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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1897.

JLkei for more time for Mr. Daniels, one of those supporting It. Mr. Majruire Interpol, saying: "Every man from the ratine coast has been shut out of the general debate and thre can be no extensions In favor of the bill." "If there has len any 'shutting out. " responded Mr. Hepburn. "If was at the elections, and not here." Mr. Daniel argued that the settlement should a made now an.1 not left as a Jeracy to the next administration. Mr. Grosvenor ?;iM the bill probably pave th best means of closinfc the protracted contest anl protecting the government. Mr. Dockery urgd that fortress had "not len given the full financial statement as to this settlement which would warrant its Riptlon. Mr. Arnold said that unless the ntletnent was made tho next administration would bo complied either to issue &) bonel to pay off mortgages or eL-e throw up all its liens. Mr. Hilborn contended that in the pending proposition an old overland branch of the Central Pacific now abandoned was Included Instead of the new branch. - He jjso Insisted that a ferry, which was included as n valuable effect, wa.s in fact disposed of by the road. Mr. Powers disputed the correctness of Mr. Hilborn's statement and Faid no tales such as indicated had been made. two surstitutks. At this point the two substitute propositions, of Mr. Harrison, of Alabama, and Mr. Hell, of Colorado, were submitted. The features of these substitutes have been heretofore outlined. Mr. Henderson raid he tried to view the claim a.s one of his own and to act as though his Interest were involved. He believed foreclosure means complete los. of the government deM, while compromise on the lines of the bill gave the hope of saving all. or most all. of the debt. Mr. Maguire denounced the pending measure as tlu worst cn' on this subj;-ct ever presented t Com?re.-s. Jt vuh far worse, he said, than the K lily bill, which the House defeated two years ago. Mr. L-aehlan opposed the bill a.s wholly inadequate to protect the government. Mr. Uurtlett characterized the bill as the worst, most reckless, most improvident ever presented on this subject. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, said that from a business standpoint the measure offered a means of protecting the government to the greatest extent possible. Mr. Watson, ot Ohio, and Mr. Kyle, of Mississippi. sfoko for the bill. Mr. Grout disclosed In his remarks a difference of opinion between himself and hl3 Vermont associate in charge of the bill. He reviewed the alleged irregularities of management and the extent of the profits made by individuals. He dissented also from the view that the government would be foreclosed out of its liens if this settlement were not made, declaring that it was not lawful to prosecute a foreclosure as against the national government. Messrs. Perkins and Morrill spoke In opposition to tho bill and Messrs. Knox, Mitchell. Spencer and Grow in its favor. Mr. Perkins announced that he would not press his amendment as to the Sioux City and PaclHc line, as the committee was deaf to amendments. Mr. Roderick offered an amendment extinguishing the Union Pacific' right of way through the Delaware and Pottawatomie Indian reservations in Kansas. Mr. Paris, in supporting the bill, said wholesome sentiments could not be expected from the California delegation, when every man in it took his political life in his hands if he supported any plan for settlement. Mr. Rarham urged that the bill did not give the government additional liens on th? terminals, as the Thurman act already gave the rrovernme-nt a lit n on these terminals. H presented a telegram from Governor Rudd. of California, giving the text of the resolution against the funding bill passed by the Legislature of California on Jan. 7. AMENDMENTS AGREED TO. Mr. Parker offered an amendment enlarging the description of the property covered by the government liens and also requiring the assent of the secretary of the treisury to any sale to be made by the roads under the bill. The Parker amendment was adopted 32 to 3;. Tho Rroderick amendment relating to the Delaware and Tottawatonde Indian reservations in Kansas was accepted by Mr. Powers and agreed to. Mr. Cook urged that the whole matter should be referred back t j the committee on Pacific railroads, as the members were not ready to vote intelligently. Mr. Northway declared, amid applause, that the United States should stand on its rights and force a settlement even if it resulted In a pecuniary loss. Mr. Northway offered an amendment to the Harrison substitute. It proposes a commission of three members, one memler to be named by the secretary of the interior, one by the secretary of the treasury and one by the attorneg general. Tho commission is empowered to make a complete settlement with the roads and on the approval of this settlement by the President it shall become binding. The commissioners : re to receive $30 per day for their services Mr. Hubbard closed tho debate for the opposition. He said the opposition did not Hand against a settlement; it desired a settlement, but it wanted one that would protect the government. He denied that the failure to pass this I ill would compel the government to issue bonds to pay off liens. The sinking fund ;iov oh hand, he said, would go far to meet these liens. The plea that the question should not he left s a legacy to the next adminlst ration was characterized by Mr. Hubbard as a "Vlub" to force the measure thiough. The coming administration would be able to deal with the question with better Information than that possessed by the House to-day. .Mr. Grosvenor closed the debate in favor of the bill. He said this proposition was as fair a one as could b- proposed; such was the judgment of the best-informed experts In th country. Thl- agitation should not be continued any lonter in the Interest of California polities. The path cf duty was the one marked out by the committee. In the twenty seconds remaining Mr. Powers said that "reports were current that this was the bill of the railrods but he desired to say there was no truth in such statements. The committee had examined all Interests and the bill wsi the result of the .committee's best judgment on all facts presented. This closed the d- bate and the bill was laid aside until the final vote is taken on Monday next. The Senate amendments to the bill amending the navigation laws were nonconcurred in and the bill was sent to conference. Thn. at 5 o'c'ock p. m., the House adjourn -d. m:w symjicatk.

Banker Orsrnnlxr for the Protection of t!ie I nlon Pacific. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. The latest developments In regard to Union Pacific affairs is the formation of a new syndicate comprising practically all of th" lending linking houses here and representative foreign banking interest?, to take measures for the protection of the proper' in the event of the funding bill, or a decision on the part of the government to seP the property under foreclosure, subject to the lien of the fi-st mortgage bonds. The protection of the Kansas Pacific is a-:o covered. The cspltal subscribed aggregates $i0.s),C00, and the syndicate operations will, as in the case of the previous $1 .0.Oi) agreement bo controlled by Kuhn, jLoeb & Co., Mercantile Trust Company. The original members of the J10J syndicate are given the option of raising the'r subscription pro rata. If the funding tUl should not be passed, and if an atemyt should be made to foreclose, the syndicate stand ; ready to buy in the system and my oIT the government lien. If the- funding bill should pass, the syndicate subscriptions will, of course, be largely reduced. No fjrmal limit of time as to the duration of th. syndicate agreement has been mad?. bt-t it Is tacitly understood that Its operation terminates at the close of the present session of Confrress. Jf no action has len taken one way or the other, in this session, a new agreement will be formed, .mbject to whatever conditions may then ari?- The rev.- syndicate is in the interest ot the Union Pacific, reorganization committee, which committee recently lought practically all of the bonds Fold by the jrovernment jo pay off the maturing currency sixes. Movement of Steamers. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Sailed: Manitoba, for Lcndm; La Normandie, for Havre; Kaiser Wilhelm II, for!Genoa; l'urnessla, for Glasgow. SOUTHAMPTON. Jar.. .-Sailed: NewYork, for New York. ; LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9. Arrived: Cevie, from New York. HAVRE. Jan. 9. Sailed: La. Bourgogne, for New York. , LIVERPOOL. Jan. 9. bailed: Servla. for New York. Cirent I Art. Philadelphia Record. ! Nothing daunt the pictorial daily press In New York. There was a fog too thick to cut la New York on Sunday, yet the Monday morning paper illustrated it with -uts showing how the fog-bound steamers on tho round disembarked their pacngers. Wonderful am the resources of pictorial

PLAGUE-INFECTED SHIP

C110LEHA OR nillOMC PLAtilU. OX A BRITISH TRANSPORT, Steaiuftlilp Xnbla Quarantined on Arrival at Plymouth Five llenths lln Route to Kng;Laud. LONDON, Jan. 9. A cholera or bubonic piauge infected ship is now quarantined in English waters. The transport Nubia arrived at Plymouth this rooming and reported a number of cases of sickness among the troops on board. Tho surgeoas said tho disease was Asiatic cholera, but the rumor Is current here to-night that it is none other than the dread bubonic plague. Three British soldiers and two Lascars died while on their wayto Plymouth, and others are 111 with the disease. The ship will be closely watched while in quarantine. Speech by Arthur J. nalfour. MANCIIESTKR. Eng., Jan. 9. Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, member of Parliament for tho east division of Manchester, first lord of tho treasury and Conservative loader of tho House of Commons, addressing a mass meeting here to-day congratulated his constituents on the great change on the face of public affairs since he addressed them on the same day in 1S0C, when, he pointed out, tho heart of every citizen of the empire was tilled with anxiety at the unexpected troubles which at the "twinkling of an eye beset the country from every quarter, tho United States, the Transvaal and Germany." Continuing Mr. Ralfour said: "I o glad to say that the clouds aro now dissipated." Referring' to the insinuation that the Irish political prisoners were released in return for Irish support of the land bill. Mr. Balfour said that the first any member of the Cabinet heard of the matter was the statement of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of tho exchequer, announcing their intended release. Impending Labor Trouble. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. The Evening Post's copyrighted London cablegram to-day contains the following: Fresh trouble seems to bo brewing between tho railway companies and their employes. Tho Great Northern, Great Western and Great Eastern companies have bills before parliament to extend tho superannuation fund system and establish savings banks. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servnnts say tnat this is part of an organized attempt to crush the men's unions, and that the companies would use the fact of the men's savings as a reason for declining to advance the men's wages, and are opposing the bills through tho labor and other members of parliament. The miners' federation this week demanded better protection for the men In the mines. They say that a thousand persons are killed and 23,li injured in British mines every year. They demand a government Inspector for every ten thousand workers. Lord Peiirylim Criticised Again. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. The Evening Post's London letter says: Lord Penryhm seems destined by his high-handeel treatment of his Welsh quarrymen to do for English employers what Lord Clanricarde has done for all his fellow-landlords in Ireland, who protest that the rent reductions of the land courts are driving them into bankruptcy. The Chronicle fund to help the quarrymen light for the right to combine includes contributions from Privy Councillors Sir George Trevelyan, Sir Thomas Ackland and Sir Charles Dilke. The miners. engineers and other trades unions are making weekly grants. Canon Scott Holland, a high church dignitary, declares that property is only held on the condition that it does not arrive at such an issue. Rev. Dr. Parker says that the very solemn question is raised- whether one man should have the power of life and death over ten thousand human beings. RniisInnM In Coren. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. A correspondent of the North China Daily News says: Russia is gradually securing a lirm foothold In the peninsula of Corea. A few weeks ago a number of Russian military officers arrived to drill the Corean army. Among those were ten noncommissioned officers (the number to be increased in the near future), who eccupy quarters within the inclosure of the new palace. These are to act as a sort of bodyguard to the King, who will doubtless soon leave the Russian legation and occupy the newly-built palace in the foreign settlement of the capital. Russians have also received several concessions, one of which is the cutting of timber in the north and on Daglet island, oft the east coast of Corea. Senator AVoleott In England. LONDON, Jan. 9. The Cunard line steamship Campania, which arrived at Liverpool to-day, after leaving New York on Saturday last, had a most stormy passage, encountering strong gales and high stas all the way over. Senator Edward O. Wolcott. of Colorado, who is understood to be visiting Europe in the interest of bimetallism, wa.s in good health when he landed. He read with interest the dispatches from the United Stated during the' waek, but ho refused to say anything except that the work he had in hand lies chiefly in London. The Speaker, commenting on the mission of the senator, says that nothing is likely to result from It. Train Wrecked ly Rebels. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 9. Advices per steamship Aganpathus concerning the Philippine islands rebellion report the wrecking by the rebels of a train at San Marcos, near Manilla. The rails were loosened for a distance of twenty meters, throwing tho engine .and four coaches down an embankment. About one thousand rebels appeared on the scene and made prisoners of the trainmen and passengers and took possession of the mails and freight. While the train was being wrecked and plundered another band of rebels set lire to Calumpit, a near-by town. Mnzliar Hey Acquitted. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 9.-Adviees received here from Marash announce that Mazhar Bey, who has been on trill, charged with being responsible for the murder of Father Salvatore, an Italian priest, at the convent of Jenidjekle. at Marash, has been acquitted. But the Sultan, at the Instance of th? French and Italian embassadors, who in?m upon the Bey's punishment, has ordered a new trial. Cable A'otcft. There were two earthquake shocks at Christianatadt yesterday morning. They were accompanied by a loud, rambling and many houses were shaken. At a meeting cf the Royal Astronomical Society, held in London Friday night. Prolessor E. E. Barnard, of Yerkcr Observatory, was awarded the society's gold medal. The Argentine Republic Senate has adopted a scheme providing for tlu issuance of 510.mam.io cf cedulas for the purpose of advancing loans and promoting agriculture. Splendid rains have fallen throughout the British colony of Victoria. The recent hurricane which swept over Port Darwin did immense damage. Many luggers are missing and numbers of colored people were killed. A ZULU WAR DACR. Contents Fully a Exciting; na a Game of College Football. Poultr.ey Bigelow, In Harper's Magazine. When tho principal favorites had danced themselves into apparent helplessness the leaders drew the whole body of blacks off inio two camps, about one hundred yards apart. Now commenced a war-dance of even more violtiit character than the tirst. for It was proi-oted that there should be a mimic battle here on the spot. The joke was a tit ghastly to me, as I recalled that thk same harbor town of Lorenzo Marquez had been more than once threatened with extinction by possibly the same blacks who to-day were brandishing their clubs in sham war. But it was well done, and better for the fact that every black present threw himself into his part with a fervor that made my illusion almost complete. They approached one another with demonstrations of great hatred: making huge springs into the air, which no doubt wera Intended by way of Intimidation: they sang together the same Zulu war-cry which rang through the ranks of Cetevayo's warriors, and at one timo carried disaster among English regulars. There could not have been more than seven hundred in this fight, but with all the gyrations of their arms and heads and legs and sticks I could have almost sworn thM thousands were engaged. Tho battle looked as though it might havo furnished inspiration to a Zulu Ho

mer. Blows fell with painful suddenness; eyes glared' with mock frenzy; passes were made which suggested violent death. Then, while the great lody of warriors was cng.ged in this furious scuffle, one champioc. would challenge another from the opposite ranks, and the two would engage in a spirited duel, according to the rule of Zulu chivalry, using the righthand stick as a broadsword, and the lefthand one by way of a shield. Their eyes blazed w '.th excitement; the ftam dripped from the corners of their voluble lip3; their lodi es quivered with a frenzy that seemed re al. or else it was such a frenzy as only grsat actors could have simulated. The shouts- that burst from them and the savagery- t ley were enacting were equally calculated to recall the wrongs they had suffered at the hands of the Portuguese and the wars in which they had shared only a few nonths gone by. Yet, In th 2 midst of such fury of mind and action, not once did I see a blow dealt In malice; not once did . I catch a resentful look. Now and then on the naked head tvamo a crack that would have split a cocoa nut: but. so far from evoking angry retaliation, it was met by a grin of good nature i.nd a redoubled zeal in warding. Finally both, sides became exhausted In tho prolonged conflict, and they retired, as by mutufJ consent, to rub their sore limbs and laiigh over their little triumphs. When they had rested a little. they gave us an entertainment that closed and crowned the whoie affair. The white overseer knew who among the natives were the champion: i of Zulu lighting, and he coaxed ."ome cf them to challenge the rest te single combat. So we had now some fencing more t exciting to watch than even that which we previously witnessed. For In the grand tight the matching was tho result of accidtmt and each fought with an eye solely to a general effect. Now, however, the champions were carefully selected, and the duel was watchd by the assembled armies. Nothing on the floor of any fencing cub has ever held me so interested as this series of gladiatorial duels on the sandy beach of Delagoa bay. It is difficult to tell what most I admired the surpassing swordsmanship, or the splendid display of muscular agility, or the exquisite goodbreeding of the knights engaged, or the wildly interested ring of spectators; it was all of it admirably strange, single of its kind, and withal typical of tho black race before it had been degraded by ill treatment.

If JEFF" DAVIS'S CAPTOR OXK OF TIIU SKXSATIOXAL 1XCIDEMS OF Tim WAll RECALLED. Death and Burial of John A. Iloiruril Ei-(iovernor Ilnvi, of (iarcelon Contest Notoriety-, Poisoned. CHICAGO, Jan. 10. John A. Howard, who, with a detachment of the famous Chicago Board of Trade Battery, captured Jefferson Davis at the close of the war, is dead. He was buried yesterday, the funeral being held at his home, GSCG Wentworth avenue. Less thun forty of the 13G who went with him in 1SC2 aro now alive, and most of them surrounded the bier. These men, white-haired, recalled tha day when they set out to do battle for the Union, and each of tho twenty-seven engagements in which tho battery took part was recalled and fought over again in the memory of those who mourned. Mr. Howard was a sergeant, and only a week ago these comradvs had gathered with him at their annual banquet at the Sherman House. On that occasion he had remarked that he expected to bo the last of them to lay aside the armor. Instead he was the first. Tuesday afternoon he returned homo from business apparently well and in good spirits. As ho stepped upon the porch he noticed that it needed sweeping and went inside to get a broom. That was the last time he was seen alive. At 6 o'clock Miss Ann Seymour, who resides at Mr. Howard's home, noticing that he was rather long in sweeping the porch, came to the front door to look for him, and there, face downward, his hat still upon his head, she found him dead. Medical aid was at once summoned, but it was too late. He had swept only the top step when death came upon him in the form of a stroke of apoplexy. His burial was conducted by the Waubansia Masonic Lodge, No. of which he was a member of old standing, and his body was laid away in Oak woods. Mr. Howard was a resident of Chicago for nearly forty years, and for many years had been a United" States express messenger. Ho wa.s born in New York city in l!."0. and during the greater part of his life was a man of unusual activity. In August, 1.2. when the Chicago Board of Trado issued a call for recruits for the war, he was one of the tirst to respond, and he was not discharged until peace was declared, in lMi. It was his detachment of tho battery that capture-d Jefferson Davis in lCrwin county, Georgia, and while the President of the Confederacy was under surrender he and Mr. Howard became acqu tinted, and President Davis, as a mark of his regard, gave him a beautiful meerschaum pipe, together with a collection of gold coins, all of which Mr. Howard retained until his death. On account of his services in the war he was made an honorary member of the Board of Trade, a title which he always highly esteemed. Though injureel in the service, he would never accept a pension from the government. Of the l'A who entered the war w ith him under the Board of Trade call only seventy survived the war, and of those nearly one-half are now dead. Daniel 1'. Davit. BANGOR, Me., Jan. 9. Daniel F. Davis, ex-Governor of Maine, and one of the central ligures in the famous Davis-Gareelon contest of 1S79-S0, died early to-day, as the result of taking an overdose of morphine. It was given out at first that death was caused by heart disease, but late this afternoon it became known that this was not the cause. While there Is a theory of suicide to-night, no actual facts could be found to substantiate it. Mr. Davis carried ' a JLUW insurance policy. Mr. Davis was fifty-two years of age. Ho was elected Governor on the Republican ticket In l!bO and served for one term. He was a member of th& Penobscot bar and participated in seme of th hardest-fought battles of the war. Denni-4 II. CanJimnn. BOSTON, Jan. 9. Dennis B. Cashman, a colaborer in the Irish cause with the late John Boyle O'Reilly, is dead. Cashman and O'lieilly together were sentenced to the British penal colony in Australia in the early sixties. Cashman made his escape about two years after O'Reilly had gained his freedom. He came to Boston and was associated with O'Reilly on the lattcr's newspaper. Rev. Georpre "Wnugh. BOSTON, Jan. 9. Rev. George Waugh, well-known as an Abolitionist and temperance reformer, died to-day. Mr. Waugh was more than ninety years old. During the campaign against slavery he assisted many negro refugees to cross the Canadian border. Rev. Dr. John Seott. MONTICELLO, N. Y., Jan. 9. The Rev. Dr. John Scott, a Presbyterian minister here, has died. Dr. Scott held many prominent pastorates, among others at Detroit. Mich., and Lebanon, O. He was about seventy years old. Benjamin S. Cnlef. BOSTON. Jan. 9. Major Benjamin S. Calef, the manager of the Boston branch of the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York, died suddenly to-day of heart disease. One of the Oldemt Odd Felloivs. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9. After an illness of threo days Mr. John T. Dowdall, of this city, the oldest Odd Fellow In Missouri and the second oldest in the United States, is dead. 'o Fear of the "Wine Cup. Chicago Record. "Harry." she said, reproachfully. "Well?" he returned, apprehensively, for there was that in her tone that made him ff ar the worst. "It is evident from your breath." she went on. "that you have been drinking." "Well?" ho said again, for want of something better to say. "When a mere girl." rhe explained regretfully. "I made a solemn vow that lips that touched wine should never touch mine." Oh, is that all?" he r.U. with evident relief. "If you were a little more conversant with the price of things In that lino and with the details of my salary you wouldn't hesitate a moment on account of that vow. But it's mighty lucky that you didn't include anything but Wine in it,"

VENUS HELD AN APPLE

ORIGINAL POSITION OF TIIC ARMS OF FAMOUS DC MILO STATIC A Vivid Lleht Newly Thrown On the Mystery of This Lovely Creature of Sculpture. New York Herald. There has always been considerable controversy over the actual original condition of the world-famed statue in the Louvre, the Venus de Milo. Who was its author? At what period was it conceived? And what was the position of those missing arms? M. Marcelles, in 1S5I, remarked: "It will not be very long before there is no one living who will be capable of lifting the mist of mystery which enshrouds the origin of the Venus de Milo." In this statement he was mistaken. The very seemingly impenetrable mystery which enshrouded this goddess but whetted the impatience of the archaeologists to unravel it. In 1S74, Just twenty years after M. Marcelles had spoken these words, a manuscript report was discovered by M. Jean Aicard, over the signature of one Dumont d'Urvllle, written at Milo April 1G, 1820. D'Urvllle claimed to have been one of the first to see the treasure. He was at that time only an ensign on board La Chevrette, a French naval vessel. In this report, addressed to his commandant, he relates the details of the discovery, which, according to him, was made at the end of the month of March, and he adds: "She (the statue) represents a nude woman; her left hand is uplifted, and holds an apple; the risht grasps a mantle, which is draped in graceful folds around the hips and falls to the feet, but, unfortunately, both the arms have been mutilated and are actually detached from the bbdy." Several foot notes by Lieutenant Matterer, another officer of the Chcvrette, were added to this manuscript. "When M. d'Urvllle and myself," he writes, "first Faw the statue the left arm was still attached to the body. The right was broken off at the wrist, but the left was still almost perfect. The hand was uplifted and held an apple. If M. d'Urvllle called this antique statue Venus Victrlx it was because sho was holding the apple in her left hand. Had both arms been broken I do not think this idea would have occurred to him." According to M. Matterer, Dymont d'Urvllle has misrepresented the truth a little in his official report. One naturally asks what could have been his object? This object was explained later in a memoir written by M. Matterer, in 1S5S. sixteen years after th. death of his illustrious friend. Dumont d'Urvllle had been obliged to make an official statement which could be used as a safeguard against certain possibilities. As every one knows, the Milo statue was purchased by M. De Marcelles for the Mar quise de Riviere, hen French embassador at Constantinople, and was shipped on board the gunboat" Estafette. This acquisition and embarkment met with many more difficulties than were given out to the public at that tlmf. For Instance, there was considerable haggling over the price with the peasant whose spade had discov ered the treasure, a very warm dispute wun an Armenian priest and much red tape with the Blnnates of the island. THE STATUE MUTILATED. The truth, learned later by an admission made by M. Brestvlce sonsul of France at Milo, and by the revelations of M. Matterer still later, was that fearing to lose the precious treasure on account of all tho ob stacles placed in their way the officers of the Eetafette decided encouraged, perhaps, by M. De Marcelles to carry the statute away by force. "Then ensued a regular battle," relates M. De Brest, 'Hetwoen the Grecian and Turkish sailors and the Frenchmen; and It was in this hand to hand strugglo that the statute was mutilated." At that time diplomatic incidents were not so easily managed as at the present day. The mast important thins was to keep this squabble secret, not only to save the sailors from blame, who had only sinned In their excess of zeal, but also to save M. De Marcelles from the accusation of vandalism. It was. therefore, decided that the Venus of Milo must be represented to the world as having been discovered by the peasant Gorges as incomplete and mu tilated as she was when given into charge of the officers of tho Estafette. and later those of the Lionne. upon which ship she was transported to Marseilles. The order was Riven out that a mistake had been made by. those who had described having seen the arms on the statue, and all individual descriptions and official reports were in future made out to that effect. These official documents, however, failed to modify the opinion of those who had seen the statue intact, or very nearly so, and when, in 183, M. Henri Rochefort. who was entirely unacquainted with the text of Mr. Dumont o'Urville's report, or of M. Matterer's memoirs, came into the question through a letter written by him and pub lished in L'Art Francais. in which he related some family legends on the subject. his revelations fell in tne midst of the archaeologists like a stone in the middle of a pond full of froprs. M. De Saint-Maur had been the brother-in-law of the Marquis De Riviere before marrving the writer s aunt. and Henri de Rochefort had heard his uncle relate time and time ajraln the incident re lating to the statue being ottered by M. Dumont d'Urvllle. "She holds." he had said to M. De Riviere. "an apple in one hand, the apple which lias just been given her by Paris, and with the other she ts slightly lifting her robe." Not lonir asro a letter was received from a naval officer which is almost like a voice from the dad. Here it is: "Messieurr I have just learned by chance of the scientific discussions which have been going on for the past few years on the subject of the Venu3 de Milo. and of which I was :n entire ignorance, owing to a fifteen years absence from Europe. 1 claim for the squadron or tne L-evant, commanded by M. Le Baron des Botours, the honor of having been th? first to see. in tho month of March. 2i. the celebrated Venus de Milo, with her arms. "This squadron was composed of the cruiser Esperance, commanded by Des Itotours. captain of the vessel: the gunboat Estafette, commanded by Robert, and the transport 1 ienne, commanded by Duval d' A illy. HAD ARMS WHEN FOUND. "If you will now have tho kindness to glance over the maritime notes attached to my father's log book you may decide that they bring a new element to the prob lem of the origin of the Venus de Milo. He formally and definitely states the condition in which she was found. As to the manner in which she was carried away my father says nothing, as he could not, not having been present. But I have often heard him repeat from hearsay the details of the great difficulty of transporting the marble to the seKshore, that this operation was effected by means of ropes, and that they were obliged to work secretly and at night, as the Turks had forbidden the sale of objects of art to strangers. "I remain, gentlemen, etc.. etc.. "MARQUIS DE TROGOFF-LAVAUX." The following is the text of the marginal notes written day by day by the young midshipman, De Trogoff: "During our anchorage at Milo (from the 4th to the Hth of March. 120, according to tho log book) a young Greek peasant working in his held one day found that his spade met with a very unusual resistance. PuiHnu it out he d srovered what ooked like a vault. Piqued by curiosity and also in nopess o making some precious discovery, he dug carefully around the object and found a species of niche. At last, after infinite trouble, he happened accidentally upon the opening. Entering hurriedly, he perceived to his great astonishment a magnificent statue, having two white ants on either side. "She was in a condition of good preservation. In one of her hands she held an apple, a fact which led him to suppose that she was the goddess of the Island as the word 'melos in Greek signifies apple but she could just as easily have been taken for a Venus. She is of marvelous beauty, the draperies being specially admirable." The author of these lines, a nephew of the admiral of the same name, was himself a brilliant naval officer. A graduate of the Naval School and then of Augouleme, he gained great honors for his bravery at Navarin and Salamine. After the revolution of 1S0 tie sent in h!3 reslgnaticn from active service. x His testimony m the ouestlon of the Venus de Milo is absolutely disinterested. He never for a moment thnurht of attach ing any importance to his role in the affair.

He simply wrote these dally notes for his own pleasure and perhaps because it was h!3 duty to correct his dally observations, and they are simply what he heard and what he saw on the subject. M. Do Trogoff's stcry. which Is absolutely trustworthy, settles and fixes two points in this historical controversy first, that it was in March. 1S?. from tiie 4th to tho 11th. and not on the Sth of April, as has been generally believed, that the statue was found; second, that Lvth arms were intact and the Venus held an apple in one of her hands. .THE EXPERTS VANQUISHED. It is very improbable, however, that the archaeologists will confess themselves vanquished. For nearly twenty years they have been promulgating systems without giving a thought to the witnesses who might overthrow them. The different attempts made toward the restoration o. this Venus de Milo offers some very amusing incidents. Fortunatelj', from the very beginning there was so much disagreement among the archaeologists that Louis XIII, finding himself in an embarrassing position when the Marquis de Riviere brought the marble to Paris, ordered the statue sent to tho Louvre for public exhibition as it was found. Being deterred by the royal decision from trifling with the original marble, the archaeologists called lor competitive designs showing how Venus probably looked before her mutilation, and this was followed by a myriad of fantastic and ingenious interpretations. The following aro a few out of a vast number: Messrs. Millingen, John, Welker.and Puller represent Venus as holding Mars's shield. Mr. Braun and Wittlg put the shield on Venus. , According to Mr. Rydberg she holds a shield upon which is engraved an inscription commemorating the victory of the Greeks over the Persians. Mr. Stillman, of the Century Magazine, who has studied the subject very carefully, poses a striking figure, that of Victory, who has finished tracing an inscription on a tablet. Mr. Bell, an English sculptor, gives us a Venus holding a crown of laurel iu each hand. ; In 1ST3 an anonymous sculptor exhibited at Vienna a Venus making her toilet. According to Mr. Furtwaengler, Venus is leaning on a column, the left hand holding an apple. Mr. Felix Ravaisson, who seem3 to look upon himself as an authority upon the sub

ject, has decided that the Milo statue is a reproduction, executed in the time ot Alexander, of a model created in Athens in the time of Pericles, the reproduction and the original showing the Venus Urania welcom ing into Elysian bliss the heroic rounder or Athens. Theseus. The fact that the statue is sculptured out of two pieces of marble has drawn forth the conclusion from Mr. Saloman that it is without doubt the work of Cephisodate and Ti marque, two sons of Praxiteles. Mr. Tarral, an Englishman living in Paris, and M. Goeler Von Ravensburg have accepted Mr. Dumont d'Urville's descrip tion of the goddess when first found at Milo, and which has been so completely corroborated by the young midshipman's log book. The work of restoration proposed by Mr. Tarral is the most characteristic of all the models so far offered, and seems to come nearer the truth of the original. Such she seems to have been when she left the hands of her creator, and such she certainly was when the peasant of Milo found her in his field and showed her to the officers of the French squadron. WOMEN'S BICYCLE RACE. Clowe of the six-I)ny Contest Marked by nn Accident. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. ?. The close of tho six-day bicycle race for women this evening was marked by an exciting accident which resulted In the severe Injury of Miss Amy Kalgren, one of the contestants. About a half hour before the finish Miss Dottie Farnsworth, who was riding at a furious pace, threw up her arms and ap peared to be about to fall from her wheel. Miss Kalgren, who was riding directly be hind Miss Farnsworth, attempted to stop and go to the hitter's assistance. As sho dismounted she was struck by the wheel of Miss Tillie Anderson, arid thrown violently to the floor, the wheel passing over her. She was carried from the track and lay unconscious for some time, but finally recovered and was able to walk. Miss An derson's wheel was smashed, but she at once mounted a new one and proceeded around the course. There were many liwly spurts in to night's race, the greatest being that of Miss Anrlerson when she was trying to gain a lap on Miss Farnswoith at the time the accident occurred. Miss Anderson was tirst at the finish by a length. Miss Farnsworth second, .Miss Brown third and Miss Keyes fourth, ihe score at the close was as lollows: Anderson. 22:) mites ; laps; Farnsworth. 2-J miles S laps: Keyes. 227 miles 11 laps; Brown. 227 miles 11 laps; Allen. 223 miles 7 laua; Kalgren. 214 miles 11 laps. After a long consultation among the officials it was declared that there had been no race, be-eause Miss Farnsworth had been blocked by foul riding. Miss Anderson has challenged Miss Farnsworth. to a match race next week and the challenge has been accepted. Twelve-Round Boxing ConlcM. NEW YORK, Jan. J At the Polo Ath letic Club to-night "Mysterious Billy" Smith, of Boston, and Con Boyle, of Chica go, boxed a twelve-round draw. Smith out fought Doyle at all points eluring the first ten rounds, but during the last two rounds the Chicago boy sailed in and handled himself so Cleverly that the referee called the bout a draw. MELISA AT HOME. The Decorations She I'anelef, an Seen in Her Apartments. Pearson's Weekly. Melba is at home only about seven weeks in tho year, but she keeps here elegant apartments In Paris the ettr round, and finds no headquarters on earth to equal No. 9 Rue de Prony. There it is her delight to rest, to look over her beautiful newdresses (and those with association laden, but not so fresh), to visit her boy her big, bouncing boy ot twelve, who comes from London with his tutor and to study up her points of triumph for the coming season. It is interesting to try to conjecture a woman's appearance from the dominating colors of her room. No one would ever expect a brunette mistress to enter among tho blue-laden plintings of Sybil Sanderson's boudoir. Mrs. Langtry loves Nile green: Pattl. rose: Calve, red: Sarah Bernhardt, old gold. Mary Anderson is one of the most liberated of her sex In regard to color, being bound rather by the form of her surroundings, and loving a pillar better than either mauve or violet. Old rose and olive bathe the suite apartments where the brunette Australian prima donna "rests." These two tints predominate in carpets, curtain, drapery, cushions, frame and tassel. Where the gracious gleams are not. they seem to be from association, so tastefully arranged are the places, for household decoration is one of Meiba's fads. The style of her apartments is wholly Marie Antoniette and Josephine. (Jilt frames. Directoire upholstery, bandy-legged tables, inlaid cabinets all are modeled after the taste of the times of the Folly Queen who mislaid her destiny, and of the Man of Europe, who created his. A taste that is foreign to France Is shown in tho presence of complete carpets all over the house and the absence of the eustomarv waxed polish that makes most French fioors like skating rinks. Her sleeping room is as charming a bower as her salons. The bed is a genuine Marie Antoinette, on which the Queen hc? actuallv slept. It stands on a little raised dais. The cover is heavily embroidered. The dressing table is like that of . any dainty lady. Pictures, flowers and portraits of friends are scattered about. Her boy's room, across the hall, la all white and yellow, with books and pictures to suit his taste. Melba has been singing but eight years. Her maiden name was Mitchell, her father being a Scotchman, her mother of Spanish descent. From the latter she inherited her musical gift, and as a girl she was one of the best pianists in Melbourne, her native city. At seventeen she married sorrow and the name of Armstrong. To drown grief she followed the instinct that led her to a public career. Her people, a3 is usually the case, were strongly opposed to the step, although now accepting it with the success it ha3 brought. She has three brothers and three sisters, all clever. One of the boys Is going to be a remarkable singer. When her father was appointed a commissioner to one of the London exhibitions he brought the family with him to Europe, and Melba Immediately commenced serious study with Marches!, whom she never left for any other teacher, and by whom she swears. 'More success Is lost for want of foramen sense than for lack of talent,,r she wisely says. "One who seeks a. public career must have common sense and character, or, no matter how much voice she may have, she cannot make progress; not speaking morally, but practically." To learn an opera Melba first engages an accompanist who is a good coach, and with him sings softly through the music till the airs and cues are memorized. The words she learns in bed, at lunch, drivic-jr.

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pacing tho floor. She has a pood, certain memory. For her tirst repertory Fhe learned ten operas in ten months. She mastered "Tannhauser" in five days, but that meant days and nights. I3he has no favorite role, but becomes imbued with each in turn. The most expensive stape dress she ever had made was for ,,Tannhauser." It was cloth of gold, heavily embroidered, and cost francs (J-500.)" Originally It had a train of about twenty feet long, but this she was oblised to have cut, the weight was so fatiguing. Her triumphant career as a prima donna since her debut in Brussels in lsSS is known to all lovers of music. OFFERED A BIG BONUS. Pennnylvanln. Mill Workers to Itulld a Steel Plnnt on Pugct Sound. BRADDOCK, Pa., Jan. 9. Mill workers at the Carnegie plant hero and at Homestead, Duquesne and Pittsburg and employes of the Westlnghouse works at Tuttle creek and Wilmerdine are forming a joint stock company to build a $2,000,000 Iron and steel plant at Port Angeles, on Pugct sound. The company has been incorporated under the Washington laws. The officers are George M. Ninon, of Braddock, president; Thomas Murphy, of Pittsburg, vice president; M. E. George, Braddock, secretary: Wiillanr J. Welssel, Allegheny City, treasurer. Twelve hundred prominent mill workers of this section have in the past fortnight subscribed for about $1,000,000 worth of stock. he plant will employ 2,000 men and will cover thirty acres of ground. The work on the mill building will be started in April, and the subscrip tion books will remain open . until that time. The company has been given great inducements to locate at Port Angeles. Kichty acres of land for the manufacturing site and two hundred acres for a town site. with live hundred feet of wharfage on Puget sound and railroad rights of way to tho wharves, with water power and the necessary rights of way for proper develop ment compose the bonus. The iron ana steel plant will include a blast furnace of three hundred tons, thirty open-hearth furnaces, bloom and billet mill. rod. Kir, wire and nail sheet and tin-plate mills, foundry, machine shop3 and blacksmith and boiler shops. The comiany holds six hundred acres of iron-ore land of per cent, pure iron and one thousand acres of coal land that makes coke equal to Pennsylvania or Connellsville coke. TIIH TKAIX DISPATCH Kit. A Pout of Great Importance, IhtoIvingr the Safety of Thousands. Louisville Post. In an interview with It. C. Morrison, the chief train dispatcher of the L. & N. Railroad, a reporter learned that a train sheet is always kept in the oflice properly ruled and lined to give the number of each train, and of the engines drawing it, tae names of the enirinecr and conductor, the number of cars in the train, the names of tho stations ori the division In their order from tho terminal ioint. their distances from the latter and distances apart; beside such otr?r data as will enable th train dispatcher to estimate the probable distance the train will make In a given time. "How do you make this estimate?" was asked. "Well, to begin with, at least once a month, often more frequently, I go owr the division, familiarizing myself with the roadbed, its physical leaturcs, and so on; so. when I hear of a train's being at a frlven station. I know exactly what she has pot in front of her." "You mean the grade?" "Yes. and where the turnouts are and all other characteristic physical points." "You run no risks?" "No. There Is too much at stake: it is better for a train to be a trille late than to hazard anything. If I think a train can not reach the refuge of a switch long enough to bold her cars before an oncoming train gets to that point, it would be criminal in me to let her start," "Hut don't you keep things on the go?" "Yes, consistent with safety." "What is the greatest trouble you meet with, Mr. Morrison, in the handling of trains?" "It is forpretfulness of orders sent out from this othce; it is the only obstacle in the way of a complete system of train dispatching. The discipline of railroads is largely overcoming this fault; it is not so common now as is was." "Do you recall a recent accident occurring from this cause?" "Yes; for instance, a conductor and engineer down on the road some time ago got orders to switch at the next station to be out of the way of an oncoming heavy freight. Unfortunately they put their orders in their pockets and forgot them. They passed the station at which thev had been ordered to stop, but did not recall the orders until the rumble of the oncoming train reached the engineer'3 ears and transfixed him. lie, did reverse his engine, but it was too late. The oncoming train, speeding down grade, caught his engine before it had moved backward twenty feet, and pinned the unfortunate man in bis own cab. crushing his life out." "There must be some rather dramatic incidents occur in tho office?" queried the reporter. "Well. I recall one. One Sunday afternoon some time ago I was in the office alone. I was keeping the sheet, recording the train movements as they were reported to me and directing thr m when to stop and when to move on. I had a passenger train going south down on the road and a section of a freight ccmlng north. The passenger was running on schedule time, which the men manning the freight knew well enough. It was the duty of the freight crew to wait at the station from which It last reported to let the passenger pass, but unfortunately the freight crew forgot about the passenger train and went on from the station. As soon as the operator reported tho departure of the train to me I saw that a mistake had been made. Instantly I en-deavorc-d to catch the passenger at the next station, four mile?! from the point where the freight should have turned out. But the passenger had passed. There I was with both trains speeding on to destruction with no means of stepping them. An awful feeling came over me; the impending collision flashed before me. and I suffered agony. But I could r.ot lo?e my head. Long before word of the accident reached me I ran over to the wreck alarm over there." pointing to the . alarm in question, "and ordered out the wrecking crew to g-o to the scene of the impending casualty. Then I telephoned for physicians, f Or medicines, whisky, etc., and before the news of the accident reached this office I had the wrecking train and all these nectssaries well on their way to the scene of the wreck." DRESSY ACCESSORIES. Collars, Collarettes and Trimmings That Add Much to Plain Gowns. New York Ledger. There is such a profusion of trimming and fanciful ornamentation seen In the shops and in the most approved costumes that a number of women are turning their attention to dressy accessories as a distinct trade, and some visiting milliners have added the ability to create these dainty confections to their skill as makers of artistic headgear. And now the young woman who comes to make up hats and bonnets is put in charge of ribbons and laces, chiffon and velvet and Bilk and all cf the charming materials that enter into the make-up of these alluring affaJrThe bolero Is. perhaps, the favorite article in thi3 line, and the variety in which this is furnished Is a striking evidence of the versatility of designers and the ingenuity which enters into their conceptions. The bolero may be made either of the dress fabric or

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Women's 90c io-buttou Gaiters 200 pairs of Children's heavy Kangaroo Calf Shoes; former price 51 a"d 5L25, are eoing at 5c 4c 19c oc 1c 22c 4Sc X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X , X X X X ,1 48c Ladies Oxford Ties at your own price. Look at your ticket, as 365 drew the 3 Shoes Monday. Don't suffer with sore feet when you can wear Dr. Recti's Cushion Shoe. AT X K A? 18 E. Wash. St. tfet 'A '4 'C 'S A 'A ' '4 A A of contrasting material. In th" former cao It is to be worn only with the dress itself; in the latter it should be made of a material that will harmonize with any and all toilets. Probably the most f.itisfactory allaround bolero is made of very heavy black patln, embroidered in jet and black silfe cord. This can be worn with any cott:me. and Is dressy and bfcomlnc. Another pretty model is made of black chiflon uion lirm lining of tome fine black fabric. Mii.. as bengaline or lusterless silk, with a suitable linlnr. One of the items of importance Is to make the body of th arm r.t titm enough, so that it will neither draw nor wrinkle, as this is fatal to the 1 auty. V v' stout women will find the iolero much b. -coming if they have it made with d:irts, and so accurately fitted that the eurws over the bust are as smooth as thouph t hexhad been molded over the figure. Another way is to till in the entire front with a full cascade of !ace. A beautiful model is made of black i lie velvet. It is elaborately embroidered in tli' finest jet and cord silk and has a narrowfringe of fine jet all around the cdr". Th"r is a moderately hich-f.aring rolled-had; collar faced with white satin and cove-red with pufTe-d chiffon. This chiffon pulling Is an important ite m In all collars of white or ilg.nt colors. It preserves the freshness of tho garment an 1 should be renewed as often r.s it becorrifs soiled. Indeed, too much delay in putting in fresh facings of the thin material allows the delicacy of the satin to becomeclouded, and after a short time the be.iutv of it is gone and there is no bu-h thin a' restoring it. A stylish waist finish which Is much Iliad by slender ladies is made with short fronts and the upper portion folded lack to form capo--hap:-d epaukts which ere elaborate hemhroldercd or beaded. A yoke of som plain rich material is preferred with these extra elaborat? trimmings A handsome waist garniture is mad.- by fttinsr a larjre. square yoke to the li:?'ir-. covering it with silk, then a puffing or"lm or chiffon. This is carefully sewed down at the edges. The silk lininc is put on and outside and lining are ever-sennvd together very neatly. A frill of chitfon or lace very closely slde-p'.aited 1 s- i around the edge and falls ever the sh-ui-elcrs. A very narrow ruching or the material is placed at the be;id of tho drooling ruffle. There are sleeve- caps of the material Fide-plaited and ged wi.:h r. arrow lace. An aransement of siltC. !.-. e and ribbon comr.leter? the neck finish. Th; may be worn Aith any dress, all th-r.t is r- -quired being a few -ma!l Mack s.-.f tv pins to hold it in place. These are attached der the ruffles and do not ?how. Inu -!. if It is properly put cn, r.o one weu.d know that It old not belong permanently to th; dress. A more complete and comprehensive trarr.iture Is made In a somewhat similar fashion as the yoke, but has a front extending from the ride of the yck to the belt, continuing dewn the front of ne skirt and ending in deep vide tabs of plait 1 lace. Another model shows lonp s-uirf ni attached to the front of the yo?e. Th--cress in front, pas under the enr.:-. : tie In a larre bow at the back. This -sign Is expressly Intended for slUht t.zure. as the crossing of the scarf and lu bulk under the arms apparently ir;re:if- s waist m"asuf, which, for wemen v.ith full figures, is by no means desirable. Shawl-shaped collarettes cf lace are won for elressy occasions. A square of m t I trimmed with lace edging about a l;r rT wide. The edging is put on aulto full. The article should be large enough to al'ow the ee-rners to cross and pin to the be't .it cither side of the waist. Unknown nt Home. New York Mail and Express. Men prominent in public life Fometim discover that they arc least known where they should be. Senator Aldrieh t r.s an amusing anecdote illustrating the vanity of political prominence. The great :i" -cate of protection met on a train the ot! r day an old friend, a man of wealth : 1 social prominence in Rhode Island, who casually osked Mr. Aldrieh where he v .-..s going. When the senator replied thr.t h:destination was Washington. hi3 t ri- r 1 seemed surprised that he -eras pciv.ir s fnf away frort the ronf.nts cf New ilr.Ktn '.. and asked him why. Mr. Aldrieh was abashed, but he modestly explained that bis errand wa to try to till fr'. scat m th United States Senate, to v . hieh his constituent responded: "Oh. vcs. you were elected to the Senate. 1 remember. Who Is the other Senator from Rhode Island?" Cashier nnd Auditor Arrested. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.. Jan. ?- Charles M. BurHnsrame. cashier and au-1-itor of the Buffalo & Niagara Talis Kiectrlc Uaitway. was arrested nt Rochester this afternoon and is now tr jail here, charged iih embezzlement. The amount involve! Id eald to bo tLLOi.

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