EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. She Was a Native of the Pretty Isle of Martinique. The I'fople off That Happy Mttle C.'ora luunlty Have Honored Their Mimt Fhiiioiim Daughter with a Grand Mod iiment. It- has been said tlia*. places as well as people, song's as well as perfumes, elude description. This may be aptly applied to the island of Martinique, the pearl of the Lesser Antilles a neighbor of that spot upon which the keen in terest of the world has been centered within recent months. A century ago, however, it wan Venus, not Mars, that became the rul ing deity over Martinique, it having won undying luster for being the birth place of Josephine Tascher de la I'a gerie, known in after years as the wife of Napoleon—J-osephine, empress of the French. The childhood of Marie Joseph Rose Tascher de la Pagerie—afterward ab breviated to Josephine—was one cal culated to enhance those physical charms for which she was always noted. Her father's home was built on one of the great hills at Grols Islets, overlook ing the Bay of Fort de France. Here one can imagine Josephine in her child ish days, aiul in the sadder time when, during her poverty and her separation from Meauharnais, she wturned to Mar tinique. At 1-' years of age the em bryo empress was sent to a convent, but she always disliked the restraint of her clothing or to be cramped in her movements. She ran, jumped and danced from morning till night. Jo sephine's foster-sister, Eupliemie. was her chosen comrade, and accompanied her, when in her tenth year, to the Caribbean prophetess who foretold so accurately what was to befall her She had then almost arrived at woman's es tate, but had not yet that molded fig ure which became later her chief charm. She played, it is said, most • \l / t /KUP i mm \ \ * 1 STATUE OF JOSEPHINE. (Erected by the People of Fort de France, Martinique.) pleasingly on the guitar, had a sweet voice for ballad singing and danced di vinely. It was to Mme. Renaudin, her aunt, that Josephine owed her first marriage to Alexander de Beauharnais, at the age of 15. It was merely an alliance of convenience, so that the unhappiness of the young couple was not surpris ing: but in the end the union turned out better than had been anticipated, ami through it all Josephine was loved and respected to the last. There is no doubt that during all those years of storm and stress of the wonderful life she led in France Jo sephine always looked to Martinique with affectionate remembrance. The people of her beloved island. In memory of its most famous woman, have erected one of the most beautiful statues of modern times, and it stands as guard to the shining waters of Fort de France bay. A Itom: nee off Selenee. A single fine Russian sable skin is worth from SIOO to $250. It is a tiny thing, about 14 inches long by eight or nine inches around. A bale of dressed sable skins as it hangs in the furrier's shop resembles a bundle of long suede gloves; they are hung up wrong side out, and are all numbered and price marked in indelible ink. The most per fect skins are tipped with silvery iiairs, which greatly increase their beauty. The pelt, when dressed, is soft and fine, while the fur is a lovely dark brown, which shows a bluish tint, like that of a ripe Concord grape, when the hair is blown apart by the breath. The skin* ure entire, being taken from the animal without cutting except for a tiny in cision at the throat anfli on the inner side of each delicate little foot, thus leaving the head and claws intact. "Where the Shah Sit*. The shah of Persia owns the most val uable arm chair in the world. It is of solid gold, inlaid with precious stones. A* one time some of the stones were stolen from one of the legs of thechair s and the indignant shah ordered the ar rest of a number of his servants and held the keeper of the furniture re sponsible for the loss, with the intima tion that if the thief were not discov ered, the keeper would be belieadeu. The culprit, being- eventually found, was forthwith beheaded and his head criried on a pole by the imperial body guard through the streets of Teheran. A \ii tiirn I Snn Dial. The largest sun dial in the wc.rld is Hayou Horoo, a large promontory ex tending 3,000 feet above the Aegean ®ea. As the sun swings round the shadow of this mountain it touchen, one by one, a circle of islands, which I act as hoar marks. HASTINGS' MESSAGE. The liovrrnur of I'ciiiim) I » aula Talk* ■Mainly Some Iteforim lli.il »re Needed. llarrisburg, Pa., Jan. 4.—Gov. Hast ings, who will retire from the guber natorial chair on January 17, sent his annual message ito the legislature yes terday. The message shows the state revenues for the year ended Novem ber :tO, ls<)s, to have been $13,325,120, and the expenditures $13,1173,N34. The net debt of the state is $1,025,98:!, no part of which can be paid until 11)12. The governor says: "The operation of the act of the last legislature providing for the payment of interest by banks in which state funds are deposited shows that while this interest law is an improvement, and indicates the enormous sums which the state might, have received during past years, yet it does not cor rect the evil which it wan intended to correct. While it may 'lx• true that the state has lost no moneys deposit ed in the various banks, it cannot l>e questioned that lin the past the public funds have been used for ipolitical purposes by depositing them in favor ite banks, where such deposits were expected to yield returns in the shape of political influence. This system cannot lx? defended. The evil will never be corrected until the state keeps its own money in its own vaults." The governor urges the legislature to adopt a memorial to congress to authorize the selection of senators by popular vote. The governor criticises the new state Capitol, erected to take the place of the building destroyed by fire in February, 1597. The new build ing. he says, in its present condition "is hardly fit for human habitation, much less the official abode of the rep resentatives of the commonwealth. It, is made of common brick imbedded in cheap mortar, looks like a hastily erected factory building and is repul sive to the eye. SUCCESSFUL BANDITS. Tliey Kob an IC\|>re«» far Attached t« a Kuiinun < It), Ft. Scoll A Memplil* Traill. Mansfield, Mo., Jan. 4.—The ninth and first successful attempt at train robbery on 'the line of the Kansas City, Fart Scott & Memphis road oc curred last night near M.?comb. a sta tion five miles east of this point. Ma comb being a flag station, one of the robbers got aboard the westbound train at Norwood, the first station east of Macomb, paying his fare to Macomb, and compelling the train to stop there. It was immediately board ed by five or .six masked men, who, covering all members of the train crew with Winchesters and revolvers, compelled the engineer and fireman to <■ ut loose from the remainder of the train. The mail, bag-gage and express ears were then run up the line about two miles and stopped in a lonely cut. where Engineer Callender was placed in front of the robbers and forced to break open the door of the express car, after which he was placed in front of the foremost robber and to gether they entered the ex.press car. covering Southern Express Messenger Newton and Baggageinaster Sieben with their pistols, forcing them to ad journ to the outside of the car. They then dynamited the through safe. Two charges of dynamite were used, completely demolishing the safe of the Southern Express Co. and playing havoc with the car. Tt, is not known how mueh money and valuables were secured, as the safe blown open was a through safe. Everything was taken from it and it is safe to say they were well paid for their trouble. The local safe, which contained all local money picked up, was not molested. SAUCY FILIPINOS. Tliey Noilly American* >'ot to Land at Hollo Wk'tli A rum In Their Hand*. Manila, Jan. 4.—Advices just re ceived from Iloilo says that the rebels, at a meeting on Saturday, ratified the action of a delegation which assured the Americans that they might land unarmed, but if 'the latter landed armed the natives would be uncon trollable. Every preparation is being made for resistance upon the part, of the rebels and reinforcements are arriving from N'egros and the neighboring- islands, in spite of the efforts of the United States cruiser Baltimore and the gun boat Arizona to scare them with searehlights. The Spanish gunboat HI Cano is still at Iloilo, but as her status is not defined she has not beam molested. It is understood that she is destined to g-o to '/Al niboanga, a town on the southwest extremity of the island of Mindanao. The American troops are restless. The rebels are drilling - on the beach, evening and morning, in full v!«w of the American expedition, which is still afloat. Washington, Jan. 4.-—Gen. Otis, commanding at Manila, has cabled the war department that Gen. Miller has the situation well in hand at Iloilo, and that he fully understands the pur pose of the president, not to crowd the insurgents unduly. It is desirable that a hostile collision between the American forces and the insurgents be avoided, at least pending the rati fication of ffie peace treaty, and as Gen. Miller understands this purpose on the part of the president he will be g-uided by it and may be relied up on to resort to force only under, com pulsion. Alleged I'ranil* I'oot I |> ¥500,000. New York. Jan. 4.—]>,IIIerience with refrigerated meat and he saiil that while there was some disposition on the part of the regimental cooks to cavil at the appearance of the meat, it was in reality quite good. He ex plained that the sudden change of temperature on removing the meat j from tilie refrigerator ships produced I what is known as a "beard." a grecn , ish growth that had to be scraped off. When this was done the mealt. beneath was perfectly good. It was served to t the men with excellent results and p (benefited the sick materially. The chief trouble came when the change was made to hoof cattle sent from I'or to Rico. This beef lie killed himself and superintended its dress-, ing and cooling. "Hut it would not cool in that climate," he said emphat ically. "The meat never lost its ani mal heat and with its use our sickness increased 10 per cent."' On the canned meat Maj. Harrison said that it was equally as good as t'lie refrigerator beef, was well received by the men and none of it had to be con demn ed. Witness said he was thoroughly fa miliar with the processes of refriger -1 ating and butchering meat, and he was willing to state positively that there were no chemicals used in any of the American beef that passed un der his observation. On the contrary there were no chemical preparations that could be used on the meat with advantage to the packers without ruining their product before they could get it to the army. He regard ed it as highly improbable that any thing of the sort had been attempted. A CAUSELESS SCARE. Itcnldciitn of Santiago t.ot a Wriina ■ ilea of the Mraiilnir of nil Order Itc latin;; to Tarlit' Kevniiifn. Washington, Jan. —Regarding the sensational reports from Santiago that the whole province had been inflamed by the recent, order of the war depart ment "concentrating all customs money in Havana," thus threatening a stoppage of all public improvements and threatening to throw thousands of Cubans out of employment, it may be authoritatively sti.ted that any ex citement existing in Santiago is due to a misapprehension of the war de partment's order. It seems to have been taken for granted that the order contemplates sending all currency collected for cus toms dues to Havana, thus cutting off the governor of Santiago province from the employment of local lal>or. The fact is that the officers in charge of customs ait the various ports of en try are merely ordered to "make week ly reports to the collector of customs of the island at the chief port of all transactions at file sub-port over which he may have jurisdiction, with copies of entries of merchandise duly certified." The customs from all the ports in the island are to be used for the betterment of the condition of the Cubans, not only in Havana and San tiago, but elsewhere. It would be just as equitable for the port of New York to retain all the customs funds collected there for ex penditure in the island of Manhattan as it would be for Havana or Santiago or any other town in Cuba to gobble all of the customs receipts for expen diture within its own borders. So far from the war department contemplat ing any curtailment of the relief work in Cuba, an order already has been issued to the governor general, direct ing him to furnish work t* every able bodied Cuban applying for it at a fair rate of weekly wages, measured by Cuban standards. A SHOWER OF GiFTS. fliicaso I iiiverNily ItrccivcK Dona tions of laind* and < a«li \mounting to*< 10:1,000. Chicago, Jan. 5.- President Harpf-r, of Chicago University, announced last, night at the 27th convocation of the university that gifts aggregating S4OH,- 000 had been made to the institution. Martin A. Ryerson, president of the , hoard of trustees, donated a tract of land adjoining that now occupied by the university. The value of this is $D4.000. John I). Rockefeller had prom ised to duplicate the gift in cash, thus , making SOB,OOO. Marshall Field gave a tract of land adjoining that given by ] Mr. Ryerson and which has been used •bv the university as an athletic field. , The value of this land is estimated at . $135,000. Mr. Rockefeller agreed thai when this was given to the school he ( would give $200,000 for the building of a gymnasium and the equipment of the athletic grounds. The university ] has. heretofore, received SIOO,OOO in ; land > line and wi!' now receive from Mr. Rockefeller $3.14,000 in cash. I A Walkover lor IIIIIIM. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. s.—The repub lican members of the two houses of ( the legislature met in caucus last 1 right to nominate a successor to Uni- ' ted States Senator < ushman K. Davis, 1 chairman of the senate foreign rela- | tions committee and American peace ( commissioner at Paris. The caucus was entirely a formal affair, there be ing no opposition and the republicans having a majority of 00 in the legis lature. Senator McArthy nominated Push man K. Davis. The roll call re- I suited in 12" votes for Senator Davis, > that being the number orcsint, ' AN ABLE STATE PAPER. Hi« Fir*t t|p«asf of lliiv, Hooaevalt to the New Vork Lrsipilaairr lleula Willi (tiK'xtloliH of \ Hal Interest. Albany, N. Y„ Jan. 5. —The state ltg islature convened yesterday. In both the assembly and the senale the re publican caucus nominees were elect ed. Fred Dixon, of Chautauqua coun ty, was made speaker of the assembly and Archie Pa.vter, of Chemung, was chosen clerk. In the senate T. E. Ells worth, of Niagara county, and James S. Whipple, of Cattaraugus county, were elected temporary chairman and clerk respectively. \ft«ni a brief ad dress by Lieut. Gov. Woe-rlrulT, tlic an nual message of Gov. Roosevelt was read. Gov. Roosevelt opened with congrat ulations to nation and state on the brilliant triumphs of the war. "The tropic islands we have taken," the gov ernor said, "must neither be allowed to lapse into anarchy nor to return under the sway of tyranny." On canals Gov. Roosevelt said: "The canals are at present in such condition that the money already expended will avail nothing if the work is discon tinued. Expenditures'that can be made within the constitution should be au thorized. The canals should be admin istered economically. Any man, wheth er public servant or contractor, who in any way defrauds the state to his private gain, musit be dealt with as rigorously as the laws will permit." As to labor interests, the message contains several important sugges tions for bettering conditions. The governor said that the enforcement of the law regulating the hours of labor for minors is left to the board of health in large cities, and if the board fails to do its work the law, "as in the ease of New York City," is prac tically a dead letter. As to the law regulating the hours of labor on sur face roads, the goMernor said it prac tically fails by default because the railroad commissioners, who have its enforcement, have no force to use for such a purpose. In order that the de sire of the people shall be made effect ive, the governor recommends that the enforcement of the entire body of leg islation relating to labor be placed un der the board of factory inspectors. This would place the responsibility where it belongs. Tn speaking of the national guard, the governor said it was a mistake to order out the guard for * long cam paign service, as many of the men lost their jobs in consequence and families were deprived of their sup port. He thought this was one of the best arguments for an increased standing army. In the event of an other war, the governor said, it would be best to order out the guard for service in tin' United States alone. Regarding the civil service, Gov. Roosevelt said: "The methods of ap pointments to the civil service of the state are now in utter confusion, no less than three systems being in ef fect. I recommend that a law be parsed introducing one uniform prac tice." Gov. Roosevelt invited attention to the evils of over-legislation. "The state suffers more from over-legislation than from the lack of legislation." he said. The governor recommended bi ennial sessions of the legislature. Of New York's police system he said: "The evils of the police system of New York have become very seri ous." Gov. Roosevelt devoted but a few lines to excise. He said the present law had proved the best revenue raiser on the statute books. MR. QUAY'S INNOCENCE. .Tien Who Stayed Out of the fallen* Say HP ZtliiMt KntabllMh It Before '■' hey Will Vote for Illm. Harrisburg, Pa., .Tau. s.—The repub lican senators and members who signed the pledge not to take part in Tuesday night's senatorial caucus or ganized yesterday to keep up the fight against Senator Quay until after the spireme court has disposed of the People's bank conspiracy eases. The meeting was attended by nearly all the signers and two others who did not sign, but kept away from the cau cus. Senator Flynn said that he inter preted the pledge binding the inde pendents to keep out of the caucus to mean that they would not vote for Mr. Quay until the supreme court ha? disposed of the conspiracy cases, and that if the senator was in no better position after its action than he is now they cannot vote for his re-elec tion. •Senator-elect Drfvin Martin, of Phil adelphia. who will be qualified Janu ary 17. when the house and senate will vote for senaiTor, concurred in what Senator Flynn had said. The organization committee issued an address which says:"ln our pres ent attitude we are prompted by what we believe to be the best interests of our party and state. We beJieve a re publican senator should and will be elected, and that no combination of circumstances can prevent it. We be lieve that the sentiment of the repub licans of the commonwealth is against taking action that might result in the election of a person as United States senator who is charged with crime be fore his innocence is established in a court of justice, and that the failure to determine that q nest ion prior to this time is due to the act of the al leged caucus nominee in delaying trial and not to any act of ours." Both branches of the legislature have adjourned until January 12. Harrow* IN Nominated. Lansing. Mich,, .Tan. 5. —'Senator J C. Burrows was unanimously nomina ted last night by the republican cau cus to succeed himself. After the nomination the senator and his late opponent, Albert Pack, who withdrew from the race yesterday, came to the Capitol together, which elicited great enthusiasm from the legislators. ■ ■ale Nominated liy Acclamation. Augusta, Me., Jan. —The republi can caucus of the legislature was held last night to nominate a United States senator. Senator Eugene Hale was renominated by acclamation > WAR CR PEACE? Filipino NcWH|>a pern arc lloatll* to American* .1 •inlnaldo'a lino) at WaNhlngton A»k* lor Ho'Ojfnltlou from the l*rc»ldcnt. Manila, Jan. 7.—A dispatch 1o tha Independencia from Maiolos, the seat of the so-called Filipino government, saye the governors of all the province* of Luzon have assembled at Maiolos for the purpose of offering their lives and property in adhesion to the policy of the president and government. Con tinuing the dispatch says: "They say they fought only for th« independence of the Filipinos and are unwilling to surrender to strangers." Commenting upon President McKin ley's proclamation to 'the Filipinos is sued by (Jen. Otis, the Independencia, w'hich is a. illative paper, says the prob lem presented is most grave. It ad mits that there are only two solutions possible, namely, for the Americans to abandon their annexation policy, or a prolonged and bloody war. It cite ft the example of the "noble patriots of lloilo defying Gen. Miller," and ex presses hope for a pacific termination of the crisis, but hints at trouble. Ilong Kong, Jan. 7. The newspapers here publish the following dispatch from lloilo, evidently from a Filipino source: "When the Americans arrived ait lloilo they found no looting upon the part of the Filipino forces, or conduct of any kind unworthy of civilized peo ple. In conformity with their agree ment with the Spaniards, the Filipinos entered lloilo in an orderly manner and hoisted the Filipino flag. The Americans found a good government established and meeting with the com plete approval of the foreign resi dents. The post office, customs and other departments were working smoothly under thee ntire control of the Filipinos. This disposes of the al legations of the inclination of the Fili pinos to loot and kill. The Filipinos occupied lloilo on the same humane principles which have guided their ac tions against their Spanish oppres sors." Washington, Jan. 7. —Agoncillo, who is here as the representative of the Philippine government, has asked to be recognized by the United States as such and to lw accorded the same right as other diplomats. His request is now in the hands of Secretary Hay. Sixto Lopez, the private secretary of Agoncillo, Visited the state department and presented a letter t.o Secretary Hay requesting upon behalf of Agon cillo an interview for the purpose of arranging to present 'his credentials to President Me Kin ley, and inquiring when it would meet the convenience of the 'president to meet Agoncillo. The letter of Lopez states that he is instructed by Agoncillo, in view of re cent developments, to urge an under standing between the American gov ernment and the representative of the Philippine people as to tilie relations between the respective nations, such understanding to lie reached either at Washington through the joint repre sentatives of the two governments or in the Philippine islands in like man ner. The letter concludes with an expression of the hope that the friend ly relations heretofore existing be tween the two nafions may be main tained. Accompanying tilie letter is a mem orandum set ting forth the establish ment of the Philippine republic and the provision for a detailed system of govern incut. AFTER FOUR YEARS. A Woman Horn from Ne%v Vork to I tall to I'anten Evidence of Three .11 order* I pun Her Husband. Gouverneur, N. Y., Jan. 7. —Sheriff Storrs, of Utah county, Utah, left here Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. Jen nie Wright. They are en route to Utah in an endeavor to clear up a murder mystery and to free, if (Kissible, a man from a life sentence. At the Pelican Point ranch, Utah, in 1895 three young men were s'holtdown one night in their house. The stepfather of ome of the •boys, named llaynes, had had trouble with the men and was arrested, charged with the crime. The todies of the men were found in Utah lake ami the premises they had occupied were looted. Haynes was convicted on oireumstanifiiul evidence and was sen tenced to lie hanged, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. A short time after the crime George W. Wright left that locality and lived in various pants of the west, finally drifting to Fresh Water, Col. He was a gradniate of Kalamazoo law college. He soon became prominent, bearing the soubriquet of "King of Fresh Water." One morning a. man with whom Wright was at odds was shot to pieces in his cabin. Wright assisted at the coroner's 'inquest and wrote oult the verdict of "murder by a person unknown." Later Wright be came involved in a questionable sheep deal and, after being arrested, jumped his bail and fled. He visited his wife at her parents' home here and then disappeared. After he left the west evidence of a positive character relating to the mur der at Fresh Water is sa.id to have been found against Wright and aftei working on the case for Over a year Chief Harder elicited a confession from Mrs. Wright that her husband had goods which figured in tin- Pelican Point murders. The Utah authorities found articles just w'here s'he said. Mrs. Wright said she was willing to testify against her husband for the triple crime, providing he can be caught. : l'ir«l ■•rotewtant ltlMli<>|> of llrazll. New York, Jan. 7. —Impressive serv ices marked the consecration yestcr day of Rev. Lueien L. Kinsolving as bishop of Rrazil. The services were held iu St. Bartholomew's Protestant Kpiscopal church. The event was of i historical interest, inasmuch as Mr. Kinsolving will be the first Protestant bishop for Brazil. Bishops, priests ' and laymen from many stiafes were ' present at the services. Bishop Kin- ' solving was a pupil of the Episcopal ' high school near Washington when he 1 was l."> years old, and before he at- i "tanned his majority lie started a church 1 school 'Oiiid made it a success. i CROKER IS AN EXPANSIONIST.! Tammany Leader Declare* IlliuiirU* on Hie a.nsion. I believe in hold ing whatever |K>ssessions we have gained by annexation, purchase or war. Thi.s policy is not only patriotic, but it is the only safe one to pursue. Any otiher po Ii cy would show weak ness fin tilie part of the United States and invite foreign complications. This must be avoided, hence our policy muwfc be vigorous. Jefferson was on evpansionist, otherwise lie would not have favored the acquisition of Louisi ana. with its foreign population, which in Jefferson's time was quite as remote as the Philippines. In this age of steam and electricity distance is no afffiiment against expansion. "Take England, for example. The people of this little isle come pretty near owning the universe. Are not our people as intelligent, as powerful and as patriotic as the English people? Fhe I'nited States is the only country r>n earth superior to the English. Why not illustrate to the world that we are fully able to cope witn greater prob lems than we have had occasion to in fhe past, and in the future dominate any emergency. The country teems with you rig men full of hope and am bition. Why not give these young men a chance to develop our newly ac quired possessions and build up a country rivaling in grandeur and pa triotism our own I'nited States? "It is an insult to tflie American people and to our flag even to suggest, t'hat we abandon the people we have released from lyondage. or, what would be more (lisg'raeeful, that we should offer to sell them to 'the highest bid den*. Such a proposition places the American people in the same category wit'h the Chinese, who have neither patriotism nor a foreign policy and are in consequence utilized as a door mat by the powers of the wolnl. This is too great a question to be consid ered as a mere matter of dollars and cents. Our people want their rigflits protected. They will not fig-ure on tbe cost. "The people want the property ac quired by war protected. They will pay for a standing army, a powerful navy and the (protection of our flag" ■the world over, regardless of any monetary consideration. They have proved their willingness to sacrifice their blood for the honor of their country and their flag, and w'hen the question is brought to an issue, they will rise as one man and demand ex pansion as a citizen's sacred rigfoit. "I think the 16 to 1 question as out lined in the Chicago platform a de cidedlv dead issue. This was demon strated in the last election. We did not embody the 10 to 1 question in our platform, and the result is that, we elected every one of our congress men." TRAILING A POISONER. Lutr train from Albany, but it was late and as he had arranged to meet several per sons he was much chagrined at tin* delay. The locomotive was placed at his disposal and he climbed into the