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BRITISH PACIFIC CABLE.
Bids TO Lay Ii Accepted, the Cost
Being So.1OO.OOO.

Consul General Bray. at Melbourne.
Australia, has informed the State De-
Parment that the Postmaster General Of
Victoria has accepted the bid for laying
the Pacific cable, at cost Of IS, 735.367,
the Installation and surveying to cost 1892
$50 extra According to the contract the
cable IS to be co12pleted and in working
order by July 81. 1902 The Australian
section comprises cables from The New
South Wales and New Zealand coasts to
Norfolk Islands and thence 10 Fiji. The
other section viii be from Fiji TO Tanning
Island and thence TO Vancouver British
/ Columbia When completed it is aatici
pa1ed this cable VIII materially redura the
existing charges 10 tbs United States
The route decided upon is fren Vancou-
yer b. way Of Tanning or Palmyra Island.
Fiji. and Norfolk Island with branches
from the last-named station 10 Auckland.
New Zealand. and Queensland. The length
Of the cable over this route would be
faliowing 10 per cent for slack actually
used. 1855 nautical miles. as follows:
Vancouver 10 Tanning Island. 1851 miles;
( Tanning Island 70 Fiji 2.093 miles; Fill 10
{ Norfolk Island SCI miles: Norfolk Island
+ to New Zealand 537 miles and Norfolk
. Island 20 Queensland So miles. Some
7 / 900 soundings over 500 fathoms in depth
have been made. which relate directly to
the route along the bed OF the ocean, the
/ greatest depth being 3,203 iathoms. but
( the general average is much less
/ 1t IS estimated that with the use Of 650
. pounds OF copper and 400 pounds Of gutta
peTcha 1895 600 words might be trans
/ miIte9 in year Great Britain and Can
! ada haze agreed 10 defray fye-ninths OF
I the total cost New Zealand one-eighth
and New South Wales Queensland. and
. - 70
tribute the remainder between them As
20 the revenue 10 be dTiyed from the cable
/ IL IS anticipated that the returns for The
first year. On a tariff Of 49 cents q word
. viii be $534.27s and that By the fourth
year OF its working the cable Will become
/ a paying concern &c has been proposed
! 10 charge 70 cents a word for messages
I right Thoroughbred is. crossing Canada
I and The Atlantic in addition TO the Pacific
and 40 cents fer the Pacific cable section
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The last days OF the Hon. William E
Chandler in the United States Senate are
not permitted to pass in peace and quiet
ness as a statesman of retiring nature
N ght well wish The painful Haw-ey cpl
sode in executive session on Monday
while not OF his making. shows that he is
not to fill the few remaining weeks OF Is
service without cnce more becoming an
object of strife and indecoTous lans uaae-
AS to the merits of the controversy, We
do not care TO SPEAK at this time We
are afraid that the spirit of mischief WAS
abroad in the land when Senator Petit
grew drew and fred twenty-three- year
old letter written by Senator Chandler,
which appears 10 charge the late Ruther-
ford B. Hayes. of Illegal memory, with
having made Judge Harlan q Justice Of
the Supreme Court. and offering an Expo
sition Commissioner-General 20 Sena-
ter HawIey in compensation for their aid
in the affair of the Louisiana returns in
1876
Although the Chandler letter is in the
nature of ancient history. its text could
hardly be pleasant for Senator HawIey TO
hear read on the floor. 1t is rather strange
that it had never come to his attention
before: but it had not, if his statement on
the subject be accurate. It was four
column article, printed conspicuously in
the New York SUM- and must have ere
ated some stirsat the time. Perhaps Sen
ator HawIey has forgotten,
Whether ne has or not we can hardly
approve of his reported action in calling
Mr. Chandler Tar Such language,
when addressed By one Senator of the
United States to another on the
floor. is calculated TO lower the dignity OF
that body II INDUCED in habitually it
might ultimately lead to actual iinpro-
priety OF expression Whether or not Mr..
+ Chandler was justified in commisera ing
his aged assailant, is ? question We do not
/ feel able 70 aHsw,r So much depends
/ upon onditions-cerebraI or other-in such
cases. But there ian be no doubt hattie
+ lie direct is not exaetiv the thing to fling
around the Senate Chamber. and that it Is
as much out of place il executive session
as profanity would be- Let Us always keeI
up appearances whatever happens
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sons. viii be wholly free from this ten
dency to do the same thing Therefore.
temperance among men is one way to pre-
vent intemperanee among women Sec
end. it is important that the nerves and
digestion should be kept in normal con
dition. that there may be nc unnatural
craving for stimuIants. Third. it is surely
mfschieyous to form the habit of depend
ing upon alcoholic stimulants whenever
enc is little out OF sorts. IN many
households. if a member of the family has
1 slight cold, an attack Of Indigestion. or
any other complaint, the first thing
hought of is some preparatrusl .. -.lissi-.-
brandy. or other stimulant. It is a short
step from this kind of thing 20 absolute
reliance on alcohol in some form. and in
many cases it does three times the harm
that moderate indulgence in light wines
at table would do. because it creates -
the system a positive craving for driG!.
containing a considerable amount of al
cChOl
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= Circulation Statement
King EdNard VII.

Yesterday morning the British Empire
existed under the sovereignty Of Victoria.
Queen of Great Britain and ireland and
Empress of India. Since then that high
Snd mighty monarch has gone to her rest,
and her son. Edward VII, reigns in her
stead. The whole civilized world mouTns
for her Wiao lies dead at Osborne Even
peoples who have been generally IN
friendly TO her country join in the com
mon grief and testify their respect for
the memory OF one who loved and stroye
for peace and Justice
Tears cannot keep the world from going
round. nor human affection stop the sun.
Already the heir TO all Victoria's great
ness must take up the sceptre she has
dropped and Participate in the ceremonies
necessitated by the mandates of his coun-
try's constitution and customs. He may
be as sorrovfuI as a bereaved son can
be: hut he must begin to act his part as
King without delay He must preside at
the Privy Council. reappoint the Ministers
of the Crown receive the allegiance OF
Parliament. and have his accession form
ally proclaimed 20 the verdi. After that
the crowned heads of Europe viii gather
to pay the last tribute to the greatest and
best of their kind that mankind has seen
Tor many an age
The Victorian era closed yesterday A
new one comes almost with me birth Of
the twentieth century What is It TO be
10 the British Empire2 Fortunately the
Government of Great Britain IS of kind
not to be much disturbed by the passing
OF The crown from one to another head;
for the reign Of Edward VII, in the course
OF nature. cannot be = very long one The
heir apparent is not robust man The
chances are more than even that the next
fifty years viii see three successive mon
arcis on the throne Of England
The new King VIII reign but viii not
govern The latter function his ministers
will attend to. His power viii consist
IN his social influence at home and his
personal influence abroad His Majesty
is REGARDED as an able man, diplomatist
and politician His opinions and advice
no doubt will have great weight at the
Foreign Office where domestic politics de-
not affect ministerial action as with US
That Edward VI viii ever WELD the in
huence in the councils OF Europe that hi!
mother did. may be questioned He
death removes one Of the chief obstacle!
to war IN Europe. and weakens the sroni
personal bond which has held the Indial
princes 10 their feaity. The sorrow 0
Emperors. Kings, and potentates for IN
loss Of their great sister is genuine; bu
it viii not deter them from taking tn
first available advantage of that late soy
ereign's country, when the time comes
Now ali else is forgotten in the pagan
try Of woe. But the tomb VIII close Owe
all that Is mortal Of Victoria Regina, an
then the wicked world of intrigue wi
&C wagging again as Of old; and the fu
ture seems pregnant with stirring an
startling events
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Eating and Drinking.

There has been considerable cutlery on
the part of the advocates Of total absti-
nence in regard to alleged drunkenness
among women; and awful stories have
been circulated as to the amount Of wine
and other liquors consumed by the mod
ern woman. II is refreshing. therefore,
70 read the statements made by certain
hotel prop-ietors and restaurant keepers
on this subject. They say that there is
more drinking with meals than ever be
fore. but that the custom has become gen
eral with both sexes. and that intemper-
aEee Is lessened- They also say that thu
American national disease, dyspepsia. is
not IS common as Il used to be. owing 70
the fac that women drink less strong tea
and led water, and that salads and other
hygienic foods have replaced pie.
This sounds very reasonable, and the
Il VIII be remembered that the custom OF
allowing ladies TO Leave the table first. at
q formal dinner arose from that other
custom Of allowing the men Of the party
TO become thoroughly intoxicated. and al
authorities agree thai q hundred years
ago It was not at all unusual for two
thirds Of the men al z dinner to get into
what would ROW be considered most
disgracefuI condition. The hoteI-keepers
above quoted say that nowadays, when q
dinner is TO served 20 a mixed party ne
.yomen Of the party drink 4 glass or so Of
light wine, instead Of leaving all The
drinking 10 be done by their companions
alone. and that the restraint CT the wOal-
ems presence naturally leads 10 moderate
drinking among men. while the women
themselves do not take enough 10 do
thern any harm. There is no question
thar certain light wines are not only
harmless but heal1hfuI. ana that served
with an elaborate dinner. they are much
more appropriate and bygienic than any
other drink.
Moreover. il should be remembered that
il past generations drunkenness among
Tomon VAS rot unknown; bat the habit
VAS usually formed through inherited aD-
pstite Tor drink or from desire TO al
leylate pain or forget mental suffering.
The number OF unhappy women who have
been secretly taken 10 hospitals. inebri-
ate asyIums. and sanitariums in the past
VIII never be known. The fate of such
women IS one most painful both 10 them
selves ard their families. and since their
fatal weakBes may BE- inherited By TIER
children. and cause stiIl more misery, II
: IS certainly important that such tragedies
should be averted.
There are three things which may be
considered as causes OF such an affection
One is heredity. A man wbo has given
free rein to his apDetites cannot expect
that bis daughters. any more than mis-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-23
mARYLAND COAL TRADE.
The Development of New Mines in
AIeGany-

A14eS8nS-
CUMBERL AND. Md. Jan. 23-Evan II.
Jones IeaseI from Anna and J. O. J.
Greene the murphy farm, containing 3G3 z
acres. near Westernport. and he in turn
has subIet he tract TO the Cumberland
and Westerr port Coal Company, which
assumes The requirements of the Jones
lease that MT less than 500 toas OF coal
OF 2.240 pounds be mined from the tract
every year. A royalty OF 8 cents per toz
is required On that amount per annuza
whether mir ed or not. provided the min
ing is not findered By strikes. I0ckoUts,
acts Of Gcd. or tEe failure OF tae railroads
to provide tars. The lease is for thirty
years. with the privilege Of renewal for
thirty years more
Evan NJ ones and John O. J. Creme
have leased the James or RayeRscroft
arm Of 23tla acres from ex-senator
Henry g. Davis and Col. Thomas b. Da-
Wis under similar conditions, but they
must mine at least g. eco tons per anDum-
This lease 100, has been assigned TO tha
Cumberland and WesternpoTt Coal Com
pany. as has the lease OF two acres of
surface on which TO install a mining
plant, the annual rental for the same be-
ing Sf0U TIE Cumberland and Western
port Coal Company is preparing TO be
gin operations on an extensive scale
The Atlantic Sea aboard soft coal trade
is reported dull The demand for the
best grades of coal; however. holds up
we'll AS the Pennsylvania Railroad is
now the cotIro.liDg factor in the ssaboard
soft coal trs de, there is some curiosity 20
see what Will be the result OF any at
tempt TO restrict production Freight
rates in the coaStWise trade are reported
remarkably low for this season Of the
wear.
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JAMES ?. STERREFT DEAD.
Ex-Chief JusfIce Of the Pennsylvania
Supreme CGurt.


NEW YORK, Jan 23.-James P Ster-
relt, ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, died at MS home
in Philadelphia, Tuesday night,
James P Sterrett was born November
I, 1922, in the Tuscarora Valley, near Mif=
flintown, Juniata county, Pa. His anees-
tors were of -Seotch-Irish descent He
was educated in the public and select
schools of the neighborhoOd. and pre-
pared for college in the Tusearora Acad-
envy, at Academia, Pa. He graduated
from Jefferson College in 1915. He pros
ecuted his law studies il lie law depart
ment of the University of Virginia in
lS4T and 1913 IN May of the same year
he was licensed to practice IN that State,
and in September of the same year was
admitted ia the courts Of his native coun-
ty. Early in 1919 he located in Pittsburg,
and began the practice OF his profession
in partnership with Thomas II. Baird.
In 1861 Judge Sterrett was appointed
with others a commission TO revise the
revenue laws Of the State On January
J. 1852 he vas appointed president Of the
Fifth Judicial district, Allegheny county.
lie served continuously until February
Is 1877, wnen he was appointed Justice Of
the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Justice Henry ".
Williams On the resignation Of Chief
Justice Paxscn, February q, 1888. he was
commissioned as Chief Justice for the res
idue of his term. which expired on the
/ first Monday in January. 1900
Judge SteTrett WAS married May g.
1856, to Miss Jane Isabel. daughter OF
William II. and Mary A. Patterson, Of
Niffiintown, by whom he had one son and
three daughters. His wife died Septem-
/ Der =. 1860, and their sen died Nay IS,
! 1864 both in Pittsburg.
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CAPT. JOHN GLAZE DEAD.
a Prominent VirGinian Expires at
His Home Near Winchester.


WINCHESTER. Va, Jan. z3.-Capt. John
Glaize, one of the leading residents Of
this section died at his home near here
yesterday after brief Illness Of pneu-
monia He had been in i'll health for
number of months past
Captain Glaize was born in Frederick
county seyenty-nine years ago, and had
lived here all his life. He served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil war
first as commanding officer OF Company
+. Second Virginia Regiment, hut was
promoted TO quartermaster under Stone
wall Jackson. After the Iatter's death he
vas assigned to a similar position with
| General Lee, and served in that capacity
until the close of the war.
Captain Glaize was elected sheriff OF
the county. and from time TO time he was
elected successfully TO the offices CT
county treasurer. jailer, magistrate, and
other miner cfices- For three terms he
was president OF the city council of Win
chester IL 1853 he organized the Shen-
andoah Valley Agricultural Society, and
I had been its president ever since For
many years he was a director in the Win
chester and Potomac Railroad Company,
/ and at the time Of his death was president
CT the North Frederick Turnpike Com
pany. Captain Glaize was formerly in the
/ Iur1bcr business until falling health caUs-
/ ed him to retire. He was members of
/ Turner Ashby Camp, Confederate Veter-
/ ans. The DECEASED is survived by five
children
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SMALLPOX PATIENT MISSING.
Il Mother Runs AyEHy With Her In
Tecfed Boy

Tected Boy
NEW YORK. Jan 23-Mrs Emma Lem
len Of los Beach Avenue. in The Bronx.
ran away from her home yesterday with
her son Frank. four years old. who has
the smallpox, because she did not want
the Board of Health officials to take
the child away from her. One of the
woman's children Emma, eight months
old it is said. was taken 10 North Broth
er Island on January s. suffering from
smallpox. and died there five days later
Frank Lemich the husband and father,
Was found at home and arrested. He
was held in $500 bail for trial in special
sessions by Magistrate Mott. in Morris
ania Court, on a charge Of conceaIing a
case of contagious disease.
Dr. Taley, of The Bronx Health De-
partment, says the husband. mother and
sick child had left their home before the
ambulance he had sent for came He
says they were traced to a Third Avenue
car, transferring a Mount Vernon to a car
which took them TO Fourth and Fifth
Streets. WiIliamsbridge where they got
on He says both cars were found fumi-
gated, and ordered quarantiEed by DR..
Monaghan. Sanitary Superintendent, but
the passengers had gone, and may spread
the disease. DIT. Monaghan has inspectors
and Health Board police locking in every
house in Wakefield and Williamsbridge for
traces of the woman and children. DR..
Talley says the woman had TWO children
with her
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HOgnlanay-
From the London Ch-onicle.)

HoeuIanay, wich viii be OF served by most
Scottish people tonight has IS word. long
been j puzzle 10 philologists. Two deriFatious
trace It To France The verse which Is ee1er-
ally sung hy children outside the houses on New
Year Eve Is believed To fu7Bi = cIeyg. The first
words, ''Hogmanay. TrolIolIy! Gle Us O your
brown bread, none o. your grey are sup
posed TO bc = corruption Of an old French Christ
mas hyIsn which Is stil sung by the pcazantry
in Normany. II begins lie Homme est ne.
Troi5 ROis Ia Another derivation Is froin .A,i
gui menez, - lead to the mistletOe.' cay used
in some parts Of France by boys when begging
the last day OF the year In Scotland First
footing is genial social custom OF an excuse
for heavy drinking, according to the company.
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THE WEST INDIES FRUIT TRADE.
seven New Steamers Immediately to
He Built for II.

Consul Freeman reports from Copenha
gen TO the State Department that seven
new steamers have just been ordered for
the fruit trade between the West India
Islands and the United States. The con
tract for one Of them-the Taunton-with
the option of two others, was signed re-
Gently between the United Fruit ComDa-
ny and Nessrs- Burmeister & Hams eX-
tensiye shipbuiIders of Copenhagen. Three
OF the seven VIII be built in England,
three in Norway. and one in Denmark.
with a possibility Of TWO more at Copen-
hagen The United Fruit Company has
already over twenty steamers in the ba-
mana trade from the West Indies to
American ports. These vessels are regis
tered as Norwegian. but it is understood
that the bulk OF the capital invested is
American. This company is also adding
20 its feet two steel steamers for use in
carrying fruit on the Great Lakes.
the Taunton, which may be taken as a
TYPICAL steamer OF the banana feet will
be p spar-deck vessel 227 feet long %
feet beam, with depth OF % feet She
viii have a registry of :, 600 tons net, al
though her usual load VIII be about
] o0e tons. With this load she viii draw
= feet Of water, and her engines VIII
give her speed Of y knots an hour.
Besides her cargo, she viii have accom-
. modltions for thirty passengers Bur
meisjer & Hams have contracted to de
/ liver the vessel complete for $I07, eco.
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ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS.
a Report of Interest 10 Like Organi-
zatiOns in America.

zatiOns in America.
Consul Mcfarland. at Nottingham, Eng
land, has recently sent to the State De
partment report bearing upon trade
unions in the United Kingdom. He says:
The British Board OF Trade has just
issued report on the trade unions of
the United Kingdom, an abstract Ct which
Will be CT especial interest to similar CT
carnations in the United States The
number OF unions for which compare i've
statistics of membership are given for
the period 1892 to 1899 Is t.6S5 Some of
these unions were not in existence during
the whole of this period. and the number
on the list at the end of 1899 was 1892
compared with l.2i8 at the end of 1892,
The membership of all the unions al the
end of 1899 was 1929 as compared
with 1.5G3. 232 al the end of 1882. an in
crease OF 20 per cent in the eight years.
During 1899, the total number OF trade
unions decreased from $40 to 292 This
decline of IS is due to aIaalgamation of
that number OF smaller unIoRs Win Iarg-
er organizations, the number CT uniuns
| tS0) formed during the year being the
same as the number dissolved. The total
membership, however. OF the trade IN ons
~ A
: S02.516. an increase of 153.2S7. or 9 per
cent, the greatest propOrtioHate gain ia
{ any Of the eight years covered by ne re
port. This increase is due to the general
rise in the membership OF unions Of every
! trade with the siagIe exception of the
unions in the clothing trade. which show
a small decrease. The unions which most
+ largely increased their membersh- ? dur
! ing the year were these in the mining and
( Qua-rying indus ries. which showed q ea II
/ OF 71-0S4 members. or 20 per cent
With regard to the sex of members,
] the returns show that 139 unions included
women in their membership. the number
{ being 12e. AS. or nearly per cent of the
/ Total membership Of all trade unions and
! % per cent OF the membership OF the 139
unions which include female members. The
5dlk of this membership IS 10 be found in
the textile trades. which include 109, 076,
/ or over so per cent of the total number of
| female trades unicnists. Figures with re-
! gard 10 income. expenditure. etc. Of loo
only OF the principal unions. with mem
/ bership Of III. 465 show that their funds
! - the end Of the year amounted TO SIS
sT6 $40. The total income was IS. 060. fS5
/ Compared with 1898. the figures show an
! increase in the funds and total member
/ sisip, but a decrease in the income and ex-
! Deaditure. the loss in both cases being
( principally due to the comparative free
( DON Of ire year from disputes OF any mag
I ciiude. The decrease in expenditure in the
! metal. engineering and snipbUildng grouI
/ OF trades amounted to no less thar S917,-
( $50; the expenditure in 1899 being 81. 234
z3S, as compared with S3.G54, 9S9 in 1895
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ADVENTURES IN THE ANDES.
Rough Experiences of an American
in search of Gold.

PARKERSBURG. W. Va, Jan %
Charles y. Simpson. of Moundsville, pass
ed here Monday on his way home after
a year of the mos exciting adventures
and experiences. He left home last March
with 81, SEQ in his pocket After travelling
over the United States and to England, he
went to South America
He arrived in Buenos Ayres and started
across the mountains 10 search for gold
in the Andes Mountains. Before he
reached the Chilean border he was ARE st
ed by the Argentine Secret Service men
and thrown into Jail as a spy \ Catholic
missionary finally came to his aid and
his identity was proven He and his com
panions endured the most terrible hard
ships in the mountains, were almost
frozen and starved. and were refused
lodging by many persons.
They finally found their way to the
coast, where the United States Consul
got them passage to California s .mpson
has worked his way home from there