,V * N
, *
GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER SHOT.
FORWARD, MARCH!
Three UcKimcntH Leave Camp Tltoiuaa ami
Ht'Kin a Trip »o Porto Xtleo.
Cliiekamauga National Military
Park, (ia., July 23. —The actual move
ment of troops from Camp Thomas for
the Porto Uiean expedition began Fri
day when (ien. Haines' brigade, the
Second of the First division. First
corps, broke camp and marched to
JJossville. The regiments included
were the Fourth Ohio, Fourth Penn
sylvania and Third Illinois. The
Fourth Pennsylvania, the last to load,
did not leave Kossville until last night.
Their route is to Cincinnati over the
Cincinnati Southern and thence to
Newport News, via the Chesapeake <Sr
Ohio.
These troops will be followed to-day
by Gen. Brooke and staff, the reserve
ambulance company, the reserve hos
pital corps, the signal corps and (ien.
Brooke's guard, consisting of Troop II
of the Sixth cavalry and Company F
of the Eighth infantry.
The following four light batteries of
artillery will follow, breaking camp
Sunday morning. Battery A, Illinois;
Mattery B. Pennsylvania; Battery A.
Missouri, and the 'I wenty-seventh In
diana battery.
It is conceded at headquarters to be
the plan to take the whole of the First
corps to Porto Rico and it is the un
derstanding that other regiments are
to leave as rapidly as transportation
can be provided, the brigades leaving
the park in regular turn until the last
brigade of the Third division has been
ordered out. The total force will fall
but little short of 40,000 officers and
men. It will require from 12 to 15
days to move the corps.
OFFICIAL RECOGNITION.
Spain's Government Give* It to tlie IMan
for Landing Shatter's l'rUonera in Their
Native I.ami.
Washington. July 23.—The Madrid
government has officially recognized
the proposed return by the I'nited
States of the Santiago prisoners to
Spain. This recognition came Friday
in the form of a letter to (ien. Shatter
from (ien. Toral. The fact of the re
ceipt of the letter was communicated
to the war department last night in
the following dispatch from Shaffer:
"I am in receipt of a letter from Gen.
Toral saying the Spanish secretary of
war desires the troops landed at Vigo
and Corunna on the Atlantic and at
S.nitander in the Hay of Biscay." The
request of the Spanish government
will be complied with.
Sender Mu.t Pay for the Stamp.
New York, July 2!).- The \\ . T\ Tele
graph Co. was ordered to show cause
at a special term of the supreme court
held in Brooklyn Friday why a per
emptory writ of mandamus should not
issue directing the telegraph company
to receive and transmit a telegram of
fered for transmission at its Brooklyn
office without the one-cent stamp re
quired to be placed thereon by the war
revenue act of 1 SOS. The court decided
that no hearing was necessary, the
commissioner of internal revenue hav
ing decided that the sender must pay
for and attach the stamp.
Destroyed a SpiiniHli Cruiser.
Washington, July 23.- The following
message was received at the navy de
partment Friday from Admiral Sanui
son: "Ivxpedition to Nipe has beeu
entirely successful. although the
mines were not removed for want of
time. The Spanish cruiser Jorge
Juan, defending the place, was de
stroyed without loss on our part. The
Annapolis and Wasp afterwards pro
ceeded from Nipe to assist in the land
ing of the commanding general of the
.army on arrival at Porto Kico."
Important, If True.
London, July I he Berlin corre
spondent of the Daily News says:
"I he powers with the exception of
'■ rent Britain have agreed not to allow
an American annexation of the Philip
pines, or an Anglo-American protec
torate over the islands."
Says Fence Neeot at ions Have llei^nti.
London, July 23.—'\ lie Madrid corre
spondent of the Daily Mail savs:
Senor Sagasta yesterday told a repre
sentative of Kl Impartial that the gov
ernment had already entered upon the
preliminary stage of peace negotia
tions.
Aguinalrio Tries to Figure
in a New Ilole.
ADVANCING ON MANILA.
California Troops Within Two
Miles of Spanish Lines.
CITY MUST SOON SURRENDER
Desultory Fighting ISettveeii tli« Spaniards
and Insurgents—Tin* Latter ISombard a
Fort at Malate—Spanlar Is Expect Help
from (amarn'H Fleet.
Washington, July 23.—The following
cablegram was received at the war de
partment yesterday:
"Hong Kong, .Inly 22.—Aguinaldo
i declares dictatorship and martial law
over all the islands. The people ex
pect independence. Recommend China
ponies. A N DKIJSON."
Andrson was the senior army otlicer
■at the J'hilippines when the dispatch
| was sent, probably several days be
j fore its llong Kong date. The refer
■ elite to China ponies means that Col.
j Anderson desires that kind of cavalry
animals.
New York. July 23. —A special to the
I Journal dated Cavite, July I'J, via
: Hong Kong, says:
I The entire regiment of First Califor
nia volunteers advanced to-day to Jan
| bo, only two miles from the Spanish
j lines surrounding Manila. The Cali
| fornia trops have been thrown out by
j Gen. Anderson to form the advance of
I the attack in force. South Manila
listo be captured first. The Colorado
J and Utah batteries are being landed at
; I'arangue directly from the ships. The
i Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers, with
j the rest of the artillery, will land at
j Malabon. just north of Manila.
Urig. (ien. Francis V. (ireen. form
-1 erly colonel of th* Seventy-first regi
ment of New York, is iu command of
j the advance. The I'nited States cruis-
I er Boston was detailed to cover the
| landing parties. She occupies a po
' sition almost within range of the guns
J of Fort Malate, which is only a short
I distance from Manila proper. The
! brigade commanded by lien. Anderson
i is still at Cavite, but his troops are
j ready to move. The arrival of the
i United States monitor Monterey is
| anxiousl;, c.xpected.
The insurgents are gradually get
j ting artillery into action against Pon
! do, Santo Meso and Malate. The fight
| ing is desultory. The Spaniards have
: been driven from the trenches outside
Malate and the insurgents tire strongly
j entrenched near the walls of the fort.
! The insurgents have begun to bom
i hard Malate fort and have struck the
j telegraph company's cable house.
It is said on semi-official authority
! in Manila that the recent news from
i Cuba is "a vile, Knglish fabrication,"
! that in reality the Spaniards have
j been victorious, that "Admiral Cana
j ra's squadron has coaled at Singapore"
j and is expected here on July 25.
Sour (irapi>H.
Madrid, July 2.'!.—lt is asserted here
i that the Spanish prisoners comprised
| in the capitulation of Santiago de
Cuba do not exceed 10,000 men and
i that the ammunition captured is al-
I most useless.
i Three Men Killed l»y an Explosion.
Dutch Flat, Cal.. July 2.'!. Fngine
i No. 993 on an east-bound extra, blew up
j at the station here Friday, killing ICn
j gineer Tom Kelly, Fireman Terry and
j a coal passer, name unknown. The
| hotel of.l. K. Fuller was completely
i demolished and four people injured,
(■rant N Aligned to a Command.
Washington, July 2.'!. It rig. (ien.
Fred I). (Irant ha* been assigned to the
| eomand of the Third brigade of Ceil.
| Wilson's division of the First army
' corps. Two brigades of this division
I are already assigned for duty with flit
j I'orto liico invasion.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1898.
SPANISH SHIPS.
They Will Convoy Shafter's Pris
oners to Their Native Land.
Tlie Government Award* » Contract Worth
000 to a SteaniHliip l.lne Whose
Owner* are Spaniards Tin* Klll
- to liegin Inside of
a Week from Santiago.
Washington, July 21. Arrange
ments practically were concluded by
the government last night for the
transportation of the Spanish prison
ers iit Santiago from Cuba to Spain.
The contract was awartled to the
Spanish Trans-Atlantic Co., represent
ed by .1, M. Ceballos <£- Co., of New
York. The company agrees to carry
the prisoners from Cuban ports to
Spain at the rate of S2O tor each en
listed man and $55 for each commis
sioned officer, subsistence to lie fur
nished by the company on the army
ration basis, as provided for in the
government's advertisement for bids.
The award provides also that the com
pany shall have five ships at Santiago
in nine days from to-day, two in 17
days from to-day and enough to com
plete the transportation of the prison
ers in 21 days.
Three days ago Col. ffecker, in
charge of the transportation of troops
in the quartermaster general's depart
ment of the army, went tw New York
to consult with shipping companies
concerning the transportation of the
Spanish troops surrendered at San
tiago. Bids which he had previously
advertised for were opened yesterday
at the army building in New York.
Col. Ileeker returned to Washington
last evening and had a conference
with Secretary Alger, Quartermaster
General Luddington and Adjt. Gen.
Corbin.
The bids of the several companies
were considered, that of the Spanish
Trans-Atlantic Co. finally being ac
cepted, as in all resoeets it was re
garded as the best made. On the basis
of 24,000 enlisted men and 1,000 offi
cers it will cost the government, $535,-
000 to transport the prisoners. The
ships will fly the colors of Spain and
will be manned probably entirely by
Spanish crews.
It was remarked as one of the curi
ous developments of the war that this
government should enter into a
friendly contract with a company,
many of whose vessels are auxiliaries
to the Spanish navy and some of
which have been captured or de
stroyed by the navy of the United
States.
IS GEN. GARCIA DEAD?
The Famous Cuban Leader 1- Heported tn
Have Iteen Shot l>etalls are l.a<-klu£.
New York, July 21. —A Kingston,
Jamaica, cable to the Evening Post
says: "Cubans arriving from Siboney
report the death of Gen. Garcia. They
make a mystery of it, saying that it
should not be known in Cuba yet or
in the United States for reasons of
state and give no particulars except
that he was shot."
New York. July 21. —The last word
directly received by the Cuban junta
in this city from Garcia was dated
before Santiago, July 11. It stated
that he was well and that the progress
of events was satisfactory. At that
time Garcia was west of Santiago,
guarding the approaches from expect
ed reinforcements for the city.
Horatio S. Rubens, counsel to the
junta, when given the information
contained in the Post's dispatch, said
that news of Garcia's death had not
been received at the junta, but that
at best communication with the Cu
bnn forces in the field was irregular.
"I am greatly surprised," he said,
"but I do not find it hard to credit the
dispatch.
"During the assault on Santiago,
Garcia was in the west with his com
mand. with.the special duty of inter
cepting reinforcements and cutting
off the retreat of the Spanish soldiers.
"When the city fell, his duty there
was at an end. The attack on Man
zanillo was then planned. Manwin
illo lies to the west, and it is. there
fore, probable that Shatter detailed
Garcia's command to cut off reinforce
ments there. Ilolguin lies near Man
zanillo and was garrisoned by a con
siderable force, as Ihe American gen
eral must have known. It is not un
likely that Garcia and his men came
into conflict with a body of Spanish
soldiery bound from Ilolguin for Man
zanillo."
Course of Cuban War Leaders.
Washington, July 21.—Sena** Que
seda and other representatives of the
Cuban junta consulted yesterday with
officials of the war department. The
United States officials were assured
that there was no dissatisfaction with
the management of affairs in Cuba so
far as the Cuban representatives were
concerned, and that if Gen. Garcin and
other Cubans operating about San
tiago were not in harmony with the
United States authorities there, it
arose from a misunderstanding of the
president's proclamation and of the
intentions of the United States gov
ernment. The Cubans at Santiago, it
was stated, probably thought the ac
tion of Gen. Shaffer meant the con
tinuation of Spanish rule and Spanish
authority. It being well understood
here that such was not the case, it
was the belief of the Cuban represent
atives that when the matter was
made plain to the Cuban officers in
the field, they would acquiesce in the
action of the United States and render
the United States army hearty sup
port .
Ilroujrht Two I'ri/.e* Into Port.
Key West, July 19. The schooner
Three Mells and the sloop Pilgrim,
captured by the gunboat Dixie near
Man/anillo on July 0, arrived here
Monday under prize crews. Marrvat
never imagined a more grotesque tale
of marine misadventure than was ex
perienced by these men in bringing
their spoils to port. They encount
ered suicide and Spanish bullets and.
buffeted about by hostile winds, drift
ed helplessly about in strange seas un
til well nigh hopeless of ever reach
ing shore. Both prizes were under
the British flag, bound from Kings
ton, Jamaica, for Manzanillo with food
TREASURE SHIPS RETURN
Miner* from the Klondike llrlng Hack Cp
wardi of 53,000,000 to tiold Hunt and
Draft*.
San Krftncisco, July 18.—The steam
er St. I'aul arrived last . from St.
Michael's, bringing men and treasure
from the Klondike. There were 170
passengers on her list and the amount
if the earnings, in gold dust, nuggets,
ind bank drafts is estimated by ship's
jffieers at $3,000,000. The largest
imount brought out by a single pros
pector is in the possession of N. I.
Pickett, who has SSO,OOO.
The returning miners say that if is
idle for prospectors togo to the Klon
like now expecting to locate claims.
;is all the mining land of any value
lias already been staked out.
Seattle, Wash.. July is. Seventeen
miners who left Dawson City June 28
have arrived here on the steamer City
of Seattle, bringing with them gold
3ust and drafts estimated at SOOO,OOO.
Of this amount SIBO,OOO was in dust.
The largest individual amount of
dust was brought by K. M. Sullivan,
of Cos Angeles, who is credited with
$50,000. The largest individual amount
of dust and drafts was carried by K.
Lewin, of Seattle, whose sack is esti
mated at SIOO,OOO. The other indi
vidual amounts range all the way
from $2,000 to SIO,OOO. There were a
few who had barely enough to reach
home.
The Klondike Nugget, the first
newspaper published at Dawson, tin
ier date of June 28 says: "Washing
up is still in progress and will proba
bly not be completed until the latter
part of July, owing to a scarcity of
water. Opinions as to the amount of
the total yield differ. Estimates run
ill the way from $15,000,000 to $20,000,-
:>OO. The most conservative place it
below the former sum.
"On June 13 a nugget worth $l7O
was picked up on No. 42 Eldorado.
The hippy claim. No. 10 Eldorado
creek, will, it is estimated, clean up
from one-third to one-half a million.
"Oil Kldorado, not many above 45
were worked. No. 8 Kldorado, owned
by Charles Lamb, has been sold for
$350,000. One man on Sulphur creek
•leaned lip SI,BOO after two days' sluic
ing. R. I). Rhodes' claim on N'o. 21.
above Bonanza, yielded 245 ounces in
i single clean-up. Many claims on El
lorado and Bonanza will yield SIOO,OOO
or more.
"The most remarkable strike this
season was made on French Gulch, a
Mnall tributary of Eldorado. Pay dirt
was found on bench claims at an ele
vation of 700 feet above the bed of
Kldorado. In one day $2,900 was
panned out.
Victoria, B. C„ July 18.—Editor
Shippy. of the Skaguay News, who
r-anic down on the Cottage City, says
this year's clean up at Dawson will be
i trifle less than $20,000,000. The May
West had $750,000 and more and the
other boats which left June 28 and
Tilly 4 carry the balance of the output.
There is no fear of a famine in Daw
<i)ii. Wages keep at $lO to sls a day.
but there will be very little work at
mining until the frost sets in. I here
is said to be about 40,000 people
around Dawson at present and the
river all the way up is crowded with
newcomers.
IN TRUE WESTERN STYLE.
r«-o Masked Men Kub an Kvprrni Car and
Kill a Man.
Wichita, Kan., July 18.—The Frisco
passenger train leaving here at 9:30
Saturday night for St. Louis was held
up by two masked men at Andover, a
station ten miles cast of here. A citi
zen of Andover who lea.'lied of the
plan to rob the train attempted to no
tify the train officials and was shot
by the robbers. He will provably die.
Several hundred dollars were taken
from the express car.
Andover is a flag station and has
ibout 200 people. Two men rode into
town at dark and tied their horses
near the depot. They acted in such a
mysterious way that they were sus
pected and a man was sent down the
road to flag the train. lie was shot by
the robbers just a few minutes before
the train arrived. As soon as the en
gineer slowed down the men under
heavv masks entered the express car
and demanded the money. The messen
ger drew a gun but was overpowered,
after which the men went through
the safe. No attempt was made to
rob the passengers.
Saved (lie Lopez' Cargo.
Washington, July 21.—Word has
come to the war department that the
Spaniards in Porto Rico succeeded in
landing from the wreck of the steam
er Antonio Lopez nearly all of the
cargo carried by that ship when she
was run ashore and set on fire by one
of the American cruisers. The Lopez
was loaded with supplies and was
about to run the blockade into San
Juan when she was cornered.
Six Heaths Anions Prisoner*.
Portsmouth. N. H... uly 21.— The
largest number reported sick among
the Spanish prisoners since their ar
rival at Seavey's Island was reported
last night. The officials announced
that there are 200 in tin- stockade, be
sides those i»i the hospital. There
were six deaths in the hospital yester
day.
Arrive.
Washington. July 2f. —Gen. Miles
telegraphed the war department yes
terday announcing the arrival at San
tiago from Tampa of the transports
Lampasas and Neuces, with about 000
men on board. These are supposed to
include the District of Columbia en
gineers and an artillery battery.
Important
Lansing. Mich.. July 19. — I The stat"
supreme court decided a case yester
day that strengthens tax titles pur
chased for non-payment of taxes. The
property of the Ridge Copper Co.. in
Ontonagon county, was bid off to the
state for non-payment of taxes in 1893.
Subsequently the state sold its title
to J. Everett Ball, of Marquette, for
a small sum and yesterday the su
preme court ordered a writ, of assist
ance issued to Ball to place liilri in
possession of the property, valued at
$2,000,000. The company attacked the
constitutionality of the tax law of
1893, but the court held it sound.
A GALLANT SOLDIER.
Benry C. Corbin, Adjutant General
of the Army.
He IN n Prime Favorite Ainonjf Men,
and tlie liiiiliri Slinpl> Adore
111 in —II i« lleeord UH a
Military Man.
Few of the gallant soldiers in tli«
United States army are able to look
back over a career so varied and so full
of useful activities as that of llenry
C. Corbin, the [(resent adjutant gen
eral. Inheriting from his patriot an-r
cestors an ardent spirit of American
ism he determined early in life to de
vote himself to the service of his coun
try, and since he left his father's farm,
a hardy, untrained but ambitious lad,
he has known no other calling- than
that of a soldier. At the first summons
to arms in IStil, young Corbin
down his farming implements and,
with godspeed from a loyal father, he
hastened to enroll himself among the
union volunteers. Up to that period
he had spent 19 > ears on the paternal
farm in Clermont county, ()., where
he was born in September, 1842.
Although he enlisted as a private,
Corbin speedily rose to the rank ol
first lieutenant of the Eighty-third
Ohio infantry. He went immediately
to the front and soon afterward ha
was transferred to the Seventy-ninth
Ohio, in which he served for more than
a year. In the fall of 1803 he whs ap
pointed major of the Fourteenth
United States colored infantry, and
much of the high reputation attained
by that regiment for discipline and ef
fective service was due to his efforts
as a drillmaster and leader, lie was
successively promoted to be lieuten
ant colonel and colonel of that regi
ment, and in March, 1865, he received
the honorary brevet of brigadier gen
eral. Throughout the war his com
mand was frequently engaged at im
portant points, and not only did he
win personal distinction as a brave
and cool-headed officer, but the regi
ment was cordially commended in of
ficial Teports. The young officer
earned his first brevet for "gallant and
HBKKY C. C'OKlilN.
(Adjutant General of the United States
Army.)
meritorious conduct" at Decatur and
Nashville.
After the Fourteenth infantry was
mustered out of service, early in the
spring oi 1800, Col. Corbin was at onto
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the regular United States army and
attached to the Seventeenth infantry
His ability as a tactician and an ex
ecutive officer soon secured his ad>
vaneemvnt to the rank of captain, and
in November, ISG9, at the age of
years, he was transferred, with that
rank, to the Twenty-fourth infantry.
In 1877 Capt. Corbin —more famil
ly known even then as Gen. Corbin —
was detached as military attache to
the president, and during the inter
esting period of his service at the ex
ecutive mansion he developed not only
an admirable degree of tact, but those
sterling social qualities which resulted
in the establishment of strong and
lasting friendships with some of the
most distinguished soldiers and states
men of his time. His relations with
Presidents Hayes and Garfield were of
the most cordial and confidential char
acter, and Presidents Harrison and
McKinlcy have each held him in high
esteem as a valued friend. lie was
with President Garfield when the lat
ter was shot, in the Pennsylvania rail
road station ir. Washington, in July,
1881, and he was one of the sorrow
stricken family group that stood by
the assassinated president's bedside
at Klberon when death came a few
weeks afterward.
President Haves appointed Capt.
Corbin to his staff with the rank of
major in ISSO. and also made him an
assistant adjutant general. At various
times he served on the staffs of Gens.
Hunt, Sehofield, Terry, Cooke and
Miles, proving himself at all times a
most trustworthy and valuable aid to
his chief. He .vas with Gen. Miles in
the exciting and successful cimpaigii
against Geroriimo, and also during the
Pine Ridge campaign, which continued
through 1890 and 1891. Subsequently
while with Gen. McCook in Arizona he
was vested with the personal direction
of and responsibility for the campaign
against the Moquis. and he dischargee
his obligations with customary
promptness and thorougness. About
this time he was promoted to be lieu
tenant < olonel. and in 1892 he was sum
moiled to Washington for important
duty at the wnr department.
After lie had been in Washington foi
n few years Col. Corbin was trans
ferred 10 Governor's Island. New Vorl
harbor, as chief of staff of the depart
ment of the ea-t. ir. which capacity h<
served until October. 1897 when ht
was ordered lrick to Washington it
consequence of tlip apnronehinfir re
firereent of Ad it. Gen. Samuel I'.reek
President McKinlcy appointed Col
Sorbin as Gen. ?'i-?ek*.= si ecc sscr in tln
t<«|. pj. oi° last Febru uy
COMMODORE WATSON.
The Man Who lint JteeelveU
tioaia t» Annihilate A<lmirul
luuiuru'a Fleet.
Commodore Joliu Crittenden W at*
son, who lias been ordered to sea with!
a squadron to destroy Admiral Ca-»
mara's fleet, now returning to Spaini
from the Suez canal, comes down fromj
a line of American fighters. Vermont
lias her Dewey, Maryland her Schley,
Alabama her Hobson, and now Kw
tucky comes forward with her hero,
Watson, lie was born in Frankfort
and was graduated from the naval
academy in time to get aboard Far*
ragut's flagship and fight all through
the civil war. He served on the flag-
COMMODORE WATSON.
<Ordered to Sea with a Squadron to Destroy
Caraara's Fleet.)
ship until peace was declared. The
commodore is a grandson of John J.
Crittenden, who was once attorney
general of the United States and who
wrote the famous Crittenden compro
mise bill. He is a nephew of Uen.
George 15. Crittenden and Thomas L.
Crittenden, who were among the
heroes of the civil war. At the end
of the big family light the young naval
officer was assigned to different posi
tions in the service of the department
on laud and on sea, and was slowly
promoted until his present rank was
reached. The commodore is a high
type of American citizen —cool, fear
less, quick in judgment, and an ideal
man to send after Camara and his war
ships. Mrs. Watson was Miss Thorn
ton, of San Francisco. There are two
sons, Edward 11. Watson, an ensign oa
the cruiser Detroit, and Thornton L-.
now serving his country as a private in
the Seventh cavalry. The commodore
will pursue Camara and his fleet to the
docks of Cadiz, if need be. The ships
he will take on the mission are the
lowa, the Oregon, the Newark (flag
ship),the Yosemite, Yankee and Dixie,
cruisers; four colliers and a supply
ship.
DEWEY HATS AND TIES.
UfiUertliiHlifrN an<i Ha Ima ker*« Have*
Adoptnl the Admiral*# .Name
far Tlielr Good*.
The fact that Hear Admiral Dewey
Is the most unpretending man in the
world lias not prevented the naming
of a score of articles of dress after
him. The Dewey derby is low
crowned and broad brimmed. The
Dewey tile is tall and rather slender
for the si/.e of its rim. Quite a digni
fied hat, you would say, even for ail
admiral to wear. The Dewey Alpine,
on the other hand, is very soft and
made of canvas. It is the hat for trav
eling.
Dewey neckties come all made up
with hook and clasp for uniting them
NAMED AFTKR DEWEY.
(Hats and Ties Made Popular by a I'opulai
Name.)
at the back. This is particularly true
of the string tie. The hand-over-hand
tie is broad and so tied that it ends in
a point in front.
It is a strange commentary upon the
perversity of affairs that Admiral
Dewey is far away where lie cannot
obtain these articles of dress; and
stranger still to know that even were
he here he could not wear them except
upon rare moments, off duty.
I.urgent Flail Ever .\inde, '
The largest flag iu the world has
been swung across a river at Matich
Chunk, I'a., from the summit of moun
tains on either side. The flag is
swung on a cable half a mile long, nod
tlu* flag is suspended in the middle.
The size of the flag is 50 by 7J'/ 3 feet,
it contains 'J7S yards of ordinary
bunting, ~~ yards of stay bunting, IS
yards of duck, 101) yards of muslin and
I pounds of hardware. This giant
flag, which is the pride of Mauch
Chunk, has an area of square
feet, and is :200 square feet larger than
any known flag in the world. The*
bunting is .">4 inches wide. The stars
are 31'/ s inches in diameter. Hira
weight of the flag is 203 pounds.
Mexico's Huhher Output.
Last year the output of rubber from
Mexico was 1.0tt0,000 pounds. Hun
dreds of thousands of rubbertreesare
being planteJ, and in a few years
most of our supply of rubber will
come from that country.
Chinese lluritlar* Are Shrew»l.
In a recent book on China the author
says that Chinese burglars are difli
eult to catch, as they oil their bodies
ill over and twist their pigtailr into
bunches stuck full of needh'S.
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