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THE DAILY PICAYUNE-NEW ORLEANS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1900.: J- 1 Sl)c Scula: jjJuatmne. NEW ORtBAN 3. BSTATB OV J.

JflCHOLSOJT, PROPRIETOR. 5 RATES OF STSCBIPTION. DAILY PICATCHB. SEVEN PAPKES A WEEK. -I'vVf; One -Year.

00 BIZ vonins. i v. Three 8 00 f- one oath Outside New 1 00 Tear 00 A 1 00 THE TWICE-A-WEEK PICAYTJICK. MOXDAX-THUBSDAT. United States, Outside New Orleans.

a 1 la New Orleans nod te Foreign Cona- tries, a 2 00 POST OFFICE MONET. ORDEES, CHECKS, DRAFTS. FOB SUBSCBIP- XI0SS AND ADVKRTIS EMEXT 3 MUST BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE ORDER OF 1 THE PICATDNB. IATDRDAT MORXIHG, DEC. 1.

A1TCSEMENTS THIS EVEJJIHG. CRESCENT TfiBATRB Shooting the Chutes." Murray and Mack. GRAND OPERA Celebrated Case." Grand Opera Boose Stock Company. TUIkANB THEATRE "A MldinmmM Niaht'a Dnim.1 Louie James and Kathrye Kidder. ODR aOaaaananaSBaaW to work on watches are al ways wanted.

The cold weather in the west, froze up the husking bees. -'Jl little cold turkey, comes the day after the roast feast. Faihon has not yet attempted to sit down on. the pancake hat. Men short on corn In the Phillips squeeze of Chicago had to shell Oat.

A. man pots up with extravagance when he puts up at a 7-per-day hotel, The battle-ship Kentucky has Turkey now, and the saltan doffs his fas. 2 Mississippi boys are think ins of sending Carlisle Indians down here to football the Tulanea to defeat. When a woman is handsomer than photograph, she is not flattered and lets tne pnotograpner near nam ner. white hoodlum, with Tator in-: stlncts, has been drank on the streets, people who came within hia reach.

In Egypt the usual words of aw "How An toii trst)ire?" The man addressed might say: Porely, sir; It has been ascertained that Har-C rard lost the last game of football to 'iiffXaJe by "fumbling." 5 It would eeem that something must be done to stop fumbling. In Slam a man prostrates himself on the ground, -when he pieeta a stranger r. nd waits to see whether he will be raised and welcomed or kicked away. He needs a move-on "policeman to order him off the earth. Boston is trying to be less serious rand philosophical.

A magazine has been started there called Good Cheer. (Exchange.) It has more of a Salvation Army sound than might be expected from beanland. Charles A. Towne says that he thinks the talk of the reorganization of the Democratic party premature. Does Mr.

Towne think that there is still a chance for Bryanism to keep dts grip on Democracy? (Indianapolis Pxess.) If he does, there will be other towns to hear from. Dakota people want ttheir old law, that granted "divorces while you wait," back again. It was a great thing (For hotels and stores, and what are considerations of decency when business is involved? (Boston Transcript.) Decency is only for decent people. Greater New York wants the return of prize-fighting privileges. Military authorities may think very highly of the automobile; but for a power that will get the wagons i op over all kinds of roads and in all kinds of weather the old-fashioned armj male has a long-standing repudiation.

(Pittsburg Dispatch.) The mule has come to stay; also to go, when he pleases, and to kick when he feels like it jv And now somebody jumps up with a proposition that in future all election officers must be able to read and write. Gently, gently. Let us all cool down the heat of the conflict before '-we attempt to work necessary reforms for the future. We might do some-, thing rash. (Louisville Courier-Jour- naL) There are polling places where man with the skill to shoot straight haav more influence than one who can simply write well.

The Queen having departed, after having deposited with her royal a piece of her mind, the Court Jester i remarked: "Sire, you remind me of King Henry 'Too much wife? asked' the monarch, in haste to set horse on the Jester. "That ain't bad for an a-mateur, replied the Court Jester 'but I was alluding to the. fact he was called the Bluff King. Gimme a cigar, will you?" Press.) The bluff went. From the.

actions of three colored men to the" east hall, last night, it is wonder that anyone is permitted to be out in the halL'They acted more -kool children than men and i they kept up the performance for at least' two hours. They ought to take a tomhle and try. to be men among men. OhJo Penitentiary News.) It seems Queer that colored prisoners in a. penitentiary should have so much that the prison editor 'could think they acted -like school children KBW.

ORLEAyg' OPPOBTP5ITT There seems to be good reason to believe that the business men of New Orleans have toot "given sufficient con sideration to the greatness and portance of the Southern Industrial Convention' which is to; assemble in this city within the next few days. This convention will be composed of from 2300 to 3000 delegates from all the Southern States and their chief cities. There will, also, be not a few from other States and cities who will take the opportunity to attend a convention in which the natural resources (and the commercial and industrial opportunities and advantages of an inconceivably rich but little developed region are set forth and advertised. It should be remembered that capital abounds in all the leading money centers of the Union, and that its owners are eagerly looking for opportunities and objects for its profitable investment. Without doubt, in such a convention as that which will hold its sessions here next week, the most interesting information will be made public as to the agricultural products, the timber, the mineral wealth and the fisheries of the Southern States, and particu larly the growth and movements of commerce and manufacturing.

This city, being the seat of the convention, will be looked over by the visitors, with an eye to the advantages and opportunities it can offer to all capitalists who desire to engage in profitable enterprises. jJever before in the entire history of New Orleans has so much attention been directed to the city from' the Northern centers of business and finance. It is realized everywhere that the people of this city have experi enced a great awakening, as is demon strated in the fact that they have determined to effect the sanitation and rehabilitation of their city on a grand scale, and are undertaking extensive and most important public works for the purpose, for the construction and completion of which they have secured the funds by means of a special tax which they have voluntarily levied upon-their These facts have attracted wide spread attention in the great Northern centers of capital, and, more than ever before, people seeking investment are coming here to inspect the city, its business, its business facilities and the opportunities they combine to offer in vestors. Under these conditions it is not too much to eay that there has never been a convention held in this city which was of more importance or Jwhich promises as great benefits to all the local business and property Interests. Those of the business men and prop erty owners of New Orleans who have given the matter little attention should at once, in their own interests, awake to the importance of the situation and give it all the substantial aid and en couragement which so promising and auspicious an occasion merits.

COMPARATIVE CRIMINALITY OF CITIES. The New York "Town Topics," which is ordinarily given up to satirical gossip concerning the short-comings and scandals of "society" in the me tropolis, has, in its issue of November 29, dropped into some very serious reflections on the comparative criminal; lty of American cities. In a paper entitled a "Study in Crime," by Hon. Joseph M. Deuel, that usually frivolous publication presents a mass of very curious and important statistics of the official reports of arrests for various offenses in one hundred American cities, beginning with New York, with its 3,400,000 of population, and closing with Sioux Falls, S.

which has something over residents. The crimes are graded in classes, all felonies being assembled under one head, while simple assaults, disorderly conduct, "drunks," gambling, offenses against the liquor laws, disorderly houses, are each separately noted, on the basis of so many to each 1000 of population. For the one hundred cities of which account Is taken, the average number of arrests for felonies is 5.88; for assault. 2.93; disorderly conduct, 14.60; drunks, 17.28; gambling, 1.29; offenses against liquor laws, disorderly houses, total, 5G.25. The great city of New York makes a showing for every class of Crimea below the average, with a total of 41.24 to the thousand of population.

As the police of New York have repeatedly been charged with taking money to protect gambling, disorderly houses and other species of vice, it is supposed that to this fact is to be attributed the extremely small number of arrests for such offenses reported for the metropolis, the proportion of gambling and disorderly houses being fewer to the percentage of population than are to be found in almost any other city in the United States. New York has one policeman for evesy 461 head of population, the largest proportion in any of the 100 cities, with the single exception of Boston, which has one for each 445 inhabitants. Compared with New York, 52 cities in serious crimes, 36 in assault, 46 in disorderly conduct, 50 in intoxication, 53 in gambling, 17 in excise, 64 in disorderly houses, 43 In and 61 in totals, chow higher crime rateev When it is considered that New York is the American me-' tropolis, having by far the greatest foreign population, the greatest coating' population and also the greatest concentration of wealth of any other city on the the fact that New York in the matter of criminal arrests in year show's up in 'every ornv of crime below the average: of American cities, a reflection upon the police is most seriously- discreditable, and it gives good 'grounds for the recent declaration by a public gathering of the decent people of that great city tt 'tis tvVv and the wild carnival' of crime and vice there have made a rigilance committee and a popular uprising necessary for public order and safety. I 'Xr- Orleans is the twelfth city of the Union in point of population, and it has the smallest police force in proportion 'to population of any of the eleven cities that come before it, with the single exception of Cleveland, and yet the New Orleans police show up with more arrests to the population than do almost any of the cities which stand before it in importance. The following, from the comparative statistics, is worth noting: Arrests to Police to Cities.

New York. Chicago Popula'n. 41.34 Popula'n. 42.01 47.93 45.74 70.8S 67.63 41.00 63.28 81.01 39.0S 68.33 61.33 S54 545 6S 44S (14 1.070 499 618 633 T64 060 Philadelphia BC trail Baltimore Clereland Buffalo. Saa Francisco.

Pittsburg New Orleans If the criminality of cities is to be measured by the numbers of arrests in proportion to the population, then the American cities of extreme wickedness are Norfolk, Savannah and Lexington, which show, in serious crimes, ratios of 24.81, 25.77 and 24.34, and, in volume of crime, 158.56, 105.89 and 112.25, respectively. The volume of crime in Norfolk exceeds that of Savannah, to- such an extent as to overcome the small difference in serious crimes, and the record of being -the wickedest city in the United States must be gives to Norfolk. Savannah and Lexington, haw- ever, make a close second and third. But so far from the figures given being any true indication of the depravity oi the people, they are rather an evidence of the efficiency and honesty, on one hand, or the corruption and dishonesty, on the other, of the police. The greater the number of arrests, the more faithful the police; while those great cities that make small shows of criminality are the ones where the police authorities are most venal and least reliable.

One of the evidences of this is seen in the fact that Covington, shows more arrests for gam bling to the head of popula tion than any other city in the Union. The fact is thus explained by the police authorities of that Kentucky town of 42000 inhabi tants: "We have during the year from one to four poolrooms operating daily, and the name of the party operating each is placed upon the docket every morning and a plea of guilty accepted and a fine of $12 each en tered and paid $10 fine and $2 costs. You will see by this there is quite a revenue from this source. One-half of all our police court fines go to the library fund." In the other cities where gambling is rife the offenders are not arrested. In New York the proportion of gambling is in Chi cago, in Philadelphia, in St.

Louis, in Boston, in Bal timore, 2.04; in Cleveland, in Buffalo, in San Francisco, 5.24; Cin cinnati, Pittsburg, New Or leans, .70. And yet the small city of Covington' has 25.61 arrests for violations of the gambling laws, three times as many as the thirteen greatest cities of the Union altogether. So much for the virtuous pretensions of the great cities. FRANCIS AND GRLAT BRITAIN. The action of the Chamber of Depu ties of France in passing by a unani mous vote a resolution of sympathy with Ex-President Kruger, coupled with the partial assurances from the French Government of willingness to aid in bringing about arbitration of the dispute in South Africa if other powers join in the movement, has de veloped a- very serious condition of things.

That Great Britain would re ceive3 a suggestion of arbitrating the affair in South Africa with good grace no one, not even the French Ministers, can possibly believe. Of course, the French Chamber of Deputies has done nothing more than our Congress has done on many occa sions, but it is impossible to attribute the same motives to the French ac tion which have generally been be hind similar resolutions adopted by the American Congress. This country has always sympathized with republics against monarchies as a matter of principle, entirely without regard to the friendly relations which may have existed at the time with the monarchy against which the resolutions might be assumed to be directed. This is not the case with the French Chamber of Deputies. Free government, as we understand it, is totally unknown in France.

The French know little and care less about the Boers and their struggle for liberty. Were the Boers, for instance, engaged in a war against Russia, it is more than prob able that President Kruger, instead of being received with open arms, would be driven from French soil. The real motive underlying the action of the Chamber of Deputives Is hatred against Great Britain. The animosity towards everything British is very keen in France, and the visit of Presi dent Kruger is being seized upon by the French people with characteristic impetuosity as a medium for making public the ill-will entertained for the xritish Empire. i As far as any Immediate result fol lowing, the resolution of the Chamber of Deputies little need be feared.

The British Government will, in all likelihood, pay no attention whatever so long as the responsible French' Government takes no steps to press arbitration. Should il. Waldeck-Bouseeaa officially propose arbitration to Lord Salisbury, hia proposal would in 11 probability be promptly and curtly refused. Popular opinion in England would not tolerate for an instant, even temporizing pol- It' is not probable that Germany Great Britain to arbitrate the Boer question, as her hand are too full in China to permit of any outside diffi Should Russia join in the re quest, "however, the British would promptly retort by proposing that Rus sia first arbitrate the' claims of Poland and Finland. X.

Vr. The attitude which France Is assuming towards Great Britain on the Boer question, while it will undoubt edly win the world's applause because of the general anti-British sentiments, which are by no means confined to France, might very easily bring France face to face with the possibil ity of war with the British Empire. Is France prepared for such a crisis? That is the point to be considered. She can look for no aid from the outside, other than mere Hp-sympathy. A war between Great Britain and France would be entirely a naval war.

The problem, therefore, is: Can the French fleet cope with that of Great Britain? One of the leading French Admirals, and a not less well-informed French Minister of Marine, stated openly, not long since, that the French naval establishment was in no condition to cope with the British They may have been mistaken, however. It has, of course, been a French dream, ever eince Napoleon's time, to invade the neighboring island. Does the French Government believe it is strong enough to attempt that now? The thing might be possible were the British fleet first disposed of. Had Nelson failed at Trafalgar, Napoleon would no doubt have attempted the invasion of England. It is certainly not probably that any modern French general would attempt what the great French soldier abandoned ae Impossible, unless the obstacle which deterred Napoleon, and which still exists in even greater power to-day, be first removed.

THE SITUATION IX SOUTH AFRICA. The news from South Africa has caused much anxiety in Great Britain, and the report received that a Boer commando, under Dewet and Steyn, have cautured the British garrison at DewetsdroD and escaped with their prisoners, have etill further increased the uneasy feeling. The British Got- ernment is beginning to realize that it has a very serious task on hand in attempting to reconstruct the Transvaal and Orange Free State, end the agitation In France caused by the reception of Ex-President Kruger has added to he difficulties of the situa tion. The result of these recent events has created a general demand for the return of Lord Roberts to England, it beine held that the work of recon struction would be in safer hands if intrusted to a man like General Kitchener. The Field Marshal has fully accomplished his work by the dispersal of the Boer armies and the capture of the two capitals.

The work that re mains can be done better by an officer- of sterner views as to the treatment of Boers who break their parole, or of those who are irreconcilable. Brit ish public opinion now demands the setting aside of any attempt at con ciliation, and the application with un bending everity of drastic measures of suppression. The activity of the Boers, and the remarkable manner in which thev recuperate after apparently being hopelessly dispersed, have produced a profound impression at the Britisn capital; but, unfortunately for the burghers, instead of discouraging the British, has hardened the hearts of the English people, who now demand severer measures than Lord Roberts seems willing to adopt. THE SHIP SUBSIDY GRAB. There seems to be little doubt the Payne-Hanna ship subsidy bill wil! be passed by Congress.

Its object is to take out of tne puD- lic treasury nine million dollars a year, to be paid as a bounty to owners of American ships engaged in the foreign trade. The nretext upon which this raid on the taxpayers will be made is that the nnle of the United States canuot build steel ships for the mercantile trade as cheaply as it is done England, and. therefore, most of the ocean carrying trade is done in Eng lish steam and that, in order that this carrying shall be done by Ameri can ships, it is necessary to pay a bountry to the American shipowners. But there is no promise that tne American shipowners, after they get their S9.000.000 bounty, will work as cheaply as do the English. When people want to import goods, they seek the cheapest freight charges compati ble with safe transportation, iney Aa not care for the flag that floats over the ship, but they seek the most advantageous freight rates.

The tng- Ksh ships have been doing the busi ness because they oner tne nest ad vantages, and wherever these advan- taees are to be had the trade will go, no matter to what nation the ships belong. The American people have to pay for the transportation of their products, and they as they are en titled to. get the work done on the best terms. Why should they pay $9,000,000 a year more to American shios than to foreign vessels for the same service? seems to be no good reason for such a demand. But.

despite the pretense that Amer ican shipbuilders cannot turn out steel vessels as cheaply as do most for eigners, the fact remains that American coal, iron and steel are being largely exported to Europe. Mr. Ben-jantin Taylor a resident of Glasgow, Scotland, and a well-known writer on shipbuilding, says, In the December Foxtim: 'X' With regard to the use" of steel for ships, two- Interesting- facts may le noticed; the first steel resael built Jn tbe-United State was constructed at steel plates Imported from Glasgow, wttch was In li5; and in the present plates are being Imported Into for tne construction of ships there! Here is a change, indeed, reminding us of tb time when the wood shipbuilders of Tyne and Wear and Clyde used to draw the bulk ot their ship timber-and naval scores zrom America As to coal, it is known that, it is be ing largely exported from the United States to, meet the demand in most of the- European manufacturing coun tries. Why, then, cannot the' American shipbuilders make, ships to com pete with the foreigners' who have to get coal and from the United States for the construction of their Vessels? 'r- Nevertheless, the subsidy grab will go through Congress, and the Southern people have been virtually warned not to oppose tt if they are asking favors that involve appropriations. If the grabbers are allowed to take all they want, there is Kkely to be nothing left for the But the public treas ury ie simply a spoil, to be raided by all who have the power, and, under such conditions, it looks as if the South will have to fall in with the raiders if it hopes to get a few crumbs -of the plunder.

But, no mat ter how that may be, there is little doubt that the ship grab will go through. ASTROLOGY FOR DECEMBER, 1900 Accordlnr to Zadklel. the j- trologer, the forecasts for the last month of the Nineteenth century are as fol- VUAbft, OKlUiU, Uranoa and Neptune are now in tne twenty-third degree of Saturn being on the southern tropic; this lu iue puuuc neaitn, ior jt vitiates the atmosphere. Let all of my readers who were born when either the sun, moon, or Rscendant held the fifth tentlon to health ansf live temperately aiars the sign Virgo disturbs Tur- KPT flnin ATlrl n. I Ipnr kind on cniran em Uc excitement are witnessed in Paris.

pruepecis improve once more now that Jupiter has separated from con1nTitinn with i i. sign. Hungary gains In a similar way, and more than Spain, the Hungarians mure euergeuc man cae Spaniards. In thfe la ttnr Ttarfr A-ft thl. m.w ti railways will gain some good advantages; the post office will also extend privileges to the public.

There Is some danger of railway accidents, however, about the 20th to 22d. and 29th tnsts! I regret to foresee that the ruler of Greece will again be in trouble, being nit VJ wtlA turn ana Mara, -w avoir Ull MUai versary falls on the 14th Inst will have a happy Christmas, and will receive and enjoy Improved health. The able birthdays. Those whose birthday orJth Inst will meet with either misfortunes or tllnttaa. thn act verr wurUv In all no .1 tvoia 1 removals and speculative ivr suuie uut co come.

Raphael's Pronhettr Mhii, following for December, 1900. At the time of the new moon, the sun, moon and Mercury will be near toe horizon In fha slam SLnnimlA I. aspect to Mars, which "7 uciremeoc ana untoward events throughout the land. Let thnsp whn navA V. ...1 "f-f10111 tnelr hands be on their guard, otherwise we shall be caught napping auiicLioii ta very unfavorable Tor rnriV, mmA 1.

Ing worse, will befall more than one imuT. 'mere will be appalling accidents on sea and land. With a hm ii iif. i. .1 muse WOO travel beware.

Trade will be bad ull the month, and will languish, and It will -m- escmpe great strikA There will man. 1 lousiness. entailing ruin VJoa thousands. At the time of the full moon the sun will be ucmr iuo conjunction or the planet Uranus, and the moon In opposition, threat- to the sovereign and government. 8a- hui uvu me uui in this map hence rohhprlpa piaHn- an CriH)e wI11 De veT prevalent.

Mara Virgo will on-settle the French, and cause plots 01 disturbances In Turkey, crimes, let rs hope, not massacres. Spain will still be 8nffenng from tha tnfliifin. tt urn- nus. which will continue for many years, "-u iur luat unnappy country will sink very low la the scale of nations. Says the every-day guide for Deenm- ber: 1.

Ask fflvnrn and uub t. VI LUC evening only. a aunaay visit thy friends, and ask favors. 3. Travel.

nmnro Ana. 1. work. "Kvm- 4. A doubtful day.

5. Uncertain; bt very careful. U. Avoid annprinrc a nA nnu.nn. yvoiyvni; Ulr business.

7. Sell; unfavorable for all else. ore 11 a. m. 9.

Sunday Visit thy friends. 10. Travel, ask favors, and seek work business before noon. it. very cautious.

13. Court, marrv. and ash- fmn 4' wm-. 1VI p. m.

14. Travel and slen wrltlm? In ti. p. m. 15.

Trawl. nrith auu remove before 7 p. m. au. Bunaay A very favorable day.

17. KllV Bpfnl1v anil a.W seek work In the p. m. j-o. very aouotiui.

19. Very uncertain. 20. Travel, slam vrlHno i.v nuu women, and seek work. -Jnr business before 1 p.

m. 22. Roll h4.rn-pa.-1 T- -1 travel, and push thy affairs. ivj. Bunaayvisit thy friends.

24. Rather doubtful. OX Dirllttna. t.i. T7 4 Ai forget not the hungry and poor.

26. Boxing day Do not count before 0 p. m. 27. A very unlucky dav.

28. Unfortunate for all purposes. Trl an1 a ui women before 2 o. m. 30.

Sunday Visit thy friends. 31. Spplr vrorlr fporol an1 iA.t V.a. noon. Balance thy accounts with thy fellow-men.

1 PERS0NAL1ND GENERAL NOTES. The dots' house of refuge had Its nni beautiful Thanksgiving dinner, contribute ed oy the commissioners and other kind friends. According to a statement in one of the Chicago papers, one-fifth of the mar riages contracted In that city finally bring pp in the divorce courts. Richard Moulton, professor of Eng lish literature at the University of Chicago, Is mentioned, among others, as the next president of Norti western Univer sity. Since the election Governor' Roose velt's dally mail has assumed such alarm ing proportions, that he has had to employ two exrta secretaries to take charge of It.

Blchaxd T. Ely, professor of political economy in the University of Wisconsin, Is reported to have refused the offer of the corresponding chair the University of California. There Is a movement on foot la Boston for the erection of a monument of Edgar Allan Foe, which will be put la the Public Gardens, which adjoin the his toric Common. MarysvUle, Ko, has adopted tils unique method of getting rid of ner poolrooms: An ordinance compels them, under heavy penalty, to remain closed between 6 p. m.

and A a. m. The czar of Bussla is said to have per sonally a great aamlrstloB for and his vorks, though the latter's political and religious opinions naturauy do not permit nln to make -his admiration puo- lie. It Is said that an automobile freight Los Angeles, Pomona, Ontario and Chinos Cal. A 40-horse power aakomob'le truck.

capable of hauling ttght'or ten tons of freight at, slow speed, wllL he Under the Italian law prohibiting" the sale of a work of art tp 'foreign countries without the- consent i the government. Slgsor Saogulnett! has just been fined 14,000 lire for having sold a bust of Benvenuto Cellini to London deal 1 lany generous donations have been made in Chicago for the ereuloa of Wes ley Hospital, William Deerln A giving R. P. Taylor S40.000, Thomas Kent $25,000, G. F.

Swift S1O.O0O, and M. H. Wilson, X. W. Sains and D.x Sheppard $5000 each.

Prof. Lewln. of Berlin, has. found among SO0 laborers who constancy- handle copper eight men whose hair had in consequence obtained a greenish Vuge, whlch washing would remove. The phenomenon has been known, he siys, 250 years, but it takes several years to produce At Sioux City, a state lodge of tht African Monarchs of America has been instituted.

The organisation Is the first fraternal Insurance society organised for colored people 'exclusively. Since the foundation of the African Monarchs an other association has been organised In Illinois, but the Monarchs were the pioneers. Queen Helene, of Italy, Is about to bring out a volume of poems which are written la her mother tongne and in French and Italian, and which, according to some royal critics, are very beautiful. As Is well known, the prince of Montenegro, the father of Queen Helene, is a poet of some talent, and his daughter has Inherited his gifts. Juan Valera.

the Spanish novelist and statesman, has started a magazine at Madrid with the name Gente Vleja, "Old Folks." It Is Intended as a protest against the eccentricities and self-advertisement of the 'oung school," and will uphold the established of art and of language. Editors and contributors will all be over 55 years of "The uneasiness of the heads that wear crowns will be heightened," says the London Chronicle, "by the reported refusal of continental Insurance companies to take the chances of anarchist activity. At all events, one company at Trieste has refused to grant a policy to King Alexander of Servla, having had to pay francs fox King Humbert's life." The Boer prisoners at Bt. Helena have retained their conservatism and their love of home to such an extent that they have built a number of little huts Out of biscuit tins, each man who can secure a sufficient number of boxes making a residence far himself. Into which he crawls to sleep, preferring this humble domicile to occupying a tent with ten or twelve others.

New Brunswick has large areas of fine soil, but until recently farming was neglected for lumbering and shipbuilding. Now more attention is being paid to It, and the wtablishment of creameries and cheese factories la rapidly making the province a dairying country. Both cheese and butter are now exported to the United Kingdom, and this is a trade which is certain to grow. Dr. Adam Paulsen, director of the Meteorological Institute of Copenhagen, will start at the end of November on the new northern lights expedition, which is inteimea as a supplement to the great expedition undertaken last winter north Iceland.

This time the expedition wm go to aortn Finland, and will under take specially observations of the lumin ous part of the spectrum. Ex-Governor Pillsburv. of Minnesota. has given 1000 acres to the state forestry uuaru ww ue purpose or encouraging state forestry reserves In Minnesota, and giving the state board a chance to ex periment with cut-over timber tracts, with view to ueiermuung the extent to which the growth of timber can be re newed. Mr.

PiUsbury specifies that two- tniras or the revenues which mar be de rived from lis gift must go to the State university Minneapolis. About sixty-two years sgo Charles John son Brooke so Ingratiated himself into tne esteem of the. sultan of Borneo that the ruler made him a present of the province of Sarawak, some 8000 miles In extent. The Inhabitants' were trouble- some, but Mr. Brooke subdued them.

He reigned over them during the best nart of nls life. The present monarch of Sara wak is his nephew. The kingdom of Sarawak now comprises about 60,000 miles of territory, with a coast line of 400 miles. The Vienna correspondent of the Lon don Standard writes: "The shah left behind him at Budapest 1500 cases filled with his purchases In Europe and 106 cycles, which are to be sent on to Per sia. The cycles are Intended for his courtiers.

Before leaving Hungary a check for 100,000, Issued by the Imperial Bank or Teheran, was cashed In Budapest. This Is the fourth check of the same amount his msJestv baa caahed. and, as about half of the money goes to pay ior jum poicouei in ue caDital. another will. xk donhc -re quired.

Thus, apart from the Jewels brought from Persia for -presents, the snan journey win nave cost tne shah orivate purse 500.000. It Is. however. to be repeated next year. As the shah toia ror.

vamoery, ne win then go to Marlenbad.k as well as to Budaoeat. I am Informed by a Vienna tradesman that tne snan oougnt a quantity of false jew eiry nere ior presentation to tne ladiev of his nousehold." NECROLOGY. Oeeatr Wilde. Paris. Nov.

30. Oscar Wilde died at 2 o'clock thin morning at the Msison de Plerer, an obscure house in tie Latin quarter, from meningitis. He was received into the Catholic church on bis deathbed. Wilde had lived aY this place several months and had been known under the name of Alanmot a or some time ne naa Deen in disposed. In October be was obllsrea to embmdt to a oerlous operation, from the effects of which he never recovered.

He died in the presence of Lord Alfred Douglass. i ne journal says it as rumored that Wilde committed suIcKle. Benjamin AtatralanlL. Special to the Picayune.) llr.ttAn 1av Vn. On n.nlamtn A.

WVl mw-mmj one of the largest exnorters of cotton seed products, died this evening of acute disease. He was 4 years old. a native of Massachusetts and unmarried. For a number of years prior to his embarking in business here, he was the European manager of the American votton oeea jii company, with headauarters at Rotterdam. Th deceased was An elegant, cultivated' gentleman, speaking several languages uueuu, uik wl uuiu ox Bpienuiu ouemess ahilitV MTA i sttfWI ll1rll in n.

1 circles here and elsewhere. He was a great friend of Congressman Burton, chairman of the rivers and harbors com mittee ox tne nouse. ills remains are belnz exibalnied. and will by his friends here to his relatives at Sandusky. Ohio.

where titer will in terred. ISpeetal te the Plcaruae.1 Calveeton. Nov. 30. N.

Bell, late of Lake Charles, Ala a Marr Innrmarv this mnmh, n. 3 years of age, and bad spent the greater oh wviBaung toe rivers ana bayous of the eulf coitt Th. had suffered from heart which resulted la his He was a native of Kentucky, and has a brother In Lyon, Colonel James D. Brmdy. James U.

Hrldv. revenue for the Second district of Vlr. gtnia. died here this morning. lurlng a evivuei 01 tne SlxtTthird Nw ork Regiment, In Hancock's Corps.

rHe was elected to congress from the Petewour district toSLH, br'Kdier general f-Auierican war by na5 mu ue naa Javtar TatV Vm Is dead, at his home In Brooklyn, from f-r'ret's tv? I'i wji formerly secretary of the Jewe -Company. Joseph Patrick flerriagtni. St, Nov. 30.1oeDh Herring ton. state railroad commiMlootreiect, wo- haa oualy 111 with Bright dieaer last three weeks, died this meruit-o'clock, -t bI borne turn.

V4- Mareelln Ilnraa. Sfaarial to the Pteay-ae. Buras. Nov. 3X-M-.

Mr Buras, a well-known and promineut 1 dent and farmer, died at his home 84 years. He was buried in hi tomb in the Catholic cemetery Father -G. Mertens. He leave his loss. Miss Enseal Washlngt Washington, 30.

Miss Washington, great-grandntece of Washington, one of the foundera of founders of the Society of the Ame- Revolution and president of the of Founders and, Patriots, died Lt city this morning. Clinton Osllvle. New Nov. 30. Clintoa Odir-.

the artist. Is dead at the Shemu wi HoteU where he 11 Fed. He vil this dty la 1S38. ra MOSES BOBS TJF-AGAW. Seutlv Carolina's Carpetbag Cev.

XrMr in JaU iai hew tor k. New York, Nov. 30, Charged with taming money under false pretend man reiwesentlng himself as K. Ferguson, formerly of GalvtTr bat who Is alleged by the poiice be Ex-Govemor Moses, of Oiarlesta B.C. was arraigned to-day before rjnttfj States Commissioner Shields and heidii bail of 1000 fr examlnathia on Tho-i day next.

The prisoner la said to a closeresemblince to the noterw South Carolina governor of fame, whose recotd Is In every boiua headquarters In the "Dr. Ferguson" ws en Tw. day last ou complaltt. of who alleged that Ferguson had swlndlM him out of a small mm of money am was continually annoylag him. The tt eral authorities wish to send hia Washington, where he Is wanted ca charges of swindling.

DA A. H. ghaaak, of Washington, appeared against him to. day. A-n DIED XX Nov.

S0A190S, VIS. HECSCH At 2 J. Nov. SO, 19O0, TO. PIKAND KKUSCH.

aged years, a i. tlva ox xxew urmaa. Funeral private, from nls late corner of Josephine and Bralnard atretta, Tilj (Saturday) Afternooa at 2:30 e'clock. HTXAND On Friday. Nov.

SO," ltvi. O'clock p. LITXIAH HTJji.YD, eldest danghter of LUlla Modenbach and Fnaa Ryland, aged 4 years and 11 BMaths. Funeral will fake place from tlia resldenea. No.

n41 Fhllip str-et. This CUrat day) Morning. Dec 1, at 10 o'clock, late, meat private. LKBMANN Oa Friday. v.

So, ISOft, at IHO o'clock HENRY ANTOKT. yves. est son of Elisabeth Houston and Joaa maan, aged 8 years, a native ox uretaa. The friends and acquaintances ef the fis are respeetlauy Invited to attend the foaart which wm take place from A mails avwaa, between Second and Third straata, Qmaa, at 8 o'clock This (Saturday) Evening. BOHKS On Friday, Nov.

80, 1800, at 1 o'clock. HENRI DAlsIEL SOHKS, aaly of Henry J. Bohes and Lillian Carstene, M4 1 year end 4 months, a native of Htw (- La. I 'tlfl" 1 The relatives and friends ef the CaaiUy ira Tespeetfuny invited to attend the CoMrat. which wffl take place This (Saturday) noon at 4 o'clock, from the residence Us parents, 612 First street.

wmtFULP At Oeeaa BprlagV MIh Nov. aoth. 1SOO. ANN JANS GAIXA. OHSR, widow by first manias ai Sofia fee Keooaili and relict of to late GaofT Whitfield, aa-ed SO years, a natlva of Lex donderry, Ireland, and for many yean a rad- -deat of New Orleans.

Sbe was the notaer st Cantala Frank HcKeough aaa BMueMinav ef Thos. O. Rapier. Funeral services and Interment at Oettt Springs at e'clock This (Satszday) Att 6PAHB TJn Friday. Nov.

80, 1900, at U-t e'clock a. MART A SPAHB, vrUt at Chaa. pahr. a native -ef St. Laeia, and.

a rasldant of Algiers for forty years, apd 6S years. i The friends and acquainfinees of the famS)-. also those of the Bod. Heath. Spahr aad Kitchen (amines, and the officers and ttesfrets of the Ladr roster's Benevolent Asaoelaaom, are respectfully In riled to attend the fft-enl, which win take place This (Satardxy) Zrs; lng.

Dee. 1. at 8 o'clock, from. the reeldeaca of Kra. A.

Barron. No. SS3 Pad avaaaa, Algiers. WALTEE At Covington, IA, Irlday, 80, 1000. at 10185 o'clocl a.

BV, JOaj PHILIP WALTER, aged 44 years, New Orleant. belovad aoaoaad of Aall. and son of P. Walter and he Uls a Catharine Bitter. The remains will he brought the reside ef hlsTathar.

No. B2 Josephlae street. Dae norlce of the funeral win be 11 oxl Herald please copy. A a'i'Wtf'k' LEYI-OnjnoiJ, nov. ou, a WD i A i rst IM Uia aaae ItTl.

el 54 rears, a satlve ef Aos- laiana. The friends aad acqualnteeea ef the faauV are respectfully Tsvlted to attend the fasw which will take place Soflday Morning, Pea. 2. at 10:90 o'clock; from the late iisldieie of the decersed. Xo.

3323 Magazine EEMIILES-At Manchac. Frldir. Nr- 1900, JOHN KEMULEE. husband ef late Carolina Drott. aged 45 yeara.

aau-a of New Orleana. RelatV, friends and aequalntaaces ex amnyare rrspectfully invited te at tend roaewQ, which wUl take place TWs (SaranUT) Af ernoon. Dee. 1. at 4 o'clock, front A T.

Baltmann's funeral parlor. No. 2817 Mages" street. Interment In Valence cemetery. BILLING On Thnrsday.

Nov. 5:25 o'clock p. AGNES VtMlm. INGS. youngest daughter of WgSi -and James Buiings, a native rfj Ortaaa aged 10 years, 4 months snd 2 days.

The friends and relatlvea of the. fas. end those of the Parlay. Antona and BllUaP families, also the Stevedores and Ieaw" men's Benevolent Aasoclatlon. and the son Benevolent Association, are reptaT, Invited to attend the funeral, wUch win tan place This (Saturday) AT temooo.

Dee. 4 o'clock, from tho residence of her eara No. 724 St. Mary street. St.

Tammany pariah papers pleate tot RUPP On Friday, Nov. 30. lWe. a o'clock a. FBANCES HL'VNEit tbo late 8oiomoa Bupp, aed S7 yeara, a live of Germany, and a realdent of Uia tor the paat fifty years.

The relatives, friends and aecnelataArte the family, and the members of the Iol Wohltadlgakelts Vereln. are respectfalV vlted te attend the funeral, which win place This (Saturday) Afternoon, 5 o'clock, from the late residence ef tie ceased. Ko. 8613 North Rampart sttaet tween Independence and Congress -i SCHUMACHEB-On Friday. at 7:15 o'efock a.

WILLIAM ER, beloved husband of Anna BrKtfc 67 yeara and 8 months, a native of Gerauw- The reUtlves, friends and acquaintance the family are respectfully invited ta ttf the funeral, which win take place Thl C5ou-day) Afternoon, Dec 1, at 3 o'clock, the late residence of the deceased. St. Louis street, near Marais. Intrtaet Greenwood cemetery. McDUFF-On Friday.

Nov. 8:30 a. JOHN W. McDOFF. aaed 6 mouths and daya, a native this Due -notice of funeral will be CASTLE HALL.

COLUMBIA LODG B2, K. OF New Orleans. Kov. 80. 1 The officers and members of the BurUl ml tee are hereby notified to meet TL Han (Odd FeUowa' HaU.

Camp trTir-Sunday Evening. Dec 2. at 8 'dQAXzZd for the purpose of attending the 'afL-our late brother. P. C.

30. which win take place from hisoaie Clonet mttmt between CbartraS and By order of j. i JOS. A. LTTTLEF1ELP.

C. 5 JAS. E. O'DONNKLU of B. 8- BALL' OF PAST CliANCELLORS CIATION.

K. OF S3S Perdldo Nov. SO, 1900, P. p- The officers and members of fft elation are hereby ordered te aet hall oa Sunday Evening. Dec ''JLt shlih.

to pay the. last trihnte ef our departed brother, aad prestfaat. McDUFF. i 'Wrw-. By order of JOSEPH B-.

First Tlco Faldent and Act Lor J. H. DE. LEON, BeereH-Carrir w'l he la A i 7.