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sailor FaIIs Eighty feet.

ELIZABETH, N J., Dec. 1.-Jeseph
verituia, sailor On the schooner John P.
Smith. which is being CyerhauIed At the
New Jersey Transportation company's
dry-dock at Elizabethport. had remark
able fail late yesterday afternoon. He was
at work near the top of the vessels fore
mast and in some way slipped and tun-
biea = distance of about eighty feet. 10 the
aoor of the dry-deck. His body turned q
somersauIt in its fight anf he man land
ed On his feet. His right leg was broken
above the knee and The left leg was dis
located at the ankle He is also thought
TO be internally injured. He vas removed
to the Aiexian Brothers Hospital Ven
tula is thiTty-one wears old. is single, and
his heme is IN Italy.
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PROTEST AGAINST WILCOX.
I5awaiians Claiming That He Was
Not Properly Elected.

1aSsaiians Claiming That He Was
Not Properly Elected.
A protest against seating Robert ".
Wilcox, the Delegate from Hawaii. has
been fled with the House Committee on
Elections by Representative Mondell OF
Wyoming, who presents the petition of
Albert B. Loebenstein and a. n. Kepoi-
kai, citizens and taxpayers in hawaii
Territory. They charge that the election
on November was held without author
ity, and IS absolutely void
The election of November was ordered
by the Governor OF Hawaii by virtue of
section 50. Of the Hawaiian Government
act, which provides that the election of
delegate to Congress shall be held as fixed
BY Law. The petitioners aver that there
is no law whatever concerning such aa
election
They aver further that Wilcox is not
fit peTzon 10 have the seat. and ask that
they H.ay be permitted 10 ale charges
againss his political and private ehaTae-
ter and standing. They ask that their
petition ie referred to q House committee
for an investigation. The petition is
dated Honolulu, November 20.
Mr. Wilcox has not Jet arrived in Wash
inSton- Mail for hina Is aceumuIating il
the House Pestoffice No one seems 10
know where he Is
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PRESIDENTS MEDAL RECEIVED.
i Handsome Memento of the Centen-
niaI Celebration

The gold medal which is TO be present.
ed to the President on Centennial Day
was received this morning at headquar-
ters from the Philadelphia Mint It is a
very beautiful piece of workmanship.
made from 22-karat gold
The Medal Distribution Committe
consists OF Col J. NJ. Chase, chair
man; Appleton P. Clark, ir-, and George
h Judd
A sample Of the programme Of the Cen
tennial exercises was received this morn
ing at headquarters. 1t is being printed
at Bailey. Banks & Biddle's. Philadelphia.
The programme is richly gotten up. high
ly Illuminated, with artistic illustrations
of the cid and present White Houses and
Capitol the Centennial soldier Of yore
and the American soldier Of today. and
the Corcoran Gallery of Art It is en-
graved on thick cardboard. and tied by a
ribbon of red, white, and blue. An order
for 5000 was placed, and they are expect
ed to arrive today and tomorrow, when
they Will be sent by mail TO each COM
nIitteenan and invited guest. The de-
sigDeF OF the programme is E. d. Owen,
who also drew the plans and made the
models for the proposed enlarged White
House Mr. Owen is employed under Col.
Theodore Bingham.
The increasing interest in the eeIebra-
tion outside of washington is cfsarly in
dicated by the following informat ton,
which was received at headquarters this
morning:
Gov Daniel L. Russell, of North Caro-
lima, has accepted: viii participate with
stan OF six or eight. and stay at the Eb-
bitt.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania. viii
be accompanied by staff OF sixteen,
leave Philadelphia Tuesday, at p. M,
and put up at the Arlington
Gov H. H Markham, Of California, has
accepted, and will arrive Monday evening
over the Pennsylvania road.
Governor McMillin, of Tennessee, also
has accepted, and Will arrive Tuesday
evening
Gov. Frank *. Rollins, OF New Hamp-
shire. sends word that he viii be ae-
csrnpaniea by Mrs. Rollins
Gov. Elisha Dyer, of Rhode Island
writes that he will arrive Tuesday or
the Colonial Express and stay at the Ar
lington.
Gov. Charles S. Thomas. Of Colorado
| informs headquarters that he will leave
Denver, Col, Sunday at noon. arrive IL
this city Tuesday morning, and remain
one day While here he viii stop viii
Mt Brook adams. of No. 1903 H street
this city, in answer 10 a request OF JohI
2 SNight. Chairman of the Parade Com
mittee. writes that nothing OF the car
riage used by Mr.. Adams Io0 years s.g.
remains He says he doesn't know that i
exists.
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BRIBE TAKERS RESIGN.
Ten COuncfImen of Scranton VIII
Thus Escape Prosecution.

Ten COuncfImen of Scranton WIZ
Thus Escape Prosecution.
SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. I'm order TO es-
cape prosecution for their offences, ten
Scranton Councilmen, who were Indicted
for bribery and soliciting bribes, rendered
their resignation at the meeting Of the
Select and Common Councils last night
The men who resigned are: Simon
Thomas and Thomas J. Coyne, OF the Sc
Iect. and David w Reese, n. Y. Morris,
James J. Grier, William V Grifiths.
Charles .Godshan. Thomas NJ. Watkins,
Charles E. Wenzel and Thomas F. Morris,
of the Common Council. The designations
are TO become effective on Monday next
Before they adjourned the Councils d.
rected the mayor to order special cleo
tion on Tuesday, December Is, 10 I'LL the
vacancies The cases are TO be called up
IN criminal court next Monday. The pros
execution Will ask for a mol pros, and 1t
Is understood the court has agreed TO per-
nit the cases 20 be quashed.
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EAGAN's SUCCESSOR NAMED.
Colonel weston 20 ne co1nnaIssary
General Of subsistence.

General of subsistence.
The President sent 10 the Senate today
the nomination Of Col. John r weston,
Assistant Commissary General of Sub
sistenee. to be the commissary General of
Subsistence. with the rank of brigadier
general, as the successor of Charles p.
Eagan, who, after having been suspended
from the head of The Commissary De-
partment fer conduct inbecoming an Off
Ger and a gentleman and On other charges
growing out OF the rotten beef scandal Of
the spanish-American war, was yesterday
restored to active duty and Immediately
retired with the rank, pay, and allow
anees of brigadier general out of SER
vice.
This completed the whitewashing
scheme that Eagsn's friends had been en-
giaeefing from the moment he was sus-
pended by the President because Of The
verdict of a court-aaTtiai that he had Deen
guilty u fragrant CsfeLces.
BTigadier General Weston, who takes
Eagan's place, entered the serv-
ice as first lieutenant ia the
Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, November
26. 1851. He rose 20 be major of vcIun-
teers and continued TO serve until Au-
gust. 1865. He was appointed second lieu
tenant in the Seventh Cavalry August,
1857. and served aaeii 1875, when he was
appointed q captain in the Commissary
Department. lie has passed through the
grades Of major, lieutenant colonel, and
colonel IL the Subsistence Department
General Weston served IN the Seventh
Cavalry on the frontier from the time Of
his appointment in the Regular Army
during a greater part OF his line service
He attended the artillery school at Fort
Monroe. Va. and graduated therefrom in
1873. AZ the outbreak Of the war with Spain
be accompanied General Skaters expe-
fation &c Santiago and rendered such ef-
detent service that ne was appointed a
brigadier general Of volunteers. He has
been Acting Commissary General during
The suspension of Eagan.
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GALVESTON TREASURY EMPTY.
The Municipal Government Unable
to Meet Its Exnenses.

The Municipal Government Enable
to Meet Its Expenses
GALE ESToN, Tex, Dec. The deplor-
able financial condition Of Galveston was
made strikingly manifest last night when
the finance committee of the city council
announced that they were unable to raise
money to pay the salaries of the employees
or to purchase horse feed and other sup
plies for the various departments Of the
city.
Dealers. whether selling to the NUM-
cipaIity or TO the city employees, demand
cash in advance, and as no one viii pur-
chase or discount the city's warrants, the
employees N the police and fire depart
ments have notified the city council that
they will be compelled to resign and seek
other employment by which they can sup
port their families, unless the city pays
them money for their services.
This cor dition is attributed to lack
OF confidence in the present adminiStTa-
ton and disinclination to pay taxes until
Z chanee IS inaugurated.
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PHoToaRAPHY AT PRINcEToN.
Posing Freshmen shovered with
Flour by SophouaoreS

PRINCETON. n. j. Dec 7.-PriI.eeton
freshmen had their class picture taken
yesterday afternoon; that is they think
they did, but the resa1t is still in doubt
for the negative has not been developed
Every freshman class at Princeton has
experienced more or less difaculty in pos
ing for the photographer. but the impedi-
ment furnished by the sophomores this
year was more effective and disagreeable
than usual.
Early yesterday afternoon the 900 en-
terIng men grouped themselves on the
steps of Whig Hall. There was the usual
guying by the sdphomores, who stood
around, before the photographer had
seated the men IN order. The man with
the camera was in the act Of pressing the
button when the first year boys we're
buried beneath q shower of FIVE pound
bags filed with foar. The transformation
was eonplete, and the chagTin of the vic
tins of the joke vas keen
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nouenf an Inch al RenIfv.

NEWARK N J.. Dec. The Newark
Board of Education has purchased piece
cf property enIy an inch in width. with a
frontage on Factory Street. The strip is
eIong the yard OF the SeyrnJn Ward Pub
lie School, and is 44.s2 feet in length. The
| board bought the property to save the re-
eessi5y Of erecting 2 fence &c enclose the
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Buying Farmers, CoaI Lands.

WHEELING, w Va, Dec Over SI5o.-
Geo is being raid out from tie Wheeling
National Exchange Bank this week TO the
farmers Of Glenn's Run. this county, for
their coal properties which pistsbGrg
syndicate Is taxing up The syndicate is
supposed to be headed by ! V Thompson.
Of Uniontcwp. Pa. Over 5000 acres have
heen faSen
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THE CABINET SESSION.
Proposed Reduction of War Taxes
Again Under Discussions.

The President discussed al some length
with the members of the Cabinet this
nnorning the proposed action of the Senate
ana House leaders in reducing the war
revenue taxes by at least sac, ,e9e. Geo a year
Secretary Gage explained once more the
prospects of Government expenditures
during the present and the next fiscal
years and expressed the opinion very de-
cidedIy that it is extremely unwise at this
time to reduce the receipts from special
taxation By more than Sso.O0e ooO- This
is the amount recommended by the Presi-
dent in his message
The Cabinet also discussed the propo-
sition to provide special coins fer the
Philippines, and it was decided that Sec
retary Root should request a hearing be-
fore the Congressional Committees on
Weights and Measures to present a prop
osition for the opening of the Manila
mint and the coinage OF special coin.
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AGAINST THE cANTEEE.
White Ribboners Before the senate
Military Committee.


Military Committee.
The Senate Committee On Military AZ
fairs held meeting this morning and
heard arguments fer and against the army
canteen system Mrs Margaret Ellis. su-
perinteEaent OF the legislative committee
Of the II. C. T. T.; Mrs CorneIia 3. Ford.
State President Of the Connecticut W. c.
T. Z; Mrs. Ella Bcoie, President OF the
New York organization. and Mrs. Mary
Hunt, OF Massachusetts,, were among those
who addressed the comTnite They con
tended that the maintenance Of the system
was detrimental to the morale OF the
troops
Chaplain Miller. o. the army. who served
in the Philippines. spoke in favor Of the
eanteen-
The hearing viii be continued tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock al the request CT
Senator Burrows.
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FosS SUCCEEDS BoUTELLE.
Elected Chairman of the House Na
val Committee.


The House Committee on Naval Affairs
this morning unanimously elected Repre-
sentative Foss of Illinois. chairman Of
the committee. vice Representative Bou-
telle of Maine. who resigned the chair
nanship on account of iil-heaIth-
The committee also agreed to report
favorabIy the joint resolution introduced
by Representative Burieigh of Maine, to
authorize the President to place Repre-
sentative Boutelle on the retired list Of
the navy, with the rank of captain
George Edmund Fcss represents the
Seventh Illinois district. He is a native
of Vermont and only 81 years of age. He
is a graduate OF Harvard and of the Union
Law College, of Chicago. where he re-
eeived the degree of IL B. He never
held Office until elected to the Fifty
fourth Congress and has been reelected
three successive times.
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ARM LosT 70 sAvE A SOW.
turner's Sacrifice to Keep the AMI
mai From Choking.


NAL From Choking.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Dec ITO save a
valuable cows life Marcus Fetter sacri-
feed his right arm He is a farmer. re-
siding near Helfenstein- Fetter saw ti=a
animal dashing madly over the groJ.1zi
and back again, after which she ran up to
him as though to plead for assistance.
Her mouth was open and the farmer saw
q big apple sticking in her throat
He barred his arm. thrust it into the
cows throat and clutched the apple. At
the same time the COW brought her teeth
together with a vicious snap. The sharp
molars went through Fetter's arm like
stiIlettoes. With his left hand ne hit the
COW on the nose until she opened her
mouth. whereUpOn he withdrew his man
gIed arm together with the apple. from
the blood-stained throat of the COW. His
arm had been Iaeerated so badly that he
almost tainted from pain and loss Of
blood
owing TO fear of blood poisoning the
arm viii have 10 be ampaJated.
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FRACTURED a cHILD,s SKULL.
Baltimore Negro Undcr arrest for n
Brutal Crime.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 7-James Holiday,
colored. is under arrest on the charge of
causing the death OF Lizzie Simpson. also
eolorcd, child about three years old.
It is charged that only last Tuesday night
Holiday beat the child who lived in his
house unmercCully with mans old shoe.
She had committed an offence which anger
ed him extremely.
After beating her. ne went ont into the
yard ard. upon returning found her lying
at the foot OF a stairway in IN unconscious
ecnditio0 lie became Alarmed and senl
for Dr.. SchspwelI. who said the child was
suffering with coneussion Of the brain. L
appears, however that the little girl had
been beaten about the head ia so brutal a
manner that Der skull Ess frsstured.
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THE PROPOSED NEW PARTY.
SIR Rryan Knows Nothing of the In
dfanHpoIiS Meeting.

LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 7-william J.
Bryan evidently does not attach much in
portance to the meeting 70 be held in IN
dianapOIis TO organize a new political par
~.
He said 7 know nothing whatever of
the meeting called for December - and l
know nothing of the movement for the
formation of new natieaaI parry
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QUEER CAUSE FOR DIVORCE
FARMER Claims That His Wife GIbes
Him ever the Election

FREMONT, Ncb.. Dec. John N.
Bsogman, a wealthy farmer, residing near
Fremont, has fled a suit for divorce on
the ground that his life has been made
unhearabie since the defeat Of Bryan by
the gIbing of his wife, who has been ae-
lively ridiculing his poiitical views since
Bryan was defeated the first time
In his bill ne reeites that he bore the
5fbes patiently for four years IN the firm
belief that he would have chance IN 1866
of turning the tables on his wife.
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Fire in the Cherbourg ArsenaI.

CHERRogRts Dec Fine EToke oat IL
the arsenal here teday. The stesm saw
mills were destroyed Tns loss is esti-
mated at 2,9Jo, eco francs
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Revtx.I Of CcIorato Raeirr.

DENVER, Col. Dee, 7.-Ed Gaylord has
taken a th-ee-year lease OF the Overland
Park track The spring meeting will be
held from June I5 to % inclusive. he will
reViFe-tlle old Colorado derby which mas
not been run for six years.
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YoUNG MANS MANY CRIMES.
Kius His Uncle ana wounds Four
other Persons.

SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. William Sea
Tor, twenty-five years old. at South Park,
nine miles from Seattle. killed his uncle.
Daniel Richards, fatally wounded Myrtle
Hapgood. ten years old, and seriously
wounded his sister, Mrs. Roy Clark, and
Hazel Hapgood. aged ten. with an az, and
shot man named Kennedy in the hack.
Seafon was shot twice by Deputy Sber-
~ Kelly before surrendering.
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mGLAND's WAR EXPENSES.

Second Supplementary Estimate
as,.as--,ts to 100000 Pounds.
LONDON, Dec. The second supple
mentary estimate of the expenses Of the
war in South Africa and the expedition
10 China for the financial year ending
March 81 next was presented today.
1t amounts to eI6, ,00G, ,O00- The expenses
of the war in South Africa and China
I'D to August last were s6g, ,32S. 600.
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ZEE czAR eEITINe WELL.

Russian Monarch's Temperature and
Pulse Now Normal.
LIVADIA. Dec. tn a. m.)-This
mornings bulletin in regard TO the Cars
health is as follows:
His Majesty passed the last twenty
four hours very we'll His temperature
snd pulse are normal, and his condition
is very satisfactory
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1925 TO baltimore and Return via
r. & O. saturday and sunday.

December s and g. good for return until follow
ing Ncnday. Tickets good on all trains except
Royal Limited.
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81 .2S To BseItimere and Refnrn sI-os
via 1eaas..lrns.s.. RaiI-onI

Tickets en- sale SATURDAY and Sunday December
and .. good S return until Monday. December
10. Ali trains except Congressional Limited.
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norfolk s Ssashsnsso.. Steamboat Go.

Delightful trips daily at $50 P. m from fcos
tn St TO Old Point Comfort. Newport news
Norfolk and the South For schedule. page =
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Bailanfine's India Pale ale Is regularly used
AZ many II the college training tables
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FIynn's BsssiucSs College. >sh AID X
T''ss---- sHo-ts--@- Typegriting-sz5 rear.
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To Vote ON Thursday.

The Senate late this afternoon agreed to
take Y03e next Thursday on the pending
amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote Trea-
ty
It was further agreed to take up i'm
mediately thereafter the Niearasu Canal
bill and proceed to vote thereon.
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East Fairfield.

Rev. G. w. Hinckley preached in the
Moody chapel at Good Will, Sunday at
p. m. and at North Fairfield at 40.
Several from this place attended the
corn husking at Mr.. Frank leagues in
Skowhegan. Friday evening. After the
corn was husked, the crowd was invited
In to an excellent supper. prepared by
! Mrs. league and daughters, which they
did justice by, then the man with the
violin made his appearance and all made
merry until the small hours of morning
when the crowd departed.
Mr.. Walter Steward has returned to
Lynn, Mass.
have for the past week.
Messrs. Totmap, Hoxie, Hale and
Cornforth have gone up-river in search
| of game of all size and kind.
Miss Ida Pishon has gone to her home
in New Hampshire.
Mrs. Helen Smith has returned from
her visit away.
Mr.. Samuel Parkman ard wife of Fair
field are visiting at Mr.. John Walkers.
Mrs. Plummer died at the home of her
son at North Fairfield, Tuesday after
uOUD. Die udo Dt"u MI lDVdllu IOT sever
al years and for the last two, has been
confined to her bed where she was cared
for by loving daughter and friends.
Her age was "a years.
Our school teacher, Miss Lamont of
Waterville has accepted a better position
and Miss Kate O'Brien of Fairfield is
teaching at present writing.
Tuesday evening, hundred or more
friends, visited the pleasant home of Mr..
Charles Hoxie at North Fairfield. Know
ing he would be away the greater part
of the winter, thought ii would be a
good time to give him a little good ad-
vice, which he enjoyed very much. IL
Is needless to say anyone went away
hungry as Mr.. Hoxe and wife are some
of our best grangers. Cake and coffee
were served in abundance and all went
home happy.
Mr.. William futile of Belfast is visit
ing his brother, Elmer, in this place.
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r7es1aAasss-5
gan passed through town, Thursday OF
last week, on their way to Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Austin, who
have been stopping at the hotel this
summer, returned to their home at New
Haven, { onn., saturday.
Mrs. Naomi stevens went to Skowbe-
gan to visit her sister, Mrs Ann Dan
forth, Saturday, returning Monday.
Mr.. Everett Butts was in Portland
several days, last week
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Goodwin were at No.
Arson, Friday and Saturday of last
week.
Miss Edith Davis was at No. Arson,
over Sunday.
Mr. Ernest Doyen of No. Arson was in
town, Sunday.
Mr.. 5. S. Gould and wife and Mr.
Gould Porter and wife passed through
town, Sunday.
Mr.. N. ). Steward of Skowhegan was
in town, last week.
There was a grange picnic at Daniel
Clark's in Madison, last Wednesday.
Mr.. NJ. l.. French of the Forks, has
pOCh Voting al a. o. WClutilo o, thie
week. +Ld
Mr.. Joseph Merrill and wife and Mr..
G. A. NJ errill and wife and Mrs. Flora
Jewett are up river on hunting trip,
this week. No doubt they will bring
home deer.
Mr.. Wright Cram has gone down to
Vassal boro, to work.
The Ladies Home Circle will meet
with Mrs. Ella Bodwell, Thursday after.
noon, Oct 18th.
DR.. s. F. Greene arrived home, Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Charles Greene of Boston, was in
town, visiting relatives the first of this
week.
Mrs. Helen Hilton of Madison was in
town, Monday afternoon. 5iostoa
Mr.. Cephas Jackman of Norwood,
Mass, is home for visit with his
mother, Mrs, Hannah Jackman.
Monday the Scion Creamery Co. made
its last payment to its patrons under the
space system and hereafter the patrons
will be paid for the pounds of butter
fat they furnish. A great many farmers
have been missing it during the past
year that they have not kept more cows,
as the prices paid by the Creamery Co.
have averaged for that period of time
about 20 cents a pound, which Is GER
tainly good price considering that 1t Ia
for the unfinished product at the
farmers own door. Markets don't come
to the farmers door in anything else he
has to SELL Farmers think of this a
little.