the Republican party that u bill
proclaming nd establishing thi. same gold stand.
arl now goo, through the popular" branch OF
Congress without dissenting Republican vote.
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GaRMINr,s DIsapOuAL.
WIN Not Take Possession of samoan Terri.
tory Until the Treaty Is Ratified.

tory Until tile Treaty u Ratified.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2l.-The German Govern.
ment to-day assured the Government Of the
United states that II II were true. as 70.
ported in an Apia despatch OF Dec. H. pub.
lished In Amer can newspapers yesterday,
that German officials at Apia had raised
the imperial standard over the court
house as an announcement that Germany
had taken possession Of the Samoan terri.
tory transferred to her by tho partition
treaty n disavowal OF the act would be made.
Herr Won Hoeben. the German Ambassadur
had an interview with the Secretary of state
we're given ut that time. The state Derart-
ment was told also by Germany that no in.
strurtions to raise its ilag Tor the purpose
alleged had been given by the German Govern.
ment. Those assurances are very satisfactory
to the United States and remove the anxiety
in the Aiin drspatch mentioned. No official
Information about the reported nag raising
has been received by the state Depar nnnt
or the Berlin Foreign ONCE. and the officials
~ both Governments ars inclined to believe
that the story was q cahard.
II IL understood that Germany Inns yoluntar-
fly given assurances that she has no intention
OF assuming possession ~ Upolo ana the other
islands transferred TO her by tho partition
treaty until the treaty has been ratified and
II the furry over the report from Apin has had
any effect at all. II has been to cmphasise tho
better understanding into which Germany
and the United States have been brought rec
Gently. Great Britain IL n party also to the
cordial feeling which has succeeded thp iric-
the Philippines and In Samoa In the early part
q the yuAf.
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FROM M L'i'is frsHhG J0HhN
The mystery OF Moosclookmcguniic hig 'al-
mon has AT last been solved, For several sca'
cons now anglers vino have wet their lines ln
Rugle Cove have cone hack Ia camp with tackle
decidedly out Of kiltcr, and with blood Si,f'ug
tales II the monster s7!UDn that "ruSr' lruDau0
u certain oyc:huuElHg blrCh, and, hooking 90.
gao Ihrr the Datiir al IN u lives always iuIt.
nv; loose at tho Nniah, however, takiI : with lu.
everything not iIvU luH scat.
II was always tho SAM m'ch where III" +
rose, md tn tactics hC employed ~ sulklrg
bulldog teuacliy refusing tu Ec drawn Ia ll'
surface, were always the - me. The tam" ul No
rcmarkH bic FISH Sp cad throughout the lake icsur
and anglers from tln other lakes came down =, fiE
aud often To Try their skill. They never iuI."
in lpcluHE lhr tClmoN, hut tN'' never SuCrc' de-
~ landing him II was estimated ,hnt $500 Nur.
OF i,r'!c, Time AMI hGa were wasted last sunuH
in Bugc Cove.
u Is low wa ~ nos IN Muosconkmrgrr q
Lake AMI .''r, though low IT, "cm& ~ ..
81 la 900 Monday Ms Fd WhorG and 30
& Il, 81 the h 'ncgr mite House ran II .
bmto onto an nina rkcd stumplu Buglr Cove 4
meath an oNCTnaI... g ga. NLd it'r ilu'
shimn thew "irO "a u,.' = seven spoon Q -.
spinncrs md artificial flies.
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Gen. LAYTON gave most OF his life to his

Gen. LAwToS gave most Of his life TO his
country He died poor. The fund nov being
raised for the benent Of his family will have
about II not the faintest suggestion OF
charity It will be not even a gift. 1t
will be a little portion OF the thanks
and praise Americans owe to the man who
fought so we'll for them In many wars The
more his career Is studied from .he time no
shouldered a musket until the time when
he FELL almost In the hour OF final vic-
tory over the insurgents, the moro gallant,
engaging and manly figure he will be. The
care OF those who were dearest 70 him becomes
honor to the man who said so little and who
did 30 much,
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COMPTROLLER ~ CONTy MPT.
Must Pay at Once n Aau. net Claim 70,
SIS Il 4.5


A motion OF Walston u. Brown rece YER NJ
Brown. Howard & Co.. "a cduct contractors.
to have Comptroller Coler udiu q in con-
tempt for not obeyinr writ al maud mus re-
curing him to issue n warrant on the City
Chamberlain tn pay one Of tho confessed aquc-
duct judgments against the city. has been
granted by Justice Beckman OF the Supreme
Court. The Judge says no will give the COMP
troler n certain time to comply with the writ
and will specify In tho order TO be entered the
penalty for failure to comply. Tho amount Of
tho judgment IL Sl3+ llt50. and II Ia one of
the several judgments amounting to about
seven hundred thousand dollars on auueduct
claims which were entered aga'ns the city on
consent OF Corr Grafton Counsel Scott. Justice
Beekmnn says:
The issuing Of this writ involved n drtnr-
minhtion by the Court that mt an ond 10 any
further controversy with reSn"Ct To tho q aim
sought 10 he enforced, and demanded Of the
COMPTROLLER an immediat" and unlueS'ioning
eompliance with it,, prr"mutory order. This
Comptroller has been guilty o' rNniumnrv ana
has rendered himS-ll amrnnnlr to the law for
ennt"mnt ct court Il should be- said that his
reluctance to COMFY with the wit has
been due to sonc apprehension that
Ggn! Gqmnicat ,oHs md possible loss TO the
warrant IA directed, because o. "A otter which
he received on Jan, -, lS.IS, signed Ivy oliver
lckley, describing himself A. attorney for H.
his clients Mclean and Eeckwlth. 0f n" firm Of
Brown, Howard Il Co.. had c'nins aai Hens
upon said Judgment, and asked him not 10
p1y IT,.
The letter further stated thnt tho receiver OF
IN" coinrnny had made an Illegal contract for
, = crrsnln snnLe ~ ne recovery with III" at
Corporation Counsel 10 consent to the entry OF
judgment aga'n the city.
Jus ice Beekm says that this le tor was
not SuWcieot rcHsOh Tor the ComptrU Ter 10
refuse TO obey tho writ OF mandRmus.
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FREE LInR.iRY VIA OF SUNrtrs.
President Eernorhan Saws Threats From
City Ohicials want Prevent II.

J, Frederic Kcrnochan, President of tho Board
Of Trustees Of the New York Free Circu.a'uE
Library. said yesterday that, Notwithstanding
the threats Of Comptroller COlcr aud Clrporn-
ton Counsel Whnlrn 10 cut of city aid to the
library Gu'eS~ the libraries are kept open IN
sundays, th" institntoN would be closed on
Sundays. Mr.. Kcrrnchun said:
- don't know what the people Of this city
will submit to. They hay" stood for good
deal nlrCGdy from the present Administrative,
mud they may submit 10 the closing OF the
libraries entirely. In fact they miGht submit
to the closing OF IA" bubble schools The tru--
tees Will close III" libraries on sundays. as has
been announced. | am sure NJ that. II The
ely REDUCES uurnpprUpTation further, or takes
II away. tho lihraric, may he closed every lHN,
We must rctreuch. SUNDAY closing IL MOI a
more Mhm. II T. great hig. solemn ncccN.
shy. The comptroller does not understand tho
s,tuut on. He viii he informed and then there
Will bc no Misunderstanding between Us.
When the trustees meet IN January n Sth'c-
nent Will he prepared which will be- sent to
hun our ease is So reasonable aud obvious
that have no doubt we shall get a larger APP
preparation next year
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An Atlanta man has II ar relatives engaged IN the
struggle in the TrdnSNaal-bo h y uus men III tho
frat blush OF vigorous manh1,l he ono dong hat.
tie under the banner o e Rrrrs nd the other
charging beneath the banner -, st. Gonrsn.
The brothers are Frank and HUGH CE,ic. N, sons
Of John Crai:. who emigrGred from Scotland Ia
South Africa IN ls+D
James Crais Of this city, ono e Atlanta pioneer
citizens. who for forty years has bee ompl ygd NJ
pattern maker in the Western aH Atlantic hops is
an uncle Of Frank and Hugh Ca,.
The Oldest OF the brothers fn!l in loYe with the
niece Of Gen. Pet Joubert ard marriage was tho
result. Tho other remained loyal to the Biit.,
arms aud rallied to the call a member o. the
Natal Frsilers
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The Hon. JOHN WALTER SMITH, recently

The Hon. JOHN WALTER SMITH. recently
elected Governor of Maryland on Democratic
pat'or lacking the currency plank, is the
finest type OF the professional Gold Democrat
Mr. SMITH pretended to be an uphodur OF
honest money; but when the Currency bill de-
claring for the gold standard was IN for pas
sage In the House Of Representatives, OF which
Mr. SMITH Is still member. he skulked and
didn't vote,
Gold Democracy Of the SMITH sort. that won I
cast a positive vote for what it pretends TO
favor Is humbug