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WEEKLY OREGON. STATESMAN, Friday, December h, 1000. : liiiL'diitj first Speech in Opposition Delivered by a Dcm ocratic Senator from Georgia Memfcers of the Ways ani Means, Ccsinilttee of the Hoase Debate the War Revenue Reduction RIcascrv Death of l Oscar L. Dooz to Be Investigated. WVSHINGTON; Dec. 11. The first and Means Committee, simke ou lie nidy W1I li the Senate was delivered -Ile uon;4. djournwi arly to jiermit today, by Clay, (t;a.. .v nyeiy coio- the Hall to be decorated for t lie exer ouoy wasMireeipftated over the. refer- eisea in wnuectiou with the Ceuten- n-e to a committee of the Oleomar garine blll,'jat iasssl by the House. It finally went . tp tile Committee on Affi-k-ultm-e. Thiai wa 'ai victory for the riends'of. the .WW.-, ,-i Tliere wa also a sharp debarte-over-tbe:Montaua Sentaorshlp ease.l but no action wa taken, the matter by consent going over temporarily. , ' COX ri RM ATIONS. Washington. Dec. U.-The following continuations w"rc made by the Hen- ate today : ".' '"': Mineral land Commissioners in Idaho-!". A. I thick,- of Washlngoh. V. A. bavin, of Idaho: II. B. Kinr. of Idaho. Huntington Y ilson. of Illinois, m 1 jwM-rctarv of the location of the! United State to - Jaian. Win. D. the. broadest denial, based on a ' full Byftmu. of Iudlaiha. to Is a Commis-j investigation made by himself, of the tdmier to revise and codify the eriiul-f r-rt that the late cadet. 0ear Kooz. nal and itenal law, of the I'nitetl wa hazel and otherMise mistreated States. B. H. Tatein. f Montana, ax-j at tiur acatlemy. Colonel -Mills says fHj'er hi charge iof the asssiy oHVn atj le has no pirsoiial knowlelge of Booz Helena. Mont. ToIn Major-tJeiiernK! whos- reciul at the jH-adeniy he ul Brlg alier-t;enenil Mo.vd. Wheaton and niit.x, to demonstrate that there w as BriKadier-4 Jeneral :A. Chaffee, Lulteti states Voluntwrs. FOR YETKRAXS. j ! AYashiugton,r !. 11. The Senate! 'today pased an; act. provtiing tluit entry meu. uimUt the honiestal hiwsl w lio MrvHl in the United States Arinyf -mui,,n,iatoU 0f u,,. iKaid iiMtruc Xavy or Marimr corf duriug th ,,on rary Long will cause an ln SjKinSsh War orrthe Pliilipiiue Insur- j,mirv to ! made, by an exjert etm- reiiioii. kii.111 iiaye certain -r i-e ie-j lm-tMl front the! time rtiiireI to ier- ftM-t title under the homestead laws, an pawed, TO ItKIH"K HEVEXUH I Wasiiingtou, .If.. 11. The delta te inquiry will .occupy a week, durins on the War Itereuue UeiliH-tion hill which time the bid ojiened last .week opened la t the House, today. '-'.Payne ' will lie thoroughly examined and eoiu tlJn., X. Y-, vJiiairman of ,the Way pared. . i HONMELVILLEi WESTON FULLER r U M U tL IA3A U : ! . i V ' t ' . it i . X-. r.. V TT W iLT h'V r! :l , - . .W'.".!ft - - - ;Chief Justice of the. Supreme PLOT TO KHL ROBIRTS TUB W'llKMK WAS ,VBAX1HXED ' AS TOO DAXtJKUOL'S. Enorinous Ieath Rate, as a l.esuit of Typhoid Fever in "Afrh-a Ixnl 1 i lCob.rls ils for Home. f POirr ELIZABETH, Cape Culony. I . 11. A number of eixus, sii lectcd of plotting to nmnler Irl liolrts durlngi Mis visit here, recent ly ahamhtutHl their sclieines oil leiiru ing liat thoy were shadowed.. DIED WITH FEYKIL - IjOIkIoii. Dee.; 11. A" question, put to the Oovernuient in the House of foin - inoinf totlay, cliciteil the stateituiit that tljere had been l."i.tTJT cjws of typhoiil fever amojig the Itrltii-li roop in Sutl Africa and tlial S11 case irovHl fatal. I s ? i " j ROBERTS SAII.X. i j . Capv.Towu, Dm. 11 Field Martial IColMrts. with his wife and j laughters, nailed for' Ku glaud today. : j Examine our! $3... - MEN'S SHOES FtMt KOUOH WEAR made in black kangaroo" en If. unlined. showing the quality ' of the leather. Heavy ide with exitm tap. tioodjrcai welt. Roi stitcheil. . In- htce; I.n dontoe. . J - i , . i1 . ! . l i . i li W . S- ' K SALEM SHOE STORE Vcxf Door to Bush's Dank, State Street ; - R. if. LEABO, Manager ILL nial eelelratioH tomorrow. Before the War Revenue Rduifion bill wa tak en up. ja. resolution was adopted i for the a-rmointuient of, a special commit tee of five members, to investigate ihe death of Oscar J Booz. of Bristol. a hazing received whiT-i a cadet; at West Point. The speaker apiointed the following members to constitute the ssecial com mittee ti Investigate the alleged haz ing of Cadet Booz, at. .West Point,, in Waur,.r, ajSmlth pursuance of the resolution: Marsh, tla.); Driggs, (N. Y.); and Clayton, tN. Y.. - . ... ; thi: murdered cadet. WASHINGTON. " Doe. ll.-Colouel Mill.-. 'sunerlnteudent of I he military .triolein v at West Point, ha entered tm iiMTk-al evidem- of any mwtreat- meut. but that his resisiiation was at tribute! to weak eyes and a -poor rec td d in hw .stndies. ax ixyixth;athx. Wasliin-'lon. Iec. 11. I'lNUl the r- nittH' of navy officers, into the cap- abilities of the shijbuilding phint of Moran Bro Sesittle. The puriH)ie is to Katisfv the Ietartnient of the abil- Itv of this conc'ni to construct bat fle sh 1dm ami armored cruisers. This ii UK ! ' W !,U U (J B Oj. , if " r ' 1! Court of thet United States. I 'MILLIONS FOB WAIt. " London, -Dee. 11. Tlie Home? of ; Coiuuiirtis voted lMifNM to arry on the war, which Jioril -:ISrtiens has daily announced a-s tiIshed ; SERHXADE PROHIBITED. Tin Ha gue. Dw. 11 .The a'Teiia de ! of Mr. Krjiger by live tH-hf.'ars; fixed for tonight, lias -Is en- prohibitcit by tne lolM-e out of fear of 'disturbances. LES E M'A J ESTE. BERLIX. Dec. 11. Max U-nzeman. tlie lti-year-old soft of a Berlin lalwriT, has ls-en disiulsseit - from his gymua slum and forbidden to eirter any other in Prussia, for committing kse nia jesle. when the principal of the gym nasium tiicnt lotted to tlie pupils flie recent attempt, at Hn-xlavi, uiou tli? life of Einpertr William. THE NICAUACUA 'CANAL." Xo Assurance -of Oreat. Britain's Sat " Is fact km with American l'lan. WASIIIXGTOX. Ie-. 11. A promin ent otticial. of the State lKpartment sjiid ttslay:" ; 4 ; "lliere Is no foundation whatever for r t f ? . s i If the i torr-f ; tiiat thb ; Government has received 'assurance, from that df'Urent Britain, that the canal convention will. If ratified by the Senate- with the pemling amendment, be accepted by tlie British cabinet. o feUch promise. suggeKtion or, Intlnmtiou ha . ever reahl the State Iepartment -from any official source and the department doe not know what action' the Brit ish tJovernment : woukl take In the event hat the j pending treaty In amended a proposed. ; Every intima tion, however, that haa reaclHd here soen to dhow tba-t the adoption of any amendment would be regretted by the British authorities. i Through misunderstanding or some other reason the iufpreswion was cou veyel to the publki as a result of the priK"eelingsi In jecret session in t he Senate yesterday in connection with the treaty that Secretary Hay had stated he would resign his office if the pneding Davis amendment to the Hay Patwefote treaty were adopted. The Secretary's attitude in 4he matter was purely negative, lie simply stated that be had never threatened the Senate or auy other, authority to resign his of fice if certain actions were not taken respecting- the treaty. He did not irrouvise to remain if it were amended; he, did not threaten to juit." OltDOOX COAL Tests. Made Irove It to Be Excellent ; for Steam. IORTLAXD, lec. 11. An Intima tion lias leen rwtdvetl in Portland, fliat the. 'matter of developing the lower Xebaleu foal field and building a railroad to it has been under con sideration in New York by the powers retresent-ing tlie O. It. & X., t'he Oreat Xort'bvrn, tlie Northern I'acilic, and isjssibly the Astoria railroad. If a onclwsion Avas relied it was not jriven out. Fairly trustworthy tests! of the coal from the lower Nehaleni show it to "be of about the ssi me qual ity as that mined near Rawlins, Wyo. a very ntisfactory steam coal It is said to lx siqierior-: to any other product of the Pacitte coast. . MURDERER'S CONFESSION. ST1CKEU THB iSLAYEU OF THE KXAPP FAMILY Says He Committed flie iHntl Alone -He Als Acknwledgs i'ommit- t ting Anotiier MUrder. TACOMA.JXh. 11. Deputy SlHriff Watson, Tof t'owIK2 county, has ol tained a -oufessIou from Martin Srk-kel, tlie murderer of the Knapp family and William Sbanklfn. in Cow litz county, iu which St k-kel acknowl edges that hejiimself killel fhe thr persHn mentioned. Sth-kel says- tha El. Pierce, wImhu he had heretofore implicafexl, fcclariug that Pierce did the shooting, had nothing whatever to do with the" killing, but Miat he went nnassistel ami alone to the lMune of Shanklin and the Kunpps ami com tnitte! th 'luunlrrs. ' SJickrt's se-oul tuifesiou is the re sult of a rligious turn which - the man's mind has taken in the past two da ys. The (Salvallon Army had an evangelistic meeting itr rite county iail yesterday afternoon. aut Sth-kel was a very intereste! ihsteucr. 'The Salva4o Army orn-ers prayl with him. and lie profr-ssed to liave a change of heart. He s"em far tnorr c lMTfuI : nulr "onteutel and apiars to : have a desire to make a clean breast of 1iis criminal acts. On tlie lir-els .of Sfk-kel's profesfel -onversivui ame IHvntv tlieritT Wat son to see if he ctruM not get Sfickel Ut confess, tlie Cowlitz county authori ties baring investigated the rrhre abouts of -Phrew ami liscsvered that h bad nothing to do with tlie mur ders. With but little srusision. Stickel freely admitted tJiat lie 'Mlue was th" jjirilty man. By making this confession. Stickel virtually ihu-es a ros a roil nit liis neck, as he stamVs self -confessed guilty ot uiunler in the first, degree. Stickel seeins lo have tuCd the truth jImmiS the nimes in the iirsl confes sions, in tlie matter of tlie time. ami manner iu iii-li tlie murdTs were commilte!, the oiiy statements foreign to the truth lsiug his iuipli-7i t ion of Pier-e, which now says is a pure fabrication.! T1m iiiunlerer apix-ars anxious imw to assist the law far as possible iu the i"osecutlou of the crime. . ; Taken altogether. Stiekel's m intr is a qiMf-r uix-up f cliildislin1 and brutality. Tliere Is an utter kick of cunning, ami also an apparent total disregard of the promjit inns of his conscience. If, indeed, tli man liasany mental hvel)pment of fliat character whatever. In none of his -onfesiiu ha be evinced the slightest sign or eviiK'tHf of reH.Mitanco or regret, and as for lKiuuting vlMoiw of his victim dkcjiirldng the- man's iHace, it is tlie lasj thing anyone would exjicct who has lieard liim talk ft.r a shot, time In hlsjeasy, rambling nay of tlie road be took to do tin killing of the Knapjs. of jtlie tni jigging he beard inside tlie house when he hot tlie venerable ciiqle through Mk window, a ih! tlie loo he obtaiite from tlie lion sc. He alsoTitalks as coniiosedly of -Ihe Shank lin iiagwly. tellins of hi -arcful avofdan"e of rostds. the ,niiKlitIon of flic weaihrr on ' I lie fatal niglit. and tlw firing of the bouse after the eter rible ! V3i lone. While St h-kH evinces no evhVnce of insanity, be is certa'nly i-ear akin to hliocy, or elre a most uvnouncel PgeiH'rate. f"; By no reach of eiunprr1insioH can lie lie made to see. tlie enormity of his of feins. but ajqesirs to think that to far asibe law go-s. he is in a "rather b-til fix. and he'll Itv gladiwheu lie is out of it." : A FATAL WRECK. KANSAS CITY. io!, Dec. 11. -A special to the Star from Ola the. Kan.. sa3"s that a riort hlmuud passenger train n 4 he Atchison Topeka V Sa u fa t Fe Railway crasheil into the rea r. end tif a northlsmnd ' ; freight train, at Clare, three .nlles south of this city, at t o'clwk this morning. Xoble Thomas. agel 1 years, of Em inula. Kau., , was bttrneil to death in the caboose: Thomas father wai bad ly mangled, t he engineer and fireman f the passenger train were serioiwly Injured, and half a dozen passengers In the calKxise were slightly hurt. ,': J FATAL WRECK, f '(''' i. : 4 -' ; - ' ; j. . ,.: Two Men Killed and Fonr Injured In - J a CollMon lu Utah. OfJDEX.- ITtah,. Dee. Ml. A disas trous .frrlglit wreck occurred on the K.ii:lwrii TNn-Ifl-. mile west of Fericioir station, liear,;WenC,N?vadt; at noou UiMlayl a jbc!iers imgjuel vrdidt ing into a tioubie-iM'atier ireigui. . ; :. flie lead are: Timothy s Kennedy. brakeuHin; Dum-an, firemaa. Tlie serionsly lnjureil are; retl -c. Stokes, of Ocdeu. engineer: - Bran- dfoli, brakemau: C. . Sadler, engin eer, an Fireman Oliver. THE STRIKERS HAVE FAILED Santa Ee Railroad Has Enough Telegraph Operators i -i i i i i I j s ; ! NOT OPPOSED TO LABOR UNIONS OneKnljrhtof he Key Shot la Colo rado for BemalnlDsr at Work Laws Tiolated. CH lOAfiO, IHhv 1 1 Tonight Tlilnl Yk-e-ITesiiWut J. L Barr, uieriu tendeut of tlie Operating, Department of fhe 'Sante Fe, uotifie! all agents of the conqian not to employ any more operators, as enough nien had been engaged to till the ylaces vacated hy the te!egra pliers wlm rvspomte! to the strike call. Mr Barr-said: We do not want the ohl emidoyw to return. Their places have been tilled with competent men; and we will retain them." ' .' "Tlie strike, Is practically over, fud our business is uormaV' said Pixsi dent Ripley. "Tlie reiiort that officials of the company are otipwed to Jabor Unions Is. false. We have no quarrel with the Ijflxir Unions. On the. con tra ry.. , we believe they, are a good thing when iwojierly eoulucted. AX OPEltXTOR shot. Denver, Colo., Iec. H.-rA Union operator giving his name as - J. B. (Xmists-k wlio. wMh his coin (sin ion 1ms Is en in cliarge .of Hh aute - Fe station at 4elalia. twenty-fiv? milcH soutlf of Denver, was brought to thte city tonight with a Inflict wouihI in .lie arm. He reiwrted that "seven men appearetl at tbestatlou this fvening anl onleretl him and his fompetnlon to leave at once. As they left flie sta tlon cveinl shots were tired, one striking Coinstock in tli-- arm. His jcouiuau ion" escaped. COMPELLED TO LEAVE. " IHnvcr, Colo- Dec. 1 1 . The new oterator at Castle Rock disapisnred tiis moruiug, aud later in lheday lie waikl iut the station at Selali.t. ciiit liiilej sotilh of Castle Its-k. Jle ihl tiiat a crol of liiasked striker symiiatuizers enteril fhe depot, or dered him to ho1l up 1iis liands, plat'Hl a rope around-bis iiw-k, tie! h- Jrauds lHhind ilits back, tlien niarche! bfm down the- track and left him with 1'iistructlous to keep going, and, warn ing; him not to return to Castle Rock. ".I MANY RECRUITS. The Presidio Crowded with . Newly Enlisted Soldiers. SfAN FRANCISCO, Dec.x 11. Re tTuIts are arriving at the Presidio from various eullf4n:eut points throughout fhc fMintry at fix- rafc of alioiit 'Sfit a week. Tliere are at pres ent over -If to at tlie barracks. Many of flies? will proiwHy lie held here awaiting ordTs from Wash iiigron, for it is riK)rtel that the gaps in the army of the Phttippiucs and China are filled. Twelve insane soldiers now at the general ho-.-pital will l:c sen-t- to fhe l wovernuieiit asylmii at AVashingtou this week to make roMii for the In sane that are eu route from tlav Phil ippines. . . WAS HELD LIABLE. Former Bank Xtockhohler Comiielled to Liquidate Hfc Former Holdings SAX 'FRANCISCO, Dec. Il.-Jttdge I'esitty. of Idalio, has rendereil an in tercstinic flecision relative to the tIe of iiank stock. II. B. Ba tenia n. the tk'feiKlant, wa vlce-iirestdetit of the Ben wet t Xatioual Bank, at New AVhat om. Wash. He has sold nls stock to rlw Iwiuk for $ann, IK face value, tint tlie record waSinot cliang!. Subse quently the stock . was sold Iiv flie bank for $KM 'Recently P." W. Stra ivr .tlie re-etver, sued Ha terns n. aud the court a wanh-! Julgmeiit in favor of the plaintiff for the face value, less the sum of ?ta with iuterest. JESSIE MORRISON'S CASE. The Jury Has Been lblilsTating for Fourteen Hours Without Results. EIIORAIH. Kans.. Ie-. 11 At lO o'clock tonirfit Judge Sliiun sent the Jeriie MorrMm Jury to tlie hotel, directing them to resume flieir llib- rwflons at ftzvt o'ckick lomorrow morning. Tlie Jury was closeted 'for nearly fourteen hoars. One of fhe tnrors, tJregory. Is sliglitly ill tonight, ami neeK medical ; attention. "Th? opinion generally obtains that the Jury may take two or three rtays iu reaching a verdict, and, that It Oltl njratelj;wI be unable to agree. A TEMPERANCE AMCTORY. ; Opposition to IJquor Ih-enses Grow ing In Massachusetts. BOSTON', Mass.. Dee. 11. -The tem tsrawe leiH)Ie of AIasKacbitt4 hn won a great victory in I heir crusade asralnst Honor iu the citr fleet l,tn of hist Tuesday, and tudaj-, out of 30 and mote citizens choosing municipal offices and expressing an opinion, wareery one s1iowt a gain In tlie li cense vote, while additions to the no- IJeense column are many. - . v GPXTED A DIVORCE. LONDON. Dec. Ml -George J. Som prville .was thri - morning . grauteil , a decree of divorce against Mnrkiu Soniervllle ' aiiI 'ilTtfW .' " damages agalnsf Firl ' UuseJI; ; with , whom the defeuda nt I was awasi'd; '. of f i having committed adultry. " BUILD A DEFENDER. . BOSTON", Mass., Dec. 11. A' con tract wan entered into :' today, by Thomas J. Lawson with George Law- ley of South Boston, to build a cup defender. Crownlnshleld will design her. TWO ACTS. MELBOURNE, Dec. 11. The Legis lative Assembly! of Victoria- today passed the. woman suffrage and Old Peoples Pension bills. . - ' H ... I II ' I'l - ' ' ; 1 SLOAXE IN BAD LUCK. . SAN FRANCISCO, 'Dec; 11. T. II. William. Jr.. president of the Califor nia Im-l-nr1 f'litli lm roiofvHl n nf. fk-lal confinuation of the report that Jockey Sloane will lie S refused n li cense by the EngllsUtJockey (!lub. aud lit conformity thereto has iieciueu tnat Sloane shall not be iKrnrittetl to. ride at Oakland. 5 ! EM BEZZLER I NDICTED: " NEW YORK. Dec? If. -Cornel ins L. Alvord Jr., former note teller of the First National Bank In this -ity, ac cused of, having euiliezzled SWMMJt) from that institution, was indicted to day by the United States grand Jury. Indictments were found on fifty-one counts. ' - A FA M ILIA R CA LEX D AR. The Jfiol edition of the Colunibia desk cal emlar is lieing distrlbnhd by the Aroerh-an Bicy-le. "Co.. Col mnbla -Sales Depal-t men. Hartford. 1'oiiu. It will be sent to any aidress upon receipt of five tl-cent stamps. -..This unique nud useful compilation ; has iseu -issued annually for the last tdxten jxars and It has come to reganlel as an in disiiensaWe arti-le in many business onices 5i ml homes. MADAME WITS IDEA:' OF AMERICAS' WOMEX "All Americans Make Much Money. She Says. Mine. Wu Ting Fang, wife of the Chinese Minister at' ,. Washington, is certainly one of the most Interesting women in the national capital and one of the most tKpular in tlie diplo matic circle. Her iiersonality is 'at tractive in morvvays than one. She always appears fa Is good uatured, and she is a.lways kind with thoie with wliom fhe couies in contact. She (Mil's to look uiou life as an interest lug exiwrh-uce which grows more wonderful with each day, and she soii'cfimes trpats her visitors as if they were absorbing curiosities in whom her entire thought is centered for fhe time iH-ing. Tliis was iny iKrsitioii whi'ii I sat be fore her in the drawing room of tin Chinese Iatiou the other day. writes n Riu1lic con -spom lent. M me. Wu aki-! mo almost innumerable ciief tioi's alsitit myself and my . relatives and alsntt my prsolial affairs in gen eral. Aud I answered them all to the test of my - ability, for who would throw away an opjiortuuity to picas so gracious a hostess? She eemed really interested in my affairs aud I was glad to gratify her curiosity. '"You make much uioueyV" she in quired. In the course of our conversa tion. "'No. not very much." said I. "Why not?" aked 31 me. Wu. "Just because I can't, 1 guess," was my reply. "All Aim-ricans make much ii'onev." she said,- in a puzzleil way; ,whh-h only goes to show that the wife of the Chinos 'Minister has still much ;f. learn about America ami Ameri cans, though the Wu have, li veil here s'veial ; years. Tliey ' were previously stationed in London, and Madam doesn't hesitate to say vthat she likes Washington lsst. "Much bad!ttyther3ln Loudon." she sjiid: "It was . imuossible to Ik? out much. Washlntgon Is fine, lMM-ause we can go out nea rly every day In our autoniobKe. It is preat pleasure." Mnie. Wu speak English fairly well but not nearly o fluently as her hus band. Her accent seems more French than Chinese. Tlie automobile, which sin enjoys so much has been, lately 'purchase!. anl the Minister or some memlsr of his family rides out iu ,it everj' fino day. The Wus are M-ided-IT up-to-date iu many , ways, but Mad am deprecates tlie "new wman" that she hears almut and sees occasionally. "The American girls are some of them too interprMug,' ; lie says'. "Tliey dress much like nien and they do many things which men do. It Is very surprising. 1 saw; some women in England w1k were rather peculiar, but I think some American girl do jvore strange things than tlie English girls do. Tlny go every where, and often they are alone. I should think tliey would bo afraid, but they are not. Thy are able to take care of themselves, rim! I admire litem for that, but I think tliey may go too far, if tliey are not careful." I felt counselled to defend our "new women.' 'But you must admit that ur girls are able to work and make money, and that 1his is an advant age." I said. Mine. Wu agreed with me. "It is inded an advanlag-." lw said. "I like to see girls not Joo de lendcivt. but 1 Iik? also nof to s-e 41i ni f of little deendnt." Which sen timent cloeI the subject. Mme. Wu takes gnat Interest in her borne and is mid to be. an exedtent hotiJ'ekceiier. "Die Cliiuee legation is one of the ha ndVomcst residences in Washington, aud " its .interior is re markable for the treasures of Oriental art, collected, by. Minister .Wu.., w The furnishings are, half American aud half Chinese, and the-result is a charming combination of f all that is gissl in lsth styles of 'tlecoratioH. Mine. Wu attends iMrsoually to the conduct of her husc-hold. She 1ms 1- ome expert la sliopping, acconling to tins American idea, and ber work Aft done mostly by coloted servants, who have lsen trained in American house holds. -She is au early riser, and ,her mornings are given up to the necessa ry dittlea devolving uimu a lKusckei- er." In the afternoon h-Ik? usually goes out, and in the season- her tune Is rnwh taken .up .with social engage ments, for lier presene is in dinand at - all receptions and entertalnmeu't. She does not. however, believe in de voting too much -time to society. "Mo4 American women are wholly occupied with - engagements outside tlielr homes," sh aid to. me. ."and I womler how tliey can inanage their domestic, affairs. I thlnkiR very bad for wonieo to be out too much. la China our women are cxiected t care for the homo aud to be seldom cm lu Dublk. and I find It hard to Imm-oum used to the English aud American way. "" Occasionally entertalnnK-nt are is-Id at the, Chinese I"gatlon during th winter, for Odme. Wu is not forgetful of lier duties as tlie wife of a foreipu Minister. Tbee social events are looketl forward fo with pleasant autic- i nation by Washington society. Ih'- eaurt tlMy are Invariably unique and highly enjoyable. Tlie hostess is hap py in tlie pleasure of her guests, and appears to like American social" cus toms. But when she returns to China her friends will doubtless bear some strange things regarding the "new woman of tlie Occident. The Kearsarge and Kentucky f the United States Navy employ eloetrk-al auxiliaries more than any other war ships afloat. On a battleship an enor mous amount of power is nsnl for purjKSH-s other "than the propulsion of the ship. For many years, r since the Introduction of steam iu the Navy, the auxiliary power apparatus has been worked by steani engines'. Witli the growth o f. these power applica tions, however, the shijis Iwvame vir tually floating iKiwer hous1. - veined' with steam pipes in all directions. In the elalKwate system of piping ren dered necessary by tlie numerous scat tered auxiliaries there was much loss of swer by c-ondensatlou eo much that the cruising radius of such a ship as 4he Columbia or Brooklyn is actu ally diminished some hundreds of nau tical miles by the coal wasted in tlie steani losses of her auxiliaries. nl addition to this difficulty another even more serious exists in the danger and discomfort of live steam vines in the narrow quarter of a shin of war. The electric system of distributing power about the ship has noue of tln-sc disadvantages. It is safe, economical ami its wires neither heat the com partments in; which they are placed' nor make large openings through the bulkheads they traverse. The Kear sarge ami Kentucky are lighted elec trically,' and have four jlectric search lights each. The Ardois electric night signaling system, is Installed ou them." and all the communicating means within the ships are electrical, such a telephones, battle order aud range indicators, helm-augle and ..engine room telegraphs, revolution counters.:, etc. The ships' running ami 'truck lights as well as diving lanters are electrical. The two . enormous sujicr posed turrets oa each are rotated, and the i:t-im-h guns elevated by electrie motors. Ammunition for all the guns Is hoisted hy electricity. .Electric mo tors, work the 13-Inch rammers ami fans to blow gases. out of the ltores of tlie big guns. Each of the ships has ten endless chain hoists, two winch hoists tdx'.deck winches' and two compound geared winches., ail oticratcl tir eloetrieltr. I'.vi-rv K iit il ia ry on tlie ships, except. 4 he main eaiistane and steeriug gear, is elec trical. t l'ortuguese inventor has ialeiited ah application of tlie 'lectric light to fox and badger hunting. The fv ami the badger are aainiaLs that live in dens underground, aud "terriers and other kinds of dogs are used to dig them out of their burrows or to light ami kfill them underground. The in genious Portuguese, conceived' the idea of attaching an electric, l.-inio to the collar of the dog so as to light the way for him in his des-ent into the hole and of making the light col ored so ns to scare the animal mi l cause It to rush forth to Its destrucr tiou. A iatent Umii this scheme has actually been granted. To light 'railway "cars ami trains by electric lights ami fulfill all ,lhe con ditions sot bv ; the exaclinir reiurrc- ineiits of the case Is no easy problem. It has 1hmii attacked from several dif ferent directions, but electric ' train lighting has not come into general us-. The main difficulty Is found in two from the , mot ion of the car. Is un-steady- and ubject'l to loug stop pages, and that each car iiiust Im In de'smdit of the others nml-vScIf -contained. The last coii.4idratioii makes it necessary to" have a generating ap paratus for-ach ear; the first requires each car lo lie vqnipjed with a stor age battery.' The generator is geiier ally a little lroiiH-Iad or enclosl dyna-' mo di-iven by -cog gearing from one of the axles Jof the- car. Of conrs if u.n , i ... . . . . runs msi or siow or, ...... v. .w ,. Ci.T aiii ii.r uiotiou of the car. TIw ''electrical'' pressure it generates iIoim-ihI on it, sieed. so a regulator is needd to disconuct tlie machine wln-n it rum. ts slow or too fast. ' When It. Is op era tins at normal speed It cliarges tlie storage bat4ery, which will take cure or the lighting of tlie car for slx n eight honrs of standstill. While such an outfit is somewhat exis-nslve fo Install it -ovts iFTactlcally nothing" fo oiK'rate. while" the gaslight system in general twe now costs m or than -fin a night for each cur for gas and at tendance. ' Iu weaving with the compli-;ibd Jacitard loom a great Improvement fiia llJM.fl Ititv. u1. ...... I . . . f ifiaulpulatlug the hooks controlling the various threads by electricity. The Jacquanl loom is tiseil in weaving cdorel ir eiubroidi-reil figures ou silks, etc.. and is aide to produce very -oin-plex patterns. Ilitlierto the hooks, have lieeii -outrollel by cards, jiuneli ed with holes -orresHimling to Ihe de sire 1 n ll teii m iw-i.x of tlu. u nrn tlireuds. in the new metlKJd 4 he patient are drawn directly on metallic shets. r they may lie pboUvp-a phed mi llnir from, the dsiguerjsij drawing. Eelee trlcal contact points iissng over the design strike tli e insulating ink in which it Is drawn and, breaking con tact -at : -tlie appropriate Instant. -on-trol the motion of the. web through elcfjtromagnet-i Both the sitn-plicily. hiuI wiummI nf Jaiiiiard weaving are lncivassl In - this Way.' At Glasgow, S-ot.Ianil a large new factory has ls-en starteil to use this ihethsl, and ft Is thought that it will also Is; applied to carpet looms. At fled Time I take a pleasant herb drink, toe next morning I feel bright and my com plexion it better. Mjr doctor ay ; it acts gently on the stomach, livef and kidney, and is a pleasant laxa - tive. It is made j lortn herbs and . il prepared a easily 2S lea. It . called Lane's Medicine.. All drug gists sell it at 2SC -and 50c. Lane" Family Medicines moves the bowels each day, If yon cannot get it. send for a free sample. Address." Orator F. Woodwir Le Ror. N. Y. 5-