Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1896 — Page 2

THE INDIAN ATOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1898.

p.-ovince has captured, near Hoyo Colorado, this province, thirteen armed insurgents. The statement circulated that the comjrandr of the Sobredo Atares fort, part of the fortifications of this city, had been arrested on the charge of treason is absolutely false. The commander is a gallant cfflcer an. J not a traitor. The Matanzaa railroad situation has betome so bad mat the company I133 decided rr reduce the wages of all" the employes. The present schedule of wages adopted Is only 50, 25 and 15 per cent, of the old rate of wapes. and some of the engineers have refused to take out their trains because of the reduction. Lieutenant General Panda recently Issued notices offering employment to 1.000 laborers on different plantations in Cuba. The general situation has been so bad here, and ufTerinsr ha been so extreme that hundreds thronged his headquarters In response to his offers, and he found It Impossible to furnish employment for all the applicants. It is now claimed that the wives of the native negroes have been given uniform?, and that they are now allowed to accompany the Insurgents on their raids, those in command hoping that they will Imitate the achievements of the Amazons of Dahomey. Sick Cahnni Unfettered. TAMPA, Fla.. Feb. 1. A prominent Matanzas lawyer writes to friends here that most of the Important Cuban families are leaving the Island for Mexico, South and North America. The United Railway at Havana has discharged 2S0 employes. When Gomez passed through San Jose las Lajis he left six sick men there. One Spanish column passed, leaving them unmolested, but another column came along and killed the six, chasing one of them Into the street before killing him. Qulntln Bandera, learning this. Informed the women and children to leave the town and then burned IL Maceo, the letter says, captured 3.304 carts with provisions, arms and ammunition rear Pinar del Iilo. Cubans here held an Immense condolence meeting last night over the los3 of the steamer Hawkins. The meeting was called for the purpose of collecting funds for the Junta to purchase another steamer. Forty InnurRenld Killed. MADRID, Feb. 1. A dispatch from Havana states that an encounter recently occurred near Caunao. in which forty insurgents were killed. Including leader Kojas. The report that the American government has made overtures to the European powers to recognize the Cuban Insurgents as belligerents is .denied.

SAVED SEVEVTY MEX. Story of the Cnptnln of Schooner That Itescurd Cuban Filibusters. . B03TON, Feb. 1. The three-masted chooner Leandcr V. Beebe, of Greenport, L. I., which vessel rescued the majority of the men comprising: the ill-fated expedition which sailed from New York last Sunday night on the steamer J. W. Hawkins, bound to Cuba, to assist the Insurgents, arrived at this port to-day from Baltimore and dropped anchor at the upper harbor. Capt. William M. Howes was put ashore by a tug and at once reported hl3 arrival to his ageata in this city. Captain Howes said that at 7:3-) o'clock last Monday morning, while his vessel was coming up the coast with a strong north northwest gale blowing, accompanied by a heavy sea, his attention was attracted to a two-funneied steamer which wa3 lying still some distance ahead and flying the American flag, Union down, as a signal of distress. "Simultaneously with the discovery of the distre33d vessel, I perceived." said Captain Howes, "that boats were being dropped over the steamer's side and a large crowd of men were swarming into them. By careful manipulation we were soon to leeward of three of the boats, which were soon alongside and. without much diitlculty, as the beats were on the windward side of the vessel, we got all hands, numbering seventy men, safely on board the schooner. The other two boats were, some distance from us and their occupants were being rescued by two schooners, one of them a fourmaster and the other a three-master. When the men were got safely aboard and there was nothing further for us to do I got the vessel under way again, with the intention of running back to Delaware breakwater to !ani the rescued men. "About 11 o'clock that forenoon I saw the steamer, which I learned from the men rescued was the J. W. Hawkins, go down stern first, after standing almost perpendicularly, with her bow out cf water for nearly en minutes. I do net know the names of ary cf the men or their position; nor did I ask them. Monday night we were packed in the cabin like sardines in a box. Forty-one of the men were quartered there and the remainder distributed in other parts of the vessel. The men from the steamer saved nothing but their clothing. I furnished . some of them with hats, underclothing and coats, fed them and made all as comfortable as possible." i When asked if he saw the two valises stuffed with American bank notes, which the men he rescued are said to have had, he asserted that he did not see them. Continuing, Captain Howes said: "On Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock when off the highlands of Naveslnk. X. J.. I sighted a tug boat In the distance and hoisted the usual signals Jot the tug to come alongside. The boat proved to be the Fred B. Dalzell. Captain DeNyso. I asked the captain what he would take a party of seventy shipwrecked men to New York for. and he reolled $100. I told him I would give him $70, or $1 per man, to which agreement he readily assented and the transfer of the men to the tug was quickly made. I paid the captain of the tug out of my own pocket and the only assurance I have that I will ever get it back la V the word of the men. who. by their manner, were all gentlemen, and. I think, thoroughly honest. My stock of provisions was fast . giving out and I was glad of the opportunity to send the men safely to New York. Before the men left my vessel they wanted In some way to show their aporeclation of the kindness of my crew, and m Je up a purse to present to my men. They succeded In raising $30." Captain Howes was then asked if It was Crue that one of the men he had rescued wa General Garcia, the leader of the exTMIiIon. iHe said that he did not know. "The steward of the Hawklrs." said Captain Howes, "who, by ths way, was an American, told me that the steamer was totally unfit for sea an! that she leaked like a relve while coming down Long Island sound." want nncor.xiTiox. Cnbnns Ma kins: Vigorous Representation to Member of the II nose. , WASHINGTON. Feb. l.-The Cuban revolution furnished tho text for a brief but animate.! talk in the foreign affairs committee to-day. Representative William Aide n Smith, of Michigan, who Is an enthusiastic supporter of the revolutionists, proposed that the committee should proceed to frame and report to the House a resolution of pome sort, either expressing sympathy with the rebels or rc questing President' Clevtiand to recognize them as belligerents. Mr. Smith argued that the House was not under obligations to delay its action longer for Secretary Olney to supply It with the promised documentary Information because the Senate committee had already acted. The House, in his opinion, should either co-operate with the Senate or take independent action, and it need not hesitate from fear of offendir.j Spain, for the Senate had already crossed that rubicon. Chairman Hitt explained to the committee that the State Department had added extra men to the corps of clerka wno are copying the documents in the department, and that Secretary Olney had promised to have them ready soon. There was a slight manifestation of impatience at the progress which the Secretary is making in complying with the House resolution, but no action was taken on the matter. Very vigorous representations are being made to Congress by the representatives of the revolution who are in Washington. They have almost dally Interviews with members of the foreign affairs committee, and they are always cordially received by these gentlemen, and their statements are listened to with interest. Assurances of sympathy with the cause they represent are extended to them, but several members of the committee tell them frankly that they doubt whether it 1s politic for this government to accord them the rights of belligerents at this stage of the revolution or whether such recognition wculd help their cause. Secretary Olney told Congressmen about a month ago that he did net believe t.iat leaders of the revolution wanted recognition, but later events may have changed h'j mind. The Secretary said at that time that In his cpinion the granting- of belligerent right3 to insurgents in a struggle like that under way In Cuba operated to the advantage of the stronger party. Shot and Stabbed Ilia Wife. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Feb. 1. Thomas F. Kippie, a laborer, murdered his wife last Eight. After firing a shot at her from close nnpe he stibbed her with a longt'aded knife in both breads. The womn died almost Instantly. It Is believed that Jealously caused the crime. Hard wood Uantelx, Orates. Jno. XI. Xdlly.

IN ARMENIA'S BEHALF

MKMOIUAL, TO TUB PRESIDENT FR03I EFISCOPAL IJISIIOI'S. Appeal for Action Looklns to tbe Prevention of Farther Atrocities by Turks .More Relief Needed. NEW YORK, Feb. 2,-ThIs numerously signed and earnestly worded memorial has been mailed to President Cleveland "Sir We, bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, beg most earnestly and respectfully to address you, the chief magistrate of the Nation, in relation to the massacre of our fellow-Christians in Armenia. The extent of these massacres is not fully known, but enough is known to reveal the horror of the situation and to call for the Indignant protest of all civilized and Christian people. It is estimated by those well acquainted with the facts that not less than I50.0U0 of our fe-llow-Cnristians aro now suffering and are in danger of perishing in congruence of the massacres in Asiatic Turkey, and that at least 50,000 have been already murdered. In Trebizond and Ezerum, in the provinces of liitlla. Van and Harput and in the whole district of Sivaa the people are given over to indescribable misery and outrage. Villages are sacked, property is destroyed and men, women and children are tortured and put to death for holding to the faith and practice of the Christian religion. "Tho entire severance of church and state in our country should not be allowed to stifle our sympathies or hamper our action in a case like this. It should rather Simulate them. It Is a case which especially appeals to us as men and Americans. As citizens of fhls Republic we have learned to know and dared to maintain that no form of religious belief should expose its adherents to persecution. It Is a3 representatives and malntalners of this essential American principle that we appeal for national action in this matter of a foreign persecution whose details are too horrible to depict or enumerate. "We sincerely trust that rome measure or measures consistent with the national traditions and the national dignity may be devised, and that speedily, which shall bring the whole force of the national sentiment to bear upon the solution of this subject; to cause the instant suppression of the massacres; to succor the unhappy and Impoverished survivors of them and to secure for the future ample guarantee for the safety of a Christian people In the exercise and maintenance of their faith. "We feel profoundly that cur nation should cease to recognize the Turkish government as a civilized power so long as its barbarous treatment cf the Armenians continues, and that it should bring every influence to bear upon the civilized nations of Eurcpe which may cause them to present a united front in demanding that such atrocities cease at once and forever." The memorial is signed by the bishops In the Eastern part of the country, and to their names will be added the signatures cf Western bishops, who have been communicated with but have not had time to answer. The memorial is the outcome of a recent meeting of the Church Club, at which Dr. Peters, of St. Michael's Church, presented letters from reliable persons In Armenia, whose disclosures were so impressive that a committee of three was appointed to confer with Bishop Potter. He brought the matter to the notice of the archdeaconry of Westchester two weeks ago, and Archdeacons Tiffany and Van Kleeck and Dr. Peters were appointed a committee to obtain the signatures of all of the bishops of the church to the appeal adiressed to the President. A similar communication is to be sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Czar of Russia, the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Germany. Onler Not Yet Restored. BOSTON, Feb. 1. Letters at hand from Hadjin state that that place Is the only town within the Eastern Turkey district which has thus far escaped being plundered by murderous Turks and Kurds. However, there are still disturbances on every hand and one of the late letters from Hadjin stated that until tho contest . which still continues at Zeitoun between the Armenian Christians who hold the city, and tho Turkish soldiery, who are trying to retake it, is settled, there Is no hope for tranquillity in that region. "Our new Governor," says the writer, "who 13 not a Turk, but a Georgian, has within the short time since his arrival won the esteem and the gratitude of all the Christians here. He seems delirious to do all he can to please Amcr-i.-trs. There are ten thousand persons here wto aro in immediate need of help. Car-, avans sent out to bring In supplies from Adana have all been pressed into service by the government to carry provisions to the army outsiJe of Zeitoun." Relief Needed at Eriernm. BOSTON, Feb. L The American board has Just received word from Erzerum, Turkey, that through relief money which Is "tnt bread Is given daily to about 1,500 Pirrons in that city alone, but applicants for relief are nearly twice that number. WOMEN AS SCHOOL. INSPECTORS. New Public Untie Assigned to Them by Mayor Stronjr. . , New York Evening Post. Mrs. W. S. Rainsford, wife of the rector of St. George's Church, the first woman appointed a school trustee In New York, and one who has had some opportunity to see what the effect of woman's work in education is, was asked to-day to give an opinion of the value, actual and political, of a system of women inspectors which has been put la partial operation by Mayor Strong. "I believe without qualification in the potential value of the inspector system." she said, "and in the potential value of women in the work. This part of school work has been allowed to lapse a good deal of late years. Since it has been taken up more seriously there have already been marked Improvements, and as soon as the right class of women can be induced to take the positions the value of the rystem will "be enormously lncreasd. The women we r.eed are cultivated women cf the leisure class. Many of the evils which the schools have had to contend with would not have been possible if the inspection had been dene as some women are doing it. The reasons for woman's peculiar fitness for this woik are apparent, but I would not have them have a monopoly. Men and women fchoull wcrk In it together.. But where can you find the man of equal ability who can give the time, from 9 o'clock in the morning to 9 o'clock at night? The trustees and inspectors who are trying to lift up the olfices from the state into which they have fallen must give the better part of their lives to it for several years. What we need Is the better class of women. I wish with all my heart they would . come forward. Thus far it has been very difficult to get them. The iirst obstacle to be overcome is their Indifference. It is hard to awaken In them a strong interest in the subject. Then they do net like the publicity. That was the only reason that Induced me to come forward, to make an opening in the hops that others would follow. Others have followed, but we want to see more and better women offer themselves. It rests with them. The Mayor ani Preslie.it Maclay have given every encouragement. "The causes, apart from the fact that they have more time, that make women especially adapted for the duties of Inspectcrs, are in the main three: First, they arcnatural guardians of children, which men are not. Second, they are natural housekeepers, which men are not. Under the term housekeeping 1 include looking after the sanitary arrangements and all the physical details affecting the health and comfort of the children. Third, the majority of teachers aro women, and there is a good deal of personal contact with the teachers. Contact with the children can be had only out of school, and women are more likely tc make it a point to be at the schools at times of recess, when they can come intc contact with the children. "The effect of more woman's work on the great evil of the fchool system which affects all its branches, patronage, will be good, for women do not take to patronage. They are conscientious. A great deal of emphasis is put in the school laws on the powers given to inspectors in reference tc auditing bills. Very many of them treat this in a perfunctory way, signing any bills sent to them, but some of whom I know make a genuine investigation and will not sign a bill until they know that It Is all nht. As they have the right to attend all of the trusters' meetings, where they car hear discussed the matter to which the bill refer, there is no reason why this powei should be used In as perfunctory a manner a3 It has been heretofore. In fact, in man) ways te inspectors are given by law mor powers than they actually use. so the prct ent need Is not that their powers should b Increased, but that they should take full advantage of them. Now. under the present Involved system of having two sets of officers audit the bills, the inspectors toe often sign Mils merely because the trustees have signed them; but there are ex ccptlcn3 to this rule. "Among tho duties of the Inspectors an lmportnt one is to attend the examinations of teachers. Every teacher's license must be cortined by them, and this Is a place where they miKht do very valuable work. What is true of the auditing Is true here. Many treat It as a perfunctory form, but a few refuse

to sign the papers unless they have been present at the examination and are satisfled of the fitness of the candidate. There Is a wave cf Interest in the whole subject of education Just now, and as a part of it there Is an increase In the interest in woman's function in It. . I wish this interest grew more rapidly among the class of women we want. It is growing, but, like- all good things, it comes slowly." MET OX THE STREET,

Drew Their Revolver and Fatally "Wounded Each Other. QIARI0X, 111., Feb. L-Frank Thompson and Willis Sanders met on the street at Johnson City, a new railroad town, five miles north of hereto-day. Both drew 'their revolvers and began shooting. Both were mortally wounded, Thompson receiving a bullet in the plne and his opponent being shot through the lungs. Sanders suspected Thomp.-5cn of intimacy with his wife and had left home on that account. Thompson, who ia a restaurant keeper, had bevn hoarding with Sanders, who Is a butcher. VhenvMrs. Sandere heard of the shooting she went to the assistance of Thompson. IJLOOMCItS AXD HL'SINESS. A Xcvr York Girl Who Contemplate n 2Vevr Woman Colony In Ohio. Lhbon, O., Patriot The new women, those who wear bloomers, want to establish a farm or colony near Lisbon. Some folks may object to this innovation, but as the women composing the party are all -of excellent reputations and who have money to pay for what they buy, they shouli certainly be welcomed. At the Hostetter House one night last week was registered Miss Flora Smith, of Syracuse. X. Y. She made many inquiries of Mr. Hyde about property In this section and said she was thinking of purchasing. The Patriot, scenting an item, sent up his card, and In a few minutes was seated in the parlor opposite a very pretty woman of about twenty-two years, who was clad in bloomers. The offer was made to assist her in finding property, and she sa'dc "You can see that I belong to the new women. I wear bloomers continually Indoors, but when traveling or on the street have over them a loose skirt. I do this so as not to shock you men and not to attract too much attention to mypelf, because I do not seek notoriety. What I want to do is to buy a large farm or tract of land and form a colony in which men shall have no part. Only females who will bini themselves to a life of celibacy while members of the community and to wear bloomers for life, are to be eligible. They will work the farm In all of Its details, plant and harvest the crops, dispose of them in market and take care of the stock. "We shall live in a large, commodious farmhouse, for which I am having plans prepared. There will be every convenience of modern life. I shall give my personal supervision to the establishment. Members, forever, will elect officers twice a year to conduct It. There will be an auditing board to look after improvements of the property, and a governing board. "It shall be the duty of the chairman of the latter to report all infractions of rules by members. There will be two Judges chosen. One will have powers similar to a police magistrate; the other will have a position analagous to our general term. Those accused of infractions of the rules will be tried by a Jury of five, and If not satisfied with the judgments of the lower courts they can appeal to me. I will sit as a court of last resort. "There will be no imprisonment: all punishment will consist of withdrawal of privileges for a certain length of time. If we should get into our fold undesirable women who flirt and gad about with men when they go to market or on other occasions,, they will, after suitable warning, be expelled. All females of good character between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five years are eligible for membership. "Each member shall have a share In the profits after the expenses for board and clothing have been deducted. The remainder will go Into a general fund for betterment and the purchase of adjoining lands, if it is deemed necessary and the community grows as rapidly as I think it will. "Any member will, after three years in the community, be eligible to retire, taking with her the amount of initiation fee, if one has been charged, and seven-eighths of her share of the earnings, the other eighth to go into the general fund. "My great object Is to educate and to turn out new women, as the newspaper men term them. While there will be a certain amount of farm work that will have to be done, there will be many hours es,ch day for study and curriculum will be as broad and extended as that in any of our universities. There will be frequent lectures In a large assembly room that I propose to have, and current literature, politics and questions of the day will be discussed. The members can ride bicycles, and a number will be kept for their use. "There will be horses, but no side-saddles. My girls will ride astride, as do the men, and I predict that three years of life in our Institution will make the members the peer of any man physically and mentally. I will not make rules that defy all the laws of nature and exact pledges binding for life. That of dress will be the only life pledge that will be asked. "I expect that many of those who come to U3 will go forth from our tutelage to enter the homes of men to become wives and mothers. When such time comes they will know how to be both, and how to raise and educate families that will reflect credit upon the nation and new women." Miss Smith is particularly well pleased with Lisbon and says that she will probably return In the spring and look over the farming lands near town. She was very much impressed with what was told her of the fruit and vegetable advantages, and said that she believed that by growing strawberries that her promised farm could be made almost self-sustaining after the first year. TAI1LB TALK. Newest Things In Appointment for Dainty Dining: Itooms. Godey's Magazine. Napery, to be in good taste, should be of fine white satin damask with the regulation hem, or finished with Mexican drawn work and a heavy fringe. Other table cloths are of cream linen bordered with open embroidery. On some of the expensive sets of Irish damask the monogram or coat of arms is woven In the center of the cloth and the napkins; others show the monogram in raised embroidery in the corners. The newest designs in table linen are in rococo style, showing conventional flowers connected by Kmplre wreaths and bowknots; others have the old but ever new Greek key border, broken at intervals with fleur-de-lis; the inside border is narrower, and the center is strewn with detached lilies. The daisy and bachelor button are great favorites, as are also the trefoil, while poppies, rosebuds and forget-me-nots are pretty. Luncheon and breakfast sets permit of more variety, and consist of fine white linen daintily embroidered and fringed, or German damask with lemon, pink, blue or heliotrope borders, with fringed napkins to match: silk and linen in delicate colors is also used for these sets. Floral decorations are still low, with the exception of the long-stemmed crystal vases, holding single blossoms. Low. broad bowls of cut glass, sea green Bohemian, Baccarat or Venptlan' class nre set in symmetrical order upon the table; massed decorations of a particular flower in one color are most effective; care should be taken that the lamps and china match or harmonize with the general color scheme. Nothing edible Fhould be placed upon the tikble. save the fruits and fancy confections. The fruit may be contained In glass, silver or chin3. Sevres and Dresden porcelain show garlands of blossoms held by true-lovers' knots of blue ribbon separated bv bands of turquoise blue, apple green. Dubarry pink or pale heliotrope. Jewel decoration in raised figures, imitating gems, is rich and showy. Dresden, with the tiny detached bouquets so characteristic of this china, is ereatly Kked. Sevres is too expensive for most purses, and Is Indeed fit for royalty. . Many of the inexpensive English porcelains are charmingly decorated, and make almost as good a showing on the table as morse costly ware. Apple green picked out with gold is one of the newest colorings: in fact green china and g'.ars is a recent fad. Fern leaves strewn on a ground of ivory white have a charming effect. The luscious Tokay grapes, the golden oranges and purple plums may be placed in separate dishes or heaped in an immense bowl in the center of the table. Odd-shaped dishes and baskets hold the dainty bonbons. Candles and lamps 'play an important role in table decoration, and. needless to say. they and the flowers should not be at odds. Yellow and pink are among the best colors by artificial light; red is warm 'ooklng. but has become rather common. Green is extremely fashionable, but greenshaded lamps are trying to all but those with the freshest complexions. A Murderer's Confession. NCW Oil LEANS, Feb. 1. Arthur Schneider, who has len in the pansh rison here since December, charged vith the murder ct Arthur Schroeder, and vho last week klll-d Deputy Sheriff Dugran, one of the officers of the prison, has nade a confession, stating that in August, S31. he strangled an unknown woman to teath ono night In Forest Park, in St. Louis. He states that (he woman had 4hort. curly hair, was eighteen or nineteen years of age and medium height and Size. The victim was never identified.

DEAD PEINCE HENB.Y

ARRAAGEMEATS complete FOR T1IC FXXEItAL. OP DATTEXDtRG. PrlnceM Beatrice to Slake Her Home on the Isle of Wight, of Which Her Husband Was Governor. LONDON, Feb. 1 As was expected. In view of the death of Prince Henry of Battenburg, the past week has been the quietest socially recorded for a long time past. In spite of the fact that they Jiave been suffering terribly from grief, the Queen and Princess Beatrice have continued to enjoy excellent health. Her Majesty has granted to the widowed Princess the use, during the litter's ' lifetime, of Osborne cottage, near Osborne House, a pretty place, formerly occupied by the late Sir Henry Ponsonby, for many years private secretary to the Queen and keeper of the privy purse, who died March 12 of last year. Princess Beatrice has resolved to make her home on the Isle of Wight, of which her late husband was Governor, where he was much liked. The February drawing room has been abandoned, and her Majesty will start for the continent two weeks earlier than previously determined on, starting for Ciemiez during the first week of March. All the arrangements for the funeral of Prince Henry of Battenburg, who died during the evening of Jan. 20, while on his way to the island of Madeira on board the British cruiser Blonde, of fever contracted while serving with -the Ashantee expedition, have been completed. The remains will bo entombed in Whippingharm Church, at 12:30 p. m., on Wednesday next, and the ceremonies will be most Impressive. The body was transferred yesterday at Funchal, island of Madeira, from the Blonde to the first-class cruiser Blenheim. The last-named war ship almost immediately afterward started for England. The Blenheim conveyed the remains of the late Sir John Thompson, the Canadian Premier, who died suddenly at Windsor Castle, to Canada. On the arrival of the Blenheim at Portsmouth tho body of Prince . Henry of Battenburg will be transferred to the royal yacht Albert, and will be taken to the Isle of Wight. The casket will remain on board the Albert until Wednesday. On board ship the body rests on a bier erected on the. quarter deck, draped with light blue and white, and with the British white ensign. It is said that the Queen and Princess Beatrice will be present at the disembarkation of the remains, and that they will follow the casket, which will be carried by Scots guardsmen to Whlppirigham Church, not far from Osborne House. The health of Sir John Millals he Is aiiout sixty-six years -of age has recently been causing some anxiety to his friends. He has been suffering from a disquieting throat affection, which does not seem to decrease in gravity in spite of the skilled treatment he has been, subjected to. . It is definitely announced in the Yachting World that Sir George Newnes, proprietor of the Westminster Gazette, the Strand Magazine and Tidbits, has detintely decided to abandon his Intention of challenging for the America's cup. In view of the report circulating in the United States that Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt Is shortly to announce his. enagement to Miss Amy Bend, of New York. It may be worth while mentioning that Vanity Fair, this week, asserts thar Mr. Vanderbilt will shortly announce his engagement to an English Duchess. ;.; Mrs. John W. Mackay's Paris home has been bought by M. Klotze,. the great Parisian perfumer. ' A reporter questioned Bramwell Booth, son of General Booth, of the Salvation Army, regarding the recall of Ballington Booth from command of the army in the United States. When informed of the New York meeting to be held Monday next, he said: "We are Immensely pleased at the fact that Ballington's work has recelvsd such approval from so many prominent people in America. He was recalled simply because it Is a rule in the army that, after a certain period of labor, .officers are transferred to another neiu. Ballington has been in America nine years, and, like the Wjsleyans, we change every six or seven yearn. I cajinot say where BaJlington will be transferred; it depends upon the General, who returns from India In June." Lord Dunraven was among the guests of the Prince of Wales at Sandringham this week. , The United States embassador, Mr. Thos. F. Bayard, started yesterday on a visit to Lord Galway, at his seat near Nottingham. Business at th leading theaters during the past week fell off somewhat owing to the death of Prince Henry of Battenburg, and the novelty of the week was the first performance on Thursday of "The Foot of the Family," at the Duke of York's Theater. The play turned out to be a dire failure. Forbes Roblson has abandoned the idea of a revival of "Othello" at the Lyceum for a version of Copee's "Pour La Couronne." Nellie Farren gives up the management of the Opera Comlque on Saturday. Plotted Agulnst Drltain. LONDON, Feb. 2.-The Observer, Unionist, this morning says: "We have good authority leading us to express the belief that Germany recently invited Russia and other powers to co-operate in a plan against England's occupation of Egypt. According to our Information, this proposition was declined by Russia." Contested Territory Occupied. PARS, Feb. 1. The Politique Coloniale today announces that the Brazilians have occupied the contested territory on the border of French Guiana. Held us IIostxiKea. ROME, Feb. L It is stated that Emperor Menelek has retained ten Italian officers of Col. Galliano's force at Makaleh as hostages. TOSITION DURING SLEEP. Peculiarities Anion tc Grown Persons, Children nnd Lower Animals. New York Evening Sun. There Is a well-known physician of this city who has been studying for some years the positions of persons during sleep. "Sometimes I wonder," said the doctor, "why our learned scientists have not paid more attention to tne positions which persons, young and old, are prone to assume during sleep. It stems to me that the phenomena really offers a fruitful tlela of study, for I have come to the conclusion that there is an important physiological meaning and significance in tho different sleeping positions. ''the natural attitude adopted by young children, when free to do as they please with their bodies and limbs, is interesting. You have seen, of course, chickens asleep on the roost. You may have noticed them also, with the head under the wing1 and the legs drawn up close to the body. No at that is exactly the position of the chick in the CKg. Similar conditions may be noted among the four-ltged animals. Puppies and kittens lie curkd up during sleep, just as they did before they were born. "Now, what is the natural position of babies during sleep? You will lind in nine cases out of ten tiiat young children, when old enough to control their limbs, and are unfettered by clothing or cover, draw up their legs and bend their heads over their arms. They simply resume tho position they occupied in embryonic life. "Of course, the trouble is in too many cases that our children are not allowed to sleep according to their natural Inclinations, and mothers and nurses Interfere with the position most convenient for them. So, too, Indian babies are seldom allowed to sleep in the postlon they like best. The squaw bundles the little one into a motionless thing, and often straps the child tightly to a board." "But if you will observe how babies sleep in warm climates, where they are not homered with much clothing, you will find them sleeping in the natural position I have described. Whether they sleep on mats of grass, on tne warm earth or In hammocks, the children lie ia the curled-up position. My attention was first called to this position by the negro babies down South. There I often saw the negro mammy lay the black baby down to sleep on i:s stomach and wondered whether or not the child was comfortable. "Since then I have found this practice common among mothpr9 and nurses ia Southern countries. Teey know that their young ones like to sleep in tho same position as do mt ny animals that Is, with the stomach downward and the legs and the arms, usually, bent under tnem. "After a while boys and girls of four or live years of age slightly change their attitude during sleep. They now lie on the side, face also cn the side, and wdth the legs drawn up, using one of the arms as -

a pillow. This Is the position assumed by the higher order of monkeys in their sleep. "It is not until boys and girls prow up that they stretch out their limbs full length In sleep. "The lower order of monkeys sleep In the crouching position, with the head bent down upon the knee. "There Is one position In sleep that is peculiar to human beings. It is lying flat upon the back. No animal of its own choice takes such a position in sleep. One of the keepers at Central Park, who has excellent opportunities for watching the animals there, says that he has never found the apes sleeping upon their backs. "We all know the usual disagreeable results of sleeping on the back. A person in sleep will often roll over flat, whereupon he or she sees strange sights and hears strange noises. Many a time I have seen mothers and nurses go to the child on its back, muttering or crying in sleep, and then gently turn the sleeper over on the side. The right side is preferred by many people, while some find the left side comfortable. I do not know that it makes much difference. Some think that we should not lie on the left side, because it oppresses the heart and lungs" and interferes with freedom of circulation of blood and breathing." COLONEL C0IT ACQUITTED. Case of Importance to Militiamen Who .Fire nt Rlotem. .

COLUMBUS, O. Feb. l.-The Jury in tho Colt case at Circleville returned a verdict of not guilty at 10:20 o'clock to-night. The jury was out three days. Ool. A. B. Colt was indicted for manslaughter by the grand Jury of Fayette county. He commanded the militia which fired into the mob at Washington C. H. in October, 1S94. The trial was begun before tho holidays. The verdict is of vital interest to the national guardof the State. DISABLED STEAMER. Unknown Vessel Tossed on the Atlantic OH Newfoundland. ST. JOHN'S N. F., Feb. l.-Another violent storm has been raging here during the last twenty-four hours The condition of affairs is really worse than that reported last week. Immense snow blockades have made the railway lines impas-able and trains are unable to run in many sections of the Island. Three men are missing and it is feared that they have been smothered In the drifts. An unknown steamer was reported off the harbor last night before the storm reached its height. A number of signals and rockets were fired, and It Is supposed that the vessel was the disabled steamer sighted by the Gratia. It was too rough for any steamer to leave port to-day to investigate the matter, and any disabled vessel would be unable to enter the harbor for a similar reason. Ashore, but Soon Floated. NEW YORK, Feb. L-The steamship Caracas, of the Red D line, which went ashoxe on Governor's island to-day, was floated at a quarter of 8 o'clock to-night. She proceeded to sea at once. The superintendent of the line said that the vessel was little the -worse for her running on the rocks. The Caracas left her berth at Plerpcnt's stores, Brooklyn, at a little after 1 o'clock. Soon after leaving her pier in Brooklyn a dense fog- settled down on the upper bay. The Caracas picked her way carefully, but the strong ebb tide carried her out of her course. At 1:50 p. m. she ran ashore on Governor's island at a point three or four hundred feet northwest of the Ordnance dock, and about two hundred feet from the shore. The agents at once sent a representative on board to ascertain the damage, which was found to be trifling. The passengers were given the option of remaining on board and sailing on the vessel when she was floated at high ti3e or remaining In tho city and going on the next Eteamer of the company. They mostly remained on board. Cannot Move the St. Paul. NEW YORK, -Feb. l.-Captain Mulligan, of the Beach llfe-avlngr station, reports that the tugs have been pulling on th6 steamship St. Paul, but have not moved her. The wrecking companies will not make an attempt to do anything towards floating the steamer to-night. With the McSwnts. Chicago Tribune. ."The Woman's Club Is going to discuss parliamentary law to-morrow evening, Billlger," remarked Mrs. McSwat. "and I don't think I shall go. I don't take any interest in It." "Parliamentary law. Lobelia," said Mr. McSwat, magisterially, "is something you can't know too much about. You ought to familiarize yourself thoroughly with its usages. A clear understanding of parliamentary law," he went on, warming with his subject, "would be useful In all the relations of life. If I were asked to name one thing. Lobelia, that is calculated to add selfreliance to character, assist in solving the problems that arise from day to day, and make the burden of life less" "Now, what is the use of your going on like that, BHHger?" Interrupted Mrs. McSwat. "What good would it do me to study parliamentary law, I'd iiKe to know?" "You would learn not to talk when you are not in order," replied Billiger, burying himself In his newspaper again. And Mrs. McSwat went out to the kitchen and talked In a loud and expostulatory tone of voice to Bridget for the next fifteen minutes. First Chinese Tramp on Record. San Francisco Chronicle. Oakland has a Chinese tramp, the first on record in the country. He was arrested for vagrancy In Berkeley yesterday, asleep near the gate of Dr. O'Toole, and when brought to the county Jail gave the name of Ah Lee. On being searched by the prison officials for stray bits of opium or a knife, his outer blouse was removed. Nothing was found beneath It but a shirt. This was taken off and revealed another shirt. When this was removed a third shirt was found, then a fourth, a fifth, a sixth and a seventh. The unkempt Mongol grunted when his last garment was removed. He said: "Keep him warm." Three pairs of baggy Chinese pantaloons and two pairs of socks were required to keep his nether limbs warm. When asked why ho didn't work he replied: "No Job. No likee look. No likee too much trouble." Itnslneas Embarrassments. MILWAUKEE, Feb. L In the case of A. B. Gllfuss, assignee of the Commercial Bank, against James Corrigan, Stevenson Burke and Franklin T. Ives, members of the Arm of Corrigan, Ives & Co., Judgment was to-day rendered in favor of the bank for $134,423.23. Besides being cf Importance to the stockholders 'of the bank, the decision, if upheld, will have an important bearing on mine and ore transactions, as it clearly establishes the validity of ore and iron sales by the passage of warehouse receipts, even though the ore or iron i3 not removed from the custody of the vender. BOSTON, Feb. 1. The failure of the Evans. Bell & Clark Company, shoe manufacturers, of Waldoboro. Me., was announced in the leather district here to-day. The creditors are mostly Boston firms, whose claims, it is said, will aggregate between and $100,000. The assets of the firm are placed at $77,500. Output of Itar Iron Rejrnlnted. CLEVELAND, O., Feb. l.-The Bar Iron Association, whicu has been in almost continuous session for three days, adjourned this evening. The members are very closemouthed as to the proceedings, all they would say being that they reaffirmed the old price list, which was based on a rate- of $1.35 per hundred pounds, delivered In Chicago. President Taylor denied that the association was trying to regulate the output. (It is stated on the authority of an outsider, however, that the members of the association, representing 80 per cent, of the manufacturers, signed an agreement to that effect, and the members of the association are ail very happy to-night. Obituary. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. Feb. 1. The death of Lady Kenny, wife of the late Sir Edward Kenny, a well-known politician, was announced to-day. She was seventvflve years old. A oaughter, who is the wife of Governor Daly, of Nova Sootla, survives. CONCORD. N. H., Feb. 1. The widow of Ezekial, Webster, brother of Danltd Webste-, lied last night. age3 ninety-five years. She had lived in Concord rince 1S75. Suicide of u Judg;e. PHOENIX. Ariz.. Feb. l.-Ju3ge Stephen Peery, late of San Diego, committed suiclJe last night by shooting himself through the heart. Juige Peery was a native of Virginia and removed to Trenton, Mo., some tim before the war. He removed to California three years ago and had only been a resident of this city three months. Ill health is supposed to be the cause. Governor Jones Ia Recovering. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. L Governor Jones, of Nevada, who has been sick with cancer in this city for almost three months, has partially recovered, to the surprise of his" physicians. Arrangements ate being wade to remove him to Carson City In a short time to avoid an absence frorn Nevada beyond his legal limit of ninety day.i

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OSCAR C. MtltKAVS IlETIItEMEXT FROSI TUB BIG FOUR SYSTEM. He Is to ne Pnld $.10,000 n Tear Iy the B.Vfc O. Mr. Coiit to Dlreet the lllff Four Freight Service. Seldom has the railroad fraternity been more surprised than at tho announcement yesterday mornlr.g that Oscar G. Murray, vice president and freight traffic manager of the Big Four lines, and representative of the Big Four and the Chesapeake & Ohio lines in the Joint Traffic Association, had resigned his position with the Big Four, and that, cf course, means his resignation In the other capacity. About three years ago there was said to be some friction between Mr. Murray and Pres-Ideat Ingalls as regards the policy of handling the traffic department, but It died away, and the relations between the two officials have been very pleasant, as Is evidenced in Mr. Ingalls, president of the Big Four and of the Chesapeake & Ohio, selecting hira to represent the lines In the Joint Traffic Association board of managers. In railroad circles it Is conceded that the Baltimore & Ohio people have made a very wise move, and it will give that road a position among the trunk lines that It has never before reached. It certainly also means better financial results from Its operations. This move makes It very evident that tho Drexel-Morgan syndicate has taken hold of the Baltimore & Ohio, and proposes to put It on Its feet financially and place It In the position It Is entitled to hold a3 a trunk line. Mr. Murray has done a great work in bringing the Big Four to its persent enviable position, and in making the Chesapeake & Ohio a valuable trunk lino. Through his efforts the steamship line, which has bo developed the Newport News export route, was established. In fact, he has been very successful In every move he has made in the direction- of increasing the business of the Big Four, and through It the traffic of the Chesapeake & Ohio. Without doubt Mr. Murray stands In the lead as a transportation official. He will, it is stated, be In his new field of labor, with headquarters In New York, after Feb. 15. There is considerable speculation as to whether Mr. Murray will take any Big Four men with him. If h does, it is contrary to his usual custom. Every time he has changed his official position it has been a marked promotion, and never has he taken a following except his private secretary, who has been with him many years. The understanding Is that President Ingalls will appoint no new freight traffic manager, turning the business oyer to E. F. Cost, the general freight agent, who has so long been with Mr. Murray and so well understands his successful policy that he Is qualified for the position. In all positions Mr. Cost has held he has surprised his subordinate officials with the ability In which he handled the duties that devolved on him, and, to-day, with Western shippers, but few, if any, freight officials stand as well as does Mr. Cost. It Is stated that Mr. Murray, as operating president and general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio road, Is to receive $30,000 a year. HUNTINGTON EXPLAINS.' Why 3Inyor Sutro Is FIghtlnff the Central Pacific Road. WASHINGTON, Feb. L The Senate committee on Pacific railroads to-day gave a hearing to the representatives of the various Interests which are trying to secure a readjustment of the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroads to the United States. Mr. C. P. Huntington, of the Cenral Pacific, was among those who appeared. He said the Central Pacific was In better condition than was generally supposed, that Its roadbed and bridges were In good order, that it had no floating debt, and that it had paid some of Its mortgages. "We want," he said, "to pay 10U cents on tne dollar of this government debt, and mean to do so. Wa also want to pay as much as we can from time to time." . ; Senator Frye, of the committee, remarked that this was gratifying . information to tho committee. Mr. Huntington then referred briefly to the attacks being made on the company by "our friends, the enemy," referring to Mayor Sutro, of San Francisco, and characterizing the printed matter with which Congress is being flooded as "stuff not worth talking about." Mr. Frye remarked Jocularly that this advertising must have cost Mr. Huntington a large amount of money. To this Mr. Huntington replied that there was nothing In this, except that Sutro wanted him. to extend his road to his (Sutro's) place across the sand hills from San Francisco for eight miles, which he had refused to do. When he had declined Sutro had declared that he would fight him and he had told him to bogin, -which he did. Mr. Winslow S. Pierce appeared for the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific; Mr. Charles II. Tweed for the Central Pacific, and Hon. David Littler for the Sioux City & Pacific Mr. Pierce explained the purpose of the Union Pacific reorganization committee, reviewing Its plan ia detail. He showed that the proposed first mortgage bonds to be Issued under the reorganization were to be issued in exchange for bonds secured by the present first liens and by liens on the properties not covered at present, except so far as provision was made in the new security for the settlement of the government debt itself. Speaking for the Central Pacific, Mr. Tweed said that the road was able to carry the current burdens and only asked for a considerate arrangement for meeting the government obligations. Mr. Littler explained that the Sioux City company only asked to be allowed to settle with the government for a cash consideration. This is only a short line, and Senator Frye remarked that the committee would be willing to take almost anything that the company would give. EjirnlnftM of the llarllnarton. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. The total freight earnings of the Burlington system for the year 1S95 were 520,028.108, a decrease of $238,648 from the preceding year. Passenger earnings were J7, 419.742, an increase of $218,3S3; the gross earnings of the road were J31,6.2,3ol, an increase of, $137,485; the operating expenses and fixed charges were $29,SOS.024. an increase of $526,746. leaving net earnings for the year $2,344,&9, a decrease of $489.2:9. Georgia Midland Sold nt Auction. COLUMBUS. Ga., Feb. l.-The Georgia Midland railway was sold at auction here to-day by order of the United States Court, J. W. Murphy acting as . commissioner of sale. It was bought for $TjO0,009 by a committee of bondholders consisting of H. A. Lancaster, W. H. Pahr.er, of Richmond and G. Gunby Jordan, of this city. A BAREFOOTED BURGLAR Cnught liy Two Kiifrlneern in Arthur Jordan's Pucking House. While Henry Klnkle and William Allender, engineers at Arthur Jordan's packing1 house, corner of Maryland and Delaware streets, were making the rounds of the building at 1 o'clock this morning, they cornered a burglar, Charles Jones, twentyone years old, who says he Jives at 28 Center street. Jones threw up his hands and surrendered. The men telephoned the police station and 'detective Kaehn went ovtr and took charge of tho fellow. He said he had no intention of robbing the store and had simply climbed over the transom for the purpose of finding a place to stay all niht. The transom through which he climbed is over one of the doors opening on Maryland street and is under a bright electric light. Jones was fin his stocking feet and said he left his shoes on the out?Me. He said he had a companion with him thcm he did not know. As his shoes were, gone the officers concluded the man stationed outside ran away with them whei he pay th3 engineers approaching. On his way to the stationhouse Jencs complained of having to walk in his bare feet ani seemed more concerned about the danger of taking cold than at the prospect of being punished for burglary. Frstlvltlen nt the Ferrlters. There was trouble at the residence of the Ferrlter family. No. 173 East Louisiana street, lart night. At midnight the festivities were at their height. John struck

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TOBACCO No Nerves Quaking No Heart Palpitating No Dyspeptio Aching -luprpir nun am -DYSPEPTIC Fan-Je. the wife of Tim. Mrs. Ferriter'i eyes were blackened ana the was badly bruised. Patrolmen Bhafer and Shrader called at the house ani brought the affair to an end. John was arrested for assault and battery, while Tim was taken Jor drunkenness. Mrs. Ferrlter injuries are serious. TWO INDIANAPOLIS MEN Said to De tho Two Tramp Killed Xenr Cincinnati. In the Big Four freight wreck, near Lawrenceburg, Friday night, eeven tramps wer buried under the derailed cars. John Sutton, of Chicago, and Fred Truitt, said to reside at No. O Lander street, this city, aro reported killed. Michael Dagan and James Eagan were taken to the hospital at Cincinnati. Michael Eagan is said to live at No. 44 Sheffield street. West Indianapolis, but at Cincinnati he said he had no home. There Is no such street in this city as Lander street given In the cltv directory. . The Big Four officials here say that nons or the train men were Injured, and they have no reports showing that any residents of this city were among the tramps who were riding on the freight cars. POWER OF THE TASSO 3IE. Chiefs of Slerrn Leone Ilend to tho Will of This Secret Order. Philadelphia Telegraph. At the recent crowning of the Sokong. or paramount chief of the Imperii Land, Sher bro, in the colony of Sierra Leone, West Africa, a curious native custom was observed, one which very few, if any, Europeans had. previously witnessed, as it ii of great rarity, and had not been performed for many years. It consisted of the appearance of certain members of a secret society known as the "Tasso," about whic'i a great deal of mystery exists, as they belong to a brotherhood that Is regarded with a veneration amounting to awe by the community of Impend. The power vested in these Tasso men Is immense. and gives them precedence next to th Sokong, and even entitles them to raise objections, if they see fit, to laws proposed by that chief. Tasso is purely a Sherbo institution, peculiar to Imperri. Tassos are practically the head of the 'Poro," or order of Freemasons; each big chief of a town has his Tasso man, and upon very Important occasions he attends with his chief. Four Tassos, with their chiefs, formed part of the bodyguard to the Sokong, and took prominent part in the ceremony. It Is necessary to observe carefully tha costumes worn by these men, more particularly their enormous headgear, which isabout three feet In height. It is a great weight, and is consequently removed whenever the men are not actively engaged. These head pieces are erected on a foundation of plaited cane. The human skulls ' and the thigh bones immediately above the part fitting the head are those of defunct Tassos, which can only be renewed from other departed members of the brotherhood. The whole is surmounted by a gigantic bouquet of feathers, gathered from all klr.da of birds, these bouquets being quite three feet In diameter. The dress of these men, is of the usually barbaric description, made up of a network over the body, from which . hang various skins of animals; bunches of fiber from the waist, forming a short skirt, while attached to the knees are several pieces of hollowed native iron, from which depend rings of similar metal that Jingle as the men move about, making a considerable noise. The Tassos do not dance, that part of th ceremony being undertaken by the "Laga and his followers, who are Mibord.nate to 1 Tassos. It is only necessary for a singlo 'Laga" to be present in attendance upon several Tassos. The "Laga" carries & shield ani has his black body bedaubed with large white spots; grouped at the naclc of him are his boys, to the number of about fifty, who are ready to rush madly round the town, headed toy the "Laga," to notlfv the people of what is about to take place, to call them together, or warn them to get into their houses. If a Tasso dies In a town he must not be Interred therd. but in the bush, ae the law is that no woman must look upon a deal Tasso, and when one dies in a town a Toro," or law, Is Immediately place! upon that town compelling tne women to withdraw from it until the burying is over. "Poro" law Is so Imperative that the inhabitants of a town can be sent into the. bush n a few minutest, but It occasionally happens that natural curiosity will Induce a woman to secrete herself and thereby in disobedience to the "Poro" law, become acquainted with some of the external mysteries of the "Poro." The superstition in such cases Is that sickness follows, and during her illness the lady confesses what she s done and seen; she is then carried into " ne 'Poro" bush and initiated Into the "Poro" rite?, and henceforth all such women are regarded in the same light as "Poro" men, and are practically native Freemasons. Tbe coronation ceremony was performed unccr the supervision of the governmental treaty chief, Peh Sherbro of Vonnl, Sherbro. who upon this occasion wore the beautiful, large and maslve silver medal which had been presented to his ancestors by K.ng George III. bearing the date 1S16. Many a free man who is sick would willingly change places with healthy convict A man might as well be shut out of enjoyment one way as another. If he is shut up in a cell, he cannot engago in active pleasures. He cannot sec the has these things before Lira, but he doesn't see them as they exist. lie cannot look on anything with appreciative eyes. 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