OUR GROWING NAVY. Secretary Long's Annual Re> port Made Public. OPERATIONS OF ASIATIC SQUADRON. Great Praise For Marines at Peklnii aud Tlen-talo—Completion of Ves aela L'nder Construction Will Require Muck Larger Force. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The annu Bl report of the secretary of the navy, just made public, opens with a history ol the operations of the Asiatic squadron. Among other things Secretary Long says: "The fleet on the Asiatic station has co operated with the army in the Philip pines. transporting and convoying troops, patrolling a wide area of badly chart ed waters, seudiug out landing parties and keeping the coast clear of the enemy. The small gunboats have been of great value in preventing the landing of arms for the insurgents and cutting off illicit trade with and among the islands. "The cordiality which has character ized the relations of the army and navy is shown by numerous reports from offi cer! on duty in the Philippines and is alike creditable to both branches of the service. "In view of the disturbed conditions in Asiatic waters and of the demands upon tli« navy the department early in the year deemed it eipedicnt to augment the force in that quarter. The commander in chief of the Asiatic station, Keur Ad miral Remey, was accordingly given au assistant. Rear Admiral Kempff. to in sure under commaud of an officer of rank and experience a division of the ticet if necessary iu quarters distant from the Philippines. Almost immediately there after circumstances made it necessary to maintain a separate force in Chinese wa ters, and the junior rear admiral was or dered to proceed with a squadron to Taku, China. "When, therefore, au appeal for help ciiiue from the legations at Peking, this government not only had an adequate tiiival force at the nearest seaport town, but also was able to send forward imme diately a force of marines for the protec tion of the United States legation. "The annuls of history present few ex amples of more dramatic interest than tlic story of the beleaguered legations in Peking, from .tune 20, 1000. the date ou «liich the German minister was killed and the siege began, until Aug. 14. when the allied forces entered the Chinese capi tal. Official and unofficial reports, and particularly the dispatches of our min ister, show that the American marines bore their full share in the burdens of de fense duriug this memorable siege. "The United States legation was sit uated just inside of and near to the wall of I tie Tartar city. When the legations were assaulted, the American detach ment immediately occupied a position ou the city wall, a strategic point of great importance: established au improvised sandbag fort there, which enabled them to defend the section of wall immediate ly commanding the legations, and. al though repeatedly attacked by over whelming numbers and on two occasions drives for a few minutes from the wall, they were never permanently dislodged. Inn held this vital position until relief came. "in the meantime the foreign settle ment iu Tien tsin itself was subjected to attack, and communication between that city aud Taku was interrupted. On ihe 18 th of June a detachment of H offi cers aud 132 enlisted men, chiefly from tlie first regiment of marines dispatched fioui Cavite by the Newark and Nash ville. arrived at Taku. Instructions were immediately given that this force should take part in the forward movement for tlie ralief of the besieged at Tien-tsin. "To record the instances of gallantry displayed by our officers and men at ihe capture of Tien-tsiu would almost be equivalent to a publication of the entire roster." The secretary then refers briefly to tlie movements of the north and south Atlantic squadrons and at the Pacific station, l'nder the head of navy per sonnel he says: "The need of officers for sea duty is steadily growing, and at times the de par'inent is seriously embarrassed by lack of necessary officers to properly man ves sels required for immediate service. "This need will be still greater when vessels authorised or building are coin pleted and ready for commission. The ii-port of the bureau of navigation rep rescuta that it would be impossible at the present time toman our available fleet were aa emergency to occur demanding such action. Attentiuu is earnestly in vited to the detailed suggestions of this report and to ihe statement that with th« completion of vessels now under con st Miction an immediate increase will be needed iu the enlisted force of uot less than 8.000 men. A list is given of the .*i4 vessels, large aud small, uow under construction, show ing the progress of the work. Nearly all •>f tha above uuuilier will tie completed lii-fort the close of I!MH. In couclusiou tin secretary says: "Tha bestowal of special rewards is uigc4 because it is appropriate and just ibat they should lie giveu, aud not from Ihe fear that duty will not be well done withant them. The fact that the nation's nckuowledgmeuls are laggiug behind the brilliant performance of its officers aud men in active service does not seem lo bate iu any degree impaired the quality ••f thalr patriotism aad devotion lo duty. "The past year has been so prolific of such examples that, while the euntnera tion of them iu detail is here impractica ble. the department calls special alten tiou lo the official reports iu which they upliear. They are found in every line of tlie paval service, not ouly iu battle. «liich makes service conspicuous, hut • 'ii the voyage, in watches along Ihe coast, in eipeditions to ilistaui islands, in the tiling responsibilities of command, oflen unaided and alone, In the unuiarlial work of transportation, in hospital aud on sta tion, iu surveys and soundings, in in struction aud discipline. Iu ihe inestima bly valuable preparatory work of ihe hu rt-ana and navy yards and in all the • biffing variety of exacting duties ia which service, if not conspicuous. Is ueue •lit leas deserving snd is rendered with a /eal, loyalty and ability as heroic la the homely routine of common place as when exhibited ou the held of glory. There is ua Burr type of tlie pubin servant train •4 lo high sense of his official obligations and no hand In shuh ihe honor of his •uatry aad the rights of its miaous are safer than is la be found In the navy wf lb* felted tftales. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Notable Events of the Week Brie*/ And Terselr Told. About 15.000 Thames lightermen have struck in London. A London dispatch reports Professor Friedrich Max Muller critically ill. The steamer Bertha reached Seattle with $75,000 from the Copper river. The Spanish government was reported much alarmed over a recrudescence of Carlist activity. Two men were killed and three hurt in an accident on the Luke Shore aud Mich igan Central railroad in South Chicago. All the members of tlic British parlia ment have beeii elected but seven, and the Conservatives have made a net gain of one. The supreme court advnuced the cases involving the extension of tile constitu tion to Porto Rico and the Philippines to the aecond week in November. King George of Greece lias arrived in Paris to attend the exposition. Incoming transatlantic steamers all re port heavy weather and high seas on the Atlantic. Hope of the return of the Pi'iir.v steam er Windward this fall is practically abandoned. Registration in Greater New York foi the first two days is reported at the rec ord breaking figures of 400.000. Mexican troops in the field against the Ma.vi Indians have been ambushed sev eral times recently and suffered consid erable losses. An extra freight train on the West Shore railroad ran into a landslide two miles north of the West Point tunnel. The fireman was seriously hurt. Fire destroyed the car sheds of the Cleveland and Kastern Klectric Railway company at Gates Mills. <). A number jt cars and other property was burned; ova, #IOO,OOO. The Hispano-American congress will aieet in Madrid Nov. 11. Sir Thomas Liptou's challenge for the America cup arrived on the Germanic. Quiet was reported restored in Santo Domingo. The recent outbreaks were re garded of small importance. While boring for water on his farm uear Oswejfo, X. Y.. Martin Brotlierton struck gas in large quantities. It was stated iu Rome that the Vatican securities whose loss was recently an nounced were really stolen in February last. It was announced in Philadelphia that the Pennsylvania Railroad company haii awarded contracts for I'dUMMI tons of steel rails at $-5 a ton. Connecticut's population was announc ed by the census bureau as ftOH..'{s.">. It is announced that the plague at Glasgow has been completely checked. An excursion party was overtaken on Pike's peak by a blizzard ami for a time was in great peril. The Liberals gained two and the Con servatives one scat in the British elec tion returns yesterday. Tradespeople bound to New York t buy goods exhausted the supply of ex cursion tickets at Syracuse. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff as ad iug governor declined to honor the Tex as requisitions for Standard Oil officials. Governor Savers of Texas lias left Austin for New York to open the hazaai for the benefit of the Galveston sufferers. Sir Thomas Liptou confirmed there port that his new yacht would also bt named Shamrock and would be com manded by a well known "amateur skip per." Idaho Soldiers' home at Boise was burned aud one life lost. Three person* were burned to death in an early morning fire iu Boston. The torpedo boat Soniers arrived at Philadelphia, having made the outside trip in safety. Professor S. I'. Shortlidge has begun suit iu Philadelphia to recover insurance on the life of his wife, whom lie murder ed iu lHll.'l, Warrants were applied for at Boston for the arrest of Congressman Fitzgerald aud other Democrats on charges of vio luting the caucus law. Sir Thouias Liptou announced in Lon don thai his challeuge for the America's cup would arrive in New York ou the White Star liner Germanic. Maximilian Shinburn. the "king ot bank burglars." was released from Han neniora and at once rearrested on tin charge of breaking out of New llamp shire State prison in lMOti. I • r— • , '."he president and Mrs. McKiuley have arrived in Washington. The totul number of schools uudei American control iu Porto Kico this yeai will be 7HH. Seventeen fishing vessels operating at the tirand Banks during the Septeuibei gale are still missing. Returns from the British elections show a Liberal gain of two aud a Minis lerialist gain of one seat. The annual meeting ot the sharehold er* of the Grand Trunk railroad iu Lou don was a very storiny one. A proclamation was issued auuoiiuciug the dissolution of the Canadian parlia m«ut and the holdiug of the general dec tion ou Nov. 7. Summaries of the Protestant uiissiou arien known or supposed to have been kflled by Boxers show a total of 17M. Of the death of 4!t of these uo doubt is posnible. Baseball Sensou Closed. NKW YORK. Oct. I.V The final game an the National league schedule was played at HI. Louis yesterday. The home team shut out the Cincinnatis, thus tying mUIi Chicago for the fifth place. Table of Herceotosee. W L. P C. Brook lyu K - .UUi Pittsburg 70 HI ..VIM Philadelphia 7n Oil .%4"i Boston Hi T'J 47* Chicago Ift 7.1 Ht. Louis nn 7n .on Cincinnati 77 ,44tl Dew York >H> ;» 4,tft klaasa Hl«kl| tallied. NKW YORK. Oil. 10 Fifty thousand dollars is Ihe price asked for two kisse* by Mrs. Anionic Pilskow of |7u Ka»t Fourth alrevi (in hss rendered a bill for that amount to I»r. Anthony Holt iuaa. a practicing phtsldan al 111 See oiid avenue, ami >n pari I of ihe supreme court today she will try lo convince a jury that th« rate of t;j.'i,iaai a kiss ka iioi toe bigh aud thai the doctor ought Iu ha made to pay 11. WIDENER GAVE GANG A SHOCK Eulogy of Quay by the Philadelphia _ Millionaire Upset Their Calculations. HAD EYES ON HIS BARREL. Innnrsriit* Hoped to Swell Their Corn.|i- ture nt Hnrrlalnii-it'. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Nov. 27. —The political sensation of the last week was the publication of an Interview with Sen ator-elect Benjamin K. Focht, of Union county, in which he recounted the cir cumstances of a visit which he and for mer United States Senator John J. Pat terson paid to P. A. B. Widener, the street railway and gas magnate, who has been prominently mentioned for United States senator to succeed Col. M. S. Quay. The insurgents of Pennsylvania, after trying all others who were re garded as available to be pitted against Col Quay for the senatorship, agreed that Widener was the best equipped mau to play up against Quay. His "special equipment" was.of course, the millions of dollars which he has invested in many enterprises, and which they assumed would be drawn upon to meet the ever pressing finan cial needs of the politicians who have been making the anti-Quay movement their sole means of livelihood for some time. These tricksters have had dif ferent men to meet their demands for cash, all with ambition to fill office and all willing to be presented to the pub lic as great reformers, who have only the Interests of their dear common wealth at heart In making their cam paigns against this terrible man Quay. One after another of these "good things" for the political macers have gotten tired of being bled by the pro fessional politicians, and these vam pires have been looking around for a candidate who would produce liberal ly to keep up the "fight on Quay." Widener evidently seemed to be their last resort, and they immediately pro ceeded to boom him for the United States senatorship and pass the word along the line that Widener would produce "big money" if he could get the senatorship. Democrats were given the cue to in timate that possibly after they found that they could not elect a Democrat to the United States senate they would take up Widener In order to defeat Quay. This was done to keep Widener in line. This sort of talk had been going on quite freely, when Senator-elect Kocht happened to call upon Widener in re gard to some railway business in which former Senator Patterson was interest ed. To these gentlemen, possibly without thought of having his remarks publish ed. Widener expressed himself quite freely regarding Col. Quay He Intro duced the subject himself, and appar ently could not find anything too good to say about the Beaver statesman. Senator Kocht declares thiit Mr. Wid ener not only made It quite manifest that he was not a candidate for senator in opposition to Col. Quay, but express ed the opinion that he should and will be re-elected. WIDENER TALKED FREELY. Regarding Col. Quay's political rec ord. Senator-elect Kocht quotes Mr. Widener as having spoken as follows: "Col. Quay has done much for the advancement of our industries. His action in the United States senate when the Wilson bill wos up for considera tion was a master stroke. With the introduction of his many amendments to the free trade measure and his fili bustering tactics, including his famous speech, the longest on record as having been delivered in the United States senate, he saved the Industries of Penn sylvania from wreck and ruin with which they were at that time con fronted. "Senator Quay has really been the champion of reform legislation In Pennsylvania instead of the opponent, as some of his adversaries would like to make it appear. Back in the 70' a. as chairman of the committee on ways and means of the Pennsylvania leg islature. he reported the bill, which is now a law. that traniiferred the bur den of taxation from farm lands, real estate and horses and cattle to the corporations. "This was a most equitable arrange ment. for while the individual proper ty owner has been relieved of former oppression the corporations have been able to meet their obligations and they have not been unduly taxed. From this splendid revenue came the eleven mil lion dollar school appropriation, which, besides building countless schoolhouses In every section of the commonwealth. Hives free books and free education to the children of Pennsylvania QUAY FOR REFORM. "It was Col. Quay who, recognJilng the demand of the temperance element of the state, gave the people the op portunity to vote upon the question of the prohibition amendment to the con stitution which wus submitted to a pop ular vote by direction of a Republican legislature, in which Col. Quay's frleuds hud an overwhelming majori ty. The outcome of this was the pass age of the oresent high license law, which eliminated seven-tenths of the ualoons lu Philadelphia and SO per cent of the liquor shops of Pittsburg, and which assured an absolute observance of the Huuday laws In regard to the kale of liquor In all the large centers of population. This law likewise prac tically placed the granting of liquor licenses in the hands uf the people, us no court dare refuse to recognise a properly submitted remonstrauce from the people "Then there is the question of ballot reform Col. Quay should lie given full credit for what he did lu that direction, lie was the pioneer In the movement for ballot reform lu Pennsylvania He and his frleuds passed Ihe present law which Mas the first step toward the accoiuplisluueni of ihe desired result The uaturat wolutluu fruiu this aet will be the final attainment of a per fect ballot system as the needs of the several localities of the state are made manifest. "Senator Quay is a man who has made his Impress upon national as well as state politics. He has been the victim of many conspiracies, as have most men who have been distinguished In public life. He will outlive them all. WORDS OF GREAT PRAISE. "His speeches In the recent cam paign were splendid specimens of fine English diction, attesting his scholar ship, and throughout all these public utterances there was not a particle of resentment toward those who have been maligning and traducing him. In the present campaign the issue has been submitted to the people, the ver dict has been rendered in favor of Col. Quay, and he should be accorded the honor due him and without that bitterness and turmoil which attended the last session of the legislature. I have no doubt of his election." Senator Focht also stated that Mr. Widener had commented upon Col. Quay's home life, and paid a handsome tribute to him for a side of his charac ter which is not appreciated by those not familiar with his domestic rela tions. INSURGENTS IN A RAGE. Since the publication of this inter view the insurgent newspapers have been making all sorts of excuses for Widener. Some have gone so far as to print statements purporting to come from Widener, denying that he said what has been credited to him, but the fact remains that no authorized denial has been sent out by Mr. Widener, and Senator Patterson, to whom vlr. Wid ener referred several newspaper men, has, over his own name, corroborated Senator Focht In his report of ihe eulogies of Col. Quay by Mr. Widener. The insurgents seem to forget that Widener is a practical man; that he knows that ft large majority of the Republican members of the state sen ate and the house of representatives are favorable to Col. Quay for United States senator; that many of them were nominated and elected on this issue, and that they could not If they wanted togo back upon the expressed will of their constituents without for ever blasting their political futures. Mr. Widener wants togo to the Uni ted States senate. There can be no doubt of that, but he recognizes that he must have the support of the regu lar Republicans togo to Washington, and that no alliance between the insur gents and the Democrats could elect him to the senate. TllUrMlny. SOT. 18. The navy department suld the old tnon .tor Xnntuckct and the tug Che.veune. The recent attack on the empress of Japan iu Tokyo was the work of u luna tic. The German financial bill as sulmiittcd to the federal council carries 1!,240,U47,- "■Ol murks. Dr. Nordenskjold will head an antarc tic expedition, backed financially by the king of Sweden. Eight persons were killed and 2tXI in jured by the collapse of benches at a bull tight near Alicante, Spain. Thirteen Insane soldiers from the Phil ippines have been sent from the Presidio hospital to the government asylum ut Washington. WetlnrMlni'i Nov. 14. Latest election returns from New foundland add to the Liberal victory. Yale university funds were increased luring the last fiscal year uearly $4.'W,- 1)1)0. A forest lire lias destroyed IJrooking's mill, iu Frednlbra Park, Cul., with a loss ;.f $400,000. William Haywood. United States col lector of internal revenue for Honolulu, lias resigned. A tierce gale swept over tin- English channel Monday night, causing a num ber of wrecks. The main building of Cornell university veterinary college, at Ithaca, was par tially burned, with a loss of $;lO.OOO. Tile First National bank of Nashville was robbed of $14.000 by a business man with the aid of a bookkeeper iu the bank. The California dry wine product for 1000 will amount to from l.°t,r»O0,000 to 15,000.tNM1 gallons and the sweet product iu 7,000.000. The t'nusport Thomas left Nagasaki for Sah Francisco Nov. 10, having on board the remains of Colonel Liscum, commander of the Ninth infantry, killed at Tuku. The collieries of the upper Schuylkill valley were reported severely hampered by lack of water. The Society of the Army of the Ten nessee re-elected General Grein ilie M. Dodge president. The deer season iu the Adirondacks lias closed. The slaughter during the past week lias been enormous. The German reichstug has re-elected Count von Hallerstreui president of that body by litiN votes out of IMM cast. The will of the lute John Sherman was i a major it) ol ihe freeholder* within the limit, of Ute iitniiuih It* lie iiicoritic4lh»o V.,t . V,m» I Uf II IKtiIUM Attorneys for .tpplicauu Mow Ave t.ar Ik Mae ye I IK Itukbe ■paiean.l'iil.ceieeiikidueilll. lie free Adu aierttu* IUUMKII CO . I tUuwiu or *. 112 Shopbell, Gamble & Co., 313 Pine street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA., We are ready in every department for the fall and winter buyers, of Dress Goods, Silks, Jackets, Tailor made Suits, Capes, Wrappers, Skirts, Petticoats, Waists Underware, Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, Laces, Furs, Domestic Flannels, Blankets, Comforts etc. No more complete stock can be found. 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