The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 24, 1899, Page 3

Queen, Walla Watla, and Umatilla leave ANA ° yer rom err THE SEATTLE STAR, oo with a trunkioad of apparatua, Fo Wants something thet he ean put away in Ma pookets without din torting the shape of his clothes The constant demand t# for small apparatus, The fact that there are expensive — sometimes — Involving | mechanians as Intricate as the finest | vatoh, Goes pot seem to make any difference, Kleetricity helpa us oat Seattlo B a, m. vial Port Townsend and Victoria, March | 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, April 4, 9 14, 19, 24! 29, May 4, and every fifth day thore- after, Leave San Francisco Por Seattle 10 a, m., via Victort Understood Manila , Port Townsend, March % 7, 12, 1%, 23, | W April 2, 6 1, 18, 21, 26, May 4, and| as éS roye every fifth day thereafter. | FOR ALASKA | —_——-——- j Tho elegant steamships Cottage City, City of Topeka and Al-Ki leave AD AMERICAN AMY SACKED Beattie m. Mareh 1, 6, 11, 16, 26, St, April 6, 19, 18, 20, 95, 20, May 5, and every fifth day thereafter, ag Terps For further information obtain! teider. the vimnt 1g Wie Tales Told by Rebels to, ~ Company reserves the right to, > change, without previous notice, Bolster Up Tholr Weak and ateamors, sailing date, and hours of Losing Cause. sailing. J. F. TROWRRIDOR, sere te Puget 8d. Supt. Ocean Dk, Seattle, Uptown Ucket office, 618 First av, | Seattle: Goodall, Porkine & Co, Gen. MANILA, March %4.—The tneur- gents are strengthening thelr tion north of Manila, and p | ing for an advance by the Americ: forces, Kinglish refugees who ar- | rived yesterday from the northern BEHOLD YOUR ‘Star Comtaining all of the part of .Luson express surprise to that the insurgents in the north suppose the elty tt in rune, and the flower of the American de Growing as Big Waisted as army atroyed. Bergt. Cohen and Private Johnny Bull. Muhe, of the Twentieth Kansas, was killed In @ wkirmish with the ret WASHINGTON, March M.—The recent promise of Ambassador Choate that the United States and | Great Britain would maintain a very | friendly rivalry in the world’s com~ meree, suggests an Inquiry that t* not #0 consoling to our British cous- ins an it is to us; for the statiatic show that we have not only been rapidly gaining upon their export trade, but surpassed it last year by more than a hundred million dollars. In 2868 the United States exported $269,289,200 worth of domestic mer- chandise and Great Fritain $594,- 339,060. In 1898 our total amounted to $1,233,.664,82 Sand Great Hritain to $1,131,944,331; that is, In thirty years we have gained $964,152,428 tn our export trade, while Great Britain has gained only $223.565.271. Put~-| collect on a $2000 polley taken out by ting It another way, our gain has)| her husband last February j been 358 per cent. and hers has been| The maurance company refused to only 26 per cent. She has not even| pay the claim until proofs are fur- | been able to keep pace with the nished showing positively that Mr growth of population in her own | Stetson ie dead. Mra. Steteon’s at-/ colonics. | torneys, Humphries, Humphrey, & In 1899 we bid fair to surpass the | Bostwick, have been gathering evl- | record. Our exports In the eight | dence for several months, and are | months ending with February last | confident that when the case is tried | Were $829.295.141, while those from | before Judge Hanford next summer the United Kingdom were §798,900,-|the fact of BStetson'sa death will be | 427. The year 1898 was the first year | proved to the entire satisfaction of jin which our exports exceeded those | the jury. | of Great Britain. Only twice have | they been more than a billion of The Prisoner Had Sna | dollars, while those of Great Britain | kes. “Stand up there!” anid the prose- has exceeded @ billion dollars annu- | | ally for more than twenty years. jeutor. A ferce, black hatred man ‘There is even more striking signi-|Tor slowly from the prisoners fiance in our trade with the mother |Dench and nervously eyed Judge 7 that follows the evening meal, and country. In 1879 we sold her $246,- Deas ere you,” ested the court at at Calocan today, To Recover Insurance on He Husband Dead in Alaska. Mra, tly B. Stetwon has Med ault In the Federal court against the | Penn. Mutual Life Insurance com- pany, Mra. Steteon Im the widow of | Archie C. Stetson, a prominent | Young Seattle man who was one of the party of fourteen that perimne with the river steamer Jessie at th mouth of the Kuskokwim river in Alaska last June, and she sues to 455, ort mere! ise, In then turn attention to other mat- | #88! worth of mandioe. fength, anxious to break the ice. orease of 64 per cent.. while our gen- | RES. Z ters. The publishers of the THE | }i5q we sold her $526,296,00¢, an in- | “Lowrents qu teemer, — pardner 4 STAR aj this fact and have |erai export trade increased €3 per | What be your” pala ac modeled the paper so that [cent | The exports from Greet Url; |The officer says you were beastly drunk.” “The hyena lex!" shouted the de- fendant with sudden animation, “rll dare him to——" | stood still for a quarter of a century. ‘They were almost the same in 198 as they were In 1878, being $104,965, - | 185 In the former and $108,528,812 in| |the fatter year, which shows that/| An (although Great Britain continues to | Will be a noticeable feature. " 4 kat me fi interesting, breezy style of paras ifenten geome wear make] "Uap eet aca pi > i graphing reasing fav’ snapped risoner % these days, as opposed to the old “What's the matter with that) BD Beksemet | SHOE MEN REDUCE, [oor snc no mea . % at and ial utterances. “Don't atick that ianeue of yours HE STAR will have out at me again. You're trying to Fifteen Manufacturers Meet and Announce a Cut. fascinate me!” shouted the and % for con- q All of the Local BOSTON, Mass, March 24.—At 0 meeting of fifteen of the largest E | manufacturers of men's, boys’ and | Prosecutor De Rruler | youths’ shoes held yesterday an sea hsggpen ete aba well reel reached that the | doesn't conte oat Paegt 06 He Pp anegee ane Pier a large cut in dis-| “Now I hear ye hissin!™ broke in| counts, The resolution as unani-|the prisoner; “you're getting ready | . mouly passed, says that on ali|to strike! Keep away, or I'll pound : | goods ordered for delivery after) ye with my stick i j 4 | Tune 1, 1899, the terms of discount | “Judge,” said the reporter, “that | for cash, thirty days; net sixty days, man haa snakes.” “Oh, is that all? You ought to know!” exclaimed his honor, with a sigh of relief as the confusion sub ded, “then I'll reduce the = sen- ‘ | without dating further discount. All : | prices subject to advance without Don’tdoubtitforone minute. The | turther notice. i | e wasn’ to walt on cus- | Paper will not claim to be the best | aie tence to thirty days—the old drunk| The Washington correspondent on eS pga oben Tt was the [of Benefit to both sides, The semi- on earth with the ‘‘largest circula- TO HIMSELF. took me for a rattler the New York ependent, who third ple, F think that attracted my |*aVagex will be able to secure what | tion’’—that is, not yet awhile, but “3 ———— said to be Mr. Burrows, the presi : they have never had, and the mar- t is, oon innianay Jent’a selection for the new Ibrarian | articular attention, ‘The others had | they have never pad. ant the meee) reso romsgh hy mere gpuen ctr xP This Man Mailed Letters for a HOW T0 BE f congress, thus writes to his paper | been custards, but this one had a| Ket for our surplus menutaeturse improve it. In the meanwhile jof the new librarian tap Ne. no poo a pole, yl sure | jee of the 10,000,000 of people, A “tips’’ 1 have watched his growth and| that there wal a be- | coothold for trad eP * please remember that news ‘tips Purpose. RER wd ae leas Goad T his carecr| neath, It wan Incky that 1 did so, rer piers ng yg go ea changing feat nis caree 90 | ne os aati seins E telephoned to the office (Pike 150) | «ust wait a moment until I drop from childhood to manhood with a| for there, reposing In thelr last sleep | MONE Ce aaine for the trade in 7 will be much appreciated; also} these letters in the box," he said a interest, not wholly relieved at|!ay 17 big fleas, several of them on | (ikeote tet eee ne ane ee 4 subscribers. It only costs he turned out of the office building e * : anxiet 1 have been | their backs, pets ibe ta ns K | ily expected becomes a fact. a : Into the street, scenes of danger, and | eyes staring at the cetlin ssid that act q “why, they are addressed to|Amd Mystify Ono's Friends h him many soonea|® horrifying aight, and 1 felt tike| It is estimated that manufacturing : yourself.” I could not help making With Magte. I was with him one birpee ye ellie me nga Jtry that the needs of our own people the remark, for I had noticed them ° & Co.'s works, on of the ple and Hung the) can be supplied if the factories are lying on the little table beside his} A young man in society who wants N Tork, when & cout of the back door, i beet cack tae Saearka Dnkee 3 desk a few minutes before. to entertain his friends with up-to on his head aa he r, didn't I:rual. The ple hit) oe The products of the labor of “1 know it,” he laughed. “TI wrote | date conjuring tricks, must have & holstway, and ho|the baker, who was just entering, | Year. The pouluct of the lanar oe 2 the address myself, for, to tell the! plethoric purse. It may ser ling to the apothe- | blackt “ine ant fi gid cars other countries. If these products truth, there is nothing in the envel- | easy and Inexpensive thing to f hen he waa | Apron! No fleas on 7 vet al can be had by people lens favored ¥ bd open but a plece of blank paper.” in the footateps of a clever young t at think ere were several! T skipped thah we are, at & fair peice, why : emat it fe wot April 1 | person whe gets asked everywh piraec ty Sroome | by the front door with that fellow | than we are, at A fair pilce, Hay 4 “T' tell you all about it, It's al simply because he can entertain an th him in the In-|#houtin® ‘atop thief behind, so T) di Bern and anywhere else? Rx as little scheme of mine. I'm going to| evening party for an hour or «0 with nthe Yellowstone, | thought tt beat to hunt @ retired to- | pines, China and aby ieee Ree! tase move right to the other side of the/a few clever deceits, but It isn't eld ball pene-|eality, and did so, putting up in the » mers, It is one way of show- 4 city early next week, and asf donot! Amateur prestidigitation is by no vo inches above hia| ¢ shed hye prone Se ee ing the world what the Amer care to have any letters that may | means confined to youths who emu I remained t © excitement dlr igape works Whee Pee 5 peo people can 4 ¥ be addressed to me, either personal |iate Kellar and Herrmann and £o| gir. jiarrows having survived the| out |nation. Fair dealing is not based on 4 To secure The Star for or business go astray, I simply ad-| into the thing as a matter of busi- | raining block and the eta ix hours later, when the shades |#ation. Fair dealing i hot based on dress half a dozen or more envelopes | ness. ‘There is no suppres the | will yet continue t of evenin’ had put the day to bed, | selfishness, and thote, Ie mae oa land postal cards to myself at the) ambitious amateur conjuror Who | pow e Un I ventured back to that bakery, in- controlled by the highest motive | new address and mall @ couple each | hopes to be a professional, but there pay 2 on him tent on getting even with the pro- ‘The Cubans, the Filipinos and even ONE MONTH are a number of young men, and | jor ul |prictor, T did not intend to mesault | The Cubans. the Wilpon tin time | “They serve no other purpose than | women also, with whom @ mania for < -- h with a club, but to do him a ‘ The oe chalr prejudic t to inform the people at the district | tricks of magic {# as marked as to worse Injury by noting Sewn all sd nape’ abst str | offic ra ich my letters |of gambling or other hobby his midnight doin’s and then pub-| Quick Sal | poxtoffice through wh seine Making a Quick Sale, vip at there in a new tenant | They have mo pend In eratl liahin' ‘em to the we me — TY aheaeer so-aner 40, and when Tam | fying thelr whims, and they are : Hoe was working away ata large| “7 called at your house today, Mr Settled in my new quarters 1 am| ways on the | ut for something A RAPT M batch of bread when I located near | Smith,” began the boo mT sonra new y of them Invent their ne dow and prepared to keep|show your wife a ve ry sure that my regular corre-|new. Many of them Invent th the win i a. spondence will come to me without | own tricks, and take pri¢ the bey! Jour mal seen md, at eyo infernal lan error. There is nothing like be-| fact that they ar unpr ‘ 3 it was warm, no doubt, down ou did, n ‘ | tematic. A quarter in-| ai,” there. At least the baker looked hot, | scoundrel! © Well, T suppose you pad . apa Beh may save me dol-| Two blocks from the N k NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 24. for the beads of epiration kept | fooled her into buying one, and now vested be ately save me possible | Herald office there in a man t An immense ¢ 1 attended the! atin’ from his face and minglin’ | you expect me to pay for itt, Sut I'm | arm, eee from delay and misde-|of magical mysteries, It t aptizing: of nverts in the fey with the dough, Finally he sus-| not o do anything of the kind, Psa y through being a newcomer in| only one In this country h . the © here today. Bidet pended the kneading operations, and | It's ut time this nuisance was sina ar }largest in the world next t well Manu t Colored Baptist: goin’ to the furnace he punched up stopper You fellows goa nd and a neighborhood Be saath daie as. one ur ited, Immediately att © fire, threw several chunks of) soll worthless books to the women CPG FRITS SPP RF [epowt Ai I Eee hark vipa r in’ t ho don't know any bett dod exsional trade the two brothers who | b t 1 th converts ere dirty coal into the flames, usin’ his folks, who @on ne any better, | Ghost Story Exploded. ri snake frequent sting to fu . nto a wagon to be taken! panda, and then, without washin’,! and then make tum le up for th m. ‘ /RENCHBU 4., Mareh | ope. 4 exchange ideas with « home rhe “gon as overturned | went back to the dough and turned | I'm tired of it. ou just go bac LAW RENCRBUNG, In ye cles ben burg. and all of them were thrown out on! ene whole batch a ke color.’ It re- to the house and tell my wife to give What was supposed by some to] jar concerns in Hamburg, ¥ thi hi bas ost in the attic of the Wen-| and London the ve Hight of them were s#e@-| gembled rye bread, and, no doubt,| you your book, and don't ever try plinats ide ce, near the City Park, Fut the home market for drawing riously injured that sulted him, I newed knew be- that me on me again Ss Ae ea ecd, on investigation, to be| room entertainers ia a very diff ed fore that coal dust could be utilized! “You are mistaken, sir,” said ¥ | bas Prom of bees that had iocated | ent thing neerning this one of y in makin’ bread, but I know now. | the agent calmly, "Your wife re- & swarm oO 4 apent the| the brothers maid to me PIGOTT & ie Woet Te reminded me of the serub-bucket | fused to buy the book, She said it there last spring and spent MS tate Seg pheged whan. pro- | (meee. a yal bee ep was not ft to read, and she would ee ean aanie Winkow per-| fessional tricks are wanted for the hl “Finally the baker pleked up his | not have it in the house,” Doney, Or un to come and go at|drawing room. No young man | pompbir's, pans, dumped in the dough and con-| ‘She did, did she? Here, give me | pleasur vst ble ie . | wants to go to an evening party wai ¢ "" [signed It to the oven, ‘Then he took | a copy, quick! How much ts it?" pleasure, ‘ | vaudeville has revived it.” | Buretare | Jokes and | son, }@ good deal in this “T should say that a young man who wants to become proficient hi thin form of parlor entertainment must be able to apend $500 to make A nuceens Hf it. A teacher, at the Mitnet, ts nocensary, ‘The lessons Wil cot anywher from © to $20 eoch if taken from a man who knows his buat aa. n ko on prestidigita are very much Hke books on ne. ‘They are useful only who know how to handle © things a nah'le- @ anick eye Janda ready tongue, If a man doos net possons these he should let conjur- ing all Almost anybody not a born Idiot can learn theae tricke, but comparatively con make any- thing Hike a muccess before spect tors, » common trick® of con- Jurors, invalving hats, cards, flow- era and cost everywhere from Rome of the new tricks require an apparatus po bigwer than a matchbox, but that cot than #100. “The drawing roo who works without called from the 1 pany he ta with. to sing or to recit suet te nek as one without 1 open a bag and wp things upen a it looks better member Herrmann's famous pt drawing them from a ha kerchief or from a vase in unlit profunion ing man in City who givos talnmonts has ge From a single ¢ out a white, and blue *, Hoerrmann's were all one “There Is no slight of hand, i o* \eat work, An ary t of parer is uned mpression of space is the seeret. In one inch of apace we can compress garlands that measure seven yarde long. Draw- ing room conjuring bh ven rather quiet for a few years, but INDIAN UPRISING IS FEARED Mont, March “When the green « comes the white men on the Cheyenne tand will have to fight. So aay the friend- ty Indians to the white settlers in Kastern Montana.” The speaker was F. 1. Menjamin, a well known resident of the eastern part of the atate A special agent of the Interior de- partment put in the summer months of last year treating with there In- dians and obtaining options for the ranch and stock reservations on the Tongue and Rosebud rivers. Indian Agent McLaughlin Instructed the white settlers to make no further improvements, pledging that the money for their lands and Improve- ments would be paid to them not inter than June of this year. The bill for the relief of these settien introduced by Senator Mantle was killed during the ta lays of congress, and the settlers are living as in the past, located on an Indian reservation, with no rights or privileges, An uprising among the Indians to eject them is foared. NOT PROOF AGAINST THIEVES Burglars Surprised While Robbing Insurance Man WILMINGTON, Del, Mareh 24. were laughing, cracking having a feast of ea ables in the residence of C. EB. Pier- out Market street, early thie morning, when they saw some on strike a match and were confronted by Mr. Pierson, with revolver in hand. He had been awakened by their noise. The robbers hastily es- caped through a window, and Mr Pierson fired several shota at them without effect. Mr. Pierson ts man ager of a burglar insurance com- pany. social | ~ | fine looking houses—fine on the out- ) an eg@ Sut of the basket, broke it, |ametied of It and nerewed up bin P| ta 1 got buck from the window | expectin’ to hear tha one = come | “Next day 1 went around to the ¥ | J A red-faced maiden was pouring whizain’ past, but it didn’t, 1 re- ok door of an up-town restaurs | Vegetables out of some amall whit | tired ant and got a squint et the Kitehen, ——epaenmne | dishes into large black pots on th | stove, This economical proceeding | | struck me unfavorably and I left A Tramp Relates It * iii" os | "Out on Broadway 1 visited kitchen where a maid was preparin’ | t Th |@ roast for dinner, when two large | 0 8 ar, |family cats got away with It and retreated up t y. She and I | pursued and overtook the meat os ne the cats were quarreling a# to the best way to run, The meat war | A frowsy man with a strawberry i with dirt and ashes, but the doused it in the ter pail note was leaning against a telegraph n Hecond avenue today. A Total ak the iar reporter passed . ‘aA for. th tiles : ao fun thea aterted for the LGinine a nickel, pleane " Northern Pacific fretght yard. ust from ‘Chicago, are you?’ | a eh atest he “— w. I'm an eastern man who's not stuck on your town,” FOR THE HOUSEWIFE “What's thé matter with it?” | _- “Matter enough! I've suffered » clean a epice mill, grind a hand buse, My business is peregrinat> ful of raw rice. ing. In an evit hour T rode into oes your city on a Great Northern! A whisk broom is just the thing l've been @ peaceable visitor for nearly two weeks, bul have been | to clean a horse-radiah grater rebuffed, outraged, and slighted by Corsets with the whalebones re- porky people wath I can't stand it! moved make good cleaning cloths. no long kitehen Several Queen Anne hill threw dish-water itn Wood ashes put in a wollen bag and pl 4 in the water will make j hard water soft at Pickles or vinegar will not keep in ou've struck @/a jar that ha» ever had any kind one who publish-|of grease in ity of other people. We “Of course. Writer of the #tar en the outra: quaintanes, know, befriends the poor. give it my story: A. gre tramps take your valuab! Ceilings that have been smoked by whenever they can get 4 chance to!a kerosene lamp should be washed met at it in subseriber’s dooryards—|om with a weak soda water. and we know that you can put Urings tn a lurid light when roused up to action, Other neows- papers have lampooned and cartoon- ed us in & scandalous manner. I'm glad to make your ac- ‘The Star, I well 1 Clam shells are more convenient for scraping pote and kettles than a knife, requiring lens time. then. wil Put a little household ammonia on @ rag and clean off the rolin of the wringer before putting It away, feel this treatment all the more be-| Drain pipes that are sour or im- jcause we ured to know so many of | pure may be cleaned with lime water the editors personally, jor carbolic acid or chloride of lime. “During the two weeks I have ‘ |epent in your city I have had a| When you drive a nail into a wall, good opportunity to fee the inside | clothespress or closet to hang things | Workings of many kitchens, and I) on, drive it through a spool up to can and will make some astounding |the head, revelations, Tonight I start went |in @ Portland commerce car, and the expowe will do me no harm, It will) paced on a shelf in the pantry or be a satisfaction for my injuries. closet will absorb dampness and keep “On Third averine I found several | the air dry and mweet the window of one kitchen at € a. v jm. and saw the female president; SYRACUSE, N.Y. March 2 | there take her black paws out of the | Merrill & Boule and the Loomia-Al- |acrub bucket and plungs ‘em with-/ ten company, large manufacturers out washin’ into the biscuit dough. | of canned goods here, have been ap- “The sight made me wick, but fort | proached by outside parties inter- jo" curtous, so T knocked. grocery boY | ated in the same line of business, style, at the door, and when old) with a proposition to form a trust Frowsy opened it I politety asked If | capitalized at $20,000,000. It is sald | ‘missus would give a small piece of | that Curtice brothers, of Rochester, unbuttered bread to a poor man With | the stanwix company, of Rome, and & wife and three children, all down |the Erie Preserving company of | with seartet fever?” Buffalo have given options on their “Ave cooree.’ she answered, and|piants. Amalgamation is expected | going behind the door, she dived /ty take place on June 1. down into an old tin boller and pull- ——_—__ EXPANSION AND TRADE. ed the half of a loaf. “Take thot to yer scarlet fever domicile,” she sald, | American Policy in the Philip- pine Islands. closing the door, professional fashion, in my face, “I took her old stuff, end goln’ out in the alley I spied @ dog that look- | The people who are opposing what they call expansion on moral grounds appear not to take all the facts of the case into consideration. ed careworn, as though Hie was no It is not the policy of the adminis- We A wmal! box filled with lime and side, but ob, my! T looked through object Bo I gave him the bread) land watehed him die. He had all | the symptoma of blood poisoning | “After my narrow escape, 1 wand- Jered out on James street, and ree- [ing a fine house with a windmill and water tank behind it, I examined the dash board of the fence and | found it chalked XX A No. 1 | the Filipinos. The object t# to teach a semi-barberous people that civili- | zation will lift them to a higher con- jdition, They are not to be robbed that is the established eating house |r thie iand, but they are to be sign of our order. I stepped around | taught how to develop the riches to the kitchen without hesitation. | . There stood a freckled female with | ‘hey have. It is not to be expected | that people of the type of the Fili- blue eyes and bangled hair with «| defunct cat in her band! pinos can be made to understand the -| object of this government at the ture was undoubtedly of some past fin one If they could, they would generation. was not only perceptible | stop thelr warfare at once. Civill- to the naked eye, but to the naked | | tion is not something to be manu- nowe! “on .+ | factured; it is a thing of growth. ‘Throw that baste into the alley, Gen, Gd wu he fe mow. ches she commanded me in a voice Iike a . vinced that the United States eee ee ttn opaltin’ the fideo er |tenda to do all that has been prom- ised, When the Filipinos arrive at pe Biaagh ie SR ae, '* | this state of conviction the soluti of ms vil tht she ie, bao { the question in the East will - set | 1m. wight. I slipped around for a fo It is unfortunate that the critics land then circumnavigated the first | 14,9 unfortunate Dass the action behery that ¢ ane. £0 08 be gp a { this nation on selfishness, The jin the rear, In the back yard. The | curse the administration has in j baker had left a lot of fresh ples | view with regard to the Filipinos, if | standing on the Kneeding board, and particular carried out, will in a few years be ® tration to take the Philippines from | in- | HUTCH ALAS OCCURRED In Printing the Book On Alaska. | | WHICH CONGRESS 18 TO ISSUB | The book on Alaskan explorations to be insued by the government, has been delayed owing to an oversight in congress, In the'closing hours of the last session a resolution direct- ing the war department to proceed with the publitation was overlook- with the result that the mi of valuable matter which had been prepared by direction of the senate was left unavallable for immediate une. In a letter received by the editor of the Beattle @tar last evening, Aa- tant Secretary of War Melkle- John saye: n regard to the proposed publi- cation of Alaskan reports 1 wish to advine you that the same were pre- pared and submitted to congress for publication, but authority therefor was not procured prior to adjourn- ment. In consequence they will be held in the department and trans- mitted to congress again upon the opening of its next session, with such additional matter and data on the subject may be collected in the interim.” BURIED A CAT | WITH HONORS | ELKTON, March %4.—A cat fun- | eral took place this afternoon, when Davis, aged 1%, owned by William Boulden, colored, of East High street, was laid away. The cat for two days past has laid In state in Boulden's house, enveloped in a black cashmere shroud and encased in a coffin of regulation pattern, _ Around the coffin were strewn flow- ers. A number of white neighbors were admitted to view the last of Mr. Thomas Cat. The bearers were Masters Frank Hurn, Allen and Wilbur Conoway, and George Hitch- (ens, white youths. A short funeral | service was held at the grave in _ charge of Boulden, the owner of the | cat. | od | Coached for Naturalization. | Deputy Superintendent of Elec- | tions Zisman was tn White Plains one day last week when thirty-seven |Itallan laborers who had been boached by & Westchester county | political leader, went before Justic | Dickey, of the supreme court, for naturalization. ‘The Italians had been told that all that was neces- sary for them to do was to give their names and ages, and to answer yes to every question that might. be put to them. Mr, Elsman listened to the examination. The first Italian stepped before the justice and ited blandly at him. Vhat is your name?" asked the Justice, “Luigi Macoront,” said the candi- date. “How old are you?” asked the Jus- tice, “Thirty-one year, “Wil you swear to support the | Constitution and the laws of the | United States and of the State of New York?" asked the Justice. “Yes,” said Lagi. | “Wil you bear arms against 2 i Tinited States?” was the next ques- tion. said Macoroni. Yes,” responded Luigi glibly. “Wil you join the Anarchists? |came next. F * said Luigi, smilingly. “Would you assist a foreign power gainst the United States?” “Yes,” said Luigi, eagerly. Yould you at all times resist the officers and power of the United States in the execution thetr duty? = of 2" “In case of war with a foreign power, would you give aid and com- fort to the enmy with all the power at your disposal? “Yes. “And you solemnly swear that you will do all of these things’ “Ye said the candidate, his face Mehting up. “Step down," sald the justice, “That's al Of the thirty-seven candidates two received their naturalization papera, |—N. Y. Sun. WILL NOT CALL HIM Fifth Avenue Presbyteriane | Deny Rumor. NEW YORK, March 24.—The Rev, Dr. John Watson (fan MacLaren) suggested to the pulpit supply sommittee of the Fifth Avenue sbyterian church as a possible to the late Dr. John Hall, members of the committee him preach last week. One the members of the committee id today that the Rev. Dr. Wat- n had been eliminated from the possible candidates to the cant pastorate. heard of Tramps Threaten a Town DOVER, Del. March 24.—Twelve tramps aroused the family of form- er Sheriff Joseph MeDaniel, on State street, last night, and rough- ly demanded admission to the Jail, Mr. McDaniel is a Jailecommissioner, with authority to commit vagrants, Vpor his refusal to attend to them at that hour of the nivht the dt turbers of the peace became pla phemous and abusive, and threaten- ed to make a bonfire of the town, and had to be driven off with re- 1 Yolvere by Sheriff McDaniel and his son, i