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Show V i , ir Promising Ik lk Udi Kl Gen. James II. Wilson in an address on "Our Trade Relations With the Tropic" recently delivered at Boston, (lvea an exhaustive review of the future ptwaibliulea In our dealing with Cuba, Porto Rico, and other tropical countries. He favor an American Customs Union with all the countries south of us, beginning with Cuba, and as the benefits are received and felt In our enlargtd commerce, extending the Union to other nations. He considers Cuba the 'most valuable the wo x. It field for commencing has about 43,009 to 46.000 square .nilei, or 27.500,000 acres at the least, jostlf suitable for raising sugar, tobacco, coffee, frulu and cattle. Of this acreage nearly 13.000,000 acres are uncleared forest These vast forests consist of mahogany and other hard woods, all valuable for manufactures, cabinet work and shipbuilding. The fruit of Cuba are manifold, and have beem article of staple consumption in the The United States for generations. altitudes of Cuba vary, one elevation being 7.670 feet above the sea. Thee high ranges make the interior of Cuba balmy, or to quote Gen. Wilson words, "It Is, Indeed, one of the moat beautiful, healthful, and inviting Islands under the sun; and while It lie just within the tropics. It can hardly be called tropical; its climate is everywhere mitigated by the trade wind and tbe balmy air of the surrounding eas." Since tbe Spanish authority over the Island ceased, sanitary conditions have been enforced, and the yellow fever has disappeared. Paha Rlrb la Nataral RHonns Gen. Wilson regards Cuup aa a promising field, provided the Jutted Statue will enter into reclproca trade - relatione with it. as the Island annot be annexed because ot the joint reso-Jution ot congress. A annexation U out of the question for the present and until tbe Cubans so desire, voluntarily other arrangements for mutual He prosperous trade must be made. regards Porto Rico as a limited field for American enterprise and emigration, The population 1 dense and the land almost entirely occupied. Aa to Cuba, mtlllona ot It acre are its annual augar capacity U about 1,000,000 tone. It tobacco la the best In the world for, cigar, coffee igrown nearly everywhere in tbe in- land, and It pasture and grass lands will easily support several million head of cattle, or as many aa Iowa and Texas. Minerals, such aa Iron and copper, are plenty. Ae the general says, "The Island la a natural garden. The climate and temperature ot Cube and Porto Rico are at all times better and more equable than In any ot our state In the Mississippi Valley south ot th Ohio and Missouri river. A to the population, the whites outnumber the colored two to one, while In .the Philippines there le one white to fifty of the colored race. x . - 4 , Boaofita That WmI (mm With the Inflow ot capital and emigration to Cuba all ot the nation of Central and South America will be the recipients of tbe same benefits, i and In Gen. Wilaona opinion, these countries lie clearly within our rightor Influence, and ful theater of Intel In the direction ot our true trade ex- pension. We shall much more surely gain supremacy In trade with our nearby neighbors, than with thoa that It beyond the sea, and the wider we make our reciprocity with Those we have undertaken to defend, the more rpt4 .will bArifeeir growth Jn , wealthy power and clrtUxatlon. et - - (Special Letter.) tbe cltting room wall in the old Bruce farmhouse, near Bangor, Maine, hangs an oil portrait, dimmed and mellowed by age, that recalls to some ot the older resident of this region a story long forgotten of Daniel Webster, his Impulsiveness and his carelessnesa. This portrait is that of a hero of tbe American revolution Capt Luke 'Wilder who wa a chum of Websters father, Ebenexer, the latter, also, having been an officer in the Continental army. Wilder was one of tbe closest friends of the great PON orator. Capt. Luke Wilder was born in LanMass., and afterward moved to Salisbury, N. H., the home of the Webstera, and where the statesman was born la 1783. He was a man of splendid physique, standing over six feet In height, and was noted for his strength and courage. At the breaking out ot the Revolution be at once offered hi services to the Colonial government, and formed a company, receiving a captain a commission. He took his company to join Gen. Starks forces, and they performed valiant service at the battle ot Bennington. After the cloes ot tbe war Captain Wilder engaged In various business enterprises, farming, lumbering and trading, with varying success. Having suffered a serious financial reverse, he moved to Maine, and was located for a time in the town of Hudson, not far from Bangor, afterward going to Bangor, where be died on November 24, 1836. When Capt. Wilder went to Bangor the place was a mere village, where some lumber was manufactured for shipment to the West Indies, and where trading was carried on with the Tarratine Indians, agriculture conducted by primitive methods supplying the majority of the people with rather a scant subsistence. The friendship between Capt. Wilder and the Websters was kept up through correspondence, and In 1804 Daniel and hts brother Ezekiel, visited in Bangor. At that time tnere were no across the bridges Kenduskeag Stream, which divides the city Into two parts, and local historians relate that the W'ebeter boys were obliged to make their way over tbe stream on A raft of logs. Capt Wilder bought what la known a tbe Bruce farm, a few mtles out of the city, on the banka of the Rendus-kea- g stream a fine, large property, In a picturesque location, but covered for the most part with a dens growth of pine and other woods. He cleared much of the farm, and built there a good bouse, in which he spent the latter years of his life and where his children were born. This house was burned, and In 1825 Capt. Wilders son built tha preeent mansion, which la a fine example of early New England homestead architecture, with wide wainscoting, huge fireplaces, curiously wrought stair rail and capacious chimneys. In this house the present occupant has lived since Infancy, and here hangs tbe painting of the which she Revolutionary captain, holds as the most precious of her possessions, .xrs, Hassard la a woman of Intelligence .and culture, and at the age of seventy-seveher mind la all perfectly clear concerning events within her recollection, and her conversation, characterised by a quiet dignity of speech and manner, la most entertaining. As the fame of Webster grew, so, caster, n, Highway In the development ot thee numerous resources, there must be some national highway tor the travel and traffic ot the nations, and in thl connection the conception ot "The Overland - Route by Abraham Unrein appears now in all Its grandeur. Senator Renton urged - and later on Mr. Lincoln - selected the Union Pacific aa the natural rout on which the mighty streams of western commerce would ib borne, and now the Isthmian canal It to be built, the water of tha. two oceans mingled, China, Japan, the Philippines and the Antilles, to throw off the sloth and oppression of centuries, It will give to the United States the rich market of the Orient; whose wares and people must past over the Union Pacific as the favorite route to - . f t Europe, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America and the coast of Northern and Western Africa. They In return will send their products to ex- change for those of the nations, while TN Portrait. the North and South, East and West town of Bangor exlittle the also,' of the United States will pour, their and when, in 1835, the statespanded. manufactures, meats, fruits and grains. man again cam to visit his friend, Into the ports of every island and evCapt Wilder, who waa then etghty-thre- e ery contlnenhjrecelvlng their products years old, the place had been in return over the Union Pacific as the Incorporated aa a city, and boasted great railroad that has brought the one of the finest hotels In New Engworld together and made our country land the Bangor House, modeled first among the nations. somewhat after the famous old Tre-mohouse la Boston. It waa at the Amor Iran Snort. Bangor house, on Sept 28. 1833, that a rvaeh The great trouble with tbla country great banquet was given In honor of Is that It takes its amusements too Webster, and among the guests was Good cheer and good seriously. A century or so ago duel- Capt Wilder. at ths banquet board, ruled so fellowship bnt many ing was all the rage here, ut.were killed by too enthusiastic Indul- and many a brilliant speech was of course, of Webster, that were tered, lawi In that the sport, gence with the keenest Interest finally passed prohibiting it. In France being heard however. It is still one of the leading In the course of his remarks Webster referred to the presence at the board spirts, and t$e list ot dead and of his old friend. Cart Wilder, for wounded resulting from It in a year affert-tlo- n over there is much less than our list whom he expressed the warmest like should and "I admiration, one season. for casualties of football to have his portrait as a remefii- Syracuse Evening Herald. nt -- ul I time. v Wisconsin has entered a quar- tet la the four mile coilej champion- Jry Ttuv a bar, A member of the Philadelphia waa trying, that of city, Times the says a case before one of the Judgea Of tha . ship, and from the records of the four mile runners they should give the other college entries a hard race. common plea courts, in the course of his closing address he noticed that both Judge and jury looked wearied. He Is well known for the tunny stories he tells when Illustrating a point, W when he said. "That reminds me of a Stt Kowliaf TBiraaiBfiii looked Instory. the court and jury Officials of the Illinois Bowling assoto tell He once. proceeded at terested ciation are beginning to plan for tbe and The Jack Dempsey Memorial Fund particularly annual state championships, which, it association met In San Francitco last Is and there were undla-gulse- d yarn, pointless expected, will be held early In April. the week and elected the following officers: signs of disappointment on With the increased number of clubs L. Timone J particularly present, Pieslcient, Herget; secretary, the problem of running the tournament faces of every that of the judge. "Mr. A , he said, othy M. MiGrath, vice president, John off 1 exis serious. It expeditiously C. Welch, second vice president, Bar"I fail to see tl- - point in that story. forty of the leagues be"So do I, replied the lawyer, "it is ney Fancy treasurer, Harry E. Cor- pected fully on longing to the association will enter one bett your honor told me coming In teams for the team champ. onship and the car 1 failed to Since so-if is of this association to morning. the The object that every league will have a represensee the joke. I thought I would give it coutribut ons from the former tative in the Individual competition. a trial by jury. of the great Nonpareil ail over the country for the purpose of erecting PUTNAM VADEI.ESS DYES are the Th IrUh Trrlr. a monument over Dempsey's neglected fastest and easiest to Ube. The brightest, of the of history Ore. present type Part of tbe grave at Portland, 10c. per package. bold druggists, by Irish terrier dates from about the year fund will be put aside for the henent of Dempsey's children, two of whom, 1875, that being the first year that these Dead Man. were exhibited, which was at Beldaughters, are living and In need or dogs added new courts have Tbe Indiana When alive Dempsey's fast, Ireland. The Initial exhibit of terrors to matrimonial engagements. assistance. and he was ad- them in England was at the Brighton In the case of Christiansen fame was world-widversus a, mired and respected alike by friends show In 1876, when G. Jamison of Crum they have reached a conclusion showed Banshee, Newtown&rds, and foes. It is to be hoped that those involving the declaration of the prinwho honored the living gladiator will by Buffer, out of Jess, and Spuds, by that the death of one of the parciple out of Virgle, and from these prove they are prepared to pay a fitting Jack, ties to a marriage engagement conbe shows our it said may modern that tribute to the dead hero. stitutes a breach of promise, entitling dogs date. the surviving party to receive comTyog I a Mtntluoi Athlot. pensatory damages in such amount as English Golfer Coming to A merles. Arthur Tyng, the muscle-covere- d may be shown to be just and equitaJameg Braid, the open champion, has ble in the circumstances. In this case Harvard chap who recently shattered announced his intention of making a the unofficially) intercollegiate they were figured out by the Jury at la colthe of talk the 36,600. record, strength lege woild His total, according to the Sargent system of measurements, Is 1226 4. while the next best recorded performance is 1.940 9. by Alles of Tyng was born In Japan, the V,, ion of a Christian missionaiy, and during his early days was not remarkable lor his strength. He stands 5 feet 5 The dud Inches tall, weighs 172 pounds, and is in the W dark was a favorsow T9 years of age. He has never ite with duelists. trained specially for his tests, but Two men were teems to have gained his strength by lacked ui a dark taking systematic exercise every day. room aril crawled HI reand are In grit agility part stealthily from sponsible for his record performance. earner to corner, He hopes to put his record at 3,000 until some false step made one ot points before the year is over. them the target Against them Pennsylvania an,d Yale will have the strongest teams, the Quakers averaging 4.40. and Then Forgot It, -- eml KtU-- ul a Famous Statesman. Ordered Portrixit Palnfet. fiM. Jaaaaa H. WUinn H.I Wot) Daserlbut k BcnflU Dktk Wjthla Oar (taitk bland at Cba 1 RELIC OF WEBSTER. OUB TROPICAL TKADE IMMENSE BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES ARE OPENED UP. ' p! trance," said Webster, "and if ba have here In Bangor a good artist I will have him paint the portrait 4 my expense." There was In Bangor at the tlnwi portrait painter of decided gentu named Hoyt, and to him, through pi cob McOraw, Webster's cpijimlst-lwas given to paint the features u Capt Wilder, lu the course ot tin the portrait was completed and artist waited patiently for Webster Jt claim his picture and pay for It, tir years went by and never a word fr$i tbe great man. Finally, In convert tlon one day with the artist, Mr. I Grsw declared; Well, Mr. Hoyt I guess Dan h forgotten all about the picture, andfl dont believe be will ever take It The artist agreed mith the lawye,i and the result of the talk was the puj chase of the picture by Mr. McGraw, M , ad-,c- rs D(M itlit -- e, Mo-vill- Min-Besot- a. Dale) WebaUr. who kept It until his death, e twenty-fiv- years ago, when he directed that It he given to his niece, Mrs. Hxssard. The background of the portrait la now dark with age, but the figure is Phil Slog to Cok Badger. quite distinct, and tha features art yet Phil King, the football coach who clearly defined and luminous. The sub- hu guided the Wisconsin eleven to ject was in his eighty-fourt- h year se many victories, will return next when he sat for the portrait year to coach again for the entire sea-peShortly before the close of the STORY OF PRIN0E HENRY. eeaeon last fall King tendered his but after persuasion resignation, Bow XhIom Sat proatsed to come back for the latter OSl Wl Till Dow a. J end of next year. Since then the comPrince Henry of Prussia, according mittee of the athletic board has been to a story told by a diplomat who wan trying to persuade King to return for once attached to the British embassy th whole season. The only nther In Berlin, was one day chatting with mu who ha been seriously consideran English friend ih a cafe In Bonn, ed for the place, It la said, waa Capt. when he became an object of suspl-sio- n Campbell of Harvard, though many to a minor official. The prince la candidates have been talked of. Fred Pabst, or., of Milwaukee, ha too discreet a man to discos affair of state In a public place, but on thU; presented the university boat crew occasion some subject arose which, with a new shell, which is now being while not of general Interest, relate built In the east to the imperial family. The conve; satlbn waa In English, and the sp; Blcyeto It Id to ( Dying Oot The wheel is a thing of the past exlog official was acquainted with th language. At length Prince Hen cepting In the sporting world, and for remarked: ' ' i Itrictty utilitarian purposes. This waa "Why, my deaf fellow, dont you see ihowu by the reports of the L. A. W. that the emperor would be even cra- meeting, which - showed that from zier than some people seem to believe over 24,000 members a year ago the be la If he did anything like that? rganizatlon has dropped to one of The official leaned toward his royal ibout 10,500 members y. Its decline is rapid, and, with the decline pf highness and said: "Sir, are you aware that there 1 a cycling as a diversion, but - natural. less majeete law In this country? Let Oddly enough, cycle racing Is more me hear another remark of that kind popular and profitable now, in those and I make a complaint against you. lections where It obtains, than It ever The Englishman took In the 'situa- was before. With good indoor tracks tion, and a moment afterward re- and big cards It probably would be marked: equally popular here. Cycling's fuAs 1 was saying to your royal high- ture seems to be only that of a proness before we were interrupted fessional sport. The meddler gasped, rose hastily, in terrogated the manager of the cafe, 4mm H. Kmm Honored, aadwithdrewr New York Times. lames R. Keene of New York Is slated to be the recipient of the highest Traffic oa Dm ha, honor evir given an American turfThe Dead Sea, which for countless man. According to reports from Lonyears has been a forsaken solitude In don, Mr. Keene will be chosen an honth desert east of Judea, and on whose member of the English Jockey waves no sail has been seen for cen- orary is to ruffled be turies, by the prows of progress. Owing to the Increase of traffic and the Influx of ,ourlsts, the historical sea is to have a tin? of moter boat ptying between Kerak, the ancient capital of the land of Moab, and the month of the Jordan rver. TBe first s'.ea nn h.is beta finished at Hamburg, Gcnm.ny ,t o,ns been narnea the "the forerunner." Frodromos, It is lu feet long and will carry thirty-four passen,:r, besides a cat go of fieiuht. A set olid strainer is being built. The prcoote i of this new enterprise are the icmulis of a Greek cloister in Jem uVtn. Tne trade cl Kerak with the i;i!'ml towns is of Success importance for bullet or n. Iril to-da- e Not Ertdenr At Fort Scott. Kan., a husband had his wife and a pan arrested on a very serious charge. When he came to give testimony against them all he could .swear to definitely was that once he bad peeked in at a church window and saw them standing together and sing, ing out of the satne hymn-booHowever, the judge, paying no atten-tlo- n to the shu, bier which passed over the auditr.ee, said that as there waj no evident" tnat they sang out of tune, he must lit the culprits go. k. ImmrofiUf of Btborlo, Few people leaiize the immensity lub at a meeting of the arisiocratic turf body tq be held in April. It win be the first time In the history of the turf that marked official honor baa teen accorded a turfman by the Jockey blub In England. The president of the mbm-te- r Jockey club of New York is a of the English Jockey club but that courtesy is accorded to the American tur? bodj? as a whole. n '!:' Ivtw r For the first time In the history of section of every sport Siberia, which extends through 120 de- Intercollegiate in one grees of longitude and possesses on, the country will be'represented ninth of all the land surface of th set of games at the University of race on Franklin globe. Tbe United Slates, Great Brit-al- f enneylvanla relay Wisand a!. Europe, except Russia, field In AprlL The University of Califorof Universe the and consin could be put Into Siberia, with laid ta nia have accepted Invitation and will spare. first ha relay teams hqre for th f n. ..f tour of the United States next summer after the close of the English championship tournament He may be accompanied by his closest competitor for golf honors, Harry Vardon. Cam for Phyalenl Director. Walter Camp, the foremoBt authority In the United State on athletics. Is likely to be director of the department of physical culture and national games of the worlds fair. It Is believed that the identification of tkla expert with the expositions department of physical culture will result in one of the most attractive departments of the exposition. ' Harouworth Get Aato Record Alfred Harmsworth, owner of the London Mall, now holds the automobile tourist road record between Paris and Monte Carlo. He covered tha distance In four days last week, never traveling more than seven hours In a day. He arrived In Monte Carlo In time to attend a prearranged banquet the London Dally Mall was glv.n-- ; to M. Gotnlp of tbe Boxers Casper Leon has been appointed boxing Instructor of the Polo Athletic club of New York. Another effort will be made to get a boxing law through the New York legislature the coming week. Frank Craig, the "Harlem Coffee Cooler, Is planning to Rive some boxing exhibitions in South Africa. Petlr Maher has quit the ring again and gone on the state. Recently In Philadelphia he appeared a Charles the Wrestler In As You Like It Ben Jordan of England has accepted a challenge from Jack McClelland or Plttsourg. The English lad offers to fight McClelland either at home or In this country. The Casper Leon, has recently come out with a challenge to meet Jack Ward, or, falling in that, to box Harry Forbes, Abe Attell or George Dixon. n Joe Humphries, the boxing announcer, has a good tenor voice, which his friends say would bring him a good Income at any time that th boxing game shut down. Billy Madden recently made the statement that If Bob Armstrong la really anxious to meet "Denver Ed Martin, he will make a match for the men at Philadelphia, Chicago, or Louis' ' ville. Is There still talk of a meeting between Harry Forbes and Tommy Felt. 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