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COLLECTIONS AT HAVANA.
They Amounted to S11.O9..154.41 for
the Year 1899,

The War Department states that the total
collections for the port of Havana for the
301 working days of the year 1899 were SILL
O91, 1o4.4 Il, making an average daily collec-
ton of $36 S67. g.
The total amount of collections for the
year named was derived from the follow
ing: Import duties, S9.S67 ,930S7; export
duties. 1872 .349.19; tonnage dues, $780,
95i.O9; special harbor Improvement tax.
s129,645-71 cattle inspection fees, S31 SAC 49,
storage and carriage charges, So, 422 OF ;
capitation tax, 23.Io3: fines, confiscations
etc, S6,353.31: overtime work of customs
employees, ss124o9: consular fees, s7oo5o;
miscellaneous sources, S13. 1866.
The total amount of refunds during the
year 1899 was SOL, Bits
The total amount of duties collected upon
post office declarations during the year
1899 was 81, 1691S. No collections were
made during the months of January, Feb
ruary and March, 1899.
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DISCRIMINATION OF BICKFORD
Session of the Clark Committee Until



The cross-examinatfon of Mr.. Bickford
before the Clark committee lasted until 6
o'clock yesterday and was not then COM
pleted. Mr.. Bickford contradicted much
of the testimony of Speaker Stiff, Senator
Myers, Representative Sullivan. Dr. Ector,
Mr.. Cowen and others. He, however adj
mitted rendering to DR.. Ector $1,000 with
which to lift the indebtedness of Repre-
sentative Wood of Rovelli county, saying
that he had not intended that Mr.. Wood
should know of his doing this and that his
only purpose was to control the debt so
that the Daily people could not get hold of
it and thus force Wood into voting contrary
to his inclination. He had received the
money from Senator Clark's son, and when
it was not accepted for Mr.. Wood by DIR.
Ector he had returned it to Mr.. Clark
Mr.. Bickford also explained the purchase
of timber land owned by Representative
Mclaughlin prior to the meeting of the
legislature. He contended that the prop
erty was worth more than had been paid
for 1t and that the timber was necessary
in Mr.. Clark's business In his deal with
Mr.. Mclaughlin, he said. he had never
talked with him concerning the senatorial
situation nor tried to influence him in that
connection to vote for Mr.. Clark. On his
crOSS-examination Bickford stated that he
was counsel for Mr.. Clark but after say
ing that he would not tell what his fees
had been he said that. all told, Mr. Clark
had paid him $500 counsel. He also
said Mr.. VIM. McDermott had refunded
to him the money expended in the cam
paign, and he thought Mr.. McDermott was
engaged in Mr.. Clark's interest.
The cross-eXamination by Senator Hoar
was particularly sharp. Bickford having
testified in substance that he was support
ing Mr.. Clark of his own motion as par
tlSan and not as an agent, Mr.. Hoar con-
fronted him with a letter from Senator
Clark. before put in evidence, which seemed
to contradict this statement, and one with
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Assigned to REGIMENTS.

The following assignments to regiments
of officers recently promoted are made:
Col. Writ Davis, to the Sd Cavalry.
Col. Camille c. c. Carr, to the 4th Cav.
airy.
Lieut. Col. James NJ Bell, to the sth Cav
ary
Lieut.. Col. Henry jackson, to the 5th
Cavalry. He Is ordered to New York.
Maj. Samuel L. Woodward, to the LIST
Cavalry
Maj. Henry P. Kingsbury. to the Sd Cav
airy. He VIII proceed to Fort Myer, Va,
and enter upon duty at that post
Capt. Robert E. L. Niche, to the 10th
Cavalry, Troop l.
Capt. George L. Byram, to the 9th Cav
airy. Troop A.
First Lieut.. Charles B. Drake, to the 4th
Cavalry.
First Lieut.. C. Nick. Saltzman. to the 9th
Cavalry, Troop E.
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ELECTION OF SENATORS,
Minority Report Submitted to tn
House of Representatives.

A minority report has been made to the
House of Representatives on the bill for
the election of senators by the people. 1t con-
ours with the principle of the bill. but urges
direct elections without awaiting legislative
approval for a change of system, as pro-
posed by the majority. The report states
that a widespread public demand is made
for the election of senators, in part i'm
PEELED by sense of righteous indignation
aroused by accusations of alleged methods
sometimes employed by gentlemen whose
ambitions lead them to seek a seat in the
United States Senate"
Under such circumstances, Messrs Rucker
and Zeigler, who sign the report, say the
time has come when the exalted position of
United States senator shall not be open to
the suspicion Of being purchasable.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT co.
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT co.
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
STEAMER POTOMAC.
On and after Sunday, December "a 1899 the
steamer Potomac will leave 18th street wharf every
Thursday at pm. for Baltimore and river land.
ings.
All river freight must be prepaid.
Baltimore freight solicited.
Accommodations for passengers strictly frst-class
STEPHENSON BRO. Agents.
Telephone 40 de22-1 tt
L. s. RANDALL'S POTOMAC RIVER LINE
Steamer HARRY RANDALL will leave River
View wharf Sundays, Tuesdays and THURSDAYS at
an, landing Colonial Beach Chapel Point
and all Hharves far down Lower Machodoc.
Returning Mondays and Wednesdays at D N.
and on Fridays about 3:30 pm.
UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE,
WASHINGTON ID. C., TO GLYMONT Md
and intermediate landings
The steamer ESTELLE RANDALL. daily
except Sunday $3.50 an. Returning about 3 D M
Passenger accommodations iii st-class. Freight re-
ceiTed until the hour of sailing:
E. $. RANDALL,
Proprietor and Manager
GEO. o. CARPENTER, General Agent Washington
VIM NJ. REARDON. Agent, Alexandria, selS-tf 20
STEAMER WAKEFIELD,
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Leaves Washington ID. c. 9th st. Ferry Wharf,
Mondays. am, for intermediate landings to Co.
lonial Beach Bushwood, Rock PIT. Colton's Nom
mi Greek. Abell's, Leonardtown Stones Howard
and CObrums.
Wednesdays, an for intermediate landings TO
Colonial Beach, Bushwood, Rock Point Colton's,
Leonardtown. Abells. Nomini Creek, Coan and
: YeOcomico rivers.
Colonial Beach. Bushwood, Rock Point, Cotton s,
NOmini Creek.
See schedule in effect August Fl. 1899.
au16-tf c. W. RIDLEY. General Manager.
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ON THE CURRENCY BILL.
Senators Bate and Allen Oppose the
Measure,

SS1aeOES DAtc A1ten oppose tine
Measure.
Mr.. Bate of Tennessee and Mr.. Allen Of
Nebraska spoke in the Senate yesterday
afternoon on the finance bill,
Mr.. Bate spoke in favor of bimetallism
| and in opposition to the proposed gold
standard. He declared his belief in state
banks and in local self-government. II be-
heve that the people ought to have the OPP
portunity to control their own monetary
affairs instead of being entirely dependent
upon the banks in the big commercial CEN
tiers. National banks have no place in a
local self-government"
Mr.. Allen said the money question was
the most momentous before the people to-
day. and declared his adherence to free
coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1. He asked
Mr.. Aldrich IL he had not admitted in 1893
tn nat legislation could affect prices
Yes" replied Mr.. Aldrich Il never iex-
where"
1T was maintained by the republicans in
1913. said Mr.. Allen. that there was no
power in legislation to affect or create
values
That is quite another thing" interposed
Mr.. Spooner
Mr.. Allen-"Oh no! beg your pardon"
Mr.. Spooner-''The power to destroy does
not involve the power to create. A potato
Dug may destroy potato vine, but 1t can
not create one" daughter)
Mr.. Allen speaking with some feeling)-
Il do not like to be made the butt of a Jest
of that kind. This is a serious question
with me-"
Comparing the House bill and the Senate
substitute Mr.. Allen said: THE man VINO
drew the House bill at least had the cour-
age of his convictions: but the man who
drew the Senate measure had great craft
and no moral courage. The bill is one of
spoliation and confiscation and to increase
and perpetuate the national debt. / have
no hesitation in declaring it to be my SOL
emn conviction that it is the purpose of the
trainers of this bill forever to perpetuate
the national debt"
Without having concluded his remarks
Mr.. Allen, at $40 pm, yielded the floor
and the Senate adjourned.
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To suppress. the San Jose Scale.

The nursery stock interests of the country
nave been represented here Of late in an
effort tosecure legislation against the spread
of the San Jose scale, and. other parasites
which infest plants, buds, fruits and
nursery stock in general After several
conferences with the Agricultural Depart
ment the House committee on agriculture
reported a bill providing system of
ing from abroad and, also that of American
ment. -.'osS
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Burial of Major Armstrong.

Funeral services were held at the Arling-
ton cemetery this afternoon over the re-
mains of Maj. Francis c. Armstrong Of the
medical department, who died in the Phil
ippines and whose remains were brought
home on the Thomas along with those of
Gen. Lawton and Maj. Logan. Mrs Arm
strong arrived here this morning on the
Lawton funeral train. troop of the Sd
Cavalry took part in the burial services
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Death of Major r. D. 8 Tx,a-

Major R. D. S. Tyler, formerly chief of
the mail equipment bureau, in this city,
which includes the mail bag repair shop,
died in Oswego. N. Y, Monday He was
sixty-eight years old He enlisted in the
slst Volunteer Regiment of New York in
the civil war. and was brevetted major for
gailantry at Cold Harbor. Major Tyler
leaves daughter and two sons.
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The Proposed Pacific Gable.

Representative Jones of Washington yes
terday submitted to the House committee on
commerce an argument favoring the north
ern or Alaskan route for the proposed Pa
cific cable and giving an array of data
showing 1t to be the most available route.
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STORAGE

Reasonable rates: light, dry clean ana ai-v
rooms Goods packed cad shipped. Wagons fur
nished- c. q. SLOAN CO.. Props. jaI5-1m
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Gov. Brad, Describes. Alaska Farming

The Senate committee on agriculture yes
terday heard Gov. Brady of Alaska upon
farming operations in that territory. He
advocated legislation which would allow
men to acquire title to lands. so that they
could open up farms, also continuance of
agricultural experiments which had been
made by the goYernment.
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The Richmond.

American plan. Perfect sanitary
plumbing. Electric lights through.
out. Steam heated. Newly furnish
ed and decorated. First-class cuisine
Corner 18TH and H streets N. w.
ocll-1<tf
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LADIES' GOODS.

NEW AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINES
AT $35. 90.
Others ask $40 for same.
WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS.
1a22-Smr5 OPPENHEIMER'S, 514 9th NV
FUR GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER; REMODEL
M Oh OLD fur wraps to the latest styles q spe-
clalty: ladies' tailor-mads suits made to order
nt guaranteed. z MORGAN, 500 K St nv
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ATTORNEYS.

CAMPBELL DARLINGTON, ATTORNEY.AT-LAW.
Webster Law building. sos D St NV, Washing.
ton. D. Q. Residence, No. Mount Vernon Flats.
New York and 9th st. NV. sel9
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WASHINGTON. d C.. POST OFFICE NOTICE
Should be read daily, changes may occur a
any time
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports o
sailing daily, and the schedules of closings is al
ranged the presumption of their uninterrupte
overland transit. For the week ending Februar
10. 1890. the last connecting closes will be mad
from this office follows:
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Specials in dress goods.

1nca yard for plaid-Dack golf
Gl cloths in assortment OF pat
~ terms; which sells for SOC yard
elsewhere.
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If not quite so large as the monsters Of
the Rocky Mountains. has the largest ant
lers of any existing deer.
Besides these, roebuck are common, a S
well az several species of smaller deer,
among them one resembling the Japan
csc sag now introduced into our parks.
Swinhoe's deer in Formosa, hornless water
deer, and in the hunting park of the En-
peror at Pekin a deer whose native
home is not certainly known, and which
was discovered by Pere David when TAX
ing peep into the forbidden precinct
over the park wall. The largest tigers
in the world are found in Manchurla,
and wild boars, leopards, tiger cats,
while lynxes, with brown bears In the
north and black bears in the south make
up large fauna OF sufficient distinction
for Chinese censor to be proud Of. In
the Tartar camel the Empire owns the
best beasts of burden in the world; 1t
produces the best of all ponies, and
though the yellow Chinese COW is small,
IT is -ood and prolific, a very even cross,
as it would seem, between the bumped
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native to the whole of Northern Asia,
from the Caucasus to the Pacific; but no.
where are there so many varieties, and
nov. ere does their decoration show such
brilliant hues or such rich fertility of
natural design. There must be elements
in the soil or environment of China, in
both north and south. which promote
brilliance OF color, and something very
like the ultimate expression of beauty of
which hues and contrasts allow. 1t is not
warmth of climate only. for some of these
brilliant birds live in the temperate and
cold parts of the country.
For numbers, and perhaps for variety.
no waterfowl equal those of China The air
Is simply black with them over the rivers
and marshes near the coast at flight time.
Ornament, even In these ornamental birds
is carried to the extreme in some OF the
Chinese varieties. The Mandarin teal is
the gayest as well as the most fancifully
plumed OF all ducts. Nor are the fish OF
the Flowery Land in any way behind the
birds ii gorgeous and striking colors. The
Chinese are perfectly aware Of the artis-
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tic rarity and value Of all these creatures.
They use them and the ideas they suggest
10 the best advantage. and that is why
Chinese gardens are far the most beauti-
full in the world. They are landscape
gardeners by birth and tradition.
Consequently, their pleasure grounds
are broken by lakes, pools, clumps OF
trees and wildernesses o. Just the right
size and setting. But to these they give
color. first by borrowing hints from the
plumage of the birds, and covering their
garden houses with crimson. blue. scarlet.
and gold; and. secondly, by filling their
fountains with brilliant colored fish and
"ering their pools with beautiful wa
ter birds. Goldfish were originally
brought from China, and until quite re-
cent times were called China fish. But
far more beautiful creature is the para
disc fish. which is kept as garden and
domestic decoration. Its bcdy is striped
with scarlet and gold, and its fins are like
long waving flags of the same brilliant
hueS,
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cattle Of india and the Bos taurus Of

cattle of India and the Bos taurus Of
Europe.
The distinguished Chinese naturalist
who described the indigenous animals in
the "Tai-Wan-Foo Gazetteer" notes that
Formosan bears have such thick bristles
that arrows cannot pierce their bodies;
that they climb trees and sit on .ne top
oss-legged; that their bellies contain
much suet. and that their paws, as deh-
cacies. are among the eight pearls"
The venison. on the other hand, he con-
siders mot fit to pick UP with chop
sticks" But that is probably because
the Chinese everywhere kill stays when
they are out of season. in order to Sc
cure the half-grown horns to make
youth-restoring patent medicine. Badg-
ers, cigets. and most small fur-bearing
animals abound in the mountains, and
offers on the rivers; the last named are
sometimes trained to fish, or, rather, to
hunt fish into nets.
If it were asked what is the most dis
tinctive class IN the Chinese fauna, We
should name the pheasants. Pheasants are
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THE FAUNA OF CHINA.
Giant Tigers and Beautiful Birds in
the Country.
Prom he specmior)

There is a general impression about Chi
nese animals, as about the Chase people,
that they are quaint Intellectual, and OF no
particular use except to Cinnamon. Nhe,
ther the Chinese pug dogs, their hollow
backed pigs, or dwarfed trees. or the alb
sence Of almost any good books or sport
in the Forbidden Empire, have given rise
TO this idea. Il is a very mistaken one. In
Northern Asia the species increase not
only In numbers but in size the further
east the region, and In Northern China
their numbers are greatee. and their size
is most remarkable. Take, for instance.
the deer. The big red stag of the Cauca-
sls is surpassed by those OF Eastern ST.
IBERIA; and in the Altai and the THAN
Shan Mountains 1t has become eiaer q
giant red deer, or, as Is now believed its
nlaee is taken by an Asiatic wapiti, which,
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Domestic specials.

''Cerevisia and EuEemenes in A. D. 255
says that Britain produced such an abund-
ance Of corn that it was sufficient to sup
ply not only bread but a liquid compara-
bic with wire. In the seventh century
beer had become so general a beverage in
England that Ina. king of Wessex, levied
a tax 10 be paid in ale, and early in the
fifteenth century a brewers company was
formed in London. Up to the sixteenth cen
fury English beer was very poor. only fla
vored witk broom, bay berries or ivy ber-
ries. but in 1912 the cultivation of the hop
plant was begun in England and from that
time q great change vas made in the
quality OF the beer manufactured. In 15lo
the FIRST brewery was established at Bur
ton-on Trent and by the end OF the sew
enteenth century beer had become the ns-
tionai drink.
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MAN NEVER WITHOUT BEER.
Brews From Barley Antedntes the
Christian Era.

tFTom the Lohcof StahcHu)
When the Romans first Invaded Germany
they found that the beverage of TIE people
was liquor produced from barley But
that was at time comparatively modern
From the earliest times and in every cline
man has had resort 10 some stimulating
and exhilarating beverages prepared by
formenting the juices or extracts from
fruits. grain. or plants Ii is said that
Osiris as early as 1860 B. C. taught the
process Of extracting the Juice from barley
and fermenting it. while the Greeks learn
ed how TO brew and ferment from the
Egyptians, who, BIC. 500, had established
a number OF manufactures at Potassium on
the Nile Xenophen, 400 b. c.. refers to
fermented drink from barley. and 1t is al
luded to by Aristotle, Strabo, and others
under the name Of - thos.
Pliny mentions kind OF beer called
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snc each tomorrow for ladies' and
HQ misses shortbacks in all ccl-
FL ors and Hack; instead of S9c.
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Five ninety=eight

9nC tomorrow for special lot of
fQS ladies' and misses trimmed
" sailors, in black, grey. and cas-
tor, which are the same as are selling
at a dollar elsewhere.
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3 pairs, 3Oc.
One thousand pairs exactly OF chill
drens fast black ribbed horse will be
put on sale tomorrow These are the
standard 19c quality-as staple as
wheat at that price: hence. when We
offer them at lie pair and offer to.
give you three pair for 30c we do
most unusual thing.
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THE TIMES, WASHINGTON SUNDAY, OCTOBER T. 1900


Candies have been costing much
price of fresh wholesome candy without lowering quail
ty We've done il by taking less profit.
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prompa deliveries
prepaid all purchases amounting So tod
places within radius of 100 miles O this city.
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NnC tomorrow for misses and
hut children's felt fats. in all
w coIors, as we'll as black;
which are being sold in other stores
for as much as sec.
The evening times., 1900-03-23
The Tenant Farmer.

Col. w. L. Peck makes the some
What startling statement that eighty per
sent of the farmers of Georgia are non
landowners. This is the more remarkable
when il is considered that the population
Is fixed in its habits, and that the majority
Of the white farmers in the rural districts
are native born, and can trace their an
cestry through several generations Of
Georgians.
Ii may be that Georgia is not much
worse of than many other States, if statis-
tics could b obtained, but such a condition
is not good for any agricultural country.
In New England the land is poor and work
ed out. and has passed into other hands
than those of the original owners because
the latter could not afford to remain in
a business which did not give them a fair
living. In some parts OF the West the ten
ant farmer exists because of the high
price of land, which makes it almost i'm
possible for a poor man to own his farm.
But these hindrances do not exist in
Georgia. The soil is good, and the price
of land not exorbitant.
The reason for the unfortunate condi-
ti0n of things in that State is probably to
be found in the history Of its people The
traditions Of that section are less demo-
cratic than feudal. The conditions of in
dustry in the past favored the ownership
of large plantations by the richer class of
citizens, who controlled their own affairs
and those OF their less fortunate neighbors
rs well. Landowning in the South was re-
garded much as it is in England, as a
badge OF superiority, the prerogative OF
gentlefolk. OF course this idea was not
universal, but il was prevalent Such
tradition. persisting for several genera
tions, tends to make the owners Of large
plantations averse to selling their estates,
and takes the ambition out of their poorer
peighbors. since by natural course of
evolution men often cease TO struggle for