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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; FHTDAY , NOVEMBER 25 , 1898 , SECUKING VESSELS FOR NAVY I'eport of Operations in Late War by Assist ant Secretary Allen. EXPENDITURES WELL WITHIN THE LIMIT Annlntiinl Srcrolnry Tiikpn Orrimloii to IJrRo OrKnnlmilloii of Antnl Under Federal Control. WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. A clear , concise and buslncss-llko statement of so much of the operations of the Navy department 'luring ' the war as related to the procure ment and caru of ships and generally to 'he material Is provided In the annual re port of Assistant Secretary Allen just made public. Among other duties the assistant secre tary waa charged with the procurement of vessels for the auxiliary navy. Ho says this work was managed with the utmost care , not only as to the quality of ships , but also as to the price paid and ho com mends the Intelligence and fidelity of the board , headed by Captain RodKers , which Inspected the vessels purchased. He de clares that In making the purchases of ves sels the same care for the government's Interests on the financial side was exercised as would bo the case with a private firm , with an effort In every Instance to make the boot bargain possible. In numerous oc casions the department paid very much less than the price aiked for the ships nnd In some cases loss than the price recommended by the Inspection board. In the beginning Mr. Allen eays It Is pos sible that prices were higher than could have hejn secured If It had bson practicable to wait for competition , but true economy and the best Interests of the government made It the correct policy to pay a higher price for a vessel whoso services were vitally needed , rather than suffer the gov ernment's Intcrtflts to bo jeopardized by waiting for a lower prlco. In leaving this branch of his report ho refers with pleasure to the generous patriotIsm - Ism of the friends of the government In Its time of need , naming F. August Schcrmor- horn and W. H. Hearst , who offered to the government their , private yachts , "Free Lance" and "Buccaneer , " respectively. Expenditure ! * Under Llmll. The organization of the auxiliary naval force , as well aa the purchase of the ships , was conducted by the assistant secretary's ofQco and the report shows that on this ac count but $ T20C39 was expended out of an appropriation of $3,000,000. It Is stated that the sword of honor which congress directed to bo presented to Ad miral Dewey Is now being made In ac cordance with Tiffany's design. The assistant secretary speaks In terms of highest praise of the Navar War college , which he rays has rendered valuable service In stimulating our olflccrs of high rank to professional advancement and In the collec tion and arrangement of professional In formation. To this end ho says the most Important step Is the transfer of the college from its present location at Newport to An- napollp , where It will form a post graduate course for the navaf academy. Mr. Allen says that the naval mllltln sys tem reveals the Inherent weakness of Its organic system under the sevcro stress o : the demonstrated fact that the country Is In absolute need of a proper naval reserve which can bo promptly mobilized under the call of the president. Like Captain Crown- Inshleld , ho thinks this reserve should be composed of seafaring mon , whose status should be directly under the control of the federal government. Such a force should be under no divided authority. Men Needed to Man Navy. About 8,000 men In addition to those now In service would bo required to completely man our navy when the ships under con struction are completed and .even at present provision should bo made for one-half of that number , or 4,000 men. Thesa 4,000 reserve men could be en rolled from the naval militiamen who saw service In the Spanish war , supplemented by enrollment from the seafaring pUcis , to whom the amount of pay during service , the transportation to and from their prac tice stations and uniforms furnished would be a sufficient Inducement , The cost to the government would be $144,000 and Mr. Allen submits the draft of a bill to carry out his vlewa on this point. Between October 2 and October 15 the assistant secretary made a visit of In spection to all the navy yards on the eastern coart from Norfolk , Va. , to Ports mouth , N , II. , and his observations on thU occasion wore the subject of a special re port to the secretary of the navy. Speaking of his conclusions Mr. Allen suggests tVat a uniform system of auditing bo adopted for the yards , _ etc. He also suggests a consolidation of certain chops Joins work under different departments , s.-e'.ng no reason for Instance .why each of the several departments should have a separate black smith shop. DINNER ANDTOASTS AT I1EHLIN. American * Alirond Loyally Ouxervc Their National Ciintoni. BERLIN , Nov. 24. A Thanksgiving din ner attended by 200 Americans was given at the Kalse > rhof thin evening. John B. Jackson , secretary of the American em bassy , presided at the banquet and propose. ! toasts to President McKlulcy and Emperor William , both of which wcro received with cheers. President M. E. Gates of Arahcrst co'leee made an address upon significance . of national holidays , after which Mr. Jack son Introduced Major General Fiank Wheaton , U. S. A. ( retired ) . In the cou so of his remarks Mr. Jackson silJ a great German chief upon reading the report of the battle of Santiago expressed unqualified admiration for the spirit of the- American eoldlers , who , though knowing that the enemy was armed with better weapons , never for -moment doubted that they would win the victory. General Wbcaton , In his address , said ho hoped congress now realized the fact that the United States needed an army com mensurate with the requirements of a great nation. The dinner was followed by a dance. ADJUST FRENCH SHORE QUESTION. Flcherlei Colony Mut Be Allowed to Pnrnue Indnntry Unhamnerrd. ST. JOHNS. N. P. , Nov. 24. The colonial minister received today by the English mall dispatches , from Hon. Joseph Chamberlain , British secretary of state for the colonies , Intimating that be had been furnished with the preliminary report of the royal commis sioners , who recently returned from the colony , whcro they had been Investigating the French shore question. Mr. Chamberlain stated that the condition of affairs repre sented by the commissioners waa Intolerable and he was preparing to open negotiations with Franco for a settlement of the qu s- tlon , with a view to enabling the colony to pursue Its Industries unhampered by the re strictions created by the existence of more or less substantial French rights. Mr. Cham berlain bespoke the cordUl co-operation of tbo colonial ministry and said any arrange ment arrived at promising to expedite the negotiations aa much aa possible would be furthered. Fauro Conciliate * Milton. PARIS. Nov. 2 . With a view of averting * strike of miners at I/ens , in the depart ment of Pas de Calais , President Faure , ac companied by hli suite , today made a per sonal visit to the town , whcro ho donned miner's clothes and descended Into the pit. The president conversed with the men and mado. a brief speech to them , In the course of which ho desired to bring to the workers prcof of the government's solicitude for them. M. Faurq rccehcd an ovation from the miners. PICUUAHT TO HE COURT-MARTIAI.nil Illn DfjKiMltlon In Dreyfn * Matter CrcntvM n Sennntlim , PARIS , Nov. 24. Despite attempts to maintain secrecy regarding the matter , It hat leaked out that Colonel Plcquijrt'fl depo sition before the court of cassation was sensational. Colonel Plcquart , It Is said , broke down and appealed to the judges to simplify his terrible ordeal. H Is believed that the court's demand for the secret document will lead to a renewed conflict between the mili tary and civil authorities. It Is understood that M. do Freyclnet , minister of war , vainly appealed to General Zarllnden , mili tary governor of Parts , to grant Colonel Plcquart provisional liberty. Much Indig nation Is manifested by the Dreyfusltcs at the decision to try Colonel Plcquart by court-martial. LONDON , Nov. 25. It Is announced that .is the outcome of the quarrel between M. de Freyclnet , the French minister of war , and General Zurllnden , the military gov ernor of Paris , arising out of the Dreyfus affair , General Zurltnden will be called upon to resign. llORCIIGItnVlNK EXPEDITION SEEN. Antarctic i\plortTM on Sontlicrn CroMN Spoken September lit ) . HOBAHTON , Tasmania , Nov. 21. The British steamer Hubalne , which sailed from London on October 23 for Littleton , N. Z. , has arrived hero and reports that on No vember 20 It spolw the steam whaler South ern Cross , bearing the Borchgrevlnk expe dition , which left England In August last to explore the Antarctic continent. The Southern Cross reported all well on board. The Southern Cross Is a steam whaler capable of making twelve or thirteen kno's. It was Intended that the vessel would di rect Its course first to Hobarton , Tasmania , at the southeastern extremity of Australia , whcro a fresh supply of coal would be taken aboard. Thence in November a push was to bo made for Cape Adalr , Victoria , and then east and south a distance of about 2,200 statute miles. ANTI-ANARCHISTS IN CONVENTION. All Eiiropemi Nntlona Send Ilepre- HcntntlvcN to Conference. ROME , Nov. 24. The anti-anarchist con vention was opened this afternoon In the Corslnl palace by Vice Admiral CanerVaro , minister of foreign affairs. All the European nations were represented. In an address of welcome on behalf of King Humbert Ad miral Canelvaro said he recognized the diffi culties before the conference , but the uni versal recognition of the necessity for com mon action agilnst the anarchists presaged a happy Issue. Admiral Canelvaro was elected president. It Is expected the con ference wilt bo prolonged until Christmas. Leave * the Scene * . HAMBURG , Nov. 21. A dispatch from Altona , near hero , says an umbrcllamaker of Oldenburg , who boasted that he had been .chosen by lot to assassinate Emperor Wil liam on the ratter's return from Palestine , has been sentenced to three years' Imprison ment after having been convicted of lese majesty. Ilntterril lint Safe. HONG KONG , Nov. 24. The armored cruiser Kaiser , flagship of the German squadron , commanded by i Prince Henry of Prussia , which was recently ashore In Kam Sah bay , has arrived hero with three holes In its bottom. It will be docked for repairs. Mnrelinnd MertM New Difficulties. BERLIN , Nov. 24. It Is reported here that King Mencllk has refused Major Marchand permission to traverse Abyssinia. It Is said the government has made a con tract with the Krupps for the construction of a large floating dock for Klao-Chou. Monarch * 1'nnne In Bnvarln. MUNICH , Nov. 24. The emperor and em press of Germany arrived hero today and were met at the railroad station by Prince Lultpold , the regent of Bavaria , and the ministers. After partaking of a luncheon their majesties resumed their journey. Kind AVord for Blanco. MADRID , Nov. 24. In the decree accept ing the resignation of Marshal Blanco as captain general of Cuba , the queen regent eulogizes the zeal , Intelligence and loyalty with which the governor general has ful filled his functions. Ohio Bnnk Robber * Cornered. NEWARK , O. , Nov. 24. The officers to night believe * they have cornered the rob bers who yesterday looted the bank of A. J. Wilson at Utlca of $15,000. The horse of the robbers became- exhausted and they abandoned their rig , taking refuge lu a cabin between Rich Hill and Centerburg , In Delaware county. The cabin Is guarded and there may bo fighting tomorrow If the refu gees do not surrender. PoNtnl Clerk'M Peculation * . MONTGOMERY. Ala. , Nov. 24. Postal Clerk William J. Garden , running between Atlanta nnd Montgomery , was arrested hero tonight , under an Indictment charging him with rifling a registered letter. The specific clmrRo was stealing $923 from registered money order remittances coming to this postofllce , although the Inspectors say Cor don has stolen $2,770 since 1895. Rcurrectloii of nn Alabama Divine , DECATUR. Ala. , Nov. 24. When Kov. John P. St. Clalr was last night reported dead the coroner found .the man had taken fifteen grains of morphine and rendered a verdict of suicide. Today St. Clalr came to life. Ho had recovered from the overdose of .morphine , to which he 1s reported to be addicted. SOME LATE INVENTIONS. Coins can bo securely held In packages by an Improved holder , which 1s formed of a strip of tin rolled Into n cylinder , with scalloped ends , which are bent against the end coins after the package Is filled. Water can bo distilled for household use by means of an Ohio man's device , In which a kettle Is placed on the fire to generate steam , which passes through a pipe In the Hd to a receptacle below , condensing before It leaves the pipe. Bottles and other glassware can bo safely packed for shipping In a new crate , which has sprlne-pressed partitions adjustably placed Inside tbo walls to press against the stdos of the fragile articles and prevent the reception of sudden shocks. For use In examining the mouth and throat a new mirror has the frame hinged on a handle , with a screw running through the handle and engaging the ring frame to lock It In any desired position , making one glass do the work of all the glasses with fixed angle frames. The arm. chest and back muscles can be developed by a new exercise , composed of two pieces of spring wire formed Into a straight central portion , with cells at each end , the wires being then extended In a straight line and ending In handle ? at the outer ends , which are grasped to bend the colls. Movement * of Ocean VceU , Nov. 84 , At New York Sailed Alsntla , for Mar seilles ; Cufic , for Liverpool ; Barbarossa , for Bremen. Arrived Karlsruhe , from Ere- men. men.At At St. Johns , N. P. Arrived Corean , from Glasgow. At Liverpool Sailed Nomadic , for New York. At Queenstown Sailed Waesland. for Philadelphia. At Southampton Sailed Lahn , for New York. At Queenstown Sailed Britannic , for Now York. DIDN'T ' KNOW WHEN TO QUIT Tale that Proves a Man ia Neror Broke Till He's Clean Broke. ADVENTURE OF A WYOMING HERDER Wonderful experience of n Sheepmnn Who Tried to Squander III * WnRen dunned Fnll-niorvn Loon. "A tnan'a never broke until he's broke. Also , all sheep herders are surely crazy. " The man who gave utterance to these two Kcras of wisdom , or experience , used to run a newspaper at Buffalo , Vi'yo. , relates the Chicago Inter Ocean , Ho took two long drawn at his cigar and gazed around him blandly. The other men at the cafe table regarded him with Interest. They did not florcelvo the connection between the two re marks. "No , slreo , " he continued , "no man's ever broke until he'a flat cleaned out and busted down to the last piece of metal with the United States stamp on It. And although Ultra's not a particle of doubt that Joe Irish was , and probably Is yet , the craziest sheep harder that over threw a rock at a Snake river magpie , that don't say that all sheep herdere aren't more or loss loony. Now , after the chance Joe Irish had to quit a big winner that time , of course , llko the crazy sheep herder ho was , he wasn't satisfied , but he wanted to put all the layouts out of business , nnd of course he went broke down to bis last two bits. And If , after getting down to the last two bits , he hopped In again and fooled me by quitting a bigger winner than he had been before , why , that didn't Drove that he wasn't plumb blind , staggerIng - Ing crazy , not by a dickens of a lot , did It ? "Joe , you know , " went on the returned exile , "couldn't spend his pay on the range , and so , when he came Into Pocatello ( which Is In Idaho , as I suppose I must say for the benefit of the Ultlanders by whom I am sur rounded ) he had $300 waiting for him. That $300 bundle was an awful affliction to Joe. He knew that ho couldn't hope to blow It all In on sage-brush whisky within the space of ten days , which was to brt the period of his knock-off after nine solid months on the range but he made the attempt. After three days of It he still had $250 left. Now whisky and Inborn Insanity naturally make toward melancholia. I was up against It a } Pocatello , but I had a front. That is , I had a collar and a necktie. That's probably why Joe Irish picked me out for somebody when he saw me standing near the entrance to the Qrand Palace bar and asked me. We had two or three , and then Joe unfolded to me big tale of woe. Only six and a half days remaining of bis vacation from the sheep range and about $250 left. Hli Introduction to Faro. " 'An * th * best I kin. do/ said 'Joe , 'la r drink three gallons o * booze a day , an' there ain't no one around hero to stan' mo up an' take th' bundle off mo , or work th' shells on me , or do mo out o' th' wad. Podner , ' wound up Joe , plaintively T i afeared I'm goln' t' hev fully $12 left out o' this bunch when th' time cornea fur me t' hit up th' range agin. ' "I really felt sorry for Joe , and o sug gested Shag Shaughnesay. You see , when I istruck Pocatello I had gone against Shag Shaughnossy's layout myeelf. My ticket ran out at Pocatello , and I only had $ g left. I wanted to go to some old place , either backward or forward , and $8 wasn't much. Shag got the $8. That's why I was anchored at Pocatello. "I had practically to lift Joe Into Shag's , for the mesqulte whisky had told on him already on this fourth morning of bis vaca tion from the range , although he hadn't taken more than eighty-seven drinks of It since he had got out of bed at 9 o'clock In the morning. I lifted him Into Shag's from purely philanthropic motives. I didn't pro pose permitting any poor sheep herder to go back to his range with money If I could help It. And Shag looked pleased when I brought Joe In. Shag was dealing himself and the four men in front of the table were pikers. " 'Here's a poor man , ' said I to Shag , 'that's got to go to work on his range next week and ho don't see his way clear to getting rid of his pile between now and then unless he has assistance. I can't help him any , because , myself , I'm only waiting here to be vagged. Fix him out , Shag , and earn his eternal gratitude. ' " 'Podner,1 said Joe to me , gratefully , 'you're all right. Much obliged. ' Bank Roll U Warped. "Then Joe fell Into one of the side seats Just when Shag was starting a new boxful , and by the time the box was out Joe had won $1,850 of Shag's coin just by letting his money stand eight times on the double , because ho had no moro sense , between his natural crazlness and the whisky. Joe plunked his first hunk of gill ; , $20 , on a queen. It came out. Then he slapped the winning and the original $20 over on an eight. It came out. And so on. Bight times he did this. The box was kind to him every time. After the eighth come-out , when , be sides his original $20 , $1,850 worth of Shag's chlpa were piled up on the jack , the olghth card , Joe suddenly came to , like a man who had been hypnotized. It was a durned un comfortable lucid interval for Shag. " 'Podner , ' said Joe , addressing me , 'I'm jest a bit dizzy. We'll git out In the air an * whirl aroun' some. Jest cash In this bunch fur mo , will you ? ' \ "Shag looked very much disappointed. In fact , I've rarely seen such a disappointed looking man as Shag was when he turned that $1,850 worth of chips Into gold and cur rency. " 'Are you going to bring him back ? ' Shag asked me. " 'My boy , ' said I to Shag , 'I'm waiting to get vagged here , but I am not yet a run ner for your Institution. From motives of the purest philanthropy I brought our sheep- herdlntf son of fortune here , to assuage his premature grlel at the prospect of being compelled to return to his range with nego tiable paper and metal. The task seems to have been too difficult , but It let's mo out. For the future movements of Mr. Irish' Joe had already gone out the front door 'I am not responsible. ' "Shaughncssey cashed the chips , and I walked out with the $1.870 , which Included Joe's original venture of $20 , and , nailing the wandering Jos about a block up the street , I handed It to him. You may be surprised that he trusted me , a stranger , so completely , tout then you are measur ably familiar with my winning ways. "Joe didn't seem to be particularly pleased with the amount of bis winnings. Wealth ! Burden. " 'It's one thing or th' other , podner , with me , ' raid he. 'Either I go back to th' range broke , or I go a-travelln' , an' I keep on a-travelln' until I'm broke. It looks as If I don't get broke here. So , how about a-travelln' , an' right now ? ' "I related unto the crazy man several tales of quite sensible persons who hadn't ever been able to let well enough alone , and I told him he'd better hang on to his winnings and take a brace. " 'Brace nothln' , ' he replied. 'I'm braced , huddlln * a ornery bunch o' sheep ten months In th' year , an' I'm just unbracln' now nn' lettln" out. AVbcn's th' ncx' train west comln * along ? ' "The next Union Pacific train for the west was about due then , and I told him so. " 'Well , we'll jest take It , ' said Joe. "U was humllitatlng , but I was com pelled to tell him my circumstances. I tried to point a moral In telling him about lay clrcun * * * < t but be wwn't up to moralizing just then. It ? dug Into the pocket wherein he had deposited his win nings , drew out a hnmlful of gold nnd notes , and as I placed both of my hands behind my back deprccatliigly he put It all on the rim of my hat. " 'I'm stakln' you , ' ho said. 'Don't be a coyote. ' , "I reached for the money ; then and counted U. It amounted to $235. " 'As a loan , then , ' said I , 'all right , ' for I reflected that If wo wcro to go traveling a stake would bo necessary , very likely , before long. Flnt Ilrokn and Happy. "Wo went over to the Grand Palace four- room hotel and I paid up and got my grip. Joe had entered I'ocawllo untncumbcred with luggage and my solicitude over mtno bored him a Rood deal. When the Union Pacific train for the west came along wo took palace car seats for the length of the division. I rhought that 'ud be far enough to sober Joe up. The end of the division was Glenn's Kerry , Idaho. When wo pot there and neither of us suffered for nour ishment on the way It was nbo'ut 11 o'clock at night. 1 imt up across from Che sta tion , at a hotel kept by a locomotive en gineer's wife. I Intended to get Joe to bed Micro , lock him up nnd when he was meas urably sober the next morning beat souse Into his head. The plan didn't go through. Joe was Just sober enough before I got him to bed to be contrary. He hud seen a wide- open game on his way to rho liotel. He wanted some of U. I had to go alone with him. him."Joe "Joe didn't have a nickel In the world when wo left that game tit 2 o'clock in the morning. I had. aboue $220 , but Joa had forgotten all about that nnd I didn't intend to tell him anything about It until some of ho corners of his Jag had been effaced. We turned In and slept llko a pair of tops. When we woke up the next morning Joe didn't exhibit rhe customary gloom made and provided for the broke man with a big head. Ho was quite chipper and cheerful. " 'I guess I kin stand In with one o' th' braklcs t' git a ride back t' my range , ' said he. 'What's more , I've had my money's worth. We'll stand 'em up fur breakfast here , hey ? ' Find * a Lucky ( lunrter. "I nodded. As we were entering the eat ing room of the hotel shack , Joe kicked something metallic with the toe of his boot , and the metallic thing went clinking around the room until It hit the wall. Joe followed It and picked It up. It was a quarter. There was a far deeper expression of pleasure on his face when ho picked up that quarter than there had been during any part of the time when ho was slugging Shag Shaughnessey's faro layout. " 'I ain't broke ylt , ' said Joe , stuffing the quarter Into his pocket. "After wo had breakfast we went out for a walk around. I pretended to have found a stray dollar In my vest pocket , and I asked Joe Into a weather-board saloon for a drink. In the back room of the saloon there was a roulette wheel and a red and black tublo , both of them already In operation for the benefit of the railroad men , who were soon to go out on their trains. The quarter In Joe's pocket Itched. He played the 00 on the wheel layout. It won. He played the 33. It won. Joe was crazy , ns I say , and therefore a bet doublor from away back. Ho doubled on the wheel , and losing only nine times In twenty-seven plays , and just keepIng - Ing under the $20 limit the game ranged from a quarter to that figure ho had $268 when I plucked him by the sleeve. Ho was sensible enough to quit the wheel at my whispered suggestion. But when we got outside : " 'We'll now head for the main tent , ' said Joe. I tried to convince him that $268 was a pretty fair wad of money for a man who had been' Ilaf 'broke ' , all except a quar ter , half an hour before , " and I put It to him , too , that" he could now go back to Pocatello and finish out his five days' leave yet remaining. " 'We'll now head for the main tent , ' re peated Joe , and there was nothing for It but to accompany him to Glenn's Ferry's chief faro layout. IllK Winner at Iloulcttc. "Joe tool ! seven drinks of whisky and started play. Ho got down to his last $10 ( sold bit , and I was just about to dig up my hold-out pile and begin play myself when ho played the high card with his $10 and won. He couldn't lose from that moment. At 3 o'clock In the afternoon , when the cast- bound express from Portland was duo , Joe was $2,225 winner. I tugged at him and In vited him to the station to see me off. " 'Where you goln' ? ' he asked me. " 'East. To Omaha. ' I told him. "Ho cashed In and handed me five $100 bills. " 'You kin return that , If you're squeamish about It , when you got back where you b'long. ' "I smiled In Joe's teeth nnd produced the $219 that I bad left. " 'I am already your beneficiary to this ex tent , ' I said to him , 'and if you Insist on It I'll bang on to this , although I meant to re turn It to you when you took a brace , and be much obliged Into the bargain. ' "He studied me a moment. " 'Well , podner , ' ho said finally , 'If a tenderfoot like you kin come out t' this country an' hoJ such a level head on his shoulders there ain't no reason that I kin sco whv I shouldn't profit by th' example , so t' speak. I'll just Hold out on myself and carry this whole bunch with me back u' th range. ' "He took the castbound train with me , and got off with about $2,100 In his pocket when we reached the station nearest his range. All of which is why I won't vagged at Pocatello. All of which goes to ehow that a man's never broke until he's broke. " "Hut how about all sheep herders being crazy ? " ono of the men at the cafe table inquired. "Didn't Joe Irish let me , a broke and about-to-bc-vacEcd tenderfoot from the cast , handto bis winnings ? " Inquired the man who lined to run a newspaper at Buffalo , Wyo. MOUNT LOWE'S SEARCHLIGHT. t Illuminate * Mountain Peak * tlmt Arc IlundredH of MlleH Apiirt. All European travelers will recall the charming effects obtained at the mountain resorts In Switzerland by turning flash lights of colored rays on nearby mountain cascades. At the summit of Mount Lowe In California this Idea Is applied on a scale and under atmospheric conditions never be fore available. The gigantic searchlight which was placed en the top of 'the Liberal Arts building was ono of the well remem bered sights of the World's fair. Until this great searchlight was estab lished In Us present location Its powers could not bo brought out on account of its location so near the general level of the sur rounding country. Here , however , It Is so located that its rays can be seen for 150 miles out on the ocean and the most distant mountain peaks can bo made visible. The beam of light U so powerful that its full sweep Illuminates the peaks of mountains which are hundreds of miles apart. It la of 3,000,000 candle power and stands on a wooden base , built In octagon form , which has a diameter of about eight feet. The searchlight Itself stands about eleven feet high , and Its total weight Is 6,000 pounds , yet It la so perfectly mounted anjl balanced that a child can move It In any direction. The reflecting lens Is three and a quarter Inches thick at the edges and only one-six teenth of an Inch thick at the center , and weighs about 00 pounds. The metal ring In which the lens Is mounted weighs about 750 pounds , the total weight of lens , ring and cover being about l.GOO pounds. This great mirror is mounted at ono end of a bin drum , the outer end of which Is furnlihed with a door , consisting of a narrow metal A NEW YORK BUSINESS MAN. And the Interesting Statement of His Personal Experience. rim , In which are fixed a number of plate glass strips five-sixteenths of an Inch thick and six inches wide. HEAD HIS OWN OBITUARY. A Ilcportcr'H Bctnrn to the Clnb that Monrncd Him n * One Dead. A short , thick-sot , boyish-looking man walked Into the rooms of the Press club In Chicago a few days ago , nodded pleasantly to President W , W. Knox and immediately began to make himself at home. The stranger seemed much Interested In the new paintings hanging on the walls , relates the Inter Ocean , and he began a circuit of , the big reception room , admiring the hangings ana stopping tor a minute before each. Ill * gaze was finally directed 'toward a large pnotogrnph of the Press club monument in Mount Hope cemetery and the lists of de parted members which hung In black frames beside It. Ho scanned the lists until his eyes rested on the name of Frank It. B. Woodward. Then he flushed and turned tea a trio who sat spinning yarns near the center of the room. "You've made a mistake here. I'm not dead , " he sold , addressing the president , Mr. Knox. The three men looked at the man before them , but none appeared to recognize turn lor a moment. "I'm Frank Woodward. You ought to know me , all of you fellows , " he said. The trio recovered from the pleasant shock following this announcement and each jumped to his feet and gave Woodward a hearty handshake. "I see you've got me on the 'In Memo * Ham1 list. " he said , and all laughed. Wood- wara was Immediately besieged for an ex planation of how he happened to be alive In contradiction of the club's records. After explanations had followed President Knox dug up some dustv records of the club and presented Woodward with his death notice , which was published in all the Chicago papers on May 26 , 1896. After this notice had been put Into .the club's records resolutions regretting the death of Mr. Woodward were passed and for more than two years Chicago newspaper men mourned him aa ono dead. But Woodward is very much alive. Ho announced his Intention of remaining In Chicago and said he would re sume his membership where his "untimely death" ended It In Minneapolis , where Woodward formerly lived , are church rec ords showing rtiat he had crossed the da-k river and that his friends mourned for him at a full-fledged funeral minus one corps , which at that time was eating sugar cane with the Insurgent army in the Interior of Cuba. Woodward was well known as a reporter In Chicago four years ago. About that time he went to New York and became the special correspondent of the New York World In Cuba. He went to Santiago w'tb proper credentials and secret messages to Maceo , the Cuban leader. This was in the spring of 1895. He was taken pr soner by a gang of Spanish guerrillas while trying to force his way Into the Interior to the In surgents' camps. The sentence of death was passed on him and his captors Informed him that on the next morning he would cross the river Styx via the Mauser bul.et route. But Woodward decided during the night that he was too young to die and by hard work he succeeded In breaking away from the guerrillas and was soon out of their way. After riding several days ho joined Maceo , delivered the messages he carried and wan made captain of Maceo's staff. While on a night march Woodward lost his papers of Identification In sw'jin- mlng a river. A few days later , aa he after ward found out , an American bearing his lost credentials was killed In battle be tween the Spanish and Insurgents. The body was burled and the papers confiscated by the Spaniards , who reported the death of Woodward at Havana and from there It was cabled to New York and all over the United States. PUNCHED THE BUTLER'S NOSE. Daughter of the Late Senator Mc- Phcrnon Shown Her Plnck. Before she married Dr. Joseph Mutr Miss Edla , daughter of the late Senator McPherson - son of New Jersey , used to put In considera ble time cultivating her muscle. She Is a good oarswoman , can run half a mile In creditable time , swings Indian clubs like a professional and Is quite handy with boxing groves. The retired boxer who gave her Instruction In the manly art never had oc casion to complain that Miss McPherson did not hit hard enough , and ehe used often to pity the fellow on whoso nose his fair pupil might land her clean-hitting right. Since her marriage Mrs. Mulr has wisely In a measure kept up her systematic exercise , though not giving so much time to It as in former days. She has just gone through an experience which amply repays her for the many hours she has devoted to boxing. A week ago ahe discharged James Keating , her colored butler. Keating persisted In hanging around the stable in the rear of Dr. Mulr's residence , at 41 West Forty- sixth street. New York , though warned by his former employer to keep away. The other evening he tried to force his way Into the house , after ringing the front doorbell. Dr. and Mrs. Mulr were away at the time , but were informed of Keatlng's behavior on their return. The doctor was called to ece a patient , and during bis ab- i-cnco Mrs. Mulr eaw her former butler standing outside , She went out and ad vised htm to go away , as ho would bo ar rested If ho remained until the doctor re turned. For reply the negro struck at her with his clenched fist. Mrs. Mulr's training with the groves at once came to her rescue. If a person shivers , It Is according to an ancient fliipcrMltlon , ( i sign that eomo one Is vtalklnc across his grave. Silly ? Of course ; yet the wlao man docs not neglect the warning of n shiver , especially at this tcason , when the mercury slides capriciously up and down In the tube. After n warm afternoon the cold fingers of the night wind touch the body of man , and It shivers. The uncountable tiny blood vessels Just under the skin arc contracted. The blood rotroata to the Interior , where so much of It Is not wanted. Organs arc congested and Inflamed. This Is the condition called a bad cold. The common notion Is that It affects principally the throat and lungs. It Is most dangerous when It checks the action of the * kidneys. For In that case the poison of dead tissue. Instead of being ctpcllcd , la kept In the system , getting worse every hour. What Is to be done ? Here Is an answer which comes from one of New York's big Broad way buildings : OFFICE OF THE GUARANTEE DEVELOPMENT CO. 256 Broadway , Now York. "I had been suffering for a year past with acute kldnry trouble , verging upon Drlght's disease- , and I am satisfied that had I not acted promptly and taken the best of all known remedies for such trouble I would not bo nblo to Attend to ray business today. But I am well , healthy and have a new lease of life , wholly through the use of Warner's Safe Cure. "I take pleasure In recommending It to any person likewise troubled as the best. "As one who apprccla tcs a good thing , I am , * A. D. MAHON , Treasurer. " This letter was written August 30 , 1S9S. Less than a month later Mr. Mnhon was found hard at work in his office. Ho Is ble and : sturdy and ho was the picture of health. " " . " better In life. All trace "I feel finely , he said. "I WOH never my of kidney trouble Is gone. You may put me down as a staunch friend of Warner's Safe Cure. " Look out for colds and shivers at this time of year , and do not fall to take them In time. She jumped back , and as Keating made a rush be shot out her right straight from the shoulder. The bunch of fives landed full on Keating' * nose and ho went down In a heap. Before ) ho could regain his feet a crlmeon stream trickling over his chin at tested to the vigor with which his rush bad been met. Just as he reached aa erect atti tude another crack , this time on his left eye , sent him staggering again. By that tlmo help had arrived and Keating ran away. Mrs. Mulr rather regrets this interrup tion , as she feel * confident that In a minute more she would have knocked out her as sailant in true prlie ring styro. Thinking the man was sufficiently punished , Mrs. Mulr declined to have him arrested. DIED OP A BROKEN HEART. End of the Perional Attendant of George M , Pnllman. This man died of a broken heart , says the Chicago Chronicle. He was William R. Johnson , doorkeeper , messenger , usher and general all-around Cerberus In the late George M. Pullman's Imposing offices In the Pullman building. Johnson was very black , rather tan and somewhat ungainly In his movements , but faithful and trustworthy to the last degree. Johnson will bo remem bered by many , for all the strangers or un known persona who souht an Interview with the palace car magnate had flrst to encounter and explain the nature of their business to the dark-hued doorkeeper. When Mr. Pullman died a few months ago and his will was made public it was found he had bequeathed the faithful Mr. Johnson the sum of $2,000. The tatter had been In the millionaire's service for twenty years or more and he had never been found wanting. Ho took largo checks to the bank and brought back the money ; he warded off cranks and bores ; he accompanied his cmployer'on frequent and extensive travels and attended to financial and other errands without ever giving the slightest cause for suspicion as to his fidelity or honesty. Aa Mr. Johnson was not so natty In his getup - up or so prepossessing In appearance as some other Afro-Americans , it is said that time and again friends and associates of Mr. Pullman threw out hints that Johnson was not exactly the style of factotum to occupy so confidential and exalted a position , but the palace car magnate Invariably turned a deaf ear to all these hints. Johnson suited him and , no matter what others might think , Johnson would continue to work for him and be In no danger of losing his job BO long as he lived. But death came more swiftly to the rich man than Johnson thought possible. And when the first shock of grief was over and things began to take a turn with a new president at the head , Johnson learned one day that his place was gone. This It was that broke his heart. He had long since come to regard it as a life position , the tenure of which would onry be Interrupted by old age , and then , In the natural course of things , a pension would certainly follow. And It doubtless would have been so If Mr. Pullman had lived A few years longer. Johnson wandered about rattled and dazed for days. It was hard for him to realize the facts. He was out of employment and grow ing too old to expect much encouragement In looking elsewhere for work. With tears In his cyea he broke the news to his wife and children. At length he found some trivial employment about one of the big railway stations , at wages which are usually paid to ordinary porters , but sorrow con tinued to weigh heavily on him1 and day by day bo grow more raelanchory and despond ent. He know that ho would bo remem bered In Mr. Pullraan'u will , but to his way of thinking this was no compensation for the loss of his position. Just about the time Johnson came Into bis legacy of $2,000 ho took to hla bed and died so his friends eay of a broken heart. HOBO AND HERO. Sacrificed IIU Life to Save tbat of a Woman. Hobo Kelly , now dead , may be fairly credited with having very materially as sisted In justifying the optlmlBfu faith in that ono spirk of go > d nhlcii In ea.d to linger to the last In every human bosom. A plain tramp , dirty and disreputable , It may bo taken for granted that Hobo Kelly was himself to blarao for the degradation of his life , relates the St. Louis Republic. He had probably gone to the dogs of his own choice , a worthless character , a curse to those who loved him aad a nuleanco to his friends until they cast him off In despair. This la not an unjust or unwarranted Infer ence. Kelly was a tramp. And yet , away down under hi ; blackened and befouled outer crust of character there was a superb itraln of hurolst In Kelly. The other day , tramping it along the rail way track near Mayflold , Ky. , he saw a woman lu peril of death. Ono foot had be come fastened between the main track and a switch rail , a freight 'rain was bearing down upon her , she was powerless to escape. Life or death was a matter of seconds then. then.Hobo Hobo Kelry seemed to think that It ought to bo life for a woman , If there was a man around to eave her , and bo was the nearest approach to a man In the Immediate vicin ity then. So bo rushed on the track In front of the thundering locomotive , got a good grip on the imperiled woman , threw her safely from the rails , and was himself ground to pieces In her place. Better dead than alive would probably be a truthful epitaph to place above Hobo KeHy'fl grave , be being a tramp. Ho could not have lived up to the high standard Bet by himself when ho gave his life to save that of a woman. But it might be comforting for the rest of us to know just what estimate God's recording angel placed upon Hobo Kelly's sacrifice. Maybeit cleansed the tramp of all that piteous weakness of Inher itance and environment which made htm a tramp Indeed , It may have entitled him to bold up his head again , even among the angels In heaven. SIX YEARS OF SILENCE. The Well-Kept Vow of n PrUoner in the. California State Prlion. f Edward J. Cunningham was released from San Qucntln yesterday , after serving a een- tence of six years for burglary commltcd In Orange county , relates the San Francisco Chronicle , and with his liberation there passed from the prison walls one of'tho strangest characters that ever wore the striped garb of the penitentiary. When Cunningham was landed within tho. walls of San Qucntln prison he turned to the sheriff , who had conducted him hither from the southern part of the state , and swore a heavily solemn oath that no word would ; escape his lips during the period of his In carceration. Cunningham stood by his oatb through the long , weary years of his sen tence , -and his tongue- never loosened until ho stepped without the prison walls yester day a free man. When it became necessary for Cunning ham to communicate his needs or wants to others , he did so In writing or by motions. After being confined In the prison a short tlmo be was thought to be Insane and was sent to the UMah asylum. Hera he was confined , but a ehort'tlme , for It was soon ascertained he was in his right mind and merely acting In a stubborn manner. Word was sent to the prison officials and Guard ) Miller was sent to the asylum to bring the prisoner back. When near Santa Rosa ho jumped through n car window , but waa captured after a hard chase. After his re turn he still preserved an Inviolable silence , and was put Into what Is known as crank alley. Here all kinds of Influences wers brought to bear upon htm to cause him to speak , but without avail. He also refused to have his hair cut , and when released yesterday morning his hair was measured and was found to be fifty-four inches la length. When relieved of his prison garb a smllo overspread his countenance. Several people spoke to htm , but he only grinned. Once outside the prison gate Cunningham made up for lost time. Ho condemned every ono around the prison forhis confinement. When asked how he managed to control himself for so many years , he angrily re plied that ho had no explanation to make. HE WAS A WONDERFUL STUDENT. Emperor Fran * Jonef Wai an Accom plUhed LltiKulnt nt Awe of 10 , x Francis Joseph was only 18 , relates Dona- / hoe's Magazine , when he was proclaimed J " " " emperor , but the education of the chll- dren of the Uapsburgs , ever since the reign of Maria Teresa , has been of a singular/ ! austere and virile character , calculated to ripen them Into manhood long before other boys have abandoned the toys of childhood. As soon m they left the nursery the young archduke and his brothers , Maximilian an4 Charles Louis , were subjected to an educa tional and military discipline of the se verest kind , obliged to learn not only French , English and the classics , but the principal Idioms of the polyglot monarchy , compelled to rluo at daybreak , live on the simplest food and spend whatever portion of their time not taken up with their studies in acquiring the mastery of tactics and strategy. When Francis Joseph attained the age of 16 he was already an accomplished linguist and fairly well acquainted with chemistry and natural history. Then ho nave KIs at- tcntlon exclusively to Jurisprudence , phil osophy and diplomacy , under the direction of the famous Jurist Pllgraras , Cardinal Rauscher and Mettcrnlch. The long list , of his studies would appall the mo t diligent American student. That the assimilation of so many scientific , linguistic and military subjects did not cost him his health was dye to his prodigious memory , that royal attribute which , it Is said , enables him to recognize the face of the humblest of hist subjects , though only seen once , after th * lapse of years. MULLED Eii WINE. Jewel of a Recipe In the Pure Gold of Poi > } - . The compilation of a book of recipes Is not regarded as an occupation favortd by the muses , yet It li possible to wing Pegas- sus It the author samples , some of hU pro- * clous recipes for concocting drinks. Ths author of a new book of that class Imbibed sufficient inspiration to poetize a recipe for making "mulled egg wine , " as follows : First , my dear madam , you must tuk Nine cgRs. which carefully you'll break : Into a bowl you'll drop the white , The yolks Into another by It. A Let lletny beat the white with a switch V Till they appear quite froth'd und rich. > Another hund the yolks must boat * With suKar. wnlch will muke them w et/ Three or four spoonfuls maybe'll do , Though Home , perhaps , would take but two. Into a bklllct next you'll pour A bottle of peed wine , or moro ; Put half a pint of water , too. 9r J1 my , P 'V too strong for you ; And while the ejfgs by two are beattn * . Thei wine and water mtiy be healing ; "t when U romfs to boiling heat , ? ? ui ? uml.whlies tojfothe-r b it. - iti" ! ' half , a plnt of w8"1" more- % Mlxlne them well-then uently pour Into the HkllUt with the wine. And Mir It lirlHkly all the time ; Then jHiur It oft Into a pitcher , Orate mitmoi ; | M to inaku It richer. Then drink It hot. for he's a fool ' ho leu such prcclou * llquw , '