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t oma «log a ha'« beigli •
Far thè l hrialtnaa long ago,
liti ANGUS' *O\G.
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I rota tha u.gbt of bl.iuliug «uow.
And th» rarvat joy belìi reign.
Ami tb» chlmney roared amala.
W ih tba firelight Uh» a brama
Tbro .gh tb» ftmaty wit>,k,w pana.
Ah 1 tb« revel and th« dia
From without ami from withm.
h« b nd of distant • -¡gh baila
With th» pllnk.ng violin.
Th« muffle-d ahrieka and crie» —
Then th» g' ’«ring ,-hrek« «nd eysw-
Tb» drii ng «tona» of greetings,
'•'lai« of kia*»a and surprlM.
Russian Peasants Worship Pic'ure ot
President
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lu a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A R»»uma of tb« Lasa Important but
Nut
L»aa lnt»r»»ting
Evant»
of tha Past W»»k.
Ring In »gala th» mlrtk
Gf th» e re!» ’round tb» hearth,
With th» i-tic ’ •‘-a 1 t»!
u»
A Montana foteat rwi ger ha« Ixen
Di» «'rangest t* »• on eartk !
• killed tor a deer.
Aod ih« niln-trel hard w« kn«w,
French troop* have repulsed an at­
With b‘» "I ah * ll-er
tru«,‘‘
Likewls* b.« "Yvmig ¡ioti«» k )«rp»ut«r,' tack ot tnlwsuicn near Alngfa, Algeria.
lo» «J H»nry," tool
The Japanese amha»»adiM’> to Fiance
denies that hl» country ia after am (tier
fargHtlng ne'er a thing,
foreign ban.
a gladder vo ca an I • ug
• H th» d*ne»ra In the kllch»n —
Carnegie would ba»« the iraue of pa-
Clean from start to "pigeon wing!" pet m- ney uu the gold reserve ititlrad
Hing th» glory and th» g'e»
I of government bonds.
(nd th* joy and Jubll»* —
The Noitbetn Pacific railroad will re
twirling
form th»
qul.-k-nwl
du,-» grain rate» fr<un Montana pointe
breath —
to Ht Paul and Minncapoiia.
•Igh of «cataay.
J ohn Î? ayn ? r ’ s C hristmas
Il l/ XBLÏ II W RLS
HEN John Raynor Iwgvn to
th* holiday adv*rtl»«iu»nta In
th» paper» and to feel tlx
Christies« flurry In th« air, h«
announced to bia family with an air of
finality, tinge I wi-.h rtrlia:, », "you m - l-, t
axpset anything In th« way of Chriaunaa
pre«»tit« from rue thia year.”
"Why. John!’ hi« aita « telai med, "we
ar» not going to do very much. Ju«t a
t»w gift» In the family to mark th- day.
and than th« children think ao mu.h of
It."
"Th» children
John returned with
fine ■ ora, "th«y‘re grown now and it'*
tlm« for them to gel over aud» nouxu--.
I po«ltlv«!y refuse to bsv» anything to
4» with Chrlasma«."
John Raynor persisted In miking him
a»lf miserable and In bringing to bear
all th» arguments he SSUld think vt
•galaat th« prevailing mvnner of , ,.-rv
Ing I'brlatmaa. Flguratlvrly «;*-»klng, he
pounded the table anl grew purple in th«
fa,-» In hl« endeavor« to hammer In I, «
ramonatran,-»« «gunst holiday custom«
In »pit» of himself b« could not help
enjoying th« • ghts «n<! ».xind», b»ral,!i >g
th« approach of th« holiday aeasoit. The
gala drera of th» ship w • I. jw « a| .--i I
to his color loving ey«. and when the
Chrlatma« grern« began to soften the
grim, winter afreets with their verdure,
they took bun bs<-k to th» day« when «• a
boy h« roam»d th* w d* In -rar-h <4
ground pin« for ho , lay ,!■ ■■■rati .-n an I
th« cedar or arergn- n tr»» on wbi- i hi«
mother would hang their I 'lrivmv« pre»
•nts. He f«lt a little of the old thr.11 of
dallghtful »xpwetation wh-n th»»» th .g-
cam« ba, k to his uiml, but hi« r»i ••
mood waa tb» atrongrr and he per«isl»d
In keeping to hia d"«l«ioii.
He waa firm uulil th» night be! ,r,
Christina«. Then hi. » f* and <■ . -Ir»n
brok« Ic’n lvg« and dl« ,»«- I openly th»
coming holiday.
In an unguar,kd m >
ment bls »on Inquire I if a set of liook«
th»y had • p ir<-ba«ed bad Ex»n d»llv»red
With”.it h--;i g told, hl« father knew
th —» boo*« were fie-igned for him. They
were »oiaeihing k« had a retly longed
far, but ha I lenisfi hlmaelf. becaara th«
need«, real or Imag nary, of bis family
were hia pa ran ,uut consideration.
4, rat >u. And
pow they were to be i bl« In »pita of hit
declaration there waa i nothing he wanted.
11« began to wish that li« had *>tn«
thing with »hl h to > gir« hl« family a
Th«y will give me
happy »urpr.««.
things, and they will gtv» thine« to on«
another and th«:» »ill b» nothing from
■>».” h« th 'Ugbt.
Bitting alone with hia paper, h« beard
surreptitious rustlings aa 4 package« I*
ing handled, and th« low murmur of
Vol.-«« fr m b • wlf« and da ,gh er. n-.-r
rvipted with little borate of gay laughter
that showed «.’...-th mg joy< .« was g ;-jg
•a. Ha h«4 n oh ng for any >n«, and t”
Borrow whan they gav» him token« of
th«lr thought and attention, ha should
f»»! Ilka an ei
from h >. A sudden
•raolr» took him in p «•»»«.on.
"Alice.” h» called to hia wlfa, “I'm
going out for awh «. It tlxr» anytkiug I
can do for you7"
"Nothing, thank you.' •ha returned,
“an!««« you want to bring hom» «omr
candy for to-morrow oh. I forgot, " ab«
raid In th» next breath, "you won't «rant
to trouble about IL Nevar mind. we'll
manage aotn« way."
It is aatonlahlng how quickly on*'«
tnlnd can lx changed, John Raynor'» un
derwent a lightning transformation, II«
boarded a car and rod» to the »hopping
district with hl» mind filled with nothing
but ChriMroaa prerent». If» felt lik» •
boy turned loo»» with mousy to »pend and
•on» to restrict hia fancy. U» pushed
W
and J”«tl*d and wr»«tled with th» crowd,
»xbilaratrd by th* c-’iitact with (xople
bent on holiday »hopping. Ill« pa»t u>ood
•lipped away lik» a cast-off garment. 11»
had caught th« l'hrl-t:naa «pirit and his
revulsl >n of feeling amounted alm.wt to
Intoxication.
"Thera you ar», «•tiny,’’ b* told a new»
boy, b»»towln< a dim« in «nhaug« tor a
p*|i*r he did not want.
He helped to "ki’-p tb* kettle« boiling"
for the Salvation Army I’hristma« dinner,
and h» thought h* h*4 n»v»r txard a gay-
er sound than th« jangling of th» bril«
tb» Salvation soldiers kept In motion to
call attention to their need«.
ile carried hl« merry n>”>4 hom* with
him and th» moment h» entered th» door
hi* family fell the different«,
11» could not keep hia -ecret until morn­
ing. though ha told It only to hi« wlfa.
“Ib-r» «r» Some lilt!« thing« for you
and th« < hildren, Alice,” h» «aid when
they were alone, dropping th» package«
carelessly on the table. She looked up
with rye« alight, and with an agpreaulon
which told him he had done well, but she.
being a woman of wlad<>m. made no com
ment to remind him of pa«t events.
NVh»n John Raj nor fell aaleap that
Christmas eve. through hl« mind was jig
glug and Jingling th« merry old refrain :
“Chrlatma« comes but once a year.
!xt ua alt be of good cheer.”
—Toledo Blad*.
i bri-tuia-
t arda.
Th» Chrl»tm«« card a» tre know It h««
«n orlgln eaally tracaabl», and It I» douht-
lena al let«t «lity yeor« «Ine« tb» firat
wa« dmlgned. 1" e artl-t wbo clalmcd
to b» Ita originato» end who w««, at «ny
rat», thè firat lo -»» il» poasibllillea wa«
W. C. T. It»b-on, R. A.. wln>> when qult»
a ynung man. In IMI, waa prmnpted at
L'hristma« to mak» a little «ketch «ym-
bolic of tb* rea«on's Joy« and f««tl»lt!e»
and lo «end II tu a friend. It aeemed
to gl» great 14«»»nre. and th» next year
Mr Itoti«»« deiennlncd to follow up th«
idea on a larger arale, and by having hi»
card photographed «il enabled to «end
copie« to tw.-nty riva or thlrty friend».
The delight With whlch they wer» reeelved
wa« so grrat tbnt Mr. Itolxon wa» qui,k
to perr«fv» tbat he had found out a new
plea-ur» for l'tarlatmaa. New York Mail
and Etprea».
Findlay. Ohio, wa« txdly ahaken by
•yas tbat ami!» alana
the expl< aion of a glycerine factory
Back Into oor happy own—
Much property damage «»• •uatalnrd
Th”
«; — c pu’*»
!•:<'. tig blood —
The trembling undertoua I
Hill to!d the Inteista’e Commerce
Ho! paid u« off anca more.
coin tn I»« ion that It imaii» a l,«x of ♦*■>
With our fret upon th« floor,
a cat to keep the old lumber rate m
But u>ir h«U and hear* in heaven.
effect.
As they were In day« of yore.
Hccretary Taft la having a rough pa*»
Jame» Whitcomb Riley. In th« Interior.
age acr<aa the Atlantic and hl« ve»*el
«III lx a day or two late in rea<hing
a i lb« «naul-b < ourt.
Christmas in ‘••piin b-gma with th» New York.
mhhugbt tua««, when the king anJ queen
Goldfield niincowners have a-ke<l the
n -her, a
.; ar I by tb- g.«• I »« . f
government to li-*olve th» v(e»tern
th* court, magnificently attired, go In
• tale pr
in to th« ch<;--l royal of Federation of Miners and proeecuto it
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• as treua- noble.
morning rhe king and court again attend
l.iqnor men pn>;*>»e to fight river and ,
ma«« In «tat«, after which the day 1« haii»>r app'opriationa by c«’tigre«* for
apent In merrymaking
in th» afternoon dry state*
They *ay tw< -ihlida <4 the
th« adoration of th« manger take« pl« -», national reveuue 1» derived from the
when « representation of th« »■ • ne in Hip or bii*ine«M
II.’-1,
• . h
I in t!.- great hall i f
the p, » e
’|t
(«:>.«< Hrl-t ’I «•
England haa ju*t been vi»ite>l by a
tree, from which Alfana» distribute« gift«. •eveie »torm.
Through ut th« en-ung twelve day« <h«
The Colorado Htale lank, of I> intngo,
court 1« all b»nevol«nc* and g«y»ty. an i
»«»ry g-e«t Inatltutlnn In Madrid ahvrea h»* »u»pende«l.
In the royal alm-giving.
Tlx festival
The revolutionary agitation la grow­
rlj«— Jan. <1.
,
ing in Portugal.
hAn Franciani, lh«j. 17 —American»
til ink a gr<««t ileal of Prealdant Theo­
dore Rooecvelt, but it ba» Ixcn reecrv-
ed f<>r the Ruarían peasants settled in
bai»tern Filici la to reverence the well
known picture, which show» the gleam
of teeth, ns that of a saint. That they
do ao is »•»< rted Io be n fact by Alex­
ander G. Denbigh, who arrivali <>n the
»(earner Siberia, and ia now •laying at
the st. Francis hotel.
•The people there are of tlx lowest
clara <>t Baratati peaauita, and know
nothing about the cuts ide world,"
"In »very liouer, no
raid l*enbigh.
matter how ¡«» r it may be, there is
sure to be an ikon of «unie kind, and it
it i* possible for the owner ot the
place, he also ha» a picture of a anmt.
"The picture of our preaident has
gone uvei the world, and can be found
in iiiany ipitwr place*.
I rememlxr
raking «ne of try men from the I'ral
mountain district, who liai
never
heard ot Rmwevelt, what picture he
ha<l injiia lent, lie »• once told me
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•• ! "
I'. ' -r ».4. it
lhe Ivnid and with
■» on. <’«iti< us
to see -ikh a picture, 1 », nt io the hut
and found tbat it waa a chromo of the
preaident ol the United Stale«.
Ihe
man »»» ire.I nm that he ha i the l* «t ol
g‘N«l foitune eltme he had obtained the
picture of I tie ‘holy raiut.* "
MtXlCO'S ANNUAL EXPENSE
What It Coat« to Conduct Affair» of
Southern He) utile.
.Melico City, Doe. 17.—In congn -a
yeetetday the r*|Mitt of th* tiilniaier ol
lltiance aa- lewd and the budgwt tur the
coming year wit* made public, flic ex
tiinatc-d rrneipto for the coming tear
total I ml 3-5 OtH), while tie ciI» ti lt-
tlir>- will tradì 1103,303 *42, leaving
an • eltmaird »ttiplu» of 11 »1,15N
The
total incrm-e • t thia year'» budget ta
| iì , óu 5.27T, tlir largi-ct item lit the In-
crewM being for |l,3tl7.5»tt for main.
IrnatK-r of the department of uar
The menu»« for the tiwal year |u«t
ended total (114 o»'2,o<»> the ci|iendl-
turca 11tMi 20»,13.’, leaving a »ttrplua
> f 4I4.O77.V8U'
The »urplua of the
I r ’violi» year |?V.fMW,0»|, and the
falling off <>l tlir past year, wa* due to
large *nu a «pent in public work»—11 7,.
308,(KM. Min »ter l.liiiantenr main­
tained that th* recmt etili* In tl r
Unitevi Stat«-« would make iter II felt in
The Yaqui Indians are agalu on the the coming year in Mexico, in limi In-
warpath m M««lco.
vratment* would 1« curtailed.
Inter-
The National Rank of Commerce, <4 e«t rate* are higher, but till* would on­
ly affivi mining Induetricw. Ilelwliev-
Kann* City, will reo;>en.
ol tliat in the end it wculd woik tor
Japan and R<i-a a have combined to »<»«1 rullici than evil.
free»« China out vf Manchuria.
< hrhfniMk find Mniherb
On that Christmas night G>’f honored
motherhood. The angels on their wing«
might hav» br ight an Infant Saviour to
Itethleh'-m without Mary's being there at
all. But. no. motb»rb”*J fur al! tlm*
waa to lx
—* : ited. and on» of th«
tendcrest relation» wa« to b« th» maternal
The bri'lal gifta of Marshall Field'«
relation, aud on» of the ««retest word«,
■•mother." In all ag»» God t«« honored laughtet were «Uilcn In England.
good motherhood, in a great audience.
The [ware conference of th» Central
uio«t of wh >:u were (Christiana, I a«k»d American republics ha* lawn concluded.
that all those who had beco bl»«»<-d with
Hcotrhmen In London are again
I'hristlsn mother» «ri-», and a!moat th»
entire a«—’inbly stood up. iMn’t you -re adopting the kilt aa a regular wearing
how lni|H>rtant It I« that all motherhood apparel.
lx conaecratrdT Talmagv.
The Ea»t ha« just cxeprienced a great
•torm.
Heavy anuw fell and many
I hrl-lma- F.vaeg Dag.
Christianity should milk« every day tn wlr,-» are down.
th» year a —>rt of t’brl- mu day. Thia
tim« of love and gla !ne«a and good will
wa« never meant to be ■ mhn»d to oua
brief feat I val.
Tbl« burjIng of old
griiilg-« and reranclling <>f estrangvJ
friend», thi« comforting of tlx nd and
gladd-ulng the heart* of the poor, and
-haring our plenty with th»«« In n»»d. ar»
•»me of Chri«tl.vnl!y’a every day dulie».
I».. not lower th» «tmidard when th»
twenty fifth of llecemtier I« over. Ito not
g i bark to the old relfi-h, narrow, un«at-
(•factory way of living. T<et th!« Christ-
ina- be a pr ; ' •«•y of what the New Tear
la to be, a tun« of gladn--a and g -od will.
1b» Spirit of t-l-tns.
Premiuma are being offered for the
new gold piece» without th» motto •Un
God We 'Irunt.”
A [wtition to allow women to Vote
on municipal affair« in Paris aa» greet-
ed with laughtet by the council.
General Funston find» the Goldfield
ailuatioii serious.
Csinitnisalonet
of
Indian Affair»
l<eupp rave Indian* ate lueing million»
yearly In timber laud«.
A house-to-bouse iwnvaa* at Monon-
ga'i, W. Va., show» IN still mlraing a*
a result of the mine disaster.
Don’t give only wh»r» you etp»-t a
I’iaris are complete for re organising
return or wonder whether you will !>•
•uptn- d to buy something for A.. It or the Merdianta' National bank al Port­
land and it I* expected to open aoon.
CL Th» «plrtt of Chrl»tma» II»» In th»
loving and th» glv.ug never In th» re­
l>. strict Attorney Langdon, of Han
ceiving.
Frail, i*<> al*u admits that the evidence
of Rnef will Im required to convict ('al-
1 he Orlali- ot < Sri-Im«- tireen«.
At th» Saturnalia, the beathen proto­ hotin.
type of Christmas. It wa« tb» Roman
The American Can company haa con­
custom to decorate th» h ’ i«« with »v»r- trol ot the Pacific coast, having absorb­
green«. Thia wa» don» to gir» the wood­
ed the United Can company, of Han
land «pirita a refuge from th» cold.
Francisco.
GETTINO REA DY FOR SANTA.
BIO FLEET IS OFF
ROOSEVELT AS A SAINT.
CHRISTMAS LONG AGO.
Goldfield mlnaowner» have with­
drawn their new scale and oixne,! nego­
tiations with the American Federatlaa
of luthor. Tho object aeema to I* to
get thia organisation into a flsht with
th* Western Federation ot Miners.
RELIEF FOR VIC TIMS.
Commltl» Taking Contributions to Ba
tt»r i to Mononga.
Fairmont, W. V» , Deo. 17.—The
permanent relief pocnmlttee, headed by
Governor Itawton, to provide for th»
widows and orphan» In distress thtougli
the recent egploalon nt the mine* <>t
tlie Fairmont C<«l Company at Monon­
gah, today prepared an app-al lor fund*
that la being eent to chamlxia ot < ■ tn
nirtif and kindred organisations all
over the country.
Contrlbutiona of
clothing, toys for the orphan* at Chri»t-
nia* time and similar donation» ar« to
lx aent to W. II. M,»v»e, mayor of Mo
notigah, and chairman of the commit­
tee, hsiking after tho temporary want*
uf tho victims.
The aptxal ray* tliat fully 350 wid­
ow* and 1 ,IM<O children are left without
any mean» of »upport.
A* m-ar aa can
!*• doteimlned. ♦'•<1,000 from all »oun-ia
has been snbaoribed.
The committee
foela that a total of 1200,000 will lx r«-
<;ulr<’l to carry <>n the relief work. All
chock* should Im made payable to th»
Monongah Mine» Relief orimmittae, J.
E. Hand», treasurer, Fairmont, W. Va.
Rich Oil Striae.
Santa Barbara, (Ml,. Dec 17.—A tel­
ephone meeraga from Santa Muri», 50
mile« north of here, brought tha Infor­
mation thia afternoon that the Union
Oil company liad »truck a wonderful
gu«ber which throw a vast stream ol
petroleum over the derrick and contin­
ued to flow at the rate of 7,000 latrai»
a day. At the pre«ent price of oil thia
mean« ♦ '* 5(«t a day from thia one well.
Thia 1« the eerond largest gneher ever
»truck in California.
The larirewt wae
a 10,(MN) barrel well, but it has aince
declined ooneiderably.
D. L. Andsreno, president nt the
Fo<ch<>w univereity, who has just re-
turned to this country, «ay« China I*
Fiat Money Save« Life
on the eve <4 a bloody revolution that
Fan Rafael, Cal , Dec. 17.—Stewart
will maik her entrance into the parlia­ Dnnlwr, a prominent Ireurance broker
ment of the world as a power to be of Honolulu, while on hi» way to nieet
reckon«’! with.
a (»arty of friend» last night, fell
The cam)<a>gn against rata ia being through a rattle guard on the narrow
gang* track* of the Northwretern Paci­
kept up vig< rvmely In Han Franciaro.
fic railroad and caught hie foot ao tliat
The Michigan state treasurer I* tn 1« he would have tre-n crushed to death
removed for putting fun<la in a rotten beneath an approaching handcar had he
tank.
not ignited a clearing houae cert I flat«
Th» great fleet of warships is a 1 and need it for a danger eignal
ready to start on its voyage to the Pa-
Forty I ivoe Lott
I/mdon,
Pec. 17.—The gale »I -ng
The presene» of Ornerai Funston at
Goldfield I» belitvrd to bava a goal the Rritleh coaat on Friday and s* t ir
day, which waa 4»»eribed by Capta n
efa t.
Jarn»»on, of the »teamaliip Ft. Irmi»,
Br!«V,nomination ha« bran with­ e» the wor«t in hi« eiperience, subsid­
drawn frvrn the oanala aa district at­ ed yeetenhy. It waa re«|ion»lble for
torney for Oregon.
the l,«s of tome 40 live».
I
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f
Sixteen Batlleshlps Start Out lor
Pacific Ocean.
ARE REVIER ID BE (’RESIDENT
Sight la Orta That Bring«
miration of
Forth Ad­
Every Spectator
Many Being Foreigner«.
Old Point Comfort, Va.,
Sixteen bard hitting, ateel Ivcltol Amer
linn l«ttIcaliip», gime bnalling aril
burly of girth, but *|«rkln>g white in
th< t Immaculate drr«-mg» <4 peace,
I away yeatettiay undai lite da«-
xling »nn of a rloudle<- winter »ky, on
tl.fir fam :» till
. a <i|«!.tn>n of
14,0 M) mile- al. i g fotelgn abcitaa and
in changing c m<» t ’ the wr-t ctWMt of
the United Mat< *.
President Rooee-
veil, m tl.c bridge < f hl* cruiaor yacht,
tlie Mayfl wrt, pereoiiallr li<l the mag-
uitlcciit foui-mile line ol fighting ve»-
•el* during tlr-t «(age ol the voyage,
Krom Hie anchonge ground» In llatn|>-
ton Kai* li the ll.'i-ainc I «-lid ol
Che*a|«'«kc bay hl* cavic created flag of
blue |*.lilted the way to the tint'« new
home at the Oohlcli Irate. Then, when
tlie wi le ren i,,« ol the *ea Were viaihla
through the wlde-rwung cape» of Vir­
ginia, ho turned a-ide and, coming to
anchor again, reviewed the |>aa«mg
pigeant.
Tl e blue of th* -ky, the atretch of
green era mile», the gliatctilng of »pot-
li -» hull», the curl ol f-aui i-reatcd I m > w
wave«, the cheering of a.tlora afloat and
fri< nd* a»hote, the In >n blow n *tr«iti»
( ' A
I ;,! «•
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’ .til „• m r -•
the wateta, the lilate of triun|H<'a. the
rutile of diuma, the tla-li of «ignala and
the boom ■■( -aluting cannon inatked
the ile|«iriurv of th* fleet, pri-enting to
the | eople who wat« he.I It n *pe< taele
they will never forget and to the World
at large the reality of the trlmmval,
tnoat hotiiogviiv. i«, moat thoroughly
equip]«’!, Hi’ at mobile and -rlfreliant
K«-einblnge ol firut cl«»- bat llrahl]w ever
gwtherni in one command.
There will tint l«> a »hip in the line
old enough to Lave amelled powder or
to have taken the »hot of Manila or
Santiago—»torie* written aratcely 10
year* ago In the hi*tory of nation». All
we e mi’lern ol de-igu, example* of the
aggie*«ivo «engoiiig navy which the
president ha* declared to lie ao ca»en-
l-al to the ]»■» » of th* country.
Attache» of for.-ign legation* and ein-
baairiai at Waahington and iiutny cof-
rca|NN>d*nla who hgve -een war avtviee
on foreign journal« freely dee In red tliat
yeatciilgy'i nnval display waa the n»«t
Imprcawive they laid over «eeti.
Tho
facility with Which the big vtwtel» warn
handlc-l, the manner In which Ihr y
were maueuveted into »ingle column
formation, and the perfect alignment
which wa* inaintn ned to the aouthward
turn from th» cape called out the warm­
est admiration. The thrill of the lieau-
tifui inarina picture wa« felt until the
la*l wind blown spiral of amoke waa
loat on the horiton.
The tlr*t ]mt! of the fleet'» journey
will l>rlt g it to Ttinulad on Chrlatinaa
eve, and there, amid the hral of the
tropica, the Chri»tmM celebration» will
lie held. Hundred» of g-«»l-bye tele-
grama were Ila-lied to the alii|ai hy
wirele«a tflegmph aa they left the ro»<i-
•lead and had turned down tho south­
ern cvaiat.
Theae vcs-ola made Up Hl* fleet which
railed yesterday under command of
Rear Admiral Roldoy !> Evans:
Connecticut, III,(MN) ton»; Ixiuitlana,
Ifl.iXMl ton»; Kai.»a». Hi,000 ton»; Ver­
mont, Ifl.OtM) ton*; fleorgln, 14.O4H
ton»; Virginia, I4.V4H ton»; New Jer-
■cy. 14.048 Iona; Rh<»lo Island, 14.V48
ton»; Minnesota, Iff,000 ton»; Ohio,
13.500 ton«, Maine, 12,500 tone; Mia-
aonri, 1S.MJ0 tons; Alabama, II 528
ton»: Illinois, 11,525 tons; Kraraargo,
11.535 Iona, K<niuckv, 11,525 lour;
t'nlgoa. aupply whip, 5,725 |>>na; Gia«
cier, «upply »hip, 7,"00 tons; Panther,
ripair ship, 3.3*0 ton«;
Yankton,
tender, W75 tuna.
All Quiet In Japan,
Tokitv, Dvr. 17.—The antioiincemer.t
of the «ailing of the Atlantic fleet of
the United Stale* navy baa not been
rt< dyed by th* newapaper» of Toklo or
by the government official». All public
men who have Ix-eti Interviewed by the
A-xriati’i Flee* repn—etilati ve accept
the railing of the fleet a* a foregone
concnlaion »nd il ia not likely that the
actual atari will cauac th* »llghtcat rip­
pie of ciiltruici’t
Everyone accept»
the aevurnnee* «4 friendahip offered by
linerir» conce le* the tight of that na­
tion to «end ita v>ar»hip« to the Pacific.
Goirt Mov»m»m *108,360.000
New York, flee 17.—The Guarantee
Trust company tolay announced the
engagement <4 $5(10,<MN) In gold f<< Im-
port. I .««¡rd Freír» liave engattrd an
additional II fiiMi.ooo in gold f'-r Im-
jort
Tina mak< * the total movt m nt
1108,360,000.
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