THE PAPER TRUST
A Protest Against Governmental
Aid Therefor.
IMfiv«|ia|>rr tlrii Afcli tlmt tlie lint) on
l*lil|> Abollalird-It l» Alleged
that tlie l'roltta ol' tile Trust
Are Kiiuruioun and Area
Tm on Knowledge.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The American
Newspaper Publishers' association has
presented to the Anglo-American joint
commissioners a carefully prepared ar
gument in favor of free paper and free
pulp.
The directors of the American News
paper Publishers' association, repre
senting 157 daily newspapers of the
United States and representing the
bulk of the total consumption of print
paper, are in favor of free paper and
free pulp. The tariff of $0 per ton on
print paper is prohibitory and they be
lieve the rate of 51.07 per ton for me
chanically ground wood pulp is ex
cessive; that the American paper man
ufacturers need no protection because
they can manufacture paper cheaper
than is done in any other part of the
world and that they are now supply
ing the Australian, Japanese and Brit
ish markets in competition with Swed
ish and Herman manufacturers.
During the last year the export aver
aged over 1,000 tons per week and the
entire revenue received from the im
portation of mechanically ground wood
pulp was only 841,842 last year, so that
no serious question of national econo
my could lie urged in opposition to free
pulp and free paper.
The American manufacturers are
protected to the extent of SI.(10 per ton
by reason of their proximity to tlieir
customers. The difference in the cost
of transportation to market is their
great guaranty of security againstC'an
ada or any foreign country. They are
also protected by reason of their ability
to obtain cheaper and more convenient
supplies of coal and chemicals, which
;;s yet arc not obtainable in the Cana
dian forests.
111 January. 1808, all the big paper
mills 0/ the I'nited States with a few
unimportant exceptions were merged
into the International Paper Co.. a
combination that absorbed 24 mills,
producing about HO per cent, of the en
tire American output. This corpora
tion or trust was capitalized upon a
basis of 855,000,000. The pretext given
for the organization of the trust was
the inability of mills to make paper at
prevailing prices that bankruptcy
stared them in the face.
This combination was really formed
to protect the proprietors whose mills
were in poor localities or on streams
that were running dry. Every mill
owner who entered that trust invited
a withdrawal of government favor.
Kxcessive and improper prices were
paid for many mills that were located
011 exhausted water courses and that
were tributary to denuded timber
tracts; for mills that at periods of the
year have an insufficient supply of
water or are under water; for mills
that are inferior and worthless in ma
chinery, equipment and construction;
for mills that must pay excessive rent
al for water power; for mills that do
not own or control wood land; for mills
that have neither pulp grinding at
tachments nor sulphite pulp auxilia
ries.
A circular based up«n information
"furnished by officers" of the Interna
tional Paper Co., showed that in July
the trust was making a profit of $lO
per ton on its output.
The entire output of this corporation,
representing 1,420 tons per day for the
oretical capacity, could be reproduced
by a present investment of $15,000,000,
so that the American consumers ol
newspapers arc fore d to pay dividends
upon an inflated valuation of at least
£40,000,000.
Immediately after the organization
i,f tlie trust it raised the price of paper
wherever possible. In three cases it
raised its price 5510 per ton and has av
eraged an increase of 55 per ton on it.i
daily output of 1,420 tons, equaling an
increased tax of 52,180,000 per annum
upon the newspapers of the country,
which now pay a total exceeding $20,-
000,000 per annum lor their paper sup
ply.
Every increase of a quarter cent per
pound in the price of newspapers adds
84,000.000 dollars to the value of the
trust securities.
The duty 011 paper stops heap books
and cheap newspapers. It taxes intel
ligence, because the newspapers are
tlie people's school and their library.
All taxes upon paper are taxes upon
reading, i pon knowledge, upon the
dissemination of information; to make
newspapers artificially dear is wanton
ly to restrict the number of readers
and so increase ignorance. When this
is done or proposed, simply to add tc
the profits of a ' monopoly, the injury
to public interests becomes a matter
demanding the intervention of the
government.
illoorf llraivit a 10-Veisr Nenlesiee.
New York, Dee. 28. W. A. li. Moore,
convicted of robbing Martin Mahon, a
hotelkecper of this city, by the "badg
er game,'' was yesterday sentenced to
I'J years instate prison. Justice Daly,
in the supreme court, on the applica
tion of counsel for Moore, granted a
stay of execution of the sentence
passed on Moore by Recorder (loft' un
til a motion could be argued for the
granting of a certificate of reasonable
doubt in order to enable an appeal to
be taken.
VI ill llavc a \aval vernment.
Washington, Dee. 29.—The island of
tluam will probably be different from
the other colonial possessions or de
pendencies of the United States in
having a naval instead of a military
government. The reason is that the
sole reason for tlie selection and ac
qniremeni of the island was to obtain
a cmveniently located navni station
for our warships, and that being the
case, file navy should have exclusive
control. The command will he of im
portance, for the island has a popula
tion of more than 8,000 People. Ahou'
1,400 of them of European extraction.
TO PAY DAMAGES.
Thn PrcMdent Villi Heroiiiuimd to
4'onsreMN tlie liilHrlninit of l.eglalu
tlon Looking «o Hie Sottlemeilt ol
lll*' ('iilum \% h r flalm*.
Washington, Dec. 29. —Immediately
upon the ratifieaition of the peace
treaty by the senate the president will
reeommen<l to congress the enactment
of legislation looking to the settle
ment of the claims of American citi
zens for damages sustained in Cuba.
I'orto Rico and other Spanish posses
sions. which formed the seat of war.
Claims to the amount of $2(5,000,000 on
this score have already been lodged
with the sta>te department. It is true
that an unknown proportion of these
are claims based 011 depredations com
mitted by Cuban insurgents for which
(it is questionable whether the Span
ish government, could be held respon
sible. On the other hand, it is believed
that there are many claims for large
amounts that have not yet 'been pre
sented, owing 'to the inability of the
claimants to secure the necessary cor
roborative evidence during the Span
ish occupation of the evacuated terri
tories, or because of the belief that it
would be fruitless to present any
claim so long as Spanish sovereignty
was maintained.
However, by an article in the treaty
of Paris, the I'nited States has as
sumed liability for all claims pre
ferred 'by its citizens on account of
depredations, or, in fact, on any score.
In turn the Spanish ass'umed liabil
ity for any claim thflt might have
been made on account of Spamish citi
zens or the Spanish government itself
against the I'nited States. What such
claims would have amounted to can
not be estimated. None were filed
with the I'nited States government
prior to the declaration of war. Hut
it is recalled that there is much criti
cism 011 the part of high Spanish offi
cials of the alleged failure of the
I'nited States government to observe
the requirements of the neutrality
laws ami more than one ,".tateinent to
the effect that the Spanish govern
ment intended to present a claim for
a round number of millions on that
score.
In the inclusion in the treaty of the
clause providing for the mutual as
sumption of debts, l>y both parties,
the commissioners were simply fol
lowing the lines of the treaty of Guad
aloupe Hidalgo, which terminated the
war between the United States and
Mcxiico, although in that ease there
was a limitation expressed in terms
upon the amount of liability to be as
sumed by the I'nited States. So far
as is known the treaty does not spe
cifically provide for the appointment
of a commission to adjust these claims
of I'nited States citizens, but as that
is the usual method of adjudication,
it is presmined that a commission will
be created by authority of an act of
congress. The latter cannot withhold
its sanction to some such arrange
ments after 'the ratification of the
treaty, because the convention itself
binds the government to the obliga
tion.
ROBERTS TALKS.
Tlie<oiigrc*«iiiHii-i:ie«t flnhf" a *late
iiie 111 lii Keferem-e l<> I* I lira I Vlar
riagm.
New York, Dec. 29.—A Salt Lake
special to the Evening World says:
Congressman-elect H." 11. Kobe.rts
Wednesday made the following state
ment: "If a time comes when it is
necessary for me to defend myself I
shall be there right on t/he spot., and
I appreciate tihat the members of con
gress and the American people are
more liberal, 'broad-minded and gen
erous than a few bigoted and con
tracted preachers, whose training,
mode of life and trend of thought
tend to unfit them for practical life.
"Joseph Smith received a command
ment from the Lord to introduce our
order of marriage into the church,
and on t/he strength of that revelation
and not by reasons of anything that
is written in the .lewish scriptures,
the Latter Day 'Saints practice plural
marriage. I'olygainv is not .adultery,
for. were it so considered, tlhen Abra
ham, Jacob and the prophets who
practiced it would not be allowed a
lieritance in the kingdom of heaven:
and if polygamy is not adultery, tihen
it cannot be classed as a sin at all.
It aippears to me that modern Chris
tians must either learn to tolerate po
lygamy or give up forever the glori
ous hope of resting in Abraham's
bosom."
At the most, Mr. Roberts says, his
offense is unlawful cohabitation, and
he remarked: "I am here and the
courts are open. If anyone wants to
test the point t;he way is clear."
It has been urged by some that
Roberts, owing to the operation of
the Edmunds-Tucker act, which dis
franchised all polygamists. is 1 eg: Jlv
barred from taking his seat in con
gress. In regard to this Mr. Roberts
says he lvas had tilie best legal advice
obtainable, which convinces him that
there are no legal obstacles in the way
of his taking the seat.
Mciitli ol' Judge Kecder.
ICaston. i'a.. Dee. 2!). —Judge How
ard .1. Reeder died at his home in this
city Wednesday morning, lie was 55
years of age. Judge Reeder was a
son of Andrew If. Reeder, noted as
the governor of Kansas during the
anti-slavery controversy before the
civil war. lie served throughout that
struggle, first as a lieutenant of regu
lars and afterward as a captain of vol
unteers.
A 11 Agreement Iteuelicd.
Washington, Dec. 20.—1t is said in
official circles that indications point
to the conclusion of an agreement be
tween the joint high Canadian com
missioners that while satisfactory to
both the I nited States and to Canada
will not include nil that either side
hoped to obtain at the beginning. The
arrangement is expected to lie ratified
shortly.
tJurderer llangeil.
Princeton, Mo.. Dec. 20. Ira Sexton
was hanged here Wednesday for the
killing of Nathan Stark, a young far
mer, October 23, 1 -97.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1899.
THE FALL OF ILOILO.
AguliiHldu'a Flats 1* Flying Over tlx*
t'lty— Alllcrlcan Troop* Arrived too
Lh(« The Ml null on Hecuiuluic <Olll
-
Washington, Dec. 29. —There i» a
good deal of anxiety in official circles
here over recent events at lloilo. Two
official dispatches 'have been received
by the state and war departments
but it is imjiossible to {father from
theni an accurate knowledge as to the
condition there. It is not even possi
ble to learn whether the insurgents
or the American forces have taken the
place. Wednesday morning I nited
States Consul I'ratt, at Singapore, ca
bled the state department: "lloilo
taken 24th. Spanish tied to Borneo.'
This threw the officials int>o deeper
doubt than before. The American
expedition which left Manila togo to
lloilo, 2.000 troops and the warships
Baltimore and I'allao, will scarcely
have had time, it is said, to have
reached lloilo by "the 24th inst. So
the inference is that the insurgents
are in possession. Color is lent to this
belief 'by the fact reported in one tel
egram that tlie Spaniards had retreat
ed to a strongly fortified town on the
island of Mindanao.
Just before noon a dispatch came
from (Jen. Ojis that at once confirmed
the fears of the officials of the war
department as to what lias taken
place at lloilo. It appears that the
American forces arrived too late on
the scene and that the insurgents had
added to the difficulty of the prob
lems already presented by hoisting
their flag over the city, whiefh they
have been besieging for months. The
news was contained in the following
message from (!»n. Otis:
"Sent Col. Potter on fast vessel to
lloilo on 211 h to communicate with
Spanish (Sen. IJios; latter evacuated
evening of 24th and Potter arrived 39
•hours late; insurgents took posses
sion of city on 2t»th. and Potter found
Aguinaldo's flag flying. Cannot now
report probable results; will not hear
from there for four days, as no cable
communications. Spanish forces have
evacuated all stations in southern isl
ands, except Zamboanga, Mindanao by
orders, as they say, from Madrid."
The evacuation by the Spaniards of
all Philippine ports, as reported by
(!en. Otis, although doubtless inspired
by a desire to secure their safety by
concentration, undoubtedly has done
much to complicate tihe problem al
ready presented the war department
of extending the military jurisdiction
of thf I'nited States over the islands.
It will now lie necessary to expedite
the execution of the original plans
and it imny be fully expected that
within a week important events will
have happened in the Philippines. It
is presumed that (ien. Otis will de
mand the surrender of lloilo into his
hands, and this demand may at once
raise the issue between the insurgents
and our own government of posses
sion of the islands.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
\ Popular Young; Scliooi Teacher
Hilled Murderer Suicide*.
Sioux City. Ia„ Dec. 29. A special
to the .Journal says: A district school
house about two miles from the vil
lage of Clare was the scene of a ter
rible tragedy Wednesday afternoon,
whereby May Thomas, a popular
young teacher, lost her life.
Yesterday afternoon a young man
came to Clare on the northbound Rock
Island passenger train, hired a horse
and drove out to the school house
where Miss Thomas teaches. He en
tered the building and they conversed
for some time, finally talking out to
gether. After going down the road a
short distance the man drew a revolv
er and shot her, killing her almost
instantly. He then shot himself and
died a few hours later. The young
man was not known at Clare but it
was learned that his name is Marry
Garvey. He had been keeping com
pany with Miss Thomas, who refused
his further attentions.
Ilyntcrj About 4 leu red I |>.
Salt Lake, I'tah, Dec. 29. —The mys
tery surrounding the shooting of ex-
Banker J. M. Stout two weeks ago
has nearly cleared up. Cashier Johns
was arrested on the charge of doing
Ihe shooting and his hearing contin
ued until Stout sufficiently recovers
to appear in court. At the instance of
I'nited States Commissioner Twomy a
warrant was sworn out yesterday to
arrest Stout on"the charge of having
presented to the bank examiner cer
tain false entries on the books while
president of the I'tah national bank
and for unlawfully misapplying the
funds of the ba,nk. The warrant was
served on Stout, citing him to appear
before the commissioner on January
9 for a preliminary hearing. Bond
was given in the sum of $2,500.
A «lt£ Strike.
Taconia, Wash., Dec. 29.—>N T ews that
a big strike has been made at the
Leo I a copper mine has just reached
Tacoma. Several days ago a solid five
foot vein of ore was opened just a few
'feet below the surface, which runs 20
per cent, pure copper and also carries
20 ounces of silver and paying quan
tities of gold to the ton. Several veins
ramify on the property which i
owned by Tacoma capitalists. The
mine is located in the eastern part of
Pierce county, at the foot of Mount
Tacoma, on Canada creek. The for
mation in the district is practically
identical with that in the Cornwall
copper fields and the ore can be mined
very cheaply.
Scnor lliiniero'x < oiidltion.
Washington, Dec. 29. Ambassador
Romero, of Mexico, was operated up
on yesterday for appendicitis. Dr.
Taoer Johnson, who supervised the
operation, says the patient is doing
as well as can be expected. He it
still, however, in a very critical con
dition.
t'on veil I ion Harmon lon*.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29. —The republi
can county conventions Wednesdax
nominated Samuel 11. \shbridge for
mayor, John L. Kinsey for city solici
tor and C. Harry Fletcher and Join
B. Lukcns for magistrates
Df AD SOLDIERS.
Arrangement* 7la<lc (o Krlnti Their
■toillcs Home,
Washington, Dec. 110. -Quartermas
ter General Ludington has completed
arrangements for bringing back to
this country the bodies of American
soldiers interred at and in the vicin
ity of Santiago, Ponce, Manila and
Honolulu. Shipments will begin about
January 10 and a force of skilled men
will be detailed to attend to the work.
The bodies will ba brought on gov
ernment transports and the first cas
kets will begin arriving about the end
of January. They will probably be
brought to New York and from that
point sent to relatives and friends. 1 11
order that people throughout the
country may make suitable prepara
tion for securing' the bodies of friends
ami relatives, the quartermaster's de
partment has made the following
statement:
"Cnder a recent act of congress the
quartermaster general is now mak
ing preparations for the removal of
the bodies of our soldiers interred at
tnd in the vicinity of Santiago, Ponce,
Manila and Honolulu. Duly author
ized relatives or representatives of
the families of the deceased soldiers
who wish the remains sent to their
homes are requested to at once notify
the quartermaster general of such de
sire, stating in full the name of the
soldier, the company and regiment to
which he belonged and the address of
the town, county and state to which
the remains are to be forwarded, and
the name of parties in whose care the
remains are to be shipped, so that
they can be advised of the date of
shipment when made."
The act of congress referred to ap
propriates $200,000 for the purposa. It
seemed at one time that the return
of the bodies to American soil would
be impossible, as it was thought tc
be an undertaking attended with tor.
many difficulties and dangers. A
strong popular sentiment on the sub
ject. developed, however, and in re
sponse to this congress made the pro
vision of law for the return of the
bodies.
To prepare for the work of removal
Mr. Khodes, of the quartermaster's
office, was dispatched to Cuba, where
he spent some time in making ground
maps showing with the greatest mi
nuteness the location of American
graves. Mr. Rhodes marked each
grave so that identification can easily
be made. I'ntil this was done many
of the graves were marked only by
sticks with rough pencil marking.
It is believed that the few uniden
tified dead will be identified when the
disinterments begins by means of bot'
ties enclosing slips of paper which it
was the habit, to putin the graves.
Similar care has been shown in iden
tifying the deail in Porto Rico and
the Philippines. The aggregate num
ber is considerable. The death list of
the army throughout the war was
1.1180, which is a remarkably low per
centage considering the number ol
men engaged. Of this number many
of the dead have been brought back
to this country for interment, so that
the number remaining is considerably
below the original number of dead.
By far the larger part is about San
tiago. although the number is consid
erable in Porto Rico and the Philip
pines.
ALL IN JAIL.
ICntlrc Hoard of Director* of a Kan*ui
ICiink t liureed tvltli Violating tli<
Law,
Fort Scott, Kan.. Dec. .10. The en
tire board of directors of the Moran.
Kan., bank, which faiied last Janu
ary. has, according to papers filed in
the appeMate court here yesterday,
been in the Allen county jail for near
ly a week, charged by depositors with
having violated the new banking law
of 1597, making specifications for the
government of banks in Kansas. The
defendants are Joshua Rumble, who
at the time the bank failed was re
garded as being very wealthy: W. A.
Ross, ,T. 11. Ross, William Parke and
Cashier E. A. Brown.
They appeared bv counsel before
Judge Schoonover, of the appellate
court, at his home in Garnett Thurs
day and presented a petition for their
release 011 a writ of habeas corpus.
Judge Schoonover soon after issued
an order through the court in this city
releasing the men 011 S2OO bonds each
until March 14 next, when their cases
will be heard here. The defendants
attack the constitutionality of the
new law and raise some technical
points concerning the information.
W ell* I «'hryo llxpn'M* to. ICohlM'd ol
#60,000 Th'nwiijrer 11 it.
San Antonio, Tex.. Dec. ISO. The lo
cal office of the Wells-Fargo Express
Co. is out a money package contain
ing SOO,OOO. The money was sent here
from Houston for the Southern Pa
cific to meet its pay roll west from
this city to Ml Paso. It arrived Wed
nesday morning and was given to
('. A. Beeler. the Wells-Fargo money
delivery clerk, to hand over. Beeler
started for the depot and was seen
en route. Four hours after his de
parture his wagon was found five
miles west of the city in a thicket, the
horse almost dead from the effects of
hard driving. Inquiry developed the
fact that no delivery had been made.
There was no evidence of a struggle
in the vicinity where the vehicle was
found.
Beeler had been in the employ of
the company for nine years and en
joyed the confidence of all. He spent
several years 011 the frontier :»s a
cowboy.
■tank I* flowed.
Colebrook. X. 11., Dee. HO. Bank
Examiner K. 11. Carroll yesterday
confirmed the news from Washington
that the Colebrook bank bail failed,
and stated that lie had been appointed
temporary receiver. He declined to
give out any further statement.
Vltinlerer llaiiired.
Hartford. Conn.. Dec. 30.- B. R. Wil
lis. aged 23, was hanged at the state
prison at 12:30 this morning for
the murder of David S. Lambert, of
Wilton, his former leaeher, December
17. 1 s<»7. Willis was the youngest
person ever hanged in the prison.
AN AMBITIOUS CHIEF.
Storm King Truly Is a Most Accom
plished Indian.
He II ojien to KatabliNh fin Indian Stat*
and Represent It In ConftTMn
iflow He Secured Him Thor
ough Education.
Cliiet Not-Afraid-of-Thunder, or, u&
be writes himself Storm King, as one
of the finest specimens of physical man
hcod that walks the earth, and he is
very proud of his education, which
makes him a leader among his people.
Ileisa full blooded Comanche, and from
his earliest youth he has devoted all hi*
energies to situdy.
Beginning with natural talents of a
h.gh order, and possessing an extraor
dinary memory, he no sooner learned
i-j read and v.rite than he almost
startled those most familiar with him
by the rapid progress that he made in
acquiring knowledge. It is said that
when a boy he learned the mu.tiplica
t'icn table in one night; and b-'iore he
was sent to school he frequently amazed
his friends by repeating whole chap
ters from the Bible, or long newspaper
articles, after reading them two or
three times.
Jl:is father was a wealthy chief and
encouraged liis boy to learn the white
man's books. After the Comanches
were settled on their reservation the
did chief had the good fortune to meet
with Arsayne Beaujen, a Frenchman,
v.iio had made plenty of money trading
with the Indians.
This old voyager was going back to
France to marry and enjoy life beneath
the only skies that are bright and
pretty in tlie eyes of a Frenchman, and
lie offered to take the Indian boy with
him to Paris and give him the oppor
tunity to obtain a first-class education.
The shrewd old Comanche was pleased
with this proposition, and the boy bade
his people farewell and started away
with his benefactor with the
tion to secure a good education.
In less than three months the old
Frenchman wrote the Comanche chief
CHIEF STORM KINO.
(The Most Accomplished Indian In th«
United States.)
that his son was speaking French like
a native and was astonishing the many
friends he had made by the rapidity and
ease with which be mastered every
thing he attacked.
The young Indian stayed in Europe
four years, during which he visited al
most every great city and was frequent
ly a guest of royalty. The czar of Rus
sia was so much pleased with his
colloquial powers and the wonderful
knowledge that he displayed in discuss
ing military matters that he gave.iim
a beautiful sword aud a sum of money
to enable him to pursue liis travels and
complete his education.
When about to return home the laJ
visited England and was so much
pleased with tlie great universities that
lie attended a series of lectures at Ox
ford, where he devoted most of his time
to the study of law and oratory.
lie came back to his people about two
years ago, bringing with him a library
of several hundred volumes, lie speaks
s'ix languages fluently Comanche,
EngLish, French, German, Spanish and
Ittalian —and says it is no more trouble
for him to learn a language than it 19
for a "child to learn a little song."
Storm King was admitted to the bar
about a year ago, and in the manage
ment of several important cases he has
shown that he is a lawyer of 110 ordi
nary ability, lie was pitted against the
eloquent son of Gen. Sam Houston, a
few weeks ago, and after a hot battle,
which lasted three days, he won his
case.
Storm King still dresses after the cus
tom of his people, and no amount of per
suasion can induce him to change his
ideas on the subject of clothing.
"1 am an Indian," be says,"and 1 shall
not make myself conspicuous, and
probably unpopular, by abandoning the
comfortable and picturesque dress of
my people."
Chief Storm King expects to start a
newspaper in the territory, and says he
is writing a book which he thinks will
greatly benefit his people, lie is de
voted to the interests of his tribe, and
firmly believes he is predestined to de a
great work for till the Indian races and
rescue them from the dark, inglorious
fate toward which they seem to be
drifting.
He is developing a scheme to unite
all the tribes and form a great state,
which he hopes to represent in congress
1111 111 is «> t• ft 111 112 for Ammunnliim.
The czars of liussia have been the fa
vorite game of the assassin. The nobles
attacked Czar Paul in 1801. Alexander
11. was attacked four times before he
was finally killed in 1881 by a bomb
thrown by a man, who was himself
killed, in St. Petersburg Two at tervpts
were also made on the life of the 'air
czar, Alexander IK
PRINCESS ISABELLE.
Roinor HUH It TIIHI tbr PreKy Url«aaa
Damsel Into lleeume tim
premt of Auxtria,
Princess Marie Isabelle of Orleans,
who is said to have been selected by
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria for
his new bride, is the daughter of the
late Louis Philippe, count of l'aris, who
died in 1894. She is the sister of ther
present duke of Orleans, and was born
at the Chateau d'Ku May 7, 1878. This
makes the princess only 20 years old.
while her prospective imperial spouse
is 68. Franz Joseph could find no more
royal and no older blood for wife than.
ISABELLE OF ORLEANS.
(She May Be Wooed by the Venerabla
Austrian Emperor.)
that of this daughter of centuries of
kings. Then, too, the royal family of
France has been ever true to the tradi
tions of the Roman Catholic religion,
from which the emperor would natural
ly select a woman to be the mother of
his heir. The aged monarch would cer
tainly never marry again but for the
fact that the house of Ilapsburg, on the
male side, in line of succession, seems
about to be extinguished. The heir pre
sumptive is Franz Ferdinand, son of
the late Archduke Carl Ludvvig, and his
health is by no means good. He is the
nephew of the late emperor, and it
would appear that Franz Joseph would
as soon have a son of his own to succeed
him as to allow the throne togo beg
ging to his nephews in case of the death
of the heir presumptive. The latter's
brothers are Otto, who is 33 years old,
and Ferdinand Karl Ludwig, who is 30.
The emperor's only grandchild is
Archduchess Elizabeth.
ARTISTIC LOVING CUP.
To lie Presented to Admiral Samp
son's \\ Iff by the Captain* Wlio
Served I nder Her llnnbunU.
The loving cup which is to be pre
sented to Mrs. William T. Sampson,
wife of the admiral, by the captains
whoserved under that officer duringthe
Cuban and Porto liican campaign is a
fine piece of silversmitliy, massive and
ornate. The cup is one foot high, and
as may be imagined, is nautical in its
ornamentation. The handles are dol
phins embellished with two mermaids,
one displaying the laurels- of triumph,
the other proclaiming victory. On one
side of the cup is sketched a picture
of the Santiago battlo#and on the other
is etched the following inscription:
"Presented to Mrs. William T. Samp
son by commanding officers serving un
der her liusiband, Hear Admiral Samp
son, in 1808, duringthe war between the
SILVER LOVING CUP.
(To Be Presented to the Wife of Admiral
Sampson.)
I'nited States and Spain, which result
ed in the destruction of the Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera, oil
Santiago, Cuba, on the glorious 3d ot
July, IS'.)B, as a token of their high re
gard and esteem for Admiral Samp
son's professional qualities as a com
mander in chief and in loving remem
brance of the uniform kindness, con
sideration and courtesy which charac
terized his bearing toward them in alt
their official intercourse." The date
of presentation has not been selected,
but it will probably be soon after the
arrival of the New \ork, which has just
sailed for Havana. The cup will be
given to Mrs. Sampson owing to a navy
regulation forbidding presents of this
kind being made to officers.
The Days of the Week.
Sunday, the day devoted to the wor
ship of the sun by our forefathers;
Monday, the day devoted to the worship
of the moon; Tuesday, the day devoted
to the worship of Tieu, or Ty w. the god
of war; Wednesday, the day devoted tu
the worship of Woden, or Odin, the god
of wood; Thursday, the day devoted to
the worship of Thor, the god of thun
der; Friday, the day devoted to the wor
ship of Freya. or Friga. the Venus ot
the North; Saturday, the day devoted
to the worship of Saturn, the god ol
agriculture, or Satyr, the god of tti<e
forest.
t;roivtli of Sill. Industry.
The silk industry of tlie I'nited States
is assuming gigantic proportion*.
Thirty years ago the value of silk pro
duced in the United States was less t ban
$6,000,000. Last year it exceeded JS7,-
000,000.
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