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New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
DISTRESS IN PORTO RICO.
HUNDREDS OF PERSONS STARVING IN
ALL PARTS OF THE ISLAND.
lBF TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRrBusrl

Jacksonville Fla. Dec. 22-Dr A n WIN
iams, assistant surgeon, L. S. A, has arrived
At his home here from San Juan, having com
pleted trip through Porto. Rico by order Of
the Adjutsnt-General. TO study the conditions of
the people. His report has been made 70 the
Adjutant-General Department of Porto Rico
DR.. williams gave copy of it to the press to-
night. Il is TO the effect that the reople on the
ISLAND are now starving by hundreds and that
Immediate relief is imperative 1t saws in part:
At Los Marias we began to see the vanguard
OF misery; in that small. squalid town there
is no medical man, not even the native doctor
and many were sick. A Mr. Forcfiand the
American school teacher there who is intelli-
gent. told me that many Of the people, not only
Of the country but Of the town. were in great
cause Of so much sickness and so MANY deaths
ne answered without hesitation For want of
food" Captain Watts left with this man two
cans Of Army biscuits. for want of transporta-
ton few days ago Mr.. Foncuand sent
messenger 10 Mayaguez 20 beg me for medicines
for sick family He wrote me to get permis-
son from captain Watts to allow him to issue
these biscuits TO the starving children, and that
ne would pay from his own pocket the price OF
the food
l rode in the country a few miles beyond
Utuado. where I laboring families that I
had known TO be industrious people. even dur
ing the issuing of the relief supplies. that We're
actually in a condition OF starvation. At Ad-
juntas the conditions are appalling. Men,
women snd children, swollen bloated diseased
and emaciated, with pinched and haggard feat
ures, appeared weighted with the sorrows Of
wears. the remembrance Of which throws
its shadow over me even now. At Adjuntas
The steward Of the hospital, native, and It is
said, most estimable man, told me there were
fourteen patients and three nurses in the hos
pitsl The municipal authorities allowed him
10 draw every day 81 Gin municipal stamps tax
for cigars and tobacco. That this all the
allowance for subsistence and care of the four
teen patients. and owing to the condition OF
affairs he could only realize 30 cents for his 81
worth Of municipal revenue stamps. With the
sum Of 80 cents thus raised. he bought the
scanty food for hospital use. When / asked the
city physician at Aojuntas what the cause
Of such large death rate-fifty-two deaths and
four births in the week Immediately preceding
our visit there-he said the death rate was about
the same every week I asked him what were
the prevailing diseases. He said: THE prime
cause is the want of food: chronic starvation"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
WIRE TAPPERS GET AWAY.
HAD ALMOST CONNECTED WITH PRE-
NATE LINE TO CHICAGO WHEN
THE POLICE ARRIVED.

In the seizure of fine telegraph and wire tap
ping instruments worth sTO0 in a room at No
oo' west Forty -fourth-st., yesterday afternoon
the police think they just missed the capture OF
a part of gang of wire tappers who have also
neen narrowly missed by the Chicago Omaha
and St Louis police They found a letter which
leads them TO believe the men intended tapping
the Chicago-New- Orleans Western Union wire
which runs along the elevated structure in
Ninth-ave.. just alongside the house No arrests
were made. The West Forty-seventh-st police
made the matter their special work all night.
Detectives Hammer and Lyons went to the
house late in the afternoon A man named
lady. had rented the fourth floor room and had
gone in there in the afternoon with a bundle
which she said she thought contained his effects
The detectives entered the room. and found
seven fine telegraph instruments, a sounder,
eight dry batteries. three wire tapping machines
such as are used by telegraphers in tapping
wires for breaks, and some wire. wire led
street The wire in the room ready for
work, but the wire at the other end had not been
connected with the Chicago private wire. The
police believe they frightened the men off in
time to prevent the tapping
Another find was that of a white rope 'eadng
from the street to the window of the room. The
police are sure this signalling wire, ard
the one that beat them out of their game. They
are certain, they say, that the person or persons
in the room, when the police came around 20 the
house, were warned of their coming, and that
escape was made by way of the roof.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
CARD SHARPS ON CAMPANLA.
WARNING POSTED, YET GUILELESS
LAMB IS FLEECED.

The passengers on the steamer Campania, which
arrived here yesterday said that several card
sharps crossed with them, but were unable to win
much money of the sharps recognized
by the steward of the smoking room as a man
who had worked the game befor, on the steamer,
and a warning posted. 1t was said that this
man went over the last trip OF the Teutonic,
and as soon that. vessel reached Liverpool he
booked on the Campania which about TO leave
port The officers of the ship posted notice in
the smoking room warning the passengers not to
play cards with those they did not know.
One of the passengers said that the effect of the
notice was that the men were chary of even max
ing up pools the time of the trip the days
runs On the night of the concert young man
who had gone into the smoking room got into a
game with these men, and in half an hour he
lost $780,
Mr.. Graham, the purser of the Campania, when
asked about the stories said that he knew nothing
of the matter. but admitted the posting of the
warning in the smoking room. He said that he
could not remember just how it read but it was
the same notice that had been posted at different
times for twenty years.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
GIRL ESCAPES KIDNAPPING.
JUDGE VREELAND, OF MORRISTowN,
RESCUES HER-SHE FINALLY
GETS HOME.

Bertha Friedman, fifteen years old, a daughter
Of Andrew Friedman. Of No 252 East Third-st-
who disappeared from her home Monday. De-
cember 3. and Of whom no trace could be found
for several weeks. has reappeared, safe and
sound She Joined her family at her home last
Thursday To a Tribune reporter last night
she told the following story:
u left my home on December 8. after having
had e quarrel with my sister. 1 spent several
days in New York with some friends and then
decided to go TO Morristown, n. J., where
I thought might get work.
"on the train 1 met woman who was ac-
companied by two men. The three talked to me.
and I became afraid Of them. When reached
Summit, n J.. I asked the three whether the
own was Morristown; they said it was. and
got of the train. L at once found out that it
was not Morristown. so. buying ticket quick
ly jumped back on the train. when 1 was as
tonished to find the woman and her friends, who
had followed me off the train.
I went into the Smoking car, and they fol-
lowed me They pushed me into seat, and one
Of the men slapped my face when struggled
Judge J. B. Vreeland, of Morristown, who had
noticed my plight, interfered and protected me.
At Morristown he telegraphed TO my father. and
put me on train for New-York-
unfortunately. Judge Vreeland's message was
not delivered 10 my father in time to allow him
70 meet me- l did not see him, and being afraid
70 go home. L went to a boarding house in
Eldridge-st. and later hunted for work. found
work. and was living quietly when the story Of
my disappearance got into the newspapers. The
people with whom I was living found out who
7 was, and told my cousin. This cousin came
70 me and told me that my parents had forgiven
me for running away, I Immediately came
home
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
BROUGHT TO REASON.
A1emnhis Scimitar.

He was out walking with young lady who had
a decided antpathy to cigarettes. but not being
aware Of her prejudice he lighted one of the little
rolls and began smoking with great gusto. inhaling
fine fumes deep into his lungs, and then blowing
great rings up at the moon, which gazed tran
duilly down on his folly
Offended by his presumption, sne sald with dan-
DO YOU know I can read fortunes in cigarette
smoker" ., .,
Perhaps you'll condescend to read mine
.Oh Certainly If you wish it."
Then she CARED up in the air at the delicate blue
wreaths Of smoke. She hesitated, evidently puzzled
about something .
Il am undecided which Of two things is TO befall
you' she admitted: your fortune is not easily
read as I fancied II would be-
What the two things2
why can't determine whether you marked
out for lung disease or lunacy, was the answer
cigarettes have such diverse effects on people OF
your temperament"
moment later the cigarette lay gltmmering in
the gutter and the fortune teller listening to
her escorts embarI assed apologies.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
MADNESS AND THE FOREIGN LEGION.

Paris correspondence Of The London Telegraph
DO the men who enlist in the Foreign Legion
entcr 1t because they are mad. or do they be-
come mad for the that they serving in
80 such Is the odd question which is grayelv dis
cussed by a learned physician, who has been spe-
ciaIIy studying the mental condition of typical
legfonaires at the asylum in the allier TO which
they are admitted He unhesitatngly pronounces
IN favor of the theory that they are as he terms IL
''born lunaties," a judgment with which those
who know the of life that these men are con-
denned 70 lead will be likely to disagree This
does not OF course, mean that every foreigner who
Joins the legion is madman but II does imply that
The minds Of many Of these soldiers are unhinged
The worthy doctor, indeed expresses the fear that
not a few OF the who have been shot for
gross breaches OF discipline were really not re-
sponsible for their actions. and considers that they
asylum instead. We have heard good deal of late
of the mutinous conduct of troops Of the Foreign
Legion on their way from Algeria 10 China and this
exclamation of the mental condition of the average
some measure for this and other eccentrcities
which have attracted wondering attention from
time 10 time.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
BOUTELLE SOON TO RESIGN.
he WANTS JOSEPH z. HALL TO FILL THE UE-
EXPIRED TERM IN CONGRESS.

tive TO the retirement OF Charles A. Boutelle as
Congressman from the w Maine District, "The
Aroostook Republican" prints a letter from the
Congressman's daughter. Miss Grace H. Boutele
in which she says:
In Of the successful enactment OF certain
legislation pending which will enable my
father spend his necessarily long convaiescence
in entire rest and freedom from care OF any KIND
ii is probable that he will sometime after the pass
age of the bill, resign his seat in Congress-
With this possibility in view he wished me 70
take the earliest opportunity to express to his
friends and constituents whose splendid loyalty
and devotion have been the greatest factors in aid
ing his recovery. his earnest desire that MI Joseph
E. Hall should fill out the remainder OF his unex-
pred term in of such resignation II Is GER
tainly the prerogative of the district 10 make a
deliberate and unhampered choice OF his possible
successor. but IT is my fathers conviction and my
own that we ought in any case, TO give our tes-
timony TO the entire capability of Mr.. Hall for
filling such a position
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
MERCHANT BLAMES vACCINATORS.
SAYS sALESROOM WAS TURNED INTO
SLAUGHTER HOUSE NEEDLEssLY.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The statement printed in the newspapers
yesterday in reference to the vaccination Of our
employees 6yons & Chabot. One-hundred- and
fftieth-st. and Third-ave) was Inaccurate and un-
Just The vaccnatng corps did not ask and were
not refused admission to store for the purpose
of vaccinating the employees.
When I returned from luncheon on Friday
found the second floor of establishment, which
is the handsomest and most important sales floor
in the building turned into a slaughter house The
doctors were in possession. Employees with bare,
bleeding running hither and thither, and
our customers were hurrying out of the place hor-
rifed. I stopped it right there.
Upon hearing that there was smallpox in The
Bronx I had arranged with DR.. Byrne DR.. Smith
and DR.. Davis to vaccinate all our employees at my
expense. Nevertheless I told the men from the
if they would go to the fifth floor and would send
the clerks up in groups. They were unreasonable
and arrogant 1t who consulted the police
They informed that the Board OF Health was
supreme in such matters, and then called up the
Department Of Health headquarters. They evil
IDENTIFY saw that the conduct or The Bronx repre-
sentatives outrageous, and stopped 1t.
The vaccination did not go on in the store as re-
ported. 1t done in the evening by the three
doctors whom 1 had engaged for that purpose.
Some of the extra holiday hands who were not
then present were later vaccinated by the Health
Department 1 write you thus fully because since
the matter has been referred to at all it is i'm
truly yours, L. J. CHABOT.
New-York Dec. 22 1900
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
CAnPANIA BEATS ST. LOUIS.
A BRUSH OF TwENTY-FoUR HOURS BE-
TWEEN THE TWO BIG LINERS

"a ofNOof1 Or NV ENI4-FOUR HOURS BH
TWEEN THE TWO BIG LINERS
The steamers Campania, of the Cunard Line, and
ST. Louis. of the American Line. arrived here yes
terday, some hours earlier than they would have
done had they not sighted each other early
Wednesday morning. They had a brush that lasted
for twenty-four hours. The powerful engines
OF the Campania finally pushed her ahead and she
reached this port four hours before the ST. Louis.
Chief Engineer John Wall OF the ST. Louis said
regarding the sprint:
1T makes 1t mighty interesting for the pas
sengers, but extremely uncomfortable for the en-
gineers We shovelled in coal until the forward
bunkers were empty. We sighted the Campania
just before dawn nine miles to the northward of
US. 1t took her good twenty-four hours to shake
off"
Both steamers experienced gales the first two or
three days of the trip. The st. Louis suffered no
damage The Campania slightly damaged.
On December II, the day after passing Daunt's
Rock. the weather unusually bad In addition
to the trouble caused by a strong southwest gale.
the sea confusing and dead ahead The waves
broke over her forward and carried away a part
of the lower rail, and on the port side the heavy
glass Of several of the port lights. The Campania
brought 2039 sacks Of mail.
Among the passengers the st. Louis were
William Sage, who bringing home the property
of his mother, Mrs Abbey Sage Richardson. the
authoress and dramatist who died two weeks ago
in Rome; Mrs. F. Wilmerding. daughter of General
B. F. Tracy, and F. Haggerty E. Globensky and
Walter Clifford, who have been fighting In the
Strathcona Horse in South Africa.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
THE POPULATION OF ENGLAND.
CHANGES IN PROPORTION OF TOWN AND RURAL
POPULATION.

PORUl4AIION.
From The London Telegraph.
m T Of f he wfaSn Rogs s. ss Psf
Ing on the distribution of population in England
At the outset Mr.. Weldon said that the condition
Of things in 1Si was o5 f3 With Tibh 100 ns @
The metropolis had population of $4,000 and
There We're 112 towns outside of London with popu
lations descending from M tn that ngnre TO & 4oo ana ana
country was thoroughly rural say over SAOooOO0
nhaPs@ 3 How striking the c6ange
then was shown in the fact that the ordinary den-
about 100 persons to the square mile; in 1891 it
aged @ persons AN and It the f0 1 o
525 Therefore, instead of being paramount, rural &
u As the proportion of town population now
the rural population had fallen from 50 down 1$
@ In In a89 @ TsOn iRa S per cent IN
1881 the minimum per cent, and hVe divisions
ReT he hsnF with e its belt Of
virons) could be separated from the rest OF sne
division the surrounding area would not d1her
widely in the constitution of its population from
90 ner cent of its population would be rural Still
Statistics illustrated in an impressive manner the
had been gradually accomplished in less than a
century and should us e 1hat the the
of earlier times. though active progress or popu-
miliiong ao of acres out Of thrty-seven millions
and therefore in a measure the face of the country
was little changed. The old outcry as TO London
Sevouring the country. though it had much more
f,Istifca ton now than it had in the time of Snol-
lett was seen to have been based on exaggera-
ton. -,
appeared to have been lattery slackening IN the
rafes of increase of the older centres, such
towns which IN 1901 had not less than 1900 in
habtants, but a fully sustained increase in the
populations of those rising places which had not
attained Importance in 1901. In the latest deeen-
Mum 1SSl-'91. the check to growing populations
was however. general Dealing with rural dis
trcts il was shown how generally the phenomena
have resembled each other in all parts of the coun-
try both as respects early increase and later de-
crease in the numbers of the people, An interesting
feature of the paper a number OF carefully
compiled tables showing the relative increase OF
typical English towns during the century Or
these towns the most marked progress was dis
played by Cardiff. which has sprung from 1854 In
1901 10 l41 339 at the last census; Brighton, from
1852 10 1929; Crewe. from l21 to 2S76l Middles-
brough. from 5S1 1915. and Barrow. from s5i to
51.712.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
VILLAIN BARNES JR.. RETURNS.
BACK FROM A PLEASURE TRIP IN EURoP1
AND WILL NOT TALK POLITICS.

Mr. and Mrs William Barnes. jr., returned from
a pleasure trip in Europe the steamer St.~Louis
yesterday. In speaking Of the appointment of Mr..
Dunn as chairman of the State COMMITTEES Mr..
Barnes said: 'I suppose he is about the best man
that could have been selected for the position
When he was asked his opinion to who General
Greenes successor might beoas chairman of the
Republican County Committee he said "Mr. Ten
Eyck is the man. He is undoubtedly the most able
and experienced in the county.
Mr.. Barnes declined to say anything about the
State Constabulary bill the present reform move
ment in New-York City. Il have just returned"
he said. "and know nothing about what has trans
pired in my absence. have been taking a COM
plete rest, and all say for publication is that
the climate in Naples Is most delightful
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
INSURANCE CLERKS VACCINATED.
RICHARD A NTCURDY THE FIRST TO COM
PLY WITH HIS OWN ORDER.

It is understood that in compliance with in
direct intimation of the Board of Health, Richard
A McCurdy, president of the Mutual Life In
surance Company OF New-York yesterday after
noon issued order requiring all the officers and
employees Of that company at the head office to be
vaccinated. This order will affect between five
and six hundred people. Mr.. McCurdy was the first
person subject himself to the ordeal of his own
order, having been vaccinated yesterday after
James W. Alexander, president of the Equitable
Life, has also issued similar orders, and the same
are being carried into effect. 1t is also under
stood that at a conference between Mr.. McCurdy
Mr.. Alexander, held yesterday, the expediency
of extending the order all the metropolitan
agency forces Of the two companies was discussed,
but after consideration Il found ineXpedient
10 do more than issue a general RECOMMENDATION
to that effect it appeared impracticable to en-
force the order In all cases.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

c1LIAT1oN OF THE wRANGELs AND srrKAs.
From The Seattle Post Interigencer.
Skaguay, Aug 16-A congregation or r,s,
tribes Of Southeastern Alaska is to be held AZ
Saa ask%a9 " on the Dalton TRAN oeginnns the hrst
only for the fact that great numbers OF naff,vss
OF the gathering It is planned to make i tbs i've
ca osson son or the pac1hcatioq Of two warning tribes
and perSdIcal % teqds have existed Tor SIX hundred
SesFs ndoTdy Tnsy are are. the W1angss and the stas
kuckwan, and far from the home OF sithsrs .t &C
bringing peace between the two opposin pa saea OF
Istc ms b mention to hold Grand feast or pot
means gift making and pleasure creating svenf.
rnent invites his friends and sroS5i {s sasertain-
gives 70 them many and valuable presents -
everything he possesses. sometimes reaching re-
Va5s T5fs OF t5noussnds Of dollars Is given away
last OF the kind He has issued Invitations 70 the
pose to unite them after their long Is nls pur-
bonds Of love and friendship and have the Sfsnna IN
ing his energies He declared that tSis IS 20 SsnS a.
Ins Is, !asC great potlatch and that after It the
shall reign among the tribes. Peaeo
which is not far from Kuckwan pn brn ot -, aaines
OF the proposed 'potlatch" and the intended recon-
THE trouble between The Wrangels ana t,. ga. =
kiz kas 2egan SIX hundred years ago at big feast
vited and were present The wrangeIs procesded
1bant that freefora gh s rssuItes ad oseaTs ssD 50
IL only a few OF the Stkas had a-ssnsa
to tell the tale OF how Il happened -S0A
Then the tncensed Sitkas thirsted for the bIoo6
OF revenge. and they got it, Feuds resulted ara
fights prevailed At last the Sitkas showed }.
friendly spirit and invited the Wrangels 10 visit
them. They foolishly accepted. ~
The Sitkas opened the entertainment with most
gracious ostentatiSn they got their guests into
the mirth increased and good cheer gained control
the hosts began to slip out Before the wrangels
knew IL the Sitkas We're all out and had the doors
barred. Then the Sitkas set fire to the buiIding
and the Wrangels crenated That was na-
haps, one hundred years ago, but enough OF the
Wrangels had remained at home to prolong the
feud and keep the fires OF enmty burning Eodo-
- -
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
THE EMPERoR's CONTRIBUTION.
From The London News.


An exceptionally good story which has the ed.
vantage OF being true, Is now (Our correspondents
tells us) circulating IN Parliamentary quarters In
Berlin. When the Emperor William informed Herr
B1low at Homburg that he was now Imperial
Chancellor, Herr BulOw naturally expressed his
delight. and perhaps he really was delighted But
all he seemed TO be considering about soma
thing. and the Emperor, percelving this said:
What Is the matter now, BulowF' The latter
answered that he had just chanced 10 think OF his
wife. She had nothing against the Chancellorship.
but great deal against the Chancellor's Palace.
for, whilst her present home regular little
celior's Palace would not be completed before this
time twelve months. Give my greetings 70 the
Countess" His Majesty replied jocuarly. and tell
her would contribute my part toward the clean
Ing down" Herr BulOW may perhaps have
hoped that the Emperor would that the palace
was thoroughly renovated. II SO, he was mis-
taken. A few days later, a very bulky parcel was
left at the Countess BulOw's by the Emperor's ;
orders. II contained a hundredweight OF soap. tbs
promised contribution toward the great cleanins (
down.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
RoBEERs cRAsEp BT A possk.

Elgin, III. Dec p CspeciaD. blew open
the safe Of D. H. Haeger here early this morning
eherin Stead hearing the explosion. started TO IN
Fesugate As he rounded a corner he was con-
frontec by two huge revolvers Instead of throw
ing Up his hands he drew his revolver and rapid
airing ensued, OF the robbers being injured
Dst they managed 10 escape with 5000 IN money
ana many valuable papers. A posse is In pursuit
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
Mr.. PORTER BACK FROM RUMANIA
HE FAVORS EXTENDING COMMERCIAL
TREATIES WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

TREATIES WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Robert p Porter passenger on the steamer
St Louis which arrived here yesterday. He had
been abroad since October on personal business.
He acted as the chairman OF the concert held on
the steamer. Mr.. Porter said that he had spent
most OF his time while abroad in Berlin and in
Rumania. The King of the latter country was a
business man, and was developing his country
along business lines.
'I am very much interested in the treaties and
other questions before Congress- Mr.. Porter said.
1--WE must extend commercial relations with
foreign countries during the next four years. We
certainly have the chance to do so'
Mr. Porter thought this country would make
some of most important treaties of Its history
in President McKinleys second term