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Evening star., 1899-02-10
INVESTIGATION BOARD DISSOLVED.
Meeting of the Members and Presi-
dent Mckinley.

The President having received the report
Of the war investigating commission. the
members have been discharged from further
auty In that connection.
All Of the members of the commission, in
rluding the secretary. Mr.. Weightman, and
the recorder, Mai. Mills, net by appoint
ment at the White House yesterday after
noon and were at once shown into the cab
Inet room. where they were received by the
President.
General Dodge, the chairman OF the COM
mission, presented the report, and in re-
celying 1t the President congratulated the
commissioners on the completion of their
task Seated around the cabinet table. the
members went over their work in a general
way. and at the request of the President
read portions OF their report which covered
certain points in which he had expressed
an interest.
The conference lasted abouE an hour and
a half. and as the commissioners were about
TO leave the President declared that he was
satisfied that each member had done his
whole duty. He himself hae rendered them
every assistance possible. and said that
they would bear witness that he had not
Evening star., 1899-02-10

sidered during the next three weeks. When
you or anybody else can tell me what the
cost of this enterprise will be- said he.
turning angrily upon Mr.. Smith. land tell
me when you can get title to the territory
and arrange the means to pay for the ca
nal, I'll join hanos with you"
I'm view of the deficiencies in the rev.
enues which the gentleman has pointed
out" interposed Mr.. Lewis (Wash.), does
he anticipate an early issue of bonds?"
form our duties here and in our outlying
this year and next" replied Mr.. Cannon
frankly, but IL we are to accomplish that
we must sec to 1t that no great appropria-
tions go through in the immediate future.
If you take on great blocks of expenditures
you must issue bonds"
''Can there be reduction in the war
taxes?' asked Mr. Sims (Tenn.).
mot during the next two ears"
'In your estimate have you Included any
revenue from Porto Rico or the Philip
pines?" asked Mr.. Dockery.
II have not"
You insist only that there shall be full
and complete consideration before there
shall be legislation on either the canal pro-
ject or the merchant mariner
Precisely"
AT the conclusion of Mr. Cannon's re-
marks Mr.. McRae (Ark.) and Mr.. Miers
Qnd.) spoke earnestly In favor of the i'm
MEDIATE necessity for resrenchment and
Mr.. Taibcrt Is. Co. in opposition to the
ship subsidy BILL Then at O'Clock. the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
Evening star., 1899-02-10
Granting FurIough. to Soldiers

An order has been issued by the War De-
partment in regard TO furloughs to be grant,
ed TO soldiers. The commanding officer OF a
regiment or detached troop. battery or
company in the field may grant furloughs
not exceeding twenty days at one time TO
per cent of the enlisted men present. Bri-
gade commanders may approve such fur
loughs and grant them for like length of
time TO any men under their command or
extend burroughs not to exceed twenty davs
DIVISION commanders may grant furloughs
for thirty days or extend them fo tbs+
length. The commanding officer of a corDs
or or separate command in the field un;ly
suspend the granting of furloughs in any
or all organizations under his Command
whenever he deems II advisable. CORPS or
department commanders may grant fur
loughs to enlisted men. sergeants of the
post non-commissioned staff excepted. for
two months. and the commanding general
OF the army for four months or they may
extend to such periods furloughs already
granted.
Evening star., 1899-02-10

Euchre Club Entertained-St. Mary's
Aid Society.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LAUREL Nd, February 0, 1890
The Euchre Club met recently at Quill
Den, the residence of DR.. and Mrs Byerly
Mrs George Livingston won the first ladies'
prize and Mrs. Vincent Brevard the second
The gentlemen's prizes were won by Messrs
George Livingston and William E. Walk
Mrs. Brevard entertained the lady members
of the club at euchre matinee a recent af-
ternoon, from 2 to o'clock. Among those
present were Mrs. Edward Linn, Mrs Wm
Z. Walk, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. John E. Walk
Mrs. Evans DuvalI. Mrs. George Living
ston. Mrs. Leroy Livingston, Misses Maude
Harrison. Mitylene Engush, Bessie Clayton
and Myra Waters. Mrs. Linn, Mrs w. E.
Walk and Miss Myra Waters were the prize
winners. An elaborate lunch was served.
st. Mary's Aid Society of St. Mary's
Church recently elected the following Off
GERS to serve for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent. Charles w. Darr; vice president
Michael ]. Tighe: secretary, Edward NJ
Flannery: treasurer, George s. Livingston;
director. the Rev. F. P. Mackail; auditing
committee. Messrs. Tighe, Brown and
Gloyd.
Ex-Representative E. Coffin has returned
to his home at Muirkirk from a visit to
Col. James w. Corcoran, ait Pine Bluff,
Ark.
Evening star., 1899-02-10

Inc reducuonS In our imports from the
united kingdom are, however. merely an
incident of the general reduction in our
imports which during the calendar year
1898 were s107, ,637 900 less than those of
1897. Indeed; the United States is proper
tionately to her imports a better customer
of the united kingdom than the average
foreign country. The countries of the
world, omitting the British colonies. took
but about Is per cent Of their imports from
the united kingdom, while the United States
in 1898 took over II per cent from the united
kingdom. Indeed, our purchases from that
| country were far in excess Of those from
any other part Of the world. being 80 per
cent in excess Of those from Germany,
double those from France, more than the
total from Asia, Africa and Oceanica COM
bined. and more than one-third of the en-
tire importations from Europe.
The reduction in our purchases from the
united kingdom during the year 1898 has
! been altogether in the class of articles
whose manufac ctures are being increased in
the United States. and in certain raw ma
terials, of which last years importations
were in the early part of the year alb
normally large, as shown by the following
sta tement Of exports from the united king
dom to the United States, given in the
official reports of the British government
for the year ending December 81, 1893 COM
pared with those of 1897:
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op opug = n, ~ 10 influence them in any manner

or in the slightest degree.
General Dodge left last night for New
hork. colonel Charles DENLY left TODAY for
sl ms nome IN Evansville Ind. and will sail
the Philippines to join his associate 80 ,ul
oefS OF the Philippine commission. General
McCook goes to Fortress Monroe to ioin his
,afnily now there. Ex-Governor Beaver
left last night for his home in PennsyIvania
ex-governor Woodbury. goes with MrS
woodbury. on pleasure trip through the
south for few weeks, then returning to
n,s nome IN vermont about April 1. Can
tain 6oweil VIII shortly return to Georgia
ana Or. Conner has returned at once to
els nome. General Wilson will resume bis
duties as chief of engineers ~
Evening star., 1899-02-10
Soldiers Deaths in Cnh.

report has been received at the War
Department from General Brooke at Ho-
vana, reporting the following deaths. A.
Puerto Principe. Private Joseph Segrist
company c, Sth Cavalry. typhoid; at San,
tiago, Private John p Mcdaniel. comnanv
D., Sd Volunteers, malaria
Evening star., 1899-02-10

amount allowed will supply Krupp armor
ID be made in this country. The amount is
mace large enough 10 cover the cost of the
armor and the payment of the royalty on
the Krupp patents.
Evening star., 1899-02-10
Military Academy Rill.

The Senate committee on appropriations
Yesterday afternoon reported the Military
Acadeniy appropriation bill The only ma
teriai change was a reduction of the nav
for naval cadets from $500 to SO 900.
Evening star., 1899-02-10

1t pays to read the want columns OF Tie
Star Hundreds of situations are fllad
through them
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
FOUR LIONS WEIGH A TON.
The King of Beasts Is a Great Dea.
Heavier Than His APPEAR
ance Indicates.

"What does a lion weigh ?" Those
who know the look Of the king of beasts
best, and how small islithe body really
is, will probably come farthest from
the truth. About 300 to $50 pounds is
usual estimate. But full-grown lion
will tip the scales at no less than 500
pounds. Five hundred and forty pounds
is the record for an African lion. His
bone is solid and heavy as ivory, says
Stray Stories.
The tiger runs the lion very close. A
Bengal tiger killed two years ago by
an English officer scaled $40 pounds. A
tiger this size has, however, consider
ably more muscular strength than the
biggest lion.
Few people know that a grizzly bear
can give points to any other carnivor-
Gus animal in point of strength. A
grizzly bear weighing just four hun
dredweight has been watched carrying
heifer two-thirds it's own weight for
two miles up the most steep and rugged
mountain side, and this without paus-
ing for one instant for rest. s''
The big white polar bear, though not
really SO dangerous customer, is capa-
bic of performing the most extraordi-
nary 'feats of strength. A polar bear
has been seen to move with his paws
b6wlder six men had with difficulty put
in position to guard a cache of pro-
visions. va;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
PAYING OFF. OLD SCORES.
The Unique Means Taken by Sic
Young Men to Even Up with
q CoGuette.

There is young coed at the Univer-
sity OF Chicago who has been doing
lot Of thinking lately. Ever since her
debut in the Midway school she has
been one Of the most popular girls al
the institution, but unfort unately for
herself and several ardent admirers, she
contracted a coquettish manner. which
caused untold jealousy on the campus.
Several Of the boys got together one
cold afternoon a few days ago and be-
fore long the conversation turned to
the charming young woman in cues
ton. Then and there a scheme Of re-
yenge was decided upon BY the six. 1t
was in effect that all 90 and call on the
lady the same evening, entering IS min
utcs apart, and TO regard one another
as perfect strangers as we'll as inter-
lopers. One OF the six described the
event as f6!lows: -,
ut was villainous thing to do, but
the girl is somewhat OF a joker herself,
and we all had an old score to pay OFF.
We carried out the idea to perfection
I was the first to call and the girl said
she was glad to see me. Before she had
time to say anything else another
young man was ushered in. She was
glad to see him, too. But when the
third young man arrived she was some
what confused and stammered a little
over her welcome.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
A TRAVELLING CAT
The Queer Conduct of a New jersey
Feline.


Feline.
Tramp cats are common articles, but
a cat that steals rides in freight cars is
a little out Of this line. Such a cat is the
property of Operator Percy Vankirk,
who works for the Pennsylvania rail-
road at Manunka Chunk, N. j., the
junction point CT the Pennsylvania road
and the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad. Early in the summer
when car Of freight from Kensington,
Pa, was opened at Manunka Chunk out
jumped a yellow cat, which made it's
home with the operator from that time.
The operator named the cat Yellow
Kid. It became the pet of all the train
men and employees around the station.
Since that time Yellow Kid has made
several short trips on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, and has been
located and returned to his home with
out injury each trip. Not long ago he
again disappeared after the afternoon
freight had left and as he could not be
found agents at all stations where cars
were sent were notified to be ON the
lookout for the Kid. Three days after
word was received that he was visiting
the boys in the Trenton freight house,
he having arrived that afternoon, after
making 75-mile trip, and being on the
road nearly two days. He was returned
to his owner the next evening. VAN
kirk is now having tag made to be
worn by the cat so as to insure his safe
return when the Course of the wander
ing FOOT seizes him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
HAIRPINS FOR VICTORIA.
A Christmas Present That Was Given
by the Little Daughter o:
Emperor William.

One Christmas present which caused
intense delight was received by her
majesty last year from the tiny daugh~
ter of Kaiser William. It was a box OF
hairpins of the value of about a quarter
dollar. The little princess was taken
by her mother, the empress, to a shop
in Berlin and told to buy gcandmamma
a present, and also to buy sonnet hing
that she wanted for herself. In order
to accomplish this object the princess
was given gold piece Of "a marks value
Give dollars). First, she bought herself
a doll, for which she gave 10 marks. Her
imperial mother did not interfere.
Then she bought grandmamma Of Eng
land the hairpins for the remaining
mark out Of her 20, and felt proud and
generous. The emperor Of Austria al
ways sends the queen Of England a
case or two Of a certain brand of very
costly, very rare Tokay, and I ought
not to forget, by the way, that the Ger
man emperor follows his grandfather's
example of sending his English grand
mother ease of Johannesburg, the real,
genuine Johnannisberg, as valuable al
most as the elixir Of life The Russian
emperor for the last year or two has
sent the illustrious lady, who: thanks to
marriage, has now become also bis,
grandmother, malachite and jade vases
to match the magnificent malachite
vase which his father, Emperor Alex
ander ILL.,, presented to the queen i'll
1897
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
AN ACT

TO provide for the distribution of Sugar Feet
Seed, purchased by the State, under he pro-
visions OF Chapter Cine hundred am forty six
Q46}, General Laws Of Eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven CS30.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the tate OF
Minnesota.
SECTION t. The State Treasurer is hereby
authorized and empowered TO distribute through
the state, as herein p'ovid ed free o; charge all
the remaining sugar beet seed in his custody
purchased und5r the provisions Of HAPPIER One
hundred and forty-sx (l46) General Laws of
Eighteen hundred and ninety seven 1SYD
SEcT1oN2. In di>posing Of said seed, as here
by provided, the Treasurer shall distribute same
as equitably as possible, throughout the various
agricultural section 81 the state; Provided, that
the State Treasurer shall apportion said seed as
equitably as may be to each Of the agricultural
counties off the state, and it is hereby made his
duty Immediately upon the passage OF this act to
notify the various county auditors Of such agri-
cultural counties Of the state whose duty it
snail be to publish the same in the official pa
pers OF their respective countess and it shall be
the duty OF each such county auditor to notify
the state Treasure CT within thirty (3O) days from
the date Of such publication. stating whether
his count desires the full proportion of said seed
to which 1t is cntilled or what proportion or
numbepsof pounds, if any, his county desires
base Oh such in Cr1naion as can be obtained by
individual applicat ion or otherwise Where
upon the >tate Treasurer sh,ll forward each
portion to the couuty auditors of such counties
who shall. on application distribute said seed
as equitably as may be to The farmers of such
counties.
SECTION a. O. GIl Ii
force from and after it's passage
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
NORTHERN FUR COMPANIES.
They We're founded chIeay by Eng
81 Iisslhsae1a, Eut the scotch Are 7.
3 In tie MINORITY Row. !:

:. ) 1L.atterly al theSemp loyes Of the Hud4
son Bay company were caught young;
OILY lads born in the solitudes Of Il e.
highlands could habituate themselves
70 the life CT loneliness; only constitu-
titns CT iron, hardened under, hered-
itary conditions, could endure so tre-
Elendous strain. 1t was essential that
the brain power OF the factors should
be unimpuired, and that their energies
should rise superior to the depressing
ngs-in fact, that thu man
l1ust be all there when a sudden call
vas made or his mental resources, says
EiackWood's Magazine.
1t may be assumed that the first al
venturers consisted chiefly Of English
1nen, although the Scottish invasion of
England had sea in with the accession
OF King James. But it is certain that
afterward, both with the HUDSON Bay
company and its great Canadian rival
the names of factors, traders and prom
inent partisans, with scarcely an excep-
ton, were Scottish. The story of trade
and discovery in the northwest reads
like muster roll of the clans. and main
IT. of the northern clans Of the second
order. There are MacTavishes, Mac
Gillivrays, McKays, McLellans, Nc
Douglas, with Frasers and StuaTts and
tie French Frobishers. A Mckenzie,
L Fraser and Thompson gave their
names to as many mighty rivers. That
came in the natural course of things.
The company found it's best recruiting
grounds in the highlands, and enlisted
the martial spirit Of the mountaineers
for country where local feuds were
forgotten.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
REMOVING TIE KINKS,

Colored Ministers In Washington
Preach That ''Flesla in Venity.'
The colored ministers of Washingto
are preaching that "fesh is vanity"
from a point of view which does not
give their white brethren any trouble,
says a correspondent in the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. Displayed in a show
window on one of the principal shop
ping streets is this sign: ..:.t.
Attention, colored people! Blanks
talze-out-llink will take the kink out Of
your hair and make it silky, soft, pliable
and beautiful"
Then follow instructions for the
use accompanied by the guarantee of
harmlessness, and by other statements
calculated to encourage the application
of the preparation. But the sign is not
what draws the colored people to the
window and causes them to renain
there with admiring gaze. The bottom
of the show window is piled high with
black hair in the natural state. There
is enough to make a good beginning
with a mattress. Above are exhibits of
what "Blank's take-out-kink" can do.
Switches and bangs and braids and
other forms of>black hair, soft and
glossy and wavy, are shown in strong
contrast with the raw material under
meath. The sight is temptation. Col
ored pastors Of Washington have dis
covered that the fashion to expert
ment with "take-out-kink" is sweeping
through their congregations. They are
denouncing from the pulpit in vigorous
language the wickedness of trying to
change the natural order of capillary
growth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
COMPLIMENTS FOR ONE ONLY,
ia New York Club Woman Proves That
She HAS Hun ! rel1tnsn h
JokesOn HerseM. 1t, S5

There is one New Yprk Club woman
who has sense Of huImor.a In fact, to to
be on the safeHside, there are several
who have claim in that direction,
says the Sun. But not all of them are
able to sense the joke when il. happens
to be on them. This woman, however,
has this ability approves it by telling:
this story about herself:
"At' one' time,' she says, eve had a
colored butler who stayed with us for
years, and WHO admired my husband i'm
mensely. He thought that DR.. II
was marvel Of manly beauty, as we'll
as the embodiment of all the virtues,
domestic, professional and otherwise.
Ut course, quite agreed with the but
Ter on this point, but the fact is, some
times pinned to have him pass his en-
thusiastic compliments around to the
family, and not bestow them all on the
DOCTOR. So one morning, when DR..
H had just left the breakfast table,
and was even then to be seen, an impos-
steps drawing on his gloves, I remarked
to James:
"'Dr. H. is handsome man, isn't
hep"
Eyes, ma'am! Deed an he is.
ma'am!' with gratifying enthusiasm.
Then, hoping to get a rise from
James, l added with an minded
air as if I scarcely knew what said
but was just uttering my Utmost
thoughts:
- How in the world do you suppose
that such handsome man as DR.. H
ever happened to marry such homely
woman as ami
well, James just stopped short and
rolled his eyes and shook his head as
II he gave it up. Then he calculated:
IS sGa1..1l l.nc4..n !,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
HIS MIND WAS RELIEVED.
HOh, My! Oh, Ny! Wasn't Scared
Was Just Hit" Said the
GER,A Soldier.

A surgeon relates that before Santi-
ago, he Ohe surgeon), going to the
front, came upon a young officer. sit,
ting beside the road, trembling like a
leaf, and whittier than the dead men
around him. At sight of the surgeon
he began to talk, says the San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
coward" he said; II knew I'd run, and
I did. I'm disgraced forever. was
going along al right, not thinking Of
anything but getting at the dashed
SpaniarGs, yelling to my men to come
On, and running ahead as fast as
could, when all Of a sudden STUDDED
my toe, CT something, and then l can't
remember being scared, bat l must
have been, for I came gai]op;ng back
here, sick as a dog. I'm coward, and
wish I were dead! Why don't some
body shoot me? I've got such an awful
Goneness right here" and he put his
hand to his stomach.
The surgeon gave him quick look
and caught. him as lie plunged forward
in a faint. Where the awful gone
ness vas Mauser bullet had found it's
billet. They carried the wounded man
to the field hospital. and he chuckled
all the way: oh. ny! oh, N.Y." he
said, over and over; II wasn't scared!
wasn't scared" And then he would
laugh delighted]y: Il wasn't scared.
was HIT was just hit. amt cow
ard after all"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-29
Jam % ViCks Sons
Rochester, ~. y

Timber Land, Act June 3, 1s1.s.-Notice for Pub,
hcation.-u: $. Land Office. Duluth, Mimi
April list, 1859.
Notice is hereby given thet in compliance with
tne PROVISIONS Of the acc of Congress Of June 3,
1S7e entitled AN act for the sale Of timber lands
in the states Of California. Oregon, Nevada and
Was'iington Territory as extended to all the
public land states by act Of August 1885,.
Christ Bergerson, of F]oo<:woo;!. county of st.
Louis; state of Minnesota, has this DAY filed in
this office his sworn statement No 1887, for the
purchase OF lot ., sw}4 Of ne4: se14 of nwN,
AND N.Y. OF se't Of section 3. in township q.
the land sought is more valuable for its timber
orstone than for agricultural purposes and to
establish his claim 10 said land efore the Regis
ter and Receiver Of This ,tfi at Duluth. Iinn.,
on Wednesday, Il ,a 2@th day Of une 1850.
he na1nes as witnesses:
Andrew Johnson,, Fred Johnson, .;eorge r.
s!gnainess and John J. Moe all Of Superior
Wis.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office or before said 2Sth day OF
June, 1859.
VIM Culkin. Register.
3 N johnson, Atty. Ais