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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
HOME ARMY IS STRIPPED.
Uncle Sam's Military Departments
Greatly Reduced for the
Foreign Service.

Some idea of the extent to which
the military departments of the Unit
ed States have been reduced in
strength to meet the demands of for
eign service is conveyed by the report
of Brig. Gen. Henry C. Merriam, COM
manding the department of Missouri.
So few are the officers ON duty in the
department that one officer of the reg
ular line, an artillery officer, Lieut..
Delamare Skerrett, besides being first
lieutenant of the Third artillery, is
an acting captain, an acting judge ad-
vocate, chief ordnance officer, chief
signal officer and acting engineer Off
Ger of the department of Missouri,
making separate reports in these va
rious capacities. Gen. Merriam re-
ports satisfactory condition of af-
fairs in his department and says:
IL am glad to note that all Indian
tribes residing within this depart
ment or contiguous to it have contin-
ued to be quiet and peaceable during
the past year, as during the previous
year, so that no calls have been made
for troops in connection Herewith"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
SAGE FEELS HURT.
Annoyed by Statement That Farm
Said to Belong to Him Had
Been Sold for Taxes

A fne hundred-acre farm near Nyack,
standing in the name of Russell Sage,
was sold at auction the other day be-
cause Mr.. Sage refused to pay the
taxes. The amount due was only $3.50,
and the farm is worth $500. The sale
took place at New City, the Roclland
county seat, and was made by County
Treasurer Randolph. When the crowd
learned that Russell Sage was the own
er and that he was letting the farm go
for $3.50 not bidder opened his mouth.
They suspected that the title must be
full of holes or that there was some
other hidden defect about the place,
else why should the sagacious financier
let property worth $1,000 go for $3.50?
Vainly Mr.. Randolph tried to coax
bid out of the crowd, and finally he
was forced to buy it in for the county
for $3.50.
Mr.. Sage was seen at night at his
home on Fifth avenue 81 always pay
my taxes" said Mr.. Sage. THAT could
not have been any land owned by me-
Mr.. Sage turned away as If his bust
ness sagacity had been motally in
suited.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
CHOOSES A HUSBAND.
Wilhelmina Selects Duke Henry of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Announcement of the Royal De-
trOthal Cheered by the Members
of The NetherIa ads Parliament
Cabinet Opposed Match.

The announcement Of the betrothal
of Queen Wilhelmina to Duke Henry
of Neutrality-suspicious. in the Sec
ond chamber of The Netherlands par
lament the other day was greeted
with cheers. The house charged the
president to transmit to the queen it's
congratulations and thanks for COM
municating the glad event, which was
of the highest Importance to the
dynasty and country.
The announcement has been SYM
pathetically received by the whole
German press, although nearly all the
papers point out that the event is de-
void of political significance. Atten-
tion, however. is called to the fact
that her choice cannot fail to
strengthen the ties of friendship be-
tween the two countries. Mention is
made of the close relations of Ian
guage, race and literature and of the
fact that the queens mother was born
in Germany.
1t is learned from a reliable source
that her choice is her own and against
the wishes of the Dutch cabinet, who
desired her to wait for another year
or two until her judgment was more
mature. She took the matter into
her own hands. When she visited
Potsdam a year ago everybody eX-
pected that her choice would be
Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia
who paid court to her assiduously and
rescued her and the queen mother
from a serious accident while they
were driving in the Sans Souci park
AT that time she seemed to be seri-
ously smitten, the prince being tall
good looking and amiable; but it is
understood that she yielded to the
strong objections of the Dutch cab
met, who urged that an alliance with
a Prussian prince might bring polit'
ical entanglements.
The young duke is in habits and
manner a typical German officer. He
has Travelled to India and North Cape
Recently he has been much in evi
dence in Berlin and Potsdam and in
court, military and diplomatic socie'
ETY., where he is appreciated as an
indefatigible dancer He is also fine
equestrian, His brother, Duke Adolf
Friedrich, is noted steeplechaser.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11

land $40, building $500; lot 81, 45 TT.
mid. part, land $160.
Curtis, G. W., lot 92, 80 TT. s. end,
land 1910, building $3.50; lot 81, 80 #.
S. end, land $1OO.
Hart, Mary, lot 102, n. u, #, front
45, land $500, building 500.
Roemer, Martha, lot 1O2, TT. front
40, land $500. building $3.50.
Plumer, J. h., lot 119, n. ", #. front
45, land 1850, building $3.50.
Hoist Catharlne, lot 119, S. II, ft.
front 45, land $500, building $500.
Ray5oulj, A9nie, lot 1874, n. Il, it.
front As, land $3.50, building $500.
Ernllith, ]. F., lot 1874, S. ", #. front
40, land SG2O, building $3.50.
Bues, George and Emma, lot 149, n
", fl. front 45, land $3.50, building 5000
Shepard, S. Chase, lot 149, s. Il, #
front 45, land $500, building $500.
Jones, e. W., lot 1877, As ft. n. end
land s47O, building 5000; lot 1877, 49 by
As #, s. w. part, land $S4O, building
500.
| Clark, Abbie F., lot 1877 As by 92 it
S. W. part, land $3.50, building $3.50.
'Strecker, Matthew j., lot 1877 As by
1876 TT. s. e. part, land $500, building
$3.50.
Holdren, Rowena G., lot 1856, ft
front 80, land $1410, building $40O
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
3. & G. s-w. RY


T1BS TABLE.
rcalnr Arrive at and Depart Unio.
station.
ARRIVE WESTWARD. DEPAR:
IL an'--Athens. Chillicothe, e11 pr
Cincinnati, Louisville,
- buis anG all pOIt ts
West. South aud S-wesJ
zig 90 y m-Belpre, Athens. Chill 4 90 n
icothe, ,Lnu way stations
10 p m-Relpre. Athens. Chill o 2Oam
~ In llcothe, Cincinnati and
sunday Louisville, 81 Louis
only and al points west aud
south
'12 90 pn pn-Belpre ParRersburg. Il O5 pm
Chillicothe, Cincinnati
and way stations.
90 m-B elpre. pa rkers. 2Opn
burg. ChillicOtbe. Gin
cinnati, Louisville, ST.
Louis. Chicago and all
points west, south and
southwest.
20 m-ParkersburR and Belpre Coca
EASTWARD.
- O5 p m--Belpre, ParRersnurg. 45 90 m
Salem cor wallis,
Clara burg, Grafton,
and all way stations.
'12 55 m--Belpre, Parkersburg, II O5 I'm
Grafton, Washington,
Baltimore. Phil delph.
ia and New York.
la m-Parkersburg, wash. 8 Top IN
In ton b timore,
PhiladelUhia and New York.
40 10 m -Parlersburg, Wash al 40 n.
lngton. Baltimore Phil
adelphia, New York,
Boston and all points east.
EB-'Daily. tExcept Sunday.
All trains OF Marietta District run to Park
ersburg
For through tickets to all points in the
United States. Canada and Mexico, with de
tailed information as to rates routes, sleeping
accommodations ETC., please call on C.
ss:--
q. ". PAYNE, Ticket Agent, Marietta, o.
| a. H. SNIDER. Passenger Agt., Marietta, o.
o. f.MoCARTY, Genl Passenger Agent
inclnnati, o
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
ADMISSION TO WEST POINT.
superintendent Recommends That
Standard of Educational Re-
quirements BE Raised.

Col. A. l.. Mills, superintendent of
the military academy at West Point,
has made his annual report to the ad
jutant general.
He devotes the greater part of his
report to an earnest plea for the ele-
walton of the standard of admission
to West Point, to which end he sug-
gests that the secretary of war be
empowered to prescribe these require
ments. He lays particular s,ress upon
the fact that the entrance eXamina-
tions at present correspond closely to
the educational qualifications of pupils
of the public schools just emerging
from the primary grades. According
to the commissioner of education,
pupils Of an average age of 14R years
in the public schools have these quail
fications. Yet the average age of the
applicant to West Point is above. and
boys at that time of life should be
equipped with high school education
including subjects which are not now
part of the entrance examination al
| West Point but which should be in
the future. The superintendent says
it would be in every way advanta
| geous to have the relations between
arithmetic and algebra and geometry
made the same as now exists in the
public schools. There is no desire
that the entrance examinations should
be made more difficult, but only tina
it should require what the publ,
schools of the country supply.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11

TIME CARD IN EgWECT DEC. IND. -,

All Trains Daily except Sunday.
Nos. 20 and "a make close connections
anesville with the B. h o. and Pan EArd
trains for Columbus. Chicago md tho Vert
d Horr SUHOfS, General manager.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
TOWARD MARIETTA.
Stations. No. 4. No. 6.

For further information call on or
address G. M. Payne, Ticket Agent,
Union Depot.
R. H. ENGLAND, Genl Manager.
H. G. VINCENT, General Passenger
! Agent.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
GOING SOUTH.

For Laces, EmbI oideries, Lace Cur
tains, Handkerchiofs, Hosiery. Gloves.
or Underwear, go 10 he Bee Hive, 16S
Front street. -
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
LeII-n. rhe Sow nessort

pleases all the family. -Four favors:-
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocels. 10 cents.
Try it today. 8
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11
0Hl0 RlVER RAILROAD,
eastern Time }
GOING NORTH.
4eave Wiliamstown-

Leave Wiliamstown-
d7:47 a. m............... to Wheeling
NO.: SO a m...... to New MartinsvillS
dl2:4h p. m. 10 Pittsburg and Easi
d3:51 p. M. Wheeling and Int. points
1918 p. M, Ohio Valley Express Pitts
burg and East.
1912 p. M. .SisterSvllle and Int. points
*9.O7 p. M, New Martinsville and Int.
points.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21
BRYAN
Will Destroy Gold Standard at
First Opportunity.
He Is Not Begging Tor Votes Of Those
Who Believe Gold Standard Essen.
tial to Welfare Of This Country.

They say l am begging for votes.
Not al I'll. 1 never asked man 10
vote for me. In fact, have told some
people 10 vote against me. That IL
more Than most candidates do.
have said that II there was anybody
who believed in the maintenance Of
the gold standard until foreign ma
tiOns came to us and graciousiy per-
mitted us TO abandon IL, said that III
anybody should believe that the gold
standard was absolutely essential to
the welfare OF this country. nc ought
not to vote for me at all. I do not
want any man to vote for me and
then object to my doing what ex-
pect 10 do If You elect me. and If J.
can prevent the maintenance OF the
gold standard you can rely upon my
doing it the very first possible Oppor-
tunity given mo.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 1896.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21
EX=CONFEDERATE.
ThOs. II, Baker on Moral Sup
port in Modern Warfare.
AguinaiGo Would Have Been a Peaceful
Citizen tut for the Encouragement
Given HIM by Sentimental
Traitors.

I do not believe that the Southern Dor
der States would have seeded from the
Union in 1861 but for the aid and COM
fort given them by the Copperheads OF
the North. When one distinguished ora
tor declared that the Union army would
have to march over the dead bodies of
10000 Indiana Democrats before they
reached the South, the magnificent utter
ance electrified Tennessee with hope.
Thousands of men hesitated upon the
brink of the awful abyss. They loved
the Union and hated the Abolitionists.
The Union was theory" entwined with
beautiful and patriotic sentiments. Slav-
cry was condition" in which was in
vested the hard earnings of a lifetime.
At the supreme crisis came the promise
of Northern Democrats that they would
not let us be hurt; their bitter denuncia-
tons of the Republican party. The South
made the leap.
During the war we saw Indiana regi-
ments and brigades march through the
State of Kentucky. Tramp" Tramp"
Tramp, lucy ndSScu lhiOuSh AChhtS-
see. Georgia and South Carolina. We
never did learn how the poor fellows got
over those 10000 dead bodies OF their
Democratic friends and neighbors. We
were fully persuaded they killed and
made a corduroy road of them. because
the anti-imperialists of Indiana said they
would.
Our next hope after we got mixed up
together was that England and France
would help us for commercial reasons.
Vallandigham. Stevenson and a thousand
other Copperheads like the good brethren
who held up Joshua's arms. held ours up
BY encouraging us to hold out a little
longer, by denouncing the war a fail
ure" and keeping us posted as to the
movements OF our enemies.
This is all ancient history. but |, an old
Confederate, can see very readily how
re anti.imperialist league can materially
aid Aguinaldo and his crowd. Every old
soldier, North aud South, understands
the force Of moral support. Our war
would not have lasted three months but
for Northern Democratic encouragement,
and I believe Aguinaldo would have been
as peaceful a citizen as CT aez but for
the announcement he has received from
the sentimental traitors Of the Anti-lm-
perial League.
THOMAS II. BAKER
United States Marshal Western District
Memphis. Tenn. Aux. u. 1900
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21
SOLDIER.
Gen. Anderson on the Character
of Our Filipino Allies.
Theodore Sandico Issued the ProcIama'
ton Ordering the DETERMINATION OF
All Foreigners and Filipinos
Started Fires.

Were any confirmation needed that the
Aguinaldo party intended the massacre
of all non-Filipinos in Manila and to burn
the city itself, it has been supplied by
Gen. Thomas NJ. Anderson (retired). He
was in command of the troops at that
critical time in Manila, and in regard TO
the wild statements Of Senators Petit
grew and Allen he says in a signed COM
munication:
"Sir-In the report Of Senator Spoon
er's speech in relation to the suppression
of the Philippine Instruction, it appears
that Senator Pettigrew denied that Iheo-
dore Sandico issued proclamation or
derng the determination Of all inhabit-
ants Of Manila-men, women and chii-
dren-except Filipino families. l was
then in command Of the district south OF
the Pasig river, and found the proclama-
ton posted in conspicuous places In my
part of the city. had them torn down
and one translated They were signed
by Sandico.
81 had received letters from him and
knew Ills SlSudLuTe. VhOlcoNcis aNieAS
of my command arrested two Filipino
men IN womens clothes setting fire to the
houses in the city. They were brought
to me and had them turned over to the
provost marshal general.
"Senator Allen also asserted that Senior
Torres came into the city under flag OF
truce to ask for suspension OF hostili-
ties. AS know that Torres was within
our lines when the fighting began it is not
apparent how he came in, when it seems
almost impossible for him to have gotten
out. On the 9TH of February white flags
were hung out from every Filipino house
in Manila, and the few Filipinos who
ventured into the streets csrried little
white flags as an evidence Of submission
Senator Aliens reliable informant seems
to have forgotten to mention this circum'
stance in saying that he saw Torres going
to headquarters under flag of truce
Torres naturally inferred, without con
sultation, that Aguinaldo would like
suspension Of hostilties, for In front OF
| our first division alone the insurgents ha6
lost in one day 700 killed and drowned
400 prisoners and seven cannon.
81 send this communication to correct
so far as my testimony is relevant, very
erroneous impression.
THOMAS NJ. ANDERSON"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21
POPULIST.
Continued from first column.)
New York, Jan. @, 1899.

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icaiiy speaN,Hs -, !" pJ'S -, .hn r;rh. 80
an Anerica, et.;-en 'a''n -. e. h.us ~
DO my own .i'inNIs anu ~ :. q. D""o
Tor the rishl US fIns ~, " %
am not III aceolu WIN .ne ~. .n,-,i
party on tne "il"nce lueS.,on " INN
ing that other peopie aIe n,is.aHeu na'e
on all quesuohs ,nousn. 'nat - 'oo' NC
ing human was naoie ~ - .t.. A. III,
u have neve. ciailneu 'nut .ne Aln9
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21

tConunned from hith coIumnJ
look through the Golden Gate for the
East. the far East The ages are rolled
together az our feet.
We are standing BY the cradle Of
China. she Is asking Us FOR deliTerancc.
She has caught the vision Of Northcra
Bear that walks Ike a man. and shc
is asking America 10 save her.
CHARLES II. FOWLER. d. ID.
Buffalo. n. Y.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21
YOUR FATHER.
CLERGYMAN.

CCOntinued from 9Th column)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14

trance into commission of the first
latter class of carrier
The pioneer five-masted schooner
was the Nathaniel T. Palmer. She is
2S5 feet in length, A feet beam and %
feet deep, and spreads 10000 yards of
canvas. A vessel which, when she
went into commission early in 1899.
was the largest fore and aft schooner
ever constructed for ocean service,
was the five-masted craft constructed
by II. NJ. Bean, of Camden, Me, for
Capt. J. CT. Crowley, Of Taunton, Mass.
A number of capitalists are interested
with Captain Crowley in this large yes
sci, which cost $50, 200, and the vessel
men who have been talking of the
speedy decline, if not the total disap-
pearance of wooden sailing vessels
with their theories the fact that such
men as Henry w. Cramp, of the large
Philadelphia shipbuilding firm. are
among those who have put money in
| this and similar ventures.
The five-masted schooner construct
ed at Camden, Me-, is 31S feet in
| length Al feet beam and 21h feet
depth The spread of canvas aggre-
gates 10000 yards, and the vessel will
carry 1000 tons of coal on a draught
of % feet. The frame Of the vessel is
Virginia oak, and the planking inside
and out of Georgia pine. There are
five Oregon pine masts, each 112 feet
Hong. The diameter of the foremost
is 30 inches. while each of the other
four masts is rs inches in diameter
The vessel is lighted throughout with
Electricity and heated by steam, and
has all the latest improved equip
ments, including steam steering gear
and two 5000 pound anchors. Like q
number of other large schooners of this
class, she is engaged in the coal trade
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14
DAY Of THE WINDJAMMER
NOT SHORTENED BY STEAM
America Astonshes the World With New Fashions In
The Biggest Sailing Vessels Ever
Set AfOat

Basing the conclusion on the develop
ment OF the past few years there is
nothing extravagant in the prediction
mat American sailing vessels will ere
long have fully regained their suprem-
acy among the worlds wind-propell-
ed craft. says the Scientific American
statistics show. to be sure, that the de-
crease of American sail tonnage has
been. during the past few years, pro-
portlonately as great as that of other
maritime nations. but this is due al
most solely to the passing from ex-
istence OF old wooden hulks, which are
now arriving at the termination OF
their period of usefulness in great num-
beers. The other side of the picture is
vastly different. The problems present
ed by high-priced fuel and other condi-
tons have proved that there is yet a
held of work for the sailing vessel. and
i've and six-masted wooden schooners
and steel sailing vessels are being con-
structed to meet the new requirements
and doubtless to prove. In their way
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14

which they completed, bore the dis
tinction of being the first steel sailing
vessel ever built in America. The steel
for this initial vessel was imported
from Glasgow. but the material for the
later vessels has been secured in Am
erica. The "Dirigo'' has already made
some remarkably speedy voyages.
The steel sailing ships 'Erskine NJ.
Phelps" Arthur Sewall.' and Ed
ward Sewall,' which followed the ''Di
rigo" from the yard of Sewall & Com
pany are each upward of 1900 net tons
burden. In general design all three are
practical duplicates. The Arthur
Sewall'' may be taken as a fair exam
pie. She is 354 feet in length over ALL
45 feet beam and % feet depth of hold
When loaded she draws about 221z feet
Of water. The whole construction of
the vessel is strong and rigid, and she
will fully meet the requirements of any
of the classification societies. She is a
two-decked vessel, and both the lower
and main decks are continuous, ex-
tending throughout the entire length
of the vessel. The main deck is plated
throughout. and the lower deck for
about 200 feet amidships.
Two commodious steel deck houses
are provided. One is as feet in Length
and the other 20 feet. whereas eacl
has a width of Is feet. In the formel
which is located forward. are the
crews quarters. consisting of twent,
berths. the galley engine and boilel
room and coal bunker. The other decl
house. located amidship, contains 81,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14

State of the Union, save Maine. Only
three districts in the United States
turned out more than 20, 900 tons. The
showing Is as follows: Bath, AZ yes
sells, aggregating 1858 tons; Philadel-
phia, 81 vessels, aggregating 37,625
tons; Cuyahoga cleveland, o., Is YES
sells. aggregating 34,467 tons. Bath is
also, in proportion to population, the
leading ship-owning city of America,
there being II tons of shipping per per-
son owned in that city.
ARTHUR SEWALL AND COMPANY.
The steel sailing ships have all been
built by the firm of Arthur Sewall &
Company, of Bath. The Sewall yard
was first established in the first quar-
ter of this century, and since the
launching of the brig Diana" In 1923
more than a hundred vessels have
been turned out. About six years ago
the Sewall yard was transformed to a
plant for building steel ships, and the
"Dirigo," the first vessel of this class
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14
ELECTION or OFFICERS.

AT THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL.
meeting Of the stockholders OF the pa
cihc Sugar Mill. held at the office of
y. a. Schaefer n Co. on Monday. No
vember 18th. the following officers were
July elected, 20 serve for the ensuing
year:
y. A. Schasfer. President.
=. a. Mott-Smith. Vice President.
N. Focke. Treasurer.
w. LAM, Secretary.
g. Hustace Jr.. Auditor.
DIRECTORS:
r. a. schaefer.
y. a. Mott-Smith,
III. NJ. Mott-Smith.
". Focke.
w. LAM,
". Suhr.
II. ". wodehouse
S'O2 W. LANZ. Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14
EDWARD sEwAIL-LARGEsT STEEL SAILING SHIP BUILT 7,
-

rooms for the petty officers and a car
penter's shop. In the poop, aft, is
large. handsomely furnished cabin for
the captain. Here, also, Is the dining
room. and adjoining 1t the main saloon.
Opening of the main hallway also are
the officers staterooms and lavatories
and bathrooms. On the poop deck
above is still another house, with ac-
commodations for several passengers.
The Arthur Sewall will carry 5000 tons
dead weight. on the draught above
mentioned. She has a neat sail plan
and each of her four masts is 100 feet
for over above the main deck. The
lower masts and topmasts are of steel
in one length. Some OF the spars are
also of steel. including the three lower
yards on each mast. The vessel cost
over $4,000 and Is sailed by captain
four mates, engineer, sail maker, cook.
steward, twenty seamen and eight
boys-thirty-seve men in all.
The Edward Sewall. the fourth and
last of the steel ships to be turned
out up to date by the Sewalls. Is only
slightly larger than the ship Arthur
Sewall, just described, but is thus en-
Titled to rank as the largest steel sail