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
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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.—]>,<vid Roth
schild, the Cincinnati bar fixture man
ufacturer who was arrested last week,
charged with having swindled the
Central national bank of $5,000 by
means of worthless notes, was again
arraigned in police court yesterday.
At the request of Uothsehiild's counsel
exmination was postponed until the
12th inst. The aggregate amount al
leged to have befiii obtained by Roth
schild in a dishonest method from
batiks in this city. Cincinnati, Chicago
I and Cleveland is said to be about
$500,000.
GAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1899.
BEARD ON THE BEEF.
OTaj. Ilarrlfion Suit! that After till*
Growth iv u* Hi'inuvril No Fault
< <>III<I be Fount! ultli the Siilillrr*'
Katlon.
Washington, Jan. 5. Major Hop
kins, military aide to tlit- secretary of
war. testified yesterday before t!he war
investigation com mission regarding'
sanitary conditions at, the camps at
Tan 1 pa, Thomasan<! Alger. It was the
old question of .sinks, drainage and
camp police and the 'testimony of the
witness was little different from pre
ceding witnesses.
Maj. Harrison, Ninth volunteer in
fantry, whose regiment was raised
near New Orleans and is now in serv
ice at Santiago, was next called. Con
cerning commissary sit ores he said
those in 'the United .States were the
best that could be bought in the open
market. The refrigerated beef sent
from this country, lie said, was excel
lent. He had much ex]>erience 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 <lue*Hon ol Territorial Ac«
<|iil*ltlon SAY* that tile I*l to I I»MI«
IN llrad.
New York. Jan. 7.—The Journal and I
Advertiser prints the following' staiUv
nent given out by Richard Croker: "I 1
believe in ex|>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<it Development* In (lie Aduni«-
4'orillftli fame Fal*e Heard < lue Hun
■ 'ailed.
New York, Jan. ?.—The World says:
These new [joints were developed yes
terday in the poisoning- mystery. Mr.
Wittlliaus found that Kutnow's pow
der was mixed with the cyanide of
mercury in the false bromo-seiltzer
lxittle sent to Harry Cornish, the mix
ture which killed Mrs. Adams. This
is considered important, as making ab
solutely certain that the sender of tlhe
poison to Cornish was one and the
same with the sender of cyanide of
mercury to Henry llairnet in a Kutnow
powder box. The startling statement
was made by the nurse who attended
Ha met that still another attempt had
been made on 'his life, showing that
the poisoner was determined in his
murderous purpose, and persisted un
til oti the second attempt he was suc
cessful.
More discouraging for tilie police
than amy development thus for was
the failure of the Newark false beard
clue. Young" Molineux was taken to
Fischer, 'the wig maker, who sold a
red wig to a stranger shortly before
Christmas. Fischer declared that,
Molineux was not his customer.
CUBAN CUSTOMS REVENUES.
Tlic rubinet Dl*eu**e* lloiv to Apply
Tliem lor tile llenelit of All tlic I*l
- aider*.
Washington, Jan. 7.—The cabinet at.
its meeting Friday gave special con
sideration to the administration of af
fairs in Cuba. There seems 'to be a
misunderstanding among some of the
people of Santiago a« to the policy of
the government with respect to the
expenditure of money collected from
internal revenue and customs sources,
lit is not believed that (Jen. Wood, who
is in eommamd at Santiago, misunder
stands the purposes of the govern
ment, but nothing will be done in the
matter until <Jen. Wood arrives here.
Then an effort will be m!ade to arrive
at *ome general plan for the handling
of the receipts in the islmnd. It seems
certain, however, that all money dis
bursed must come througii a central
head and that under no circumsta.nces
can any particular city or seotio.n be
allowed to expend all of its collections
to the neglect of other sections.
(ien. Wood, however, will receive a
proper allowance for Santiago prov
ince. bu't full consideration is certain
to be given to sections which collect
nothing or little from customs.
ItooKcvelt'* I'ntque Journey,
New York, Jan. 7.—Gov. Ttooscvelt
came to this city from Albany Friday
afternoon in the cab of a locomotive,
lie had intended to take the 2::s."> 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
<viib at 2 o'clock. He arrived at the
(irand Central depot at making*
tlw run in tihrec hours and three min
utes. The ride was a thrilling one. at.
times the engine making record break
ing speed.
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