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The times., 1900-12-25
The Tariff in Germany.

In Germany no one troubles himself
much about the trusts. There are excel
lent laws regulating those combinations
1t is another matter with different kind
of economic influence in the Empire OF
great weight and influence. The rich
land-holding class is what is making the
trouble. Its revenues have been largely
reduced through the competition of for
eign countries with domestic food pro-
ducts. Now these agrarian magnates are
demanding that the commercial treaties
be abrogated and the country placed upon
a tariff basis which would give them the
monopoly of the home food markets.
In this they are sturdily opposed by
the industrial class, which warns the
Government that. if German food be not
kept down TO the lowest possible cost.
manufactures in competition with Great
Britain and America viii be impossible.
Germany's only chance for survival IN
the economic struggle is involved in her
ability TO prevent the price of living from
rising Both parties to the struggle are
preparing for a bitter campaign in the
press and Reichstag- The tariff is sub
ject of almost as much bad feeling in the
fatherIand as it is in the United States
The times., 1900-12-25
FOR THE HOLIDAY RECESS.
The United States Supreme Court Ad-
journs Until January =


After handing down number of de-
cisions the United States Supreme Court
yesterday adjourned for the holidays. and
will reconvene on the 7th of January Two
more cases involving the question OF re-
lationship between the United States and
their insular possessions were advanced
to January. I.
Justice White delivered the opinion of
the court in the case of Robert W. Work
man against the city Of New York. The
question involved was the liability of the
city for damage done the British barken-
tine Linda Park by the freboat New York
er. during a fire at a wharf in the Ei st
River in 1898. The district court held the
city liable, but this decision was reversed
by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
Second district. The opinion of the Su-
preme Court sustained the decision of the
District Court, which held the city liable
for damages.
Justice Gray. Brewer, shiras, and Peck
ham filed dissenting opinion
The appeal of the State OF Arkansas and
Sheriff Hinkle, of Independence County
from a decision of the District Court for
of Charles A. NJ Schlierholz special
agent for the General Land Office. involv-
ing a contest between the State and Fed
eral authorities over timber. was dis
missed for want of jurisdiction.
SchIierholz was indicted in State
court for unlawfully taking possession Of
certain timber and of unlawfully mark
ing timber. The case on habeas corpus
fro, ,ufn tn hn
Court where the arrest was declared ille-
gal on the ground that Schlierholz in COM
mitting the acts alleged was acting in
strict conformity with his duties as spe-
cial agent of the Land Office. The State
authorities appealed the case to the Su-
preme Court. raising in question whether
or not the United States District Court
had Jurisdiction in the premises. AS the
point was not brought up in the court be-
low the Supreme Court dismissed the ap-
peal for lack of jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court denied the applila-
tion of Alexander Mckenzie and Robert
Chips for a writ OF certiorari to bring up
for review the decision of the Circuit
Court of Appeals for tie Ninth Circuit
against them in favor of Jafet Lin6erberg
and others. The case involves the mining
claim scandals at Cape Nome, in which
Mckenzie is charged through coIlusion
with Judge Noyes. of the Alaska Court,
with looting through legal process, rich
mining claims on Anvil Creek
Linderberg and the other respondents
were the principal owners OF the claims,
for which Mckenzie was appointed re-
eeiver by Judge Noyes. Upon the refusal
OF Mckenzie to vacate the receivership
under order of the Circuit Court and re-
turn the gold dust taken from the mines
while he operated them, he was arrested
for contempt at the instance of Judge
Morrow, of San Francisco.
Mckenzie gave bail and endeavored to
bring the case before the Supreme Court
by writ of certiorari, but the court yes
terday refused to grant the writ, thus in
effect confirming the decree of the Circuit
Court of Appeals. McKenzie's trial for
contempt before the San Francisco court
will now proceed.
The times., 1900-12-25
AN ENDURING CURSE.
4 Famous Family That Pcrished by
Fire md Water.
(Frca, the London Chroniele.)

(Frcas the London Chronicle)
The attempt of the Midhurst District
Council to convert the famous Close
Walks"-four old yew avenues-at Cow
dray, in Sussex. into an arrangement of
sewage tanks recalls a creepy story OF a
fulfilled curse. At the dissolution of the
monasteries Sir Anthony Browne obtained
a grant of Battle Abbey and the Priory
of Easebourne. the parish in which the
ruins of Cowdray are situated. and ac-
cording to d picturesque tradition one of
the monks cursed him to his face snd
prophesied that by fire and water" his
race should perish out of the land What
foundation there may be for the story
no man can say. but unquestionably the
Brownies did so perish.
George Samuel Browne eighth Viscount
Montague and owner of Cowdray. who was
Engaged to Miss Coutts. sister to Lady
Burdett-CoItts mother. was drowned in
the falls of Laufenburg in 1898. The mes
senger who brought the news to England
met one going TO Germany to inform Lord
Montague that Cowdray had been burned!
He was succeeded by distant relative. a
Roman priest who was dispensed from
his vows that he might marry and con-
tinue the line, but he died Il few month5
afterward and the title became extinct.
The estate went to the drowned viseount's
sister, whose two sons were drowned to-
gether at Bognor in 1St5. 1t Is a weird
story.
The times., 1900-12-25
NOT PREPARED BY DADY.
Havnnn's Mayor Takes Action Re-
sarding Sewerage and Paving Plans.

HAVANA. Dec. 2i.-Mayor Rodriguez
has suspended the list OF conditions for
letting the sawering and paving contract
which was recently passed by the ayunta-
miento. Senor Rodriguez. in a statement
giving the reasons for his action, says that
the conditions as approved by the ayunta-
miento give Mr.. Dady the right of tanteo.
end recognize him as the author OF the
plans. though the engineers department
sent communication to the ayuntamiento
saying that Mr. Dady bad nothing to do
with the making of the plans. which were
made by the engineers department.
General Wood had also sent plans to
the ayuntamiento for their consideration.
Doubt having arisen as to whether the
plans OF the engineers department were
considered by General Wood to be modi-
fieations of Mr. Dady's old plans. General
Wood sent another communication to the
ayuntamiento. stating clearly that he
never intended to say that they were, but
he left ii to the ayuntamiento to decide.
Seuor Rodriguez adds that Mr.. Dady is
not compelled to deposit guarantee in
order to bid for the contract. and that all
these reasons have made it impossible for
other bidders to compete with him. The
interests of the public would be conserved
By having other bidders. Furthermore, the
previous ayuntamiento has adopted reso-
luton denying to Mr. Dady the rights that
are now conceded to him. without even
resembling the previous resolution which
was drawn up by Estrada Mora. and which
contained clauses to the effect that Mr..
Dady had not obtained any concession to
carry out the work
The ayuntamiento tho mayor declares.
does not have to pay Mr.. Dady anything
for the plans. Besides the authors Of the
accepted plans were in the engineers de-
partment- They estimated the cost Of the
work at 81 ,465. coo less than the amount as
signed in the conditions adopted. which
placed the cost at SO, ,600, GOO.
All the papers are in the hands Of the
Civil Governor. who has eight days in
which to decide the matter, after which
they will go to General Wood. who will re-
fer the dispute TO the administrative eoun-
ell.
Senor Viondi. prominent lawyer OF Ha-
vana, has resigned from the Union Demo-
cratica-. He says that the programme Of
the party is too nebulous. and that he
sympathiZes with the frank avowels of
Senor Lapuza. who advocates an American
protectorate for Cuba.
The times., 1900-12-25
FUNERAL OF RoaEE woLcoTT.
simple Services Held i'm Trinity
Church mt Boston.

BOSTON, Nov. Z4.-The body of ex-Gov
Rogert Wolcott, of Massachusetts,. was
buried today at Mount Auburn Cemetery,
after services at Trinity Church, which in
eluded only the simple Episcopal ritual.
Hundreds of eminent citizens were pres
ent. and outside of the church were thou
sands who were unable to gain admission.
The service was read by Mr.. Wolcott's
pastor. the Rev Howard n. Brown. Of
Kings Chapel. After the service the body
was borne out by classmates of Mr.. VOL
colt, and was taken to Mount Auburn
Cemetery.
Several hours before the doors of Trinity
Church were opened the waiting crowd
had become very large, and Copley Square
was filled with men and women. Seats
were reserved for society delegations, as
well as national. State, and city disni-
taries. The ushers were: Governor Vol
colts staff-General Appleton, General
Carter. General Guild. General Yelling
ton, and CoIonels ChappelIe, Bradley. Rob-
ins, King, Frye. Scutter, Morgan. Dexter,
Converse, Locke, Sears, Billings, Sohier,
Jewett, and Stevens. The civilian rshers
were: E. C. Johnson Henry Parkmau E.
l.. Davis. s. ID. Parker. Charles Parker. C.
H Fiskc, Charles Fiske, ]. e. Peabody
w. c. Endicott James Lawrence. Angus
tus p. Loring, j. Lacelle. a. W. Weld,
Randolph Coolidge. jr., Henry BigeIow,
Louis rockingham. and C. b. Dorr.
The body was borne by eight members
of the class of 1870 of Harvard University,
Governor Wolcott's own class-Theodore
rockingham, A. A. Lawrence. Louis Cur
tis, William F. Wharton. w. w. Vaughan,
Theophilus Parsons, Henry Parkman, and
Laurence Curtis. Following came the
honorary pallbearers. headed by Gov. w.
Murray Crane, with whom walked Chief
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the
Supreme Court.
The other honorary pallbearers were
George II. Lyman, collector Of the port
of Boston; Judge Francis C. Lowell. of
the United States district court Judge
william C. Loring. of the Massachusetts
Supreme Court; DR.. Samuel A. Greene,
Dr. H. p Walcott, Col. Henry l.. Higgin-
son, Thomas X. Lothrop. Lindsay Pres
cot, Wolcott Jackson. and Charles II.
Parker.
At the open grave in Mount Auburn the
Rev. Roderick Stebbins, of the Unitarian
Church, Milton Governor Wolcott's sum-
mer home. pronounced the last words.
The times., 1900-12-25
A PECULIAR THROAT DISEASE.
Many Physicians Attacked in "A New
Yoork Hospital

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Most of the
physicians at the J. Hood Wright Hos
pital are suffering from mysterious NAL
ady which attacks the throat. The dis
ease originated with DR.. James Ogilvie,
an ambulance surgeon. who has been
working hard lately. DR.. Fox. the junior
of the staff, followed him to bed. and his
condition is now said to be grave. DR..
OgiIvie has developed symptoms Of pneu-
mOnia, and fears are entertained for his
recovery Superintendent Pickering was
also taken i'll last Wednesday, and was in
bed Tor several days.
House Surgeon Campbell has been at
tackled by the disease, and says the ef-
fects II produces are most peculiar.
Many patients of the institution have
already begun to complain of sore
throats. and il is feared that the trouble
NAV run its course through the entire
hospital. The doctors say it is neither
grip nor influenza. though showing some
of the symptoms of both.
The times., 1900-12-25
THE MAsToDoN IN NEW YORK.
The Rest Specimen Discovered I'm tha
State Found Near Nevburg.
(From the New York Evening Post-l

CFrom the New York Evening Post-l
The recent discovery in Orange County.
\. Y, OF another nastodon skeleton, re-
rlarkabIe for containing both OF the small
tusks in the lower jaw, offers to the pale
ontologists OF the State a favorable oppor-
tunity for acquiring another skeleton OF
these extinct monsters At the American
Museum of Natural History considerable
interest Is manifested in this discovery. It
is rare and noteworthy day to the hunter
OF fossiI mammals when a complete. or
eren tolerably complete mastodnn skeleton
IS unearthed. At CohCss. y. Y. pair Of
lower jaws, and some other bits were >nce
discovered; in the digging Of the Harlem
Ship Canal a pair of raastodon .usks were
upturned: and in some other portions of
the State remains of these fossiiizsd erea-
tlres have been exhumed.
However the best specimen OF mastodon
which belongs to the museum. and which II
skeleton framework is nearly perfect. Is
that which was discovered near Salisbury
Hill Newburg, \. Y, in peaty swamp.
in 1879. The huge skeleton may be seen
by visitors at the museum looming higt
over all other exhibits in the room. On
the pedestal supporting the animals skeie-
ton is 4 water color drawing giving as ac-
euratsiy as existing data will permit, a
representation of what these big NAM
mails were as they bro@sed about on pre-
historic trees and wandered In prehistoric
forests. The placard on this specimen at
the museum gives in brief a very accurate
summary OF the good points" Of Masto-
don giganteus as IL is named IN Its Latin
ized classification.
"a mcst interesting variation from thu
ordinary type of riastodon. said Pref
Matthew. of the museum. recently, was
discovered this summer by one Of the two
parties sent out by the museum for fos-
sil-hunting. Two of this party in wan
dering about Texas chaneed upon a skull
of mammal which might be character
fzed as an intermediate fern between tins
mastctlon and the elephant. Further
study of the skull in the form il will ap-
pear in the museum will determine 20
which of these mammals it is closely re-
lated. The specimen was secured from
deposits of sand and gravel dating back
to tbe Pliocene beds. In their hunt these
paIeontologists also discovered remains
of fossil camels. The other party spent
most OF the summer in Colorado hunting
dinosaurs"
The scientists task is by no means ever
when he has located his fossil remains.
Then comes the delicate operation CT re-
moving them from the ground intact
The present method adopted by the fossil
hunters is to dig entirely about the spec
linen at such distance that the find"
shall not be disturbed or Jared. Then he
excayates beneath il. When the fossil
remains are loosened. he slips about them
covering of burlap- Over this burlap IS
spread thick coating of plaster OF paris.
When this becomes hardened the sp2Ci-
men can be safely moved. packed in bcx
OF hay, and shipped - its destination
The times., 1900-12-25
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Representative BoutciIe OF Mainc
will not resign his seat In Congress un-
til several days after the 4th OF next
March," said Robert H. White. of Lew
iston, Me-, at the National last night
Miss Boutelle in her letter suggest
ing that Joseph II. Hall. the Clerk
to the House Committee on Naval Az
fairs. be appointed to succeed Mr. Bou-
telle. evidently got the Offices of Senator
and Representative mixed. The Gov
ernor, you know, in the event of va
cancy in the Senate can appoint. but
when a member resigns or dies during a
term special election must be called.
| am told Mr.. Hall is quite popular in the
district. and would make faithful Rep
resentatiye. but Bangor gentleman said
to me on the train yesterday that Gov
e-nor Powers. who represented the dis
tfiet in the Forty fourth or Forty-fifth
Congress. will be nominated to succeed
bo1telle when the latter resigns
Mr. White is here to spend Christmas
with friends.
P. Lynch Garriott. of New York. is at
the Raleigh He Is here to visi. his
brother. Colonel Garriott. who Is secre-
tary to Senator Morgan. Mr.. Garriott was
a volunteer in the Spanish wa-. He was
a member Of the Second Battalion of the
Oregon Regiment. which was the first
regiment to land in the Philippines. His
battalion was the first to raise the Ameri-
can flag over Manila. Mr.. Garriott te-
comes enthusiastic when he talks cf the
Philippines. He wants the United States
tr.T - faI2 H.
Gus speeches made on the subject OF the
Philippines during the recent campaign.
Mr.. Garriott said last night: ITO under
stand the Orientals you must visit the
Orient
when the question Of the relations OF
our insular possessions to the United
States is finally settled, as it soon must be,
there will come an entire revision Of the
Dingley Tariff act." said Representative
Cooper, OF Texas. at the Metropolitan, last
night When the Dingley Tariff law was
passed we little dreamed that territory In
the far-oif Orient would be attached to the
United States. Nor did we expect that
Porto Rico would become subject TO our
laws. This foreign or far-away territory
necessarily produces changed conditions.
and our manufacturers and importers and
fruit growers will be soon clamoring for q
change in the tariff laws"
Beiden Waring. OF Michigan. travelling
man. is at the Eboitt. He is here on busi-
ness connected with the Postoffiee Depart
nlent. Nothing has so developed the
country in recent years. said he last
night .as the rural free delivery service
II is a great institution, and it has come
to stay, although the fourth-class post
masters, as rule. are opposed to 1t, be-
cause when the rural delivery service Is
put on it means that many OF the fourth
class postmasters Will Lose their Offices
The times., 1900-12-25
The Humiliation of IT.
Hrom the Philadelnhin Rce1rl. }

The tariff rolicy Of the Government las prac-
tically compelled american manufacturers to use
cheaper substitutes foE WOOL. The consum.r
suffers The soldier in the field suffers. not
only because of the sfoddy blanket he sleeps
upon. but because Of the shoddy coat upon his
back, and the inferior qrality 0; all Lis tariffet
apparel from his hat 90 his shoes. His suffering
specially appeals 10 thc national conscience, and
il may possibly hasten the day Of relief
II Is a humiiiating thing 20 ,1y, bGt Il is true
that a NATTER nf justice to the soldier AMI
a matte. of sating IA expenditure for war pur
poses the Government should biy its woolen
blankets and cloths in foreign markets. ~ those
countries Wherc il has not been deemed good
policy 10 exclude the importataV o; weol ly
prohiLiliyc tariffs it is yet pos Lie to obtain
1ll-woOl fabrics at fair prices
The times., 1900-12-25
A LANDsDoWNE ANCESTOR.
The Originally Humble Founder of a
Great House.
(From the London Chroaiele.)

(From the London Chroliele)
Though he is one of the richest men in
Parliament and has a house in PARK
Lane worth fabulous sum- the new For
eign Secretary is, or ought to be, a man
OF strong human sympathies He OWES his
title and estates TO peddler, who was Sd
poor that he lived in Paris for three
weeks entirely on walnuts. Managing to
earn an honest penny, he TOOK olt q patent
for a letter copying machine wrote on
art and science. practiced chemistry ard
physics. summoned the first meeting of
the Royal Society at his lodgings. was
appointed an army physician invented
double bottomed ship TO sail against wind
and tide founded iron works and opened
lead mines. began a fishery ans timber
trade and left fortune to his sons. Such
was the founder of the house of LanS-
downe
Whether his peddler ancestors will kss
influenced Lord LanSdowne in taking the
Foreign Secretaryship or not we do not
know. but in a remarkable will that he
left behind the founder of the house con-
iured all his successors to labor in PaO-
lie works at their peril. "As for lega-
eies for the poor said the tesLat,r. II
am at a stand. as fer tesgars by trade ;ni
election. give them nothing: as for i'm
notents by the hand CT God the public
ought to maintain them. as for thcss
who have been bred TO no calling nor e.
tate. they should be put upon their Lin
dred $ wherefore I am eonteatej
that l have assisted all my poor reIa-
tiOns. and put many into way of get
ting their own bread; have iabcred in
public works. and by Inventions have
sought out real objects OF charity. and Z
do hereby conjure all who partake OF my
estate. from time TO time. to do the sane
at their peril. Nevertheless to answer
custom. and to take the sHrer side.
give s20 to the most wanting of the par
ish wherein / die
The times., 1900-12-25
A NEW CELESTIAL wANDERER.
A Comet Discovered by an Astrono-
.mer mt Nice, December 20.

NEW YORK. Dec ga telegram has
been received at the Harvard College OBJ
seryatory from Prof Kreutz, at Kiel OBJ
servatory. announcing that comet was
discovered BY Giacobini, at Nice on De-
cember 90. at 3:f3 Greenwich mean time
in right ascension % hours 80 minutes
and declination % hours. The daily mo-
tion is in right ascension plus minutes
and in declination seconds minus. This
telegram comes from the European Union
OF Astronomers
The times., 1900-12-25
King Cotton.
(From the Boston Transcript.)

(From the Boston Transcript)
King Cotto; has resumed his sceptre II has
been 4 great year for the South a. we'll as
for the whole country. IL was not long aeo-net
more thAa two years-that the cotton growing
industry was depressed so much that urgent cries
went up through the South for diversifying the
plHnting and reducing the acreage of the staple
Now cotton has come up again with emphasis
and stands tile most important factor in our
non-manufactured exports of 1900 In November
alone We exported 81, ,J0O,GD0 worth of cotton
and in eleven months s270,6O0.0Oe These totals
show increases oi SIS $4,000 for the month and
Sl05, 900 for the eleven nonts over 1893
In the month the total OF all exports increased
hat sl3,o0O.J90. and fOr the eleven months Sls0-
100000. The Importance Of cotton to the whole
is seen plainly from these fgures
The times., 1900-12-25
The snaniards in Cuba.
(From the Baltimore sun.) }

IN spite OF the fact that the spanish menarlhicai
influences have been removed from Cuba. the
island still is the Mecca of Spanish immigrants
Monthly statistics of custom house and other
official traffic at the port OF Havana show that
spaniards predominate in the small army OF i'm
migrants who drift thther in search OF new
honies and fortune; In fact, they arrive in
such disproportionate numbers that they will aY-
ersee from one-half to tEo-filirds the total OF
aliens landing those tropical shores.
The times., 1900-12-25

Our South African dispatches show that
the British Government is supporting both
its own and the Boer army in the field.
De Wet and Delarey draw their ammuni-
tion. supplies. and transport from Kitch-
ener, who. by the way. does not appear
as such wonderful military genius in
South Africa as he did in the Sou
dan. 1t makes some difference what kind
of people one is fighting.
The times., 1900-12-25

Americans will be delighted when they
understand that their own people-or some
Of them-have plotted with England. Mica
ragua. and Costa Rica, to block the canal
enterprise until this country consents to
regard it in the light of a British ditch. in
which the only interest we shall have is
the satisfaction of knowing that We paid
For
The times., 1900-12-25
Experimenting Too Far.

(From the San Francisco Call)
The Colombian rebels Incoming objects of
actual concern. As long they fired at one
another they were engaged ia a pastime to
which 70 reasonable person could object Bnt
they attacking outsiders and are likely
70 learn that war j. not a FOOLS game
The times., 1900-12-25

We do not wish to ask lndelicate ques-
tions, but is it the Kaiser's intention to
celebrate the advent Of a new century
next week. or let the celebration of the
same event he INDUCED in d year in ad-
vance. stand for 1t?
The times., 1900-12-25
The emocrntic View.
(From the Galveston News.)


In reading what ex-Presdent Harrison said
about relation to our possessions. it Is
apparent that he is not lnti-expansionist. but
that he desires to expand according 10 the
Constitution.
The times., 1900-12-25
A Point of View.

(From the Chicago Reeord)
The science of optics won't show it, and yet
II certainly seems TO me
The farther away from dollar you get
The bigger it seems to be.
The times., 1900-12-25
4 Suggestion tn

The Their OF children is ti'r w"g-t ef ~ o. no~.
and gGhile the law does not provide death
penalty for it. no coroncrs jury would create
unseemiy disturbance Il the body of . kid
nsPcr were found in It's neishbor.,ood.
The times., 1900-12-25
Half the Work Done.

(from the Chicago News)
'Are you through your Christmas shopping.
Mrs. Tibbsr'
'.Yes. but haven't begun changing things
yet