Wiest Middien as 5 ST RE at this result. Two I be dismissed from the a few days by the sec @ navy, the one for hazing for countenancing it by $ on duty te report its oc! basing or countenancing it. i by the condition of affairs #0 far as the treatment of | ‘class men are comcerned, Secre rte telephoned to Rear Ad- Bands, superintendent of the A request fo come to Wash. 2 toaference, and the admi- p In a new and vigorous cam- ¥ Wagel at Annapolis against p of the navy depart: hie ores to abolish the evil, _ Bonaparte announced | possessed ' the officials bere in his abil dle the situation to the entire of the department. Con- : tigation of the condi- the semy has already been Iu an resolution Introduced in bY Representative Loud eof are the developments in it against hazing at the : When Secretary Boua- | the navy department he AR official report from Admi- Prenmor Coffin, Jr. for un Jerdone Pettus reing him to stand on the fall con-! moan Warren Abbe Van , Second class man, because duty he observed the occur falled to report it. The su- called attention to the pmen Coffin and Van gulity of violating a well ‘regulation for the government I academy and recominend- summary dismissal in accord: the act of cougress Hurled 100 Feet. LN. Y., Dee. 15.—An ex- ‘ in the tannery of Raach Abn street, wreeked a balld feet away and only slightly the boiler house from which toni mines of metal was hurl Boller went through the side Swnery, tearing a hole in a Hor. It was hurled over the a ‘five story building and land- he roof of the Weston building, through to the second oor. fel! forward. carrying away portion of the frout wall. Mrs. Hende, Hobert Weston and pr were In the room where ler landed and were burled io s, but all escaped serious In- nk Smith, engineer at the Burned te Deunth. ; Conn, Dec. 15 fire In Barr's block. in East get, Mary Mano, seven years to death and Charles ¢ fo years old, was probably } burned. The fire occurred in iments of Mrs Mary Minola, } left the children in the house ‘abe went shopping. Mrs. Minola d the fire on ber return and ‘the children unconscious and burned on the kitchen floor. ptes]l fo carry them outside y edly burned about the face Bands, It Is believed that the en, playing with matches, start je fire. The financial loss will be a, MI Banquet at St. Paul. PAUL, Minn, Dec. 15 —Three nd I men, besides a : tisitors, last night sat down . _ given to James J. HI, ihe Great Northern rail, ORT % of his efforts In northwest. The banquet under the auspices of the ss club aud wns the 8 bo affair of its kind ever the northwest judged from the b of floral decorations ® O60 the West Shore. ¥., Dec. 15 Three large éd with railroad officials made the formal trip rer oi Bereafter be run over stow of the steam oe the first stars were made, will be turn: # over to federal government with fe cvfeinonies ou June 14, ) Anniversary of the ‘hirth” of President Roose be fuvited to participate in SRANOXIA Te. Pa, hundred delegates were John Mitchell, president of the Una Mine Workers of Awerica, called the coavention of anthracite coal mibers ing the organization in western Penn sylvania and the western states which beld contracts with the bituminous coal The miners’ leaders plan through the "convention to request a conference of the operators. This will be made in the form of a resolution, and the fol lowing demands, it Is xald, will be made if the couference is granted: A party agreement better known as recognition of the union, an eight hour workday; an Increase In pay to all the wages in effect April 1, 1902 This would mean that the miners the present awand, For some unskilled employees It would mean a slight in- crease. THE HAPPY MAN. Congratulations Pour In on Heotte- velt's Future Son-in-law, WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-A fiood of congratulations poured on Congress man Nicholas Longworth of Ohlo Ly Lee Roosevelt. “The engagement Isn't of very long standing.” be =ald in auswer to a gues tion. “1 knew 1 was engaged. but 1 did pot know officially until the announce ment was made. That's why | had te keep quiet about it” “Did you plight your troth aboard the steamer returning from the Philip- pines? Mr. Longworth was asked. “1 really don't know.” he answered, with a laugh. “I've been in what yon might call a trance for =o loug that | am somewhat mixed as to dates.” After the wedding tn February Mr. Longworth said be and Lis bride would probably take a short trip, to be fol lowed after the adjournment of con- gress with a European tour. It is understood thar the ceremony White House, where Nellie Grant, daughter of President Grant. was mar- ried to Algernon Sartoris May 21, 1874. Self Defemae, Mra. Munckion's Flea. BALLSTON, N. Y., Dec. 15—The prosecution In the trial of Mrs. Hattie Munckton, charged with the murder of her Lusband, rested its case at the close of court, and the defendant will be put on the stand to tell ber story. The evidence of Deputy Sheriffs An- drus and Hubbs, who secured an alleg- &] confession from the accused woman, was taken, the defense attempting to prove that the confession was secured under duress aml with a promise of immunity, Attorney Andrus, in the opening address for the defendant, sald he would prove that she fired in self defense after Munckton had assaulted her and threatened to take her life As It Bhould Be. “But,” protested the multimillion. aire’s son, “1 don't want to go to col lege.” “Oh, very well,” rejoined the old man. "I'll have ‘em bring it to you” ~—Chicago Dally News. Died For Love. POLK CITY, Ia, Dec. 15.—Despalr- ing because of his inabliity to secure the promise of Jessie Darr, sixteen years old, to becowe his wife, Harry Hudson, nineteen years old, blew out his brains in her presence. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Stock Queiations, Money on call easier at T{S per cent; prime mercantile paper, 46G€ per cent; exchanges, 501.5894; balances, $11.79 817. Closing prices: Amal. Copper... WY N. Y. Central... 154% Atchison. ....... Norf. & West... Southern Pac... Southern Ry.. #% South. ny. pt. IIL Central...... 177 lackawanna.... 48 Louis. & Nash. na Manhattan. .... J84 Metropolitan 115% West. Union.. Missourt Pac... 100% New York Markets. FLOUR~Dull, but steady: Minnesota patents, MOS; winter straights, £394 L109; winter extras, 28643135. winter pat- A gd. absence of pressure wheal ruled fai steady at about Ye under the “lute, with trade light: May = 1-16§ TR The price of milk is 51.71 per & ALLOW Barely steady; city, #4c; HAY gready’ | hippt 0gtic., good t ~Steady; o o choles, 507 Sc na, Lg STRAW- Dull; long rye. Toe. BEANS-Quiet; marrow, & 103.15. me- Mum, a 17%; pea, $1751. 77%; red Kid. ne Woot. ulet; domestic flesce, BHC. . a. ro Soman to Srolcs, cifie coast, i" y For fg ‘1994, ee o ITT ER—Creame exiras, un a | seconde, ¥ he 7 frsta, hie Fates. NRG firsts, ESE-State, full cream. co Be and hr and , September, fancy, 15%¢. 1 October, vest Th . . 1910... average best. late made, 11 : Ia TINE EGGS Fresh gathered, extras, per dou- en, I. ; nearby. fresh gathered, firsts to extra firsts. o refrigerator. Arata, Ne; Seconds, 3 LIVE 3 JULTRY — Easter: fowls, pn. ; ducks, 139180; old roosters, § eye, 14615. ; spring chickens, he: ; geese. 13% 15 DRESSED PUULTRY — Steady: fresh killed fowia, choice, 136 Byitye. do. fair to oul, IRI. turkeys few and fan- 18g do. fair to oad, a : roosters, chink Bai es Ho ieSe. on iiicks ens, fair to good ne on", Yee. uew mammoth battleship Vermont Van der Veer, of Al- . Y., has just received one of was imprisonéd in 1891 for alleged complicity in the assssination of Alex- citizen. Ireland in 178% and fought with Nelson at Trafalgar. is now living at the age 0® 123 near Bloomfield, Mo. He fought in the Crimean war, assisted in the taking of Sebastopol and in this coun- try fought in the Mexican and civil WATS. : Mrs. Marion B. Baxter is at the head of the only free hospital in Seattle, Wash., the bosp%al ship Idaho. Roger S. Greene and other public-spirited men of the city bought the ship and gave it for the benefit of those too poor to pay for admission to hospitals Mra. Baxter has been for several years per. Guadaloupe county alone numbering with equal fluency. The governor Is now nearing the end of his second term will be reappointed. Thomas A. Edison came over lo New York from bis quiet New Jersey home ried back again. to the guietude of my own workshop.” te remarked on leaving “I can't stand nolsy over here, one of the chief rea- sons being that you are using so many of my contrivances.” Just Possible. funny. them? her to." Chicago Dally News. dreadfully untidy Mary! I don’t know what the Taker: will think of you when he cons’ “The baker don't malter, 'm. milkman’s bia!" “Pa.” asked Tommy, “what's the difference between ‘assurance’ and ‘insurance? “Well, my son, one is what the ageni has and the other is what he persists In trying to sell you.” “How long does it take to emply “I” don't replied the janitor; turing I'll Ume "em." “This is the first {ime you have been | to prayer meeting in a long lime” got a job whitewashin’ a chicken coop an’ buildin’ a fence around a water- f “That barber seems to be doing a’ rushing business.” “Yes. He has in- “But—er—I don’t | “It tickles the vanity | of his patrons. They go around smell- pression that they own automobiles.” | AMONG SCIENTISTS. Prof. G. Haberlandt, after sindying | the sensitiveness of the lendriis and of experiencing regular sensa The new method of producing gen- | three hypodermic injections—two * fore cperation—of scopolamine with some morphine. Unconsciousness continues some hours after the opera: tion. A London chemist, Dr. McAlpine, oll, for which he claims that it will abolish the use of expensive chem- increase the ‘Good Presciption. i If a man’s life is solitary. he should indulge in brisk morning walks, fol-| lowed by cold baths If his occupation | fancies, he! should read the biographies of good men ork Tribune. : : “He was & man of the alertent wit,” .re explorer sald. “I never saw his »(ual in the hilting off of & person's aaracter with an apposite story, Once remember, he was describing a Soul manufacturer of loose business morals. “Mr. Zeigler said this manufacture: was like a certain grocer who called his clerk up before him one day and said: * ‘That Iady who just went oul— didn’t | hear her ask you for fresh laid eggar * ‘Yes, sir’ the clerk answered. “ ‘And you said we hadn't any? * ‘Yes, sir; that is correct!’ “The grocer, purple with rage “ 'Dide"t yon see me jay those eggs myself on the counter not ten mintues ago?! You are discharged. you menda- cious scoundrel. and see that you don't look to me for a reference, either.” Sweet Corn for Bassa. about the kind of food they take, and | usually unless he offers them choice live | bait. Down about Chadds Ford, Dela | ware county, however, they are not so! particular. and, if the fishermen have | been telling the truth, they have devel. opedl a great fondpeéss for sweet corm. | a carp lure it has always proved effec | as liable to get a bass as a carp. His Worst “Enemy. i Callar—1I have dropped in, al the re-; juest of Mr. Kammerer. a friend of yours| and of mine _to ask you— Eminent Statesman — Kammerer? | e's no friend of mine! He takes snap | shots of me when I'm making public! geeches. and prints them {no the papers | - tot him!—Chicago Tribune She Didn't Halt, Mr. ~ Timid—]—er—suppose you ing? Her Father—Yes, young man. and she told it better than you seem able to.— Philadelphia Ledger. Japanese Sailors. A Japanese marine officer has ex ors. Most of her coast vessels are small, but there are a great many of them, and almost any man taken from A fishing village has bad emough ex pair. pair. prices. pair. closed out regardless of one half price cost to close out wear, Folding ironing tables 83¢. Bible stands with shelf 36c. Jardiner stands 30¢, Double rocking horses 75¢. Doll games, A BO bx {larger books, notions and We are herelo stay, Ou Exel 7 up. cheaper than any house in ¢ Horse blankets at costs. g J. C CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER REAL ESTATE CARY Block, SA Advertise in The Record. new and sas with mow collar, wi » S—— Ei ut single = ad = 354 double breasted suck suite dos black and blue Boys’ Clothing a made of wat Fas rpusidnt anna * OR yink Young Men’s Pants Tavassigesnn breasted ith full skirt, fine velvet collar, broad beaatifall friezes Double breasted overcoats pong men, ie” seams drm $8 and $10, sale price Fra ahn $7, now .. ss EF TR EEE and fagcies. Former price $0.00, now. . Heivy flesced lined shirts Aad drawers, for mer price 5lo, now. . T6c and $100 dress shirts... i... .ovvvnviaas Red 30d blue 10¢ handkerchief, now. ...... 85¢ suspenders, now _ Boys’ knee pants, 50c and 76c, Bow... ...... $1.50 Yizok derby hats, fall snd winter styles Heavy wool hose, 280, DOW. . ........0vniinns EE ETT EE EEE Men's 50 20d 78¢ heavy jersay shirts. ....... Men's $1.00 fleoce lined heavy jersey shirts. and 850 » garment. . lar, double 28¢ 1c 39c accompany all RE TERE a Ess adnRrnuRE wool lined, $8.00, now.