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THE GALVESTON tribune..
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GEN. JOE WHEELER
BULLER’SNEXTMOVE.
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The Great Catarrh Cure.
CHURCHILL’S FRANTIC CALL.
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A Silk Tapestry, Solid Oak or Ma-
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and do you ex-
Just a Line For the Children.
MARRIAGE IN HASTE.
THREE GREAT SHIPS.
British Officers Ordered to Africa
First Take Wives.
Culinary Conceits.
WAR FEVER AMONG NOBLEMEN.
WILL EXCELANY IN THE WORLD.
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Boiled Rice.
Roquefort.
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WALSH’S CLEOPATRA.
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AN EDITOR SENTENCED.
DALY REAFFIRMS.
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TWO POINTED FACTS
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Expected to Try Conclusions
With Joubert Next Week.
Displaccmant Will Be 14,000 Tons
and Speed 19 Knots—Details of
Armor and Batteries.
Tardy Recognition of the Engineers,
L Buller May Strike Before Roberts
Arrives—Those Flour Cargoes.
worth, ,$48.00;
will sell for
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The most
Reasonable
Installment
Man...
indeed if not equal in hon-
ling lady, Miss Elsie E's-
wellnigh perfected the art
DOTS FOR THE TOTS.
Happy New Year!
Wasn’t Santa. Claus good to- us?
Have you begun to make good resolu-
“ONE YEAR BORROWS ANOTHER YEAR’S FOOL.”
YOU DIDN’T USE
SAPOLIO
LAST YEAR, PERHAPS YOU WILL NOT THIS YEAR.
Wafers.
Angel Food.
■Mince Pie.
Edam Cheese.
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PROSPEROUS ALVIN.
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The cleverest thing of the season and
one of the cleverest of many seasons was
“Mistakes Will Happen,” presented at the
Villi i-UW ±11“
/transport, i Grand last night by Mr. Charles Dickson
trusts. T’ 1
last and a membership of 12,000 has been
enrolled.
hotel men to organize them against the
The league was started in August
United States Senator McEnery.
Hon. S. D. McEnery, United States Senator
from Louisiana, says the following in re-
gard to Pe-ru-na:
“Pe-ru-na is an excellent tonic. I have
used it sufficiently to say that I believe it to
be all that you claim for it.—S. D. McEnery,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Nation Does Not Share [His
Nervousness—A Second Contin-
gent of Canadian Troops.
Drill Sergeant (after worrying recruit for
two hours)—Right about face! Recruit
(perfectly immovable)—Thank goodness,
I’m right about something at last!—
World’s Comic.
office to send long range guns to the
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paign. The truth is ;that;the- guns were
not in service and when found men had to
be trained for serving, them.
After the arrival of the Majestrc at the
Cape. \ here she is. dup tpday with 2000 in-
fantry, there will be only onedtrax
the Victorian, with 40Q cavalry-, to
the port for a week. TL„ ,11
will begin to arrive about the time Lord
Roberts assumes comrhand, so that he
will have 10,000 fresh troops by the middle
of January. Five battalions of the seventh
division will start from England next
Thursday, and by the second week in Feb-
ruary he will have lOlO&O additional men.
The eighth division will- be mobilized early
in January and the reinforcements will be
increased by 10,000 imperial yeomanry and
volunteers during the. next two months.
There will be a steadym5.vement.of volun-
teers week after wpeK..to the seat of war.
George Wyndham w-ill have a strong case
to present in defense of the war office
when parliament meets, for there has been
no lack of energy and toil in carrying out
the mobilization scheme and dispatching
the largest British army ever organized
for a foreign campaign.
Veteran officials smile grimly when they
read Winston Churchill’s franticIcall for
three British soldiers”i6X;'dyfff. Boer, and
suggest that that vulture which* "fie met
in the woods is still on his nerves. His
outburst in the Morning- PosDs-second edi-
tion yesterday has invigorated the alarm-
ists like Mr. Harms worth’s journal, and
’ they are renewing their warfare upon
Lord Lansdowne, Sir Michael Hicks-
Beach and Gen. Wolseley and seem deter-
mined to drive them from their posts.
These antics contrast stranglely with the
coolness, presence of mind and unflinching
faith in the army which the nation con-
tinues to display.
The most stirring bit of war news yes-
terday was a report through Renter that
heavy firing had been heard bn "Thursday
in the direction of Storn^ergJJnd-tfurtwar
office failed to confirm it,—since- a bulletin
from Gen. Forster-Walker, under the
same date, announced that there was no
change in the situation of Gatacre and
French, with the exception that the Indwe
railway was again in operation.
THE MEADE A MODEL.
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United States Senator Sullivan.
“I desire to say that I have been taking
Pe-ru-na for some time for catarrh, and
have found it an excellent medicine, giving
me more" relief than anything I have ever
taken.—W. V. Sullivan, Oxford, Miss.”
United States Senator Roach.
“Persuaded by a friend I have used
Pe-ru-na as a tonic, and am glad to testify
that it has greatly helped’me in strength,
vigor and appetite. I have been advised by
friends that it is remarkably efficacious as a
cure for the almost universal complaint of
catarrh.—W. N. Roach, Larimore, North
Dakota.”
A free book on catarrh sent to any
address by the Pe-ru-na Drug M’f’g Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your druggist tor a free Penina Almanac for the year 1900.
Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men Will
Go to Work.
New York, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Headquarters
in New York of the Commercial Travelers
and- Hotel Men’s anti-trUst league have
b'een opened by William Hoge, sec-
retary and treasurer' of the league, and
from this time on, Mr. Hoge said, a vigor-
ous earn paig'n is to be urged among the
different commercial travelers’ associa-
tions and also among organizations among
DOES THIS STRIKE YOU?
Muddy Complexion, Nauseating breath
come from chronic constipation. Karl’s
Clover Root Tea is an absolute cure and
has been, sold for fifty years on an absolute
guarantee... Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. All
druggists.
HOW IS YOUR WIFE?
Has she lost her beauty! M. so; Consti-
pation, Indigestion. Sick Headache are th®
principal causes. Karl’s Clover Root Tea
has cured these ills for half a century.
Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. Money refunded
if results are not satisfactory. All drug-
gists.
Corner
Postoffice and
Twenty-first
f Streets.
A good stomach
makes nourish-
ing food—a poor
stomach poison-
ous refuse. Hos-
tetter’s Stomach
Bitters will
Strengthen
the Stomach
and keep it from
becoming weak.
For 50 years it
has been the
champion of
health*. Try it.
Very Pretty, a Roman Chair, Upholstered
with Silk, carved faces and claw feet;
worth, $15.00;
will sell for................tpIlsoW
An extraordinary fine Rattan Rocker,
Shellac Finish, Cobbler Seat;
worth, $16.00;
will sell for
A beautiful quarter sawed Golden Oak
Rocker, Piano Finish, Upholstered
Leather, seat and back;
worth, ’ $14.00; 4
will sell for
A quarter sawed, Golden Oak-Polish
Finish Rocker;
worth, $8.00; ,n*
will sell for tpOsOO
A quarter sawed Golden Oak-Polish
Finish, Continental design Rocker;
worth, $6.00;
will sell for kP“I (oV
A very fine Rattan Shellac Finish Cobbler
Seat Rocker, the latest thing out;
worth, $13.00; dirk j-ts*
will sell for O
VERSES BY LACKAYE.
Wilton La-ckaye, who- plays Reb Shemuel
in “Children of the Ghetto,” sends his
friends a 'Christmas card with these
verses:
Old England sends to us, her friends,
In good'.Chri'st’s-time to meet;
’Round' crackling- fire, Dull Care’s swift
. . pyre,
Our hearts in ryh'thm beat.
But we of Yankee-land, despite her cheer,
her welcome bright,
Keep yet a part of mind and heart
Our own at home to greet.
From' nfo-therlahd a brother band
To “ours” across the sea!
We never sound the depths of love until
we parted' be.
PRAISES PERUNA,
Meant What He Said in Declaring Silver
Is Dead.
New York, N. Y., Dec. 30'.—When the at-
tention of Congressman Daly of New Jer-
sey was called to the interview with W. J.
Bryan, in which Mr. Bryan, said the con-
gressman evidently was misquoted when
he said “'free silver is dead,’’’ Mr. Daly be-
came indignafl-t and- vehemently declared
hr* had not been- misquoted.
“When I said free Silver was dead I
rfi'ea-fit it,” he exclaimed. “I can’t help
wh-at 'Mr. Bryan may think about it. I
have always feeoghized him as- the leader
of the Democracy, the most available
candidate for. president, but in so doing I
can not close my eyes to the fi/ot that free
silver is in its grave. This fact clearly
was demonstrated in the vote on the cur-
rency bill. With the majority of my col-
leagues I Voted' against it, but the vote
showed conclusively' there are many Dem-
ocrats who never will stand for free sil-
ver.”
STAGE NOTES.
Stuart Robson put on “Oliver Gold-
smith,” his new play by .Gus Thomas, at
Bridgeport, Conn., and the critics were de-
lighted with it.
Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott are
playing “The Cowboy and the Laxly” in'
'■ New York this week.
Charles Henry Meltzer’s. . version
TURKEY, THE DAY AFTER.
Salmi of Turkey.—Put two tablespoon-
fuls of butter into a saucepan, and when
melted add two tablespoonfuls of flour and
stir until well browned, then add a cupful
and a half of stock and stir until it boils;
add a pint of cold seasoned turkey cut into
small pieces, ten olives, one tablespoonful
of chopped parsley and a tablespoonful of
Madeira; cover and simmer gently 30 min-
utes and serve at once.
Turkey Cutlets.—Take two pounds of
cold turkey (chopped fine); add two table-
spoonfuls of butter, one and a half tea-
spoonfuls of salt, same of chopped onion,
one-quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper and
a pinch of grated nutmeg; mix thoroughly
and divide into portions; press into the
shape of cutlets. Stick a piece of macaroni
at the end of each, to look like a bone.
Brush over with egg and dust with bread
Crumbs. Fry in hot fat a nice brown.
Turkey Boudins.—Two cupfuls of minced
cooked turkey, one cupful of boiled rice,
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one
tablespoonful of lemon juice, two table-
spoonfuls of flour, one cupful of milk, one
tablespoonful of butter, one-half table-
spoonful of salt and a good shaking of
pepper. Make a cream sauce of the but-
ter, flour and milk; turn in the other in-
gredients; cool well and then form into
cone phaped croquettes; dip in bread
crumbs and fry in- smoking drippings.
Creamed Turkey with Mushrooms.—Cut
one and a half pounds of cooked turkey
into half-inch' squares. Heat two table-
spoonfuls of butter in a frying pan; add
turkey, and sprinkle over one small tea-
spoonful of salt, saltspoonful of pepper
and two tablespoonfuls of flour. When a
nice brown take up on hot platter; add a
teaspoonful of flour to what is left in pan,
three-quarters of a cupful of water and
half a dozen mushrooms cut fine. Stir till
it boils; add one teaspoonful of lemon
juice, bank turkey tn Center and pour
mushrooms atound it.
Every Bitter Has Its Sweet
Here is where you get the Sweet and we get the Bitter.
Just arrived a car load of PARLOR GOODS and FANCY ROCKERS bought to be
shipped Dec. 1st, for our Christmas trade, but owing to the special designs
and patterns, the factory was unable to get them out in time. Consequently
they are in our store and must be sold.
TELL YOUR SISTER
A Beautiful Complexion is an impossibil-
ity without good pure blood, the sort that
only exists in connection with good diges-
tion, a healthy liver and bowels. Karl’s
Clover Root Tea acts directly on the bow-
els, liver and kidneys, keeping them in
perfect health. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts.
All- druggists.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following real estate transfers were
filed for record in the county clerk’s office
yesterday:
Theo. K. Parker to th§ improvement
and Trust company, west half of lot 10 and
east, half of lot 11', northwest quarter of
outlot 34-, $10.
G. F. Du jay and wife to J; G. E. Jarl,
- lot 5, block 486, $17001
James C. Green to Mary D.-Bogart, lots
33 and 34, block 10, W. B-. Kinkead’s subdi-
vision of lots 23' and 38,. section 1,...Galves-
ton island’, $400.
Louis Larson to John Stephenson, lot
102,. addition “D” to the town; of Dickin-
son,- $7-501
Robert L. MeQuestion to William Mc-
Bride, lots 23 and 24, block 2, Kinkead’s ad-
dition tc the city -of Galveston; lots 10, 11
and 12, block “B,” Colorado' addition to
the city of Galveston, $1600.
Eliza Kempner to Jewish congregation
of B’nai Israel of Galveston, Tex.,- lot 10
and the west 10 feet 3 inches of lot.11, block
199, $10.
R. M. Cash to R. G. Jaimes, lots 10 and
11, block 1, in Johnston’s addition to the
city of Galveston, $300.
“Arabella and I will not be on speaking
terms after Christmas.” “Why not?-”
“Because I am going to give her that
crocheted thing she gave me last year.”—
Indianapolis Journal.
THE WATCH DOG.
Gr-r-r! Bow! Wow!
Get out of that!
You can’t come now,
I tell you flat!
You’d better go
Before I bite—
I have a glo-
.Rious appetite!
I’m left in charge
When night is here;
No folks at large
Had best come near.
And if they do
I’ll make ’em spin!
What! Only you?
Just come right in!
—Charles F. Lummis in the Argosy.
(Copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 30.—The death of the duke
of Westminster, combined with the mourn-
ing already prevalent on account of the
war losses, left few of the titled families
of Great Britain free to celebrate Christ-
mas week with the usual festivities. The
Grosvenor family has so many ramifica-
tions among the nobility, and such a large
number of other-titled people have recently
died, that one would almost think the
court was in mourning. To this condition
of affairs a pathetic paradox is found in
the society news columns, which daily an-
■ noun-ee a lonig list of forthcoming mar-
riages, the bridegrooms, in a majority of
cases, being soldiers. It is a season of
short engagements and sudden deaths.
Momentarily expecting orders to sail for
south Africa, the British officers have ap-
parently taken the opportunity of “strik-
ing while the iron is hot,” and many a
quiet marriage is now followed in a few
days by a farewell, at Southhampton. For
instance Maj. Maxse, who took part in
the recent defeat of the Khalifa, returned
to- England, married Lord Leconfield’s
daughter, and is now on his way to the
Cape.
The martial spirit and rhe universal de-
sire to serve the country at the front
shows no sign ol abating. The action of
‘England’s premier duke the duke of Nor-
folk, who is postmaster general and by no
means a young man (he was born in 1847)
in volunteering for active service, is the
latest example of the spirit which pervades
all classes. The duke of Norfolk’s position
in the cabinet and his tremendous business
interests, to say nothing of his power as
lay head of the Catholic church in Eng-
land, will probably prevent the acceptance
of his offer.
The duke of Connaught, whose ardent
requests to be allowed to go to south Af-
rica have been refused, is mentioned as
likely to succeed Gen. Robeits in com-
mand of the. British forces in Ireland.
No little comment has been caused by .
the war office’s tardy recogrit on of the
engineers and artillery. Until Gen. War-
ren o-f the engineers was sent out, all the
general officers in thp field were cavalry-
men or infantrymen. The country howled
for Gen. 'Warren’s appointment, and at
i-ast the man who knows south- African
topography better than any*other general
received recognition. Then followed, in
Quick succession, Gen. Roberts, an artil-
lery man, and Gens. Kitchener and Cherm-
Kide, engineers, until the campaign now
bids fair to be chiefly directed by the
hitherto neglected “gunners and sappers.”
The impression, continues to- gain ground
that Gen. Buller and his subordinates
have been instructed to undertake no im-
portant movement until the arrival of
Gen. Roberts, and that Roberts will’ amal-
gamate the divisions under Gens. Gatacre,
KVarren and French, subsequently march-
tug upon Bloemfontein to capture that
place and draw off the Boers from Lady-
)Slrtith. To accomplish this it is believed
jthat Kimberley and Mafeking may be sac-
rifleed. Whether Gen. Buller will acquiesce-
In this arrangement is seriously doubted
by many who know him. and they are
rather inclined to believe he will attempt
to emulate Gen. -Gough, who. under simi-
lar circumstances, retrieved his reverses
|n India While Sir Charles Napier was
homing out to supersede him.
The seizure of cargoes, of American flour
tJffi Delagoa bay fail to excite much popu-
lar interest in England. It is generally
looked upon as a fine point of international
|aw that will be amicably settled. So far
ipo official steps in the matter have been
Jtaken owing to the non-arrival of the
iftecessary papers from Washington. The
military and international law authorities
are almost unanimous in declaring that
Great Britain should not declare foodstuffs
contraband of war. The Naval and Mili-
tary Record, under this head, says:
“Fully 50 per cent of our food comes
from America, the colonies and other coun-
tries. We have ceased to make any effort
to be self supporting. This constitutes a
danger only bearable because of our con-
fidence in the strength of the British navy
and in the friendship and self interest of
the United States. The states may be
counted on to fill our larder in both peace
p,nd war, but so essential have American
Supplies become to our safety that we
ttiust take no step likely to lead to an in-
terruption* of the enormous supply of food
jBtuffa. Our i uemies on the continent would
irejoice If we intercepted the food stuffs
how passing into the Transvaal via Dela-
goa bay. A dangerous precedent would
tbkS be cr.ated, which would be used
Xgalpst Englund at the first opportunity.”
A Splendid Performance Which Galveston*
Will See Next Week.
The New Orleans Picayune says of
Blanche Walsh’s “Cleopatra,” which is to
be presented here next Tuesday night:
There was a full house at the Tulane
theater last night. The play was Sardou's
“Cleopatra.” The- stars were Blanche
Walsh and Melbourne MacDoweU, with a
good supporting company. This play has
been done here before. Those who saw it
years ago must have forgotten its splen-
dors. It came last night in the way of a
delightful surprise. All the scenery and
costumes came direct from storage in Bos-
ton, especially for this engagement at the
Tulane theater. It was painted by Joseph
Clare, John Thompson, Henry E. Hoyt and
Seymour D. Parker. This production is
the scenic triumph of the season. “Sapho”
had one entrancing scene. “Cleopatra”
has six—one for edch act—all heavy and
grand, commencing with the wonderful
barge scene that brings to view Egypt’s
queen floating luxuriously on still waters,
making a picture that painters have put on
canvas, and that the immortal bard, hav-
ing the same heroine in mind, has de-
scribed in poetry’s most beautiful lan-
guage. Then is s-hotVn- thq splendid “Pal-
ace of Ramises,” the “Terrace of Mem-
phis.” with a long stretch of country in
perspective with pyramids and palms in
outline ; the “Palace of Actium',” the'“Tem-
ple of Isis,’’’ magnificent in pillars and col-
umns, made the scene of the vivid storm
which comes at the call of the sorceress,
and the final scene at Alexandria, the pal-
ace-room in which Antony and Cleopatra
end the great tragedy with their lives—he
dying from a sword thrust at the hands of
Th-yseus, and she from the bite of the asp,
which she places in her bosom that she
may go out' of life with Antony. Cleo-
patra was one of the most Wonderful wom-
en history has sketched. She fascinated
all men who came under her spell, and was
as cruel and unprincipled as she was beau-
tiful. Antony was her victim and yet lie
doubted her. He was the embodiment of
magnificent strength, brave as a soldier
and a leader of men. Under her witchery
he became captive, and sacrificed place
and power and friends', and even life.
Blanche Walsh is an admirable exponent
of this witching creature, who had so
many sides amd such infinite variety of ,
character, andoin the course of the play ,
she is seen inifiBle sensuous languor of the '
Egyptian, drawing Antony to her; seen
terrible in jealousy, seeking revenge; des-
perate in treachery, and hopeless love.
Miss Walsh is a beautiful woman; her ex-
quisite art- gives her the mastery of this
great part. Antony in this play is not a
noble hero.- though physically grand; yet
Mr. MacDowell gives his impersonation
of the character—perhaps Unlike that of
Roman history—as Sardou has drawn it.
Prospect for a Berry Crop Worth $150,009
Next Year.
A. J. Birchfield, editor of the Alvin Sun,
was one of the delegates to the waterways
convention. Mr. Birchfield says that the
story printed in The Tribune the other day
about the condition and prospects of the
strawberry crop was true, only more so.
“Do you know,” said Mr. Birchfield,
“what a business Alvin does in strawber-
ries? Our average year sales are- $75,000
and the prospects are that the crop of this
season will bring $150,000. That is just for
the town of Alvin and the farming- terri-
tory immediately tributary. In cape jes-
samines, too, we are? doing an immense
business. Our sales of cape jessamines
amount to between $75,,000 and $80,000 a
year.
“Alvin was never in better shape than at
present. It is growing rapidly, we are
getting an excellent class of new people
and I never knew the prospects to be
brighter than the;* are just now.”
Different Ship From What She.. Was as
the Old-Berlin.
Here is a little sftory that will make
queer reading to th'e.lindni6ei,s‘'6!f ‘Kiche’s
late Immunes who-Temember the Meade
as “Transport 35” and knew her familiarly
as the “Berlin-:”
“The Meade is very well fitted for a
transport. There are- hot and cold shower
baths, a modern laundry, a very good
kitchen service, and the berth decks, are
well ventilated. The cots are arranged in
sections, three in a row, with a space of
three feet between each bunk. .The cor-
porals have their squad-of-seven men to
look after, and woe betide the corporal if
a particle of dirt is foandlin tfie vicinity of
his section.”
The .foregoing is- an extract from a letter
written from the Philippines by Corporal
Keating of the 43d infantry and published
in the Washington Star.
“The idea of shower baths, laundry and
a. kitchen is a good thing,” said an old
immune to* day. “Why when our regi-
ment and Hood’s were aboard the old
Berlin there was not a drop of water to-
be had for washing one’s face-except that
scooped up over the side .in an old corned
beef can with a string tied to it. And as'
for cots. Why, we had to put up with
hammocks- swung so close together that
a man could scarcely make his way to it
and after he got there the hold was so
stifling it was worth- a man’s life to try to-
re-main there. There’s a deal of difference
between the way Uncle Sam treats’ his
volunteers now and the' ^ay We" were
treated 18 months ago. -
Georgia, New Jersey and Penn-
sylvania Will Be Wonders.
tions for the New-Year?
pect to keep them? *
Make one good resolve not to worry
mamma.
Did you ever sec- so many pretty dolls?
You haven’t written your composition
for school, have you?
Lots of snow up north. Perhaps we’ll
have some here, and that means fun.
Have you broken all your toys?
M hat toys you have left over give to
your little next door neig'hbor who has
had no holiday pleasure and find out for
yourselves how much more blessed it is to
give pleasure than to receive gifts.
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That the MODEL STEAM DYE WORKS steams,
4^1 cleans and dyes Ladies’ and Gents’ clothing with-
out shrinking, - -
i'KaWflSwiT Gua-taiitees their Work!
Ask for prices.
PRESSING and REPAIRING a SPECIALTY.
Over Model Laundry, - - 24th and P.O.
GALVESTON, TEX,
Will Edit His Papar Eleven Months in
the Jail>
Troy, Kan., Dec. 301—Pool Grinslead, ed-
itor of the Walthena Star, has been sen-
tenced in the district court here to 11
months’ imprisonment in the county jail
under a conviction of criminal libel. The
conviction is an' Outgrowth of a legisla-
tive scandal, the editor having accused
State Senator John Fulton of Brown coun-
ty of accepting a bribe in connection with
the location of a new state insane asylum,.
Senator Fulton- was the complainant.
Grinslead will edit his pauer from the
county jail.
New York, N. Y., Dec. 30.—A special to
the Tribune from- Washington says: De-
' signs for the battleships projected for the
American navy were agreed upon by the
naval board of construction today after
several months of discussion over the im-
portant questions of battery, armor, speed,
coal capacity and displacement. The three
new vessels—to be called the Georgia, the
New Jersey and the Pennsylvania—will
equal in formidability the finest line of
battle vessels yet laid down by any for-
eign power, and, with the addition of typ-
ical American improvements will surpass
in fightoig force any ships novz afloat.
'“The salient features of the design con-
template a displacement of approximately
T.4,W.'XiSrIs,. as compared with the Oregon’s
11,000 or the'New Maine’s 12,300. The speed
is to be “at least 19 knots,” with a coal
bunker capacity of 2000 tons.
There will be two super-imposed turrets,
one fore and the other aft, each containing
two 12-inch and two 8-inch guns of the
new elongated bore and high smokeless
powder velocity. The remaining guns of
the main battery -will consist of 12-inch
quick fire in broadside. This arrangement
■ of battery has been finally adopted in-
stead of an alternative plan which pro-
vided for four 12-inch guns in turrets and
16 6-inch broadside, whielj had been put
forward to avoid the expedient of super-
imposed turrets. The two story turrets,
which are distinctively American innova-
tions as applied to the Kearsarge and the
Kentucky, are regarded as no longer of
doubtful success, and it is known that
foreign governments are ■ preparing to
adopt them to secure the concentration of
angle of fire they secure, which is unap-
proached by any other.expedient.
The board also definitely determined
upon the use of the most modern- Krup-
pized armor for the new vessels, its precise
distribution to be decided upon after the
chief constructor has made sufficient pro-
gress with the actual plans to determine
the proper' arrangements of weights. The
armor problem has been the most difficult
to solve, and to this- cause is attributable
the delay in planning the. ships.
The act authorizing the vessels was ap-
proved on March 3 of this year and it
stipulated that no contract should be
made for any portion of the vessels until
a contract was made for the armor.. Con-
gress- having limited the cost of armor to
the ridiculous price of $30-0- per ton, it was-
evident from the beginning that no satis-
factory ship could be built under such re-
strictions and for that reason- the plans
h"”- been discussed with unusual deliber-
ation.
the weight of armor entering, into
these ships was a very large item, the
question of the adoption* of Krupp* or the
inferior Harveyized material was extreme-
ly important. This can be readily appre-
ciated from that fact that roughly 3000
tons of the former (the approximate
weight required for each battleship) is
equivalent as regard's resistance to- pene-
tration to 4W0 of the latter. The adoption,
therefore, of the material treated by the
Krupp process meant that 1000 tons of
weight -would be available for distribution
among other vital characteristics of a
battleship—weight of propelling machinery
(speed), armament, coal carrying capacity
and draft.
The total cost of each of these three
ships when ready for sea will exceed
$7,980,000. They Will cruise 7000 miles
straight away and’, there will not be three
ships of similar offensive and defensive
strength in the fleet of any possible
emy.
MISS ARABELLA’S PARTY.
Little golden-haired Gladys came run-
ning to mamma with her chubby fingers
one mass of ink and her pretty little white
apron a sight to behold. She held a piece
of ink covered paper in her baby hand and
waved it exultingly, and cried:
“Look, mamma, I’se just got through
’witing Arabella’s dolly chums to a tea-
party.”
She held the paper up for her mamma’s
inspection, and this, was how it read:
“Come to my tea-party in the morning,
and get your mamma to put on your best-
est dress.” Her mamma read this and
smiling said, “Well, baby, do you want a
tea-party?”
“Yes, mamma, see- I’ve got all my
’wites!” and the displayed,.fdflr, bits of
blotted paper- printed, in childish letters.
The party came off in due course. Miss
Arabella wore a dream of a dress of pink
silk, with little puffs of chiffon, and a
handsome coral necklace-. Little Sue Gray
brought her doll baby, Miss Octavia,
dressed just as she- was this, day a week
ago when Santa Claus brought her in
bridal array to fulfill the request of Sue
for a “bride doll.” It may have been out
of season—this bride’s dress and no groom
—but the children, clapped their hands
with glee and welcomed the bride.
Hattie Lane, came- next with her doll,
Cleo B---, as she called her, a name- of
her own selection. Where she had such a,
name suggested no one knew, but the
fact remains, her name was Cleo B----,
and, oh! what a flame of bright color she
was—red, bright, glorious red, all span-
gled in gold.
The bride was forgotten for a moment
Vfhen Miss Cleo B--- came, but she in
turn was eclipsed by the entrance of Miss
Flora Maney, who brought her doll, Luna
Lee, in a gauzy blue dress, all dotted with
little silver stars. On her head was a tiny
half moon of silver, and she carried a.
wand, or, I should say, it was tied fast
in her little hand and she was the goddess
of the moon, indeed.
The tea-party at last commenced. Such
little baby cups, hardly holding a taste,
but the proud mammas drank cup after
cup of this tea, and ate little tea cakes
with engraved tops, until Miss Arabella,
to whom the party was given, grew angry
at length and cried out in reproach the
only two words at her command: “Mam-
ma,” “Papa.”
These words made the little mothers
think how selfish they had been, and they
tried in vain to induce their finely dressed
lady dolls to partake of refreshments, but
the dolls maintained a dignified silence
.and would not even Open their rosy lips
to smile in thanks.
The party was over and Gladys’ friends
bade her good-bye, but Arabella looked at
her doll companions in disdain and, it is
said, that when alone she was heard to ex-
claim:
“No more parties for me, where the lit-
tle mammas eat all the cakes and drink all
the tea.”
But Gladys was telling her own dear
mamma how much Arabella enjoyed this
party in her honor. Don’t you think Ara-
bella was ungrateful?
, Hauptmann’s “The Sunken Bell” was pro-
’ duced by E. H. Sothern and Virginia
i Harned at the Hollis Street theater in
i Boston last week, and the Bostonians
are still trying to make up their minds
whether they enjoyed it or not. Of the'
; charm and beauty of Mr. Meltzer’s adap-
, tation, there can be no question. It is a
literary achievement of which any author
' might well be proud. And, certainly, no
fairy story or. ancient -legend has ever
been placed upon the stage in a lovelier
■ setting.
Maurice Barrymore’s wit is far famed,
but a nea't little witticism at his expense
was Augustus Thomas’ laconic criticism
of one of Barrymore’s plays. The play-
wright had been mercilessly picking flaws
in the actor’s drama until the good na-
tured “Barry”, wjneed. “Oh, come, Gus,”
he interrupted,,. Fdpn’t be quite so hard, if
it’s not .an ‘Alabama.’ Just remember
that I wrote it in a week.” “Did you,
Barry?” retorted Thomas; “then you must
have loafed.”
Three Little Lambs.,” which received
its initial New York performance at the
Fifth Avenue theater on Christmas night,
is a musical comedy in two acts. The
libretto by the well known author, R. A.
Lflriie.t, is. written in a more ambitious
vei’U-UlF,*n,,Iie lias.heretofore attempted and
might constitute the book of the most ro-
mantic of romantic operas, but as devel-
oped only the humorous phases present
themselves. In the cast are Adele Ritchie,
Nellie Braggins, Marie Cahill, Clara Palm-
er, Ida Hawley, Gerry Ames, Suzanne
Santje, W. E. Philp, Raymond Hitchcock,
W. T. Carleton, Edmund Lawrence, Rich-
ard Ridgley, Thomas- Whitten, Harold Vi-
zard and Tom Hadaway.
Notwithstanding his .illness Sol Smith
Russell isrjJ;iJI^‘A, Poor Relation” in Chi-
cago, " ~ ’ “'
Roland Reed’s thousands of friends are
hoping he may emerge from the shadow
through which he is passing.
“Who Killed -Cock Robin?” was so se-
verely cobdemned by Brooklyn critics that
it is to be rewritten.
“Such is Life,” the new Gracie Emmett
play, is declared to be a success. iShe is
playing it in the east now.
George Broderick, the basso, is singing
“The Absent-Minded Beggar,” the Kipling
war 'Verse, at Miner’s, New York.
J. K. Lm’met has filed a petition in bank-
ruptcy! His assets are nil, but he con-
fesses to moTfe- than $17,000 in debts.
Augustin Daly’s library is to be sold
piecemeal. It is one of the most extensive,
in the point of stage literature,, in the
world; far too valuable for any one person
or club to obtain.
Robert Tabor, whom Julia Marlowe has
• just divorced, will -probably get the Lon-
-don Adelphi1 as soon as the “Ghetto” gets
out, but so far he has not announced his
plans for running it.
Walter Perkins is to have a new comedy,
in which he -will appear late in the- season,
when he becomes tired of coining money
with “My Friend from India.” De Sou-
chet, ttee writer of that very successful
farce, Will do the new one for Perkins.
Charles Hoyt is.back in New York work-
ing on a farce that he has nearly finished.
He has another new play in his mind,
which he expects to work out soon, but it
is understood- to be more of a drama than
anything since “A Midnight Bell."
> These Are Rare Bargains and Won’t
J Stay Long at the Prices,
JOE WHEELER’S CHARGE AT SAN JUAN HILL.
Major General Joseph Wheeler, com
manding the cavalry forces in front of
Santiago and the author of “The Santiago
Campaign,” in speaking of the great catarrh
remedy, Pe-ru-na, says: “I join with Sena-
tors Sullivan, Roach and McEnery in their
good opinion of Pe-ru-na. It is recom-
mended to me by those who have used it
as an excellent tonic and particularly effec-
tive as a cure for catarrh.”
NEW YEAR’S DINNER.
Oyster Cocktail.
. Salted Almonds. Olives.
Salted Pecans. Celery.
Consomme Magenta.
Roast Goose. Mashed Potatoes.
Turkey. Cranberry Sauce.
Macaroni au Gratin. Boiled PJ
Shrimp Salad.
Cheese Straws. ~
Charlotte Russe.
Plum Pudding.
■Roquefort.
Cafe Noir.
TABLE' DECORATIONS.
The table decorations for New Year’s
should carry out the same color scheme as
that of Christmas. Red satin ribbons
should supply the color, a background of
bright and dark evergreens with a touch
of moss here and there for a finish. Ferns
may be used for center pieces or a few red
meteor roses in a slender cut glass vase
with a few sprigs of maiden hair ferns is
sufficient and tasty.
The dishes should be garnished in snii-
lax, lem ons and curly parsley- here-and
there at the corners ’and sides of the
dishes.
Some mistletoe is used, but holly pre-
dominates, and a touch of cedar is intro-
duced as the holiday season closes.
GJ
C-.ChP-YFSICHT IB's*.*)’
hogany Finish Parlor Suit, 6 pieces;
worth, $35.00; A
will sell for
5 pieces worth, $30.00;
will sell for.
A 5 piece, Silk'Damask Parlor Suit;
$34.00
New York, N. Y., Dec. 30.—A dispatch to
the Tribune from. London says: As the
transport Atlantian,, on arriving at Cape
Town yesterday with 'two battalions of
field artillery and an ammunition column
for the fifth division, was dispatched for
Durban, Gen. Buller’s next battle is likely
to be deferred until the middle of next
week. He will virtually have under his
direct command three out of the five di-
visions sent to the Cape, with a fourth
division locked up under White in Lady-
smith. The remaining division is distrib-
uted along the western and northern fron-
tiers. With 4000 men of the original gar-
rison and considerable cavalry added, he
has called three divisions into Natal for
the relief of a fourth instead of' carrying
them into the Free State, in accordance
with his o-wn plan, formed before he left
London. Failure to relieve Ladysmith
after so complete an abandonment of his
original plan of campaign will be ruinous
to his reputation. He is evidently strength-
ening his army by all means- in his power,
and will make a determined effort to crush
Joubert’s force and rescue the garrison be-
fore the arrival of Gen. Roberts, who is
due in Cape Toyzn in 12 days.
No record has yet been received of the
disposition made of the siege train which
arrived at Cape Town on Tuesday, but the
news may have been suppressed for-mili-
tary reasons. These 12 heavy guns will be
a great addition to the British line of at-
tack, if there are men trained in their use.
I have been informed on good authority
that the new howitzer• batteries are a re-
cent addition to the British artillery, and
that there are few. officers and gunners
capable of handling them effectively. There
was a short period of practice with naval
guns on Whale island before the. hovritzer
batteries were sent to south Africa. Much
has been- written about the neglect of the
war cfficc tc ccitd :
front during the early period of the
paign. The truth iff'that; the-guns „
not in service and when -found men had to
be trained for serving them.
After the arrival of the iMajestT'c' at the
\ i ere she is dup ;tqday with 2000 in-
l cavalry-, to enter I and company. It is a clean story of two
The sixth division j stranded actors with a play that the stupid
managers will not produce, a stage struck
society woman and her hypocritical hus-
band who pays1 for the folly of flirting
with the actor’s wife by becoming the
“angel” of the production. The piece is
full of action,jagd^pot a line of the dialogue
is dull.
The company is'sfiiall but select. Every
part is in thdtfi&rfds of an artist, and there
is little room to discriminate. Mr. Dick-
son, by reason of his position, comes first
in the critic’^^ye, and he is quite worthy
of the place, fori,he is an original and ac-
complished a(-to>. with intelligent inter-
pretation and ej^lient method.
Easily second* j
ors, is his h^li
mond, who hSsG
of artlessness^_The^role of Dorothy May-
land, the actor’s wife, requires a great
deal more tha§ Ability to do comedy. It
involves a rajigaug; emotions which only
generous and varied talent is capable of
displaying, a^f M4Ss Esmond handles it
with eompletSgjsaiisstjaction and with an in-
dividuality tCfift is far above the common-
place of con®itipnal acting. It has been
a long time smee £ part was presented on
the local stage with more naturalness,
moderation and precision.
The stage struck woman and the Ger-
man; domestic were character parts played
in a highly creditable manner, as indeed
were all of the parts of this delightful
play.
The attraction tomorrow matinee and
night is Harry Corson Clarke in Broad-
hurst’s “What happened, to Jones." The
San Francisco Examiner says of the re-
vival this season: “The company is a
strong one, all through, and the hilarious
farce has never been better presented in
San Francisco. Clarke,, of course, is Jones,
and every word or emotion of his causes
a laugh. Scott Seaton plays the role of the
perplexed Bishop of Ballarat, and Willis
Marks is the Professor Ebenezer Goodly."
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