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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
CONTINENTAL CONCERNS.

The crown prince of Germany hs-
comes of age next May and will hap.
as his separate establishment the old
castle at Potsdam.
There is much French and Belgian
capital invested in the principal rail-
way lines of Spain, while England owns
many of the shorter lines, and is alsG
at the head of the mining interests.
Germany will soon have new postagx
stamps of one, two, four and five
marks. The styles are TO be closels
modelled after the size and style OF the
United States Columbian stamps Of
1898. The engrayings show nationa,
events.
Hungarian peasants like TO have 4
good time when somebody dies. A
wealthy farmer at Szabadka recently
left 1900 acres of land and large sum
to his nephews. In his pockets were
found 1900 tlorins in cash. This sum.
1t was decided, he had set aside for a
sumptuous funeral; so the bells were
kept ringing two days. and every bods
was royalty entertained.
a "curntorinn" for eye troubles ex-
lists in st. Petersburg, which sends COM
missions through the country districts
for the purpose of giving free treat
ment and advice to those among the
peasantry who are suffering from af-
fections of the eyes. The report for
the year 1898 states that SO of those
ophthaimoiogical expeditions were sen,
out during the year to certain parts OF
the empire.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
AMONG THE POETS.


Say, whittier go these fellows
With hair so very long,
Their muscles indicating
That they are very strong7 g..
Their suits are thickly padded.
with pride their faces glow,
Some objects queer they carry
Say. whittier do they go2
These chaps with bulging muscles
And Paderewski hair
With pads of large dimensions
In clothing that they wear
Why. they're the seasons heroes,
Who bravely strive for fame,
And proudly they are going
To play football game.
Whence come these tattered fellows
With hair so badly torn.
While some. all cut and battered,
Are by their comrades borne?
And here and there Is limplng
A chap with bandaged shin,
And some have both eyes blackened--
Where have these victims been?
They've not been in battle.
Although 1t looks that way;
Their wounds were not inflicted
BY men in deadly fray.
All, no! these tattered fellows,
Some cut, some bruised, some lame,
Are heroes who've been playing
A Rugby football game.
They don't regard the bruises,
They never shrink at mire;
For laurels they are striving.
To glory they aspire.
They're now the seasons heroes,
These chaps Of grit and Drawn,
So call the ambulances
And let the game go on.
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
Whistle Away,

whistle away, my merry boy,
Jfth happy face and heart of JOY;
1t will help you to be strong,
thistle tune when things go wrong. {,
ind whistling lightens It for you.
e'er your task is hard to do.
!hether It be sowing the seeds.
foeing the corn, or pulling weeds,
b altering fruit, or raking hay,
r driving cows, whistle away.
Whistle tune, If you can't sing,
nd that should seem the next best thing
hat you can do, perhaps twill cheer
he hearts of some who chance TO hear.
:etter to whistle than TO pout,
md scold and fret, no one can doubt;
keep merry heart, my lad,
md thus make other people glad.
J o all the good you can each day,
nd as you toll, whistle away.
Toronto Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
Tempered with Mercy.

"Yes, was drunk, your honor" the
prisoner said, "but I've been pretty well
punished already. | had 500 when l
went out on the street, and lot Of
gamblers got hold of me and swindled
me out Of S5s."
"Under those circumstances" re-
marked his honor, with a sympathetic
cough, "the court is disposed TO be
lenient with you. The fine will be two
dollars. s."-Chicngo Tribnne
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
The Voter.

lust before election day the voters head is
high;
lust before election day he's laueed to the
sky;
10 smokes the best cigars there are, he's
treated as a knight,
He's told to go and help himself to any
thing in sight;
-Ie gets the best attention when he has a
word to say,
-And all his jokes arafunny, just before cleo
tion day.
lust before election day the voter stands
supreme,
'eside his power kingly sway Is but an
empty dream;
: m him the nations hopes depend, he holds
his country's fate
Within the hollow of his hanG-he steers
the ship of state
Tut when the votes are counted-zitt! his
greatness fades away!
les like a turkey that was proud before
Thanksgiving dayl
g. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
Plain samnnthy Ann.

Twice lucky is the poet who
May call his sweetheart Rose.
His sonnets speak her eyes of blue,
His ballads sing her pose;
A rhyme with Gladys one might pen.
Quite good enough to scan,
But what If your girls cognomen
Was plain Samantha Ann?
Now, II 'twere Grace or Isabel
Or May, without a doubt
The muse would weave a mystic spell
And some way help him out;
But Pegasus will veer in fright.
Dismounting any man
Who dares an amorous verse indite
To Plain Samantha Ann.
There's Poe's Lenore and Burns Jean
For song were graceful themes,
They well might speak of modest mien"
And weave their fancied dreams.
But my sweetheart! All, such a shame
To thus inflict ban
On rhyming lover with a name
Like plain Samanthy Ann.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Detroit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Then you cannot be the sunshine
of my life?' asked the young man.
with the insistence of one under
fixed idea.
No. replied the lady detective,
softly, "you know l am a professional
adow."-Indianapoli journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
He WbistIed ON the Way.

20 deeds of fame enshrined his name
No laurel wreath or bay;
Sind yet he made earth happier;
He whistled on the way.
~hen sorrow frowned and stars were
drowI ed
In stormy skies and gray,
sse saw the light stream through the
night:
de whistled on the wayl
nd even grief found sweet relief
Hope shed brighter ray.
: nd hearts he knew not blessed him
For whistling on the way!
nd when from life's dark shadows
tie passed into the day
hey wrote above. this line of love:
He whistled on the way!'
'F. l.. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Late one evening doctor received
note from couple of fellow-practi-
TONERS, saying; pray step across TO
the club. We are one short of a game
of poker"
emily. dear" he then said 10 his
wife, 81 am called away again. II np-
pears to be very serious case. for
there are two doctors already in at
tendance "-Tit-I}its.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Wiggs-Skinner has just returned a
book he borrowed.
Jiggs-Didn't he like it?
Wiggs-Yes. Why do you ask?
Jiggs-You say he returned it
Town Topics.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Henpeck-There is a man that has
my pity and envy simultaneously-you
see his wife is one of the most noted of
naggers.
Friend-Now, where does your envy
come in?
Henpek-Well, you see he is as deaf
as post and cannot hear a word she
says.--Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
An Open Letter to Mrs. Grundy.

ood Mrs. Grundy. potent dame! we hum
bly, bow before you
~ who can make or blast a name, with
trembling we adore you.
"a strive TO gain your great, good will,
your favor we have curred;
y" shall we faWn before you TIL we're fully
dead and buried.
Ae old and young, the high and low, are
all within your keeping.
~ hate'er you say is law, we know; your
edict full and sweeping.
Nnd SO with earnest hearts we pray on
week days and on Sunday,
fhateer or others you may say 0, spare
us, Mrs. Grundy!
~'.sixon Waterman In Elliott's Magazine
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
Really Remarkable Woman

What is there so remarkable about
her?"
why, she's woman who never
kept house in her life, and yet she
doesn't think she could settle the serv-
ant-girl blem."-Chicago Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
Living Up TO His Principle.

81 tell you, sir, the tarring and feath-
ering of that miserable scoundrel was
an objectionable outrage!"
"Why 90 you speak so warmly?"
Because I'm vice president of the So
ciety that opposes the use of feathers in
personal ladornment!" "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
The Urpardornnic Part.

II is getting found OUT that IS really the
curse
or our wrongs, for Il cant be denied
That tho rat in the trap may be not bit
worse
Than the one that is on the outside.
--Elliott's Margarine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
When to Fly High. h.

First English Sparrow-The legisla-
heads. Aren't you scared?
Second English Sparrow-No, I
shan't worry until they call us game
and pass laws to protect us.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Judge-The charge against you is
vagrancy. The officer says you have
no visible means of support.
us got means oh suppo't, jedge;
but she done took sick an CANT do
no ashin'."-Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
Hot CampaICu.

He-I went through the fight with
that man.
She-In the Spanish war, l suppose
you mean?
"Oh, no; in church choir. r."-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
In Oklahoma.

Caller-Is the editor in?
Office Boy-Yes, but he can't see
no one to-day. He left his gun at
home.-N. Y. Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
A difference of Opinion,

Jack-Ah, Mabel, you are the apple
of my eye.
Mabel--That's funny, George says
I'm a peach.-N. Y. Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

"Who is that man over there who
talks so much? ?"
Hes either Il college professor or
barber. Chicago Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Grandma-Ah, my dear, the men are
not what they were so years ago.
Ethel-Well, granny, you know, 80
years will change any man.-Tit-Bits
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Dot (aged six)-Mamma, if ! get mar
ried will have to have a husband like
papa?
Mamma-Nes.
Dot-And if don't get married will
have to be an old maid like Aunt Mar
tha?
Mamma-Yes.
Dot (after a pause)-Mamma, it's a
tough world for us women, isn't it?-
Sketch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21

Fido was small. but dreadfully brave.
AS every one knows, for one DAY
He barked at great big railroad train.
And the railroad train ran away!
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22
Committees Appointed.

At meeting of the Commercial
club on Monday evening called for
the purpose of making some ar
rangements about receiving our
boys from Manila, the following
committees were appointed: Com
mittee on correspondence to confer
with Yakima, CleElum and Ros-
lyn-Carroll B. Graves,H. L. Stow
ell and Clyde Warner. Committee
confer with the Red Cross, also
with general power to appoint sub
committees-Judge Davidson, Aus
tin Mires, w. H. Talbot, Harry S.
Elwood and E. H. Snowden.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22
CORREsP0NDBI1s.

New York. Chemical Natloalh
San Francisco, Bank Of Cdh3
Tacoma, Natl Bank ofCar11
Draws drafts direction LoadAl
Union Bank Of Scotland, LID N
Bank Of Ireland, Ltd, % Al n 4
Europe and on the Chartadh'
of India, Australia and Chinn NJ. i
mittance to China and Jappaa Japan !
State, County and sshs'l n
Warrants WsntM b
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

If some men loved their wives
half as dear as they love the "dear
old party" we would have more
model husbands and fewer corpora
ton tools in fice.-Advance Guard.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

JUST as long as we have the pres
emit system of law-making we shall
have the present kind of law
makers.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

WE believe that present and flu
ture owners Of inventions should be
given an award, fixed by United
States commission, in lieu Of any
monopoly of use.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

If the American laborers were as
good voters as they are paraders,
thev would be thousand fold bet
ter off.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

BEEF is still going up with no
corresponding increase in price to
the farmer, but he shouldn't "beef"
about it as long as he votes for the
chest party on earth"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

no better.
Chas. Kineth and c. H. Gray are
said to be hunting.
Mrs. Geo. Mitchell is reported as
mending slowly.
w. A. Privett, Mertie Barnes, Mr..
Markham and wife spent Sunday IN
Menashtash canyon.
Geo. Saxby and wife OF Roslyn
were the guests of MIR. and Mrs.
c. II. Gray this week.
Ed Fogarty has so far recovered
from his recent illess as to be able
to get around out doors.
Frank Spier, an employe OF the
n. p. company left here Wednesday
for Spokane where he hopes to OBJ
tain work.
Owing to the great amount OF
sickness, the ladies of the M. 4.
church have postponed their fair
until future notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Williams
of Renton are over visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. C. H. Gray. Mrs. Williams is
sister of Mrs. Gray.
w. A. Ford will 60 to work on
r. r. Wilson's $500 farm residence
as soon as he finishes up his con-
tract with Jerry Pattenaude.
Geo. Eldred is now running the
electric light engine and Jacob
Letterer is lineman. Both are very
competent men and will do the city
good service.
The sheepmen have been ordered
to leave the Mt. Rainier reserve by
Sept. 18th. The order came from
the interior department at Wash
ington, d. c.
DR.. Newland's new residence is
gradually nearing completion. 1t
will be one of the finest. residence
buildings in this city when ready
for occupancy.
Thomas Agnew had the pleasure
of meeting his sister and husband
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Williams
Tuesday evening. They are both
looking better than he has seen
them for some time.
Jerry Vanderbilt lost $50 sheep
in pile-up in Swauk on Tuesday.
They were being driven to water
when one stumbled and fell, and
before the herder could stop the
rush fully $50 were smothered to
death.
"a Breach of Promise" will be
the attraction at the opera house
Saturday night. The play is one
of this seasons pronounced sue.
cesses, and is a very laughable
musical farce comedy, interspersed
with high class speeialties.
Miss Myrtle Barnes has accepted
a position in w. A. Privett's music
and jewelry store as clerk and will
give lessons on pianos and organs.
Miss Barnes is possessed of rare
accomplishments for one of her age.
Those wishing to take lessons will
do we'll to call on her. Il
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

SET your thinker to work and see
if you cannot get out from under
the blight of bossism.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

WHILE Hanna is on the ocean all
of the republican politicians are at
sea.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

THE man who owns the tools
owns the man who uses the tools.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22
additional Local We1Us.


An informal reception will given
at Domitory this evening.
II. W. Eldred has been in court
as bailiff this week.
Auditor Fogarty has returned
returned from his outing.
The jury was called for Tuesday
and so put in appearance.
Dexter Shoudy, OF Spokane was
in here Monday on business.
Mrs. W. E. McDaniels has re-
turned from Yakima owing to i'll
health.
Rev. Kenney will preach at the
Christian church Sunday evening
at $50.
l.. T. Castor went to Yakima
Saturday to look after some hay in
that valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Ellison, of
Thorp, were in the city trading one
day this week.
C. j. Parsons was over again this
week from Colockupe with load of
fine vegetables and fruit.
Austin Mires and family have
returned from Republic feeling
much better for the trip.
H. J. Snively of North Yakima
was in the city on business Friday.
Billy Coombes of Easton was
looking after business in this city
Friday and Saturday.
l.. r. Castor has bought an i'm
mense amount of hay this fall. He
bought 800 tons last week.
Mayor Rinehart, of Olympia, was
over last week looking after his
mining interest in this county.
James Masterson formerly of
CleElum, but more recently of
Seattle, was over last Saturday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kiester re.
turned last week from a trip to
Lake Chelan. They report a good
time and pleasant trip.
Fifteen car loads of cattle passed
through here recently consigned to
Frye, Bruhn & Carston of Seettle,
for which they paid q cents on
foot.
Weaver & Turner have added a
self-feeder to their threshing ma
chine and we are told that it is a
success in every way. The boys
are nothlne II not enterprlSlng.
Peter A. Void came up from
Yakima Friday with a load of fine
peaches. We acknowledge the
receipt of box of them and speak
from experience as to the fine quail
ity.
W. E. Brunson, one of the gen.
tlemen who has spent considerable
time in the Olympic range in
search of the precious metals, was
caller at THE DAWN Office Saturday.
He is going into the mountains
west of town and proposes to make
a thorough investigation.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22
ROBERT TURNER, EDITOR.

TT is France and not Dreyfus
that is guilty.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22
The Bank Of Ellensbl
(SNowDEN & RoS)
{ members OF the American Bal
Association.

Transacts a General Banking 81
Special attention given 10 cdlkl
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

IN cus5 tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full Of lifc nerve and vigor, take No-To.
Bac the wonder-worker that makes weak men
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

printing but better printing; not
less money, but more for the money
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

eauty Is b.
|lood means
bout it. Case
our blood a,
! the lazy live
ON the body
ll IL
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

One year, if paid in advance, ...'''''''@i.V
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

...Iu u.A,l.aS ~. AiiA
Begin to-day to
to-. b1oolyhoo6S
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-09-22

OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-05-20
In the Middle Of he Road

Kansas City, Mo, May 17.-By an
overwhelming majority the Populist
editors assembled here in national
convention decided they would keep in
the middle of the road. There are sixty
of the editors here from all over the
country. In the tenth annual meeting
of the Reform Press Association, Pres
ident Frank Burkitt. of the Okolona.
Miss. Peoples Messenger, delivered
his annual address.
There was no public outbreak in the
meeting, but one editor said that If
Bryan We're nominated by the Popu-
lists next time he would vote for Nc
Kinley, and get a gatling gun in ex-
pectation Of a civil war. Mr.. Don
nelly said he would not vote for Bryan
under any circumstances. because he
betrayed and attempted to destroy
the Populist party.
The resolution Committee has pre-
pared an address urging the Populists
everywhere to get in the middle of the
road and stay there.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-05-20

North Tonawanda, n. Y, May IT,
The Rev. John A. Copeland, the SEN
sational preacher who has kept this
city In turmoil for two months. is
missing. Efforts to find him have
proved frutile. Recently Copeland re-
ferred in n sermon to a prominent
church woman who, he declared, had
at a meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society
donned an elders trousers and danced
a cancan. The~woman referred to has
threatened TO kill Copeland, and a
number of other women have taken up
her fight against the parson.
One night recently. after holding a
meeting and declaring to punish Cope
land, half a score of determined WON
en- went to his boarding house and
called for him. The parson did not re-
spond. and it was later ascertained
that he had left the house He has
not since been seen. Copeland failed
to appear for his Sunday night meet
ing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-05-20
T%ELEGRAPHIC TICKS
News Notes From Every Part of
the Civilized World.

1rhe town OF Gura Humora, Austria.
was completely destroyed by fire.
An asylum for orphan children or
the r~econeentrados has been opened ut
MatanznR.
Indignation was felt In Jamaica over
the new tariffs hostility TO American
trade.
The friends of Mrs. Maybrick are
encouraged TO believe that she will be
pardoned.
The 1i1th annual session of the
Presbyterian Church is being held at
Minneapolis.
Sir Thomas Upton has decided to
limit the number OF guests at the
launching OF the Shamrock to fifteen.
Major Marchand, the French ex-
plorer, has arrived ut .Iiboutil. on the
coast OF Africa, having crossed tho
continent from the Atlantic.
Mail advices from the Orient stated
that China would fight rather than
submit to further aggression by the
powers.
Formosan adviccs gave details Of the
massacre of thirty unarmed villagers
by about sixty head-hunting saynges
near Taiko.
Dr. Howard Ayres. Professor Of bio
logy In the University OF Missouri, has
accepted the presidency Of the Uni
yersity of Cincinnati.
Gov. Voorhees,. or New Jersey, de-
MED the report that he had been re-
quested to appoint an arbitration com-
mittee to settle difficulties between
officials and employees Of the Delaware.
Laekawana and Western Railroad.
The Governor Of Missouri has signed
the Department Store bill. 1t applies
only 10 stores In st. Louis. Kansas
City and ST. Joseph, which employ
fifteen persons or more and taxes
heavily all classes OF goods handled
except one of the sevcnty-three classes.
Acting Minister OF Finance Nunez of
Mexico has sent Il bill to Congress ar-
thorizing II refundlng of the existing
gold debt held In foreign countries
/ The scheme anticipates an increase In
the principal. but a reduction In the
amount Of the annual interest by rea-
son 0 fa lower rate.
The United States Circuit Court 0f
/ Appeals at san Francisco has handed
down an opinion In the case of LII
lian II. Beck w. The Supreme Lodge
Of knights Of rythias. The plaintiff
Is the widow Of Frank ~. Beck. Il
member OF the endowment rank. who
blew out his brains. The Coroner's
jury rendered n verdict of suicide
while temporarily insane and the
Order refused to pay the policy. Tho
widow brought suit and got Judgment
for 5000, which the Circuit Court Of
Appeals upholds because the defend
ant failed TO show suicidal intent on
Beck's part.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-05-20
Our Delegates at the Hague.

The Hague, May 19.-All of the
American and English delegates to the
disarmament conference have arrived.
The American delegates took luncheon
with United States Minister Newell
and subsequently organized, with the
Hon. Andrew ID. White, United States
Ambassador to Germany, as Chair
man.
A false impression has been created
by the report that the military and
naval delegates viii not sit as full
members of the conference. This re-
port has given rise to a IN that
Capt. Mallan is merely a naval attache
to the delegation. All of the SIX
American delegates have precisely the
same functions and equally represent
the United States.
x brief exchange Of views at in
formal meetings confirmed the opinion
of probably a majority Of the delegates
that the scope. of the present opera
tons Of the conference will be con
fined to a broad debate, largely upon
academic lines. upon certain subjects
which will he referred to international
committees. ard that the conference
will adjourn, to meet again in 1900,
perhaps in Geneva.