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lion bill was under consideration. The appropriations committee was sharply criticised for not providing adequate salaries for some of the consular officers and secretaries of legations of this government in foreign countries, and the parsimony of the government in this respect was denounced as a disgrace. Mr. Hale was in charge of the bill and, despite his protests, several amendments were incorporated in the measure. The bill was passed, carrying nearly $1,300,U'<>. A recess of an hour and a half was taken to enable Senators to attend the funeral of Senator A. H. Garland. A concurrent resolution adopted by the New Hampshire Legislature, urging the •pecdy ratification ot the treaty of Paris, was presented by Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) at the opening of the session. A resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information concerning the Investigation of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was adopted. . A bill granting a right'of way to the Dakota Southern Railway Company for the construction of a railway line through the Y,.ukton Indian lands, in South Dakota, was passed. A resolution was adopted directing the Secretary of War to make a survey and estimate for the improvement of the Brazos river. Texas. A resolution was adopted at the instance of Mr. Gallinger calling upon the secretary of state to procure lrom the United States representatives abioad the annual amounts paid by the foreign governments for pensions not civil. House bill for adjusting the clothing accounts of deceased soldiers was passed. Mr. liu* (Me.) called up the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. BACON FORCED TO YIELD. Mr. Bacon objected, as he had given noth v that he proposed at this hour to call up his resolution regarding the Philippines, and endeavor to fix a time for a vote upon it. Air. chandler—Does the‘senator wish to dispose of his resolution to-day? Mr. Bacon—Not if senators object. He went on to say that his resolution was essentially a practical document and not introduced for the purpose of Interfering with any otner business. "It will piace the treaty oi peace,” said he, ‘Where we can reach a basis ot agreement. If the resolutions were a law' they would entirely dissipate the danger of war we are now in. A most grave matter, Mr. President, and I hops the subject soon will be regarded by tae Sensjte.” Mr. Bacon yielded to the appropriation bill. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, then asked that tlie Senate take a recess from 2 un’>l 3:30 o'clock, in order to enable senators to attend the funeral of ex-Sen nor Garland, v. ho died suddenly in the Supreme Court on Thursday. In this connection Mr. Hoar paid a hign tribute lo Mr. Gariand s anility and character as a citizen, lawytv ami .ie.iamr. The recess was ordered. The consular and diploma!ic lull was then read. It appropriates $1,710,533—55,000 more than the amount curried by the measure passed by the House. Mr. Gallinger desired again, be said, to call attention to the “sturva ion wages” paid to the United states consular irptcsentatives abroad. Mr. Hale, in charge of the bill, explained that the appropriation comm.'.tea bad not considered tne compensation of consular officers, and suggested that the committee on foreign relations take up the question and make some recommendation. “Have you ever known?” Inquired Mr. Cockrell, “any appltc mt for onsuiai ships lo object to the salaries tefore mkn.fc rjlice?” "1 have never known,” replied Mr. Hale, •‘of such a man, nor have I known any reels nations from the consular service because the salaries are inadequate.” PARSIMONY DENOUNCED . Replying to Mr. Cockrell, Mr. Gallinger said that his question was not in any sense an argument. “Senators,” said Mr. Gal.inger, “receive $5,000 a year. Many others would take the position for half that sum. Borne men in Montana and other States, judging from accounts in the newspapers, are willing to pay a bonus for a seat in this body. But that is no reason why senators should not receive decent salaries; nor is it a reason why some of the young men abroad should not be paid proper salaries. Some of these salaries are meanly inadequate, uur consular service is verging, in tnis rebpect, upon what 1 deem disgraceful.” Mr. Morgan offered aw amendment from the committee on foreign relations, increasing the salaries of secretaries of legations in the Argentine Republic, Venezuela, Peru, Liberia and Corea troni $1,500 to sl,eOj. Mr. Morgan spoke at length on his amendment. He said that our consular service in South America, particularly, was being degraded and cut down. The positions were taken by men who, either themselves or through their fathers, had private means with which to support the social elegancies,

FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Much Colder. However, In Southern Portion of Indiana. WASHINGTON. Jan. 28, 8 p. m.-Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio—Fair, preceded by snow' on the lakes; much colder; brisk to high north to northwest winds. For Indiana—Generally fair; much colder in southern portion; northwest winds. For Illinois—Fair; colder in extreme southern portion; northerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The area of high pressure which appeared Friday night to the north of Montana has moved to South Dakota and has caused a sharp fall in temperature in the middle bhjaeau, middle and northern Rocky moun*Tains and the middle and upper Missouri valley, Rapid City reporting a fall of 34 degrees in twenty-four hours to 2 degrees below' zero and Huron a fall of 32 degrees to 10 degrees below zero. The temj>erature has risen In New England, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys, has fallen in the south Atlantic States and has remained stationary on the Pacific coast. Rain has fallen on the gulf coast and in Florida, rain or snow in the middle and south Atlantic States and snow in the lake regions, Missouri and middle and upper Mississippi valleys and middle and northern Rocky mountain regions ar.d on the northern plateau. It has been fair on the Pacific coast, snow, followed by fair, may be expected in the north Atlantic States and generally fair elsewhere, it will grow colder in the lower lake regions, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys and west gulf States, and the cold wave will extend to the Atlantic and east gulf States Sunday night. Fresh to brisk variable winds, becoming northeasterly and shifting to northwesterly may be expected on the nor tit Atlantic coast, and brisk northwesterly winds on the middle and south Atlantic coast. Storm signals are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Moorehead City to West Point, Va. Local Observations on Saturday. •*ti*. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m. .30.00 10 83 S'west. Clear. 0.00 7 p.m..29.99 22 78 N’west. I/t snow. T Maximum temperature, 28; minimum temlierature, 9. 1 Following is a comparative statement of ho temperature and precipitation Jan. 28: , Temp. Pre. Normal 30 ©.p) Mean IS T Departure from normal —l2 —O.IO Departure from Jan. 1 *76 *0.82 •Pius C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday’* Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Cairo, 111 18 34 32 Cheyenne, Wyo 8 14 8 Chicago, 111 0 18 0 Cincinnati, 0 14 30 28 Concordia, Kan 2 30 2 Davehport, la —2 20 —2 lies Moines, la —4 16 —1 Kansas City, Mo 2 24 2 Little Rock. Ark 24 44 40 Memphis, Tenn ~ 22 40 36 Nashville. Tenn 22 3S 34 North Platte, Neb 4 10 4 Oklahoma. O. T 12 38 30 Omaha, Neb —6 16 —6 Pittsburg, Pa. 12 28 22 Qu' Appelle, Assin —32 Rapid City, S. D 0 —2 Salt Lake City, Utah.... 38 46 42 St. Louis, Mo 14 34 14 St. Paul, Minn —l3 Springfield, 111 8 26 8 Springfield, Mo 12 32 16 Vicksburg, Miss 28 44 42 Snow in the South. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 28.—Snow, which began falling last night, is reported as general throughout central and south Georgia and Alabama to-duy. In Altanta the precipitation was nearly four inches. Street-car traffic, especially on the suburban lines, was somewhat interfered with. No serious delay to railway trains Is reported. Three inches of enow fell at Columous and other points In south Georgia, and about two inches at Macon. Montgomery. Ala., reporta one and a half inches. Rain Is general in Florida to-day, and from several points In the central South sleet la reported.

one of the features of office holding in those countries. He sharply criticised tne United States government for its parsimonious policy, declaring that it was a disgrace to tne country. After some further discussion, the salaries of secretaries of legation to the Argentine Republic, Venezuela and Peru were increased from $1,500 to sl,hoo. and of the consuls at Laguayra, Venezuela, from $1,500 to SI,BOO. and at Pernambuco, Brazil, from $2,000 to $2,500. The allowance for clerks at consulates was increased from si,Lv u> *2,200. The salaries of three third secretaries of embassy at London, Pans and Berlin were fixed at $1,600 each. The consulate at Naples was placed in the $2,500 class; the consulate at Collingwood, Canada, in the $2,000 class, and the consulate at Niagara Falls in the $1,500 class. The bill as amended was then passed. Mr. Bacon called up his resolution in accordance with the notice he had given, and It was laid before the Senate. Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, doubted the expediency of pressing the resolution to a vote at an early date. He said he desired to submit some further remarks on the several resolutions pending. Mr. Mason suggested that still several days would elapse before the agreed upon vote should be taken on the treaty and that Mr. Platt would have ample time to present his views. The hour for the recess having arrived, Mr. Bacon announced that he would not at this time further press the Senate to fix a time to vote upon his resolution, but would leave it pending. At 2 o’clock the Senate took a recess until 3:30 p. m. At 3:30 p. m. the Senate reconvened and, on motion of Mr. Davis, chairman of the foreign relations committee, went immediately into executive session. At 5:05 p. m. the Senate resumed consideration of business in legislative session. Mr. Mason offered a resolution, prefaced by statements that reports had been received that “of late years as high as 50 per cent, of soldiers unaccustomed to the climate (of the Philippines) have died by reason of the said climate,” as follows: "That the surgeon general of the army be requested to furnish for the information of the Senate a statement as to the percentage of our soldiers who are sick, and have been sick, and the number of deaths in our army by reason of the sickness caused by the climate and to set forth when, according to the generally accepted term, the sickly season begins in the islands; and further, that he will give to the Senate the benefit of his opinion as to the number of deaths that will occur in our army before the end of the next sickly season, his opinion to be based upon his experience and information within his possession.” Mr. Hawley objected to the resolution as a whole, and it went over. A bill amending the law relating to the apportionment and election of representatives in Congress so as to permit the use of voting machines was passed. At 5:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned until Monday. “LIMPED” INTO PORT. Arrival of the Kaiser W ilhelm II vrlth * Damaged Propeller. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 11, from Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar, came limping into port to-day with her propeller damaged. Captain Hogemann reports having exjierienced very severe weather during the voyage. Strong gales were experienced, wind at times blowing with hurricane force, accompanied by heavy seas and a high swell. The White Star line steamer Britannic, which arrived from Liverpool to-day, was a day and a half overdue.

leeliergs iir Ocean Highway. ST. JOHNS, N. F„ Jan. 25.-The British steamer l lunda, at this port from Liverpool, reports immense icebergs 200 miles southeast of St. Johns, directly in the track of Atlantic shipping and forming a serious danger to passing steamers. Reports from along the coast indicate that the Arctic ice floe is traveling south rapidly and a blockade of the eastern front of the island is impending. The first seals of the season have been observed off Cape Bonavista. The sealing steamers are preparing for their annual hunt. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Arrived: Thingvalla, from Copenhagen; Saule, from Bremen; Kaiser Wilhelm 11, from Genoa, etc.; Britannic, from Liverpool. Sailed: Campania, for Liverpool; Bulgaria, for Hamburg; Li Normandie, for Havre; Statendam, for Rotterdam; Assyrian, for Glasgow. NAPLES, Jan. 27,-Sailed: Fuerst Bismarck, for New York. MOVILLE, Jan. 28. Sailed: Anchoria, for New York. HAVRE, Jan. 28.—Sailed: Ixi Champagne, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 28. Sailed: St. Louis, for New York. GLASGOW, Jan. 28.—Arrived: Furnessia, from New York. ANTWERP. Jan. 28.—Sailed: Kensington, for New York. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 28.—Sailed: Lueania, for New York. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 27,-Arrived: Hekla, from New York. Sailed; Norge, for New York —.. -I.—i —i . TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. H. H. Tuller, manager of the Cornell football team, has arranged for the annual game of football with Princeton, to be played at Ithaca. An unusually warm wave for this time of the year has been hovering over California for the past three days, the temperature in the central part averaging about 84) degrees. In some places it went far above this figure. Mrs. Leland Stanford is en route East in her private car on a trip to combine business and pleasure. It is said she will visit New York in connection with a meeting of Southern Pacific officials to be held there this week. George E. White, a cattleman from Mendocino county, California, filed a petition in insolvency at San Francisco yesterday. His liabilities are placed at $181,0)0, including a judgment of SIOO,OOO granted his divorced wife. His assets are placed at sllO,000. The final game in the pool match between Keogh and De Oro at New York, played tonight, was won by De Oro, who pocketed 18!) balls, his opponent scoring 145 balls. The match, however, was won by Keogh, the total score being: Keogh, DUO; De uro, 813. Upon the application of the citizens of the places named, the navy department has assigned the following naval vessels to represent the navy during the Mardi>Gras festivities about Feb. 15: The Detroit at New Orleans, the Nashville at Mobile and the Texas at Galveston. Grand Chief Powell, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, who has been attending the arbitration at Toronto, Ont., cf disputes between the Grand Trunk Railway and its telegraph operators, says that all the questions have been practically settled in a way decidedly in favor of the men. The Franklin National Bank of New York probably will go into voluntary liquidation about March 1. This is not through any insolvency, but. according to President Charles F. James, on account of the bank not making profits sufficiently large to warrant continued existence. He added that the bank was in good financial condition. Sheriff Langford, of San Jose, Cal., has wired the Burlington, la., sheriff to release the Dunham suspect he has under arrest. The California officers have been at work some days on the case, and are satisfied the man Is what he claims to be. a Californian, but by no means Dunham. His brother in San Francisco identified the photographs of the suspect as those of his brother. Receiver for n.ll Elevator Company. ST. LOU IS. Mo., Jan. 28. Honrv William Sebastian, president of the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company, has been appointed receiver of the Farmers' Elevator Company, of this city, which made an assignment todt y. The elevator, w hich is one of the largest and best in the city, has a capacity of 1,500.000 bushels. No figures are given to show the extent of the liabilities and assets. The Farmers’ Elevator Company has a capital stock of $350,000, with a bonded indebtedness of $300,00i) and a floating debt of $75,000. For some time past a heavy judgment has been hanging over the company, and this, with some other troubles, has ccused the action taken to-day. Receiver Sebastian qualified and filed a bond of $25,000. Purse for Sharkey and “Fit*,” OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 28.—The Fremont Hot Springs Company, of Aloova, Wyo., has forwarded an offer to the managers of both Sharkey and Fitzsimmons, offering a purse of $20,000 for a fight to take place any time in June, July or August. The only condition attached to the offer is that the training shall be done at Alcova, which is a health resort in Wyoming. Stricken at lit* Desk. MONTGOMERY. Ala., Jan. 28.—Hon. Isaac Grant, of Clarke county, had a stroke of paralysis to-day at his desk in the state Senate. Hia condition is quite serious. Both houses took a recess on account of the incident.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1899.

BLOW AT REVISIONISTS IMPORTANT ACTION AT SPECIAL SESSION OF FRENCH CABINET. 1 Depntle* Will Be Asked t© Provide for Taking; Dreyfus Case Away from the Crfminul Section of the Court. # PARIS, Jan. 28.—A semi-official note issued this afternoon says that at an extraordinary meeting the Cabinet has decided that the minister of justice, M. Le Bretan, shall submit to the Chamber of Deputies on Monday next a bill providing that cases of trial revisions are to be brought before the united sections of the Court of Cassation whenever the criminal section shall have pronounced upon the admissability of an application for the revision of a previous judgment and shall proceed with a preliminary inquiry conducted by a delegation consisting of more than one-third of all the members of the court. In the preamble of the bill the government, reciting the conclusions of M. Mazau, the first president of the Court of Cassation, on the charges brought by M. Quesnay de Be:aurepaire, the president of the civil section of that court, at the time of the resignation, will say: “From the facts adduced by M. Mazau, It would not be wise to intrust the judgment of the Dreyfus affair to the criminal section alone.” A lively discussion of the bill is expected to take place in the Chamber of Deputies, though the measure probably will be finally voted. The facts adduced in M. Mazau's report, it is added, are not sufficient to lead to disciplinary measures against the Criminal Court magistrates, though they are possibly sufficient to create doubts as to their impartiality in the public mind. The decision of the government is most unfavorable to the revisionists and is a serious reflection on the Criminal Court, though its ultimate effect, if the united Courts of Cassation should favor a revision of the Dreyfun trial, would undoubtedly leave the antirevisionists no ground for further agitation. In the meanwhile, the government’s decision justifies the charges of M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire. In the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies it is believed that the government’s bill will not lead to the resignation of any member of the criminal section of the Court of Cassation. Even if that should result, it would not change the situation; the Dreyfus revision inquiry would proceed. When it is terminated the result will be submitted to the combined Court of Cassation, in the event of the bill being passed It is understood that on Monday the government will propose that the bill be submitted to a special committee of the Chamber to which M. Mazau's report will be communicated. The actual words of the conclusion of M. Mazau’s report are as follows: “Without suspecting the honor of the criminal section of the Court of Cassation, which remains intact, it appears wise not to leave it to bear alone the responsibility for the definite judgment which has to be pronounced.” According to the Liberte, M. Mazau’s investigation revealed acts of imprudence and incorrectness of attitude on the part of certain members of the criminal section of the court, notably their refusal to hear witnesses who applied to be confronted with other witnesses whose testimony clashed with their own. The premier, -M. Dupuy, disposes of the rumors of possible action against members of the criminal section by saying that the result of M. Mazau’s investigation “will not necessitate further action beyond the introduction of the proposed bill.” The government's bill has created a deep impression and is eagerly and animatedly discussed everywhere. The various political groups in the chamber will meet to-morrow to discuss the matter and agree upon the attitude they shall assume. The resolution will be submitted to the chamber on Monday, calling upon the government to communicate to the deputies the results of the inquiry into the charges made by M. De Beaurepaire, but it is stated that the government will refuse to comply with the demand, giving merely the gist of the report of the commission on the plea that the inquiry was confidential.

Riot In a Purls Theater. PARIS, Jan. 28.—During a performance of “The King of Rome,” at the Nouveaux Theater, last evening, a number of Bonapnrtists clamored their approval, and at the conclusion of the play hoisted a tri-color tlag, surmounted by an imperial eagle. They also shouted “Vive l'Empereur'’ (ixmg live the Emperor.) Great excitement followed and blows were exchanged, but no arrests were made. Hulgnrlun Cabinet Resigns. SOFIA, Jan. 28.—The Bulgarian Cabinet has resigned, owing, it is believed, to their discontent aroused by the adherence of M. Stoiloff. the premier, to the schemes for Macedonian autonomy, which are considered to be antagonistic to Bulgarian aspirations for obtaining predominant influence in Macedonia. The Plague at Port Louis. PORT LOUIS, Island of Mauritius, Jan. 28.—Several cases of the bubonic plague have been discovered. Cable IMotes. M. Say. a well-known sugar refiner, is dead at Paris. Archbishop Ireland, the American prelate, w r ho arrived at Rome Friday, will forthwith be received by the Pope. The surplus wheat of New Zealand, it is announced, will amount to 6,506,000 bushels. The surplus of other grain is larger, also, than usual. The Italian Chamber of Deputies yesterday, after a week’s debate, approved the Franco-Italian commercial treaty by a vote of 226 to 34. One of the speakers expressed the hope that a similar treaty would be concluded with the United States. OBITUARY. Hon. Evnn Jones, n Prominent Figure iu the Populist Parly. FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 25.-Hon. Evan Jones, one of the most prominent figures in the Populist party, died last night at his home. Mr. Jones was on the national Populist ticket with General Weaver, and was also a congressional candidate on the Populist ticket two years ago. Capt. David Lanning. COSHOCTON, 0., Jan. 28.—Capt. David Hanning, former superintendent of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home at Xenia, 0., and a prominent politician, died here to-day aged fifty-three years. He served throughout the civil war, being for a portion of the time a member of General Stanley’s'staff. He was a member of the Loyal Legion. Joint Holmes. BOSTON, Jan. 28.—John Holmes, brother of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, died at his home, in Cambridge, yesterday. John Holmes was a poet, and, like his brother, a famous wit. He was graduated from Harvard in 1832 and studied law. No -one in Boston or Cambridge had a greater fund of reminiscences than he about famous men and women and historic interests about Harvard College and the two cities. He was eighty-seven years old, and leaves a large property. AX EMPRESS’S APHORISMS. Sayings of the Assassinated Elizabeth of Austria. Vienna Letter in London Standard. The diary of Dr. Constantin Chrituomanos, one of the Greek tutors of the late Empress Elizabeth, is published here today. The book is chiefly interesting for the sake of the aphorisms of which her Majesty was so fond. Among those which the author reproduces are the following: “1 do not believe in medicine, and at best would tolerate homeopathy, because men like to be deceived and small doses do less harm.” After a conversation with the Emperor, in Hungarian, of which the tutor only caught the names of several statesmen and politicians, the Empress said: ”1 have just been talking politics with the Emperor. I wish 1 could help him, but I am better at Greek. I have no respect for politics, and do not Consider them worthy of interest. They are nothing but self-deception. Politicians are under the impression that they lead, but they are merely carried along by events whicli invariably take them by surprise. Each Cabinet has in it. at its birth, the seeds of Its own fall, and its successor shares the same fate. All that happens,

happens of Itself, because it must—because it is ripe, and statesmen can only record the facts.” On another occasion the Empress said: “Women cannot help their husbands in their business, and should not suggest ideas or give advice. But. by their presence, they should awake men’s thoughts or assist their ripening. Man must not be led by woman. One asks why wives become unfaithful. Simply because it is their duty to be faithful. Most girls marry only to be free, and love has wings for living away also. If one cannot be happy in one’s own way, one can stili love ones pain. An Empress is loved chiefly because one can be somebody for her sake. To the countesses in waiting I have always to say something to which they can reply, for that is their duty. It is the greatest terror of Kings that they must always be inquiring. I have stored away a long list of questions in case of need. I have already lost many friends without winning one. Many of them went to death for me, while others would rather have murdered me.” Once, on board the yacht Miramar, her Majesty observed a goat, and said: “She Is making the voyage without any enthusiasm, but only from a sense of duty, because she Is English.” “No one can influence me.” “For good or evil, I act upon my inner consciousness, and leave the rest to Fate.” "I love Heinrich Heine for his boundless contempt for himself, and the sadness with which ail earthly things filled him.” “Wishes are like men—for one dying, ten are born.” “Geneva is my favorite stopping place. There I am quite lost among cosmopolitans, and feel some illusion about the true condition of things.” AUTOMOBILES IN PARIS. Consul General Gowdy Tells of Their Increase ami Defects? WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Consul General Gow'dy, at Paris, reports to the State Department that there has been a marked increase during the past year in the use of automobiles in the city of Paris, not only as pleasure vehicles, but for practical application as public cabs and for business purposes as delivery wagons. They are especially useful for long distances. It is announced that soon there will be one hundred motor cabs driven by electricity running in the streets of Paris, and, if the experiment be successful, the cabs will be increased to 1,000. With this project in view a large plot of ground has been acquired, where the building of works necessary for ttie housing of the cabs and machinery for the electric supply are being rapidly completed. A training ground has also been made for the cabmen. This is laid out with every possible form of paving, wood, asphalt, stone, etc., including two steep hills. Here and there are dotted about a number of dummy figures, and in one of these the cabmen have to maneuver under the directions of an instructor. In four lessons, it is stated, the driver is able to navigate Paris, and after ten lessons is considered thoroughly competent. Each cab is supplied with sufficient power to be driven thirty miles at about eight miles an hour. Among the systems of automobiles in Paris there are many using petroleum. These machines have called forth a most pronounced objection from the public by reason, first, of the odor following their passage; second, the noise, and, third, for the passengers, the extraordinary vibration. A consummation of great value would be a machine which would combine durability, speed and economy without these annoyances and defects. BOATS WITHIN BOATS. Novel Selieine in Naval Architecture to Be Tried on the Lakes. CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 28.—'The Cleveland Steel Canal Boat Company, at its meeting to-day, decided to adopt a novel proposition in naval architecture. The company now sends canal boa s down the lakes in tew an l then hauls them through the Erie canal. It has now been decided to construct a steel barge 360 feet long and forty-five feet wide, with a double bottom and sides, which can be pumped out like a dry dock. Into this barge will be loaded the smaller boats for transportation to the head of the Erie anal, where they will be floated out and sent on their way. By the use of this barge the small boats will be saved from the dangers attending a trip on the lake in rough weather. Naval architects who h ive been consulted say the plan is entirely feasible.

NOW IT’S A PRUNE TRUST. California Orchard Ik(m Take Steps to Form a Combination. SAN JOSE, Cab, Jan. 28.—An effort to form a Pacific coast combine to control the prune output materialized to-day in a large meeting of*orchardists held in this city. It was resolved to incorporate, and articles were tiled under the title of the Pacific Coast Fruit Association, with a capital stock of $1,000,4)4*0. An attempt will be made to secure contracts with 75 per cent, of the prune growers of the coast to market their prunes only with the association. Two days from to-day a mass meeting of citizens will be held to arouse public interest in the subject. M’MILLIN A SILVERITE. Tennessee's Governor Won't Sanction Issue of Gold Bonds. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan, 28.—Governor McMillin to-day vetoed a bill authorizing Memphis to issue bonds for park purposes, because the bill allowed the municipal government of Memphis to issue for park purposes gold bonds, with interest payable in goal. He says in his veto that he will not sanction legislation discriminating against United States legal-tender coins. BEATS THE RECORD. Selling; Price of New York Stock Exchange Scats Now Ip to $38,0(10. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—The sale of a seat on the Stock Exchange for $38,000 was reported in Wall street to-day. This beats the record. Superstition* of Engineers. New Orleans Times-Democrat. “I think railroad engineers are much less superstitious us a class than they used to be,” said an old-time knight of the throttle, now a foreman in a local machine snop. "In the early days of railroading in the South there was a great deal of talk about signs and omens, and while very few would own up to personal convictions on the subject, iney were not disposed to fly in the face of late. 1 remember it used to be considered bad luck for a bird to light on tne cab window, and 1 have seen a 200-pound engineer turn pale as a ghost at the sight of a two-ounce robin perened at his elbow. The most widespread of the engineer’s superstitions (in tact, it still survives) was that accidents come in groups of three. After two mishaps every man on the line would be nervous and apprehensive, and 1 have no doubt that this overanxiety was of itself frequently responsible for bringing on the third. A good illustration of the credence that was placed in the tradition was furnished by a little incident which occurred in this city in 1884 or thereabout. One of the best known engineers in this section met with a couple of minor accidents, and about a week later his fireman was killed through the parting of the link between the engine and the tender The fireman was standing on the guard plate, fell through and was crushed to death instantly. This tragedy made a profound impression on the mind of the old man. Over six months afterward a train he was hauling became derailed and a brakeman was hurt. Pretty soon another brakeman was knocked off the top by a bridge timber and had several ribs broken. When the train pulled in that clay the engineer went immediately to the office and requested a week’s lay-off. He got it somehow or other, but at the end of the time he wanted another week, and was told he’d have to come back or stay off permanently. He promptly threw up his Job, and that same afternoon his engine met with a very serious accident at a bridge some distance up the road. That was the third mischance for which he had been waiting, and he thereupon put in an application for his former position. He didn’t get it, however, and went Into business, at which he was quite successful. He died well to do several years ago.” Judge Seott May He Impeached. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 28. —Charges affecting the integrity of District Judge Scott, of Omaha, and seeking his 1 :q eat hment by the legislature wore to-night presented to Speaker Clark, of the House, and will be presented to the body when it eonven s Monday. The charges are preferred by Attorney David Vanetten. of Omaha, and enumerate many alleged shortcomings. Speaker Clark ret used to submit the charges for inspection until the House had first passed on them. Diamonds. Go to Maruv's for bargains.

BRYAN VERSUS CROKER ♦ LETTER THAT WILL NOT TEND TO HEAL THE PARTY HltEACfl. ♦ What the Stnmllnn l’opoerntic Candidate Said About the Attitude of Tammany Last March. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—A letter from William J. Bryan to Willis J. Abbott, written in March, 1898, was given out by Mr. Abbott to-day. Mr. Abbott explains the circumstances in connection with it as follows: “In March, 1898, some of Mr. Bryan’s admirers in New York learned that he expected to be in the East in the following month and would pass through New York. They came to me saying that a reception should be tendered him and that he should be asked to speak. I responded that in my opinion the regular Democratic organization should be the one to give the reception. and that Mr. Bryan ought not to be asked to speak under any auspices. 1 accordingly consulted Mr. Carroll and was by him referred to Mr. Croker. Mr. Croker asked me to write to Mr. Bryan and find out whethe he would be willing to speak in New York, but refrain from discussing the money question. I wrote to Mr. Bryan accordingly and received the answer given below. This letter I wrote to Mr. Croker at the Democratic Club, in order that he might have no illusion concerning Mr. Bryan’s position. As Mr. Croker has now definitely antagonized the Democrats who hold to the Chicago platform, it is the belief of many friends of Mr. Bryan that this letter, in which he declares that New York Democrats should show their hands or accept the hostility of the members of the party in the South and West, should be made public.” The letter from Mr. Bryan follows: “My Dear Mr. Abbott—l am just in receipt of your letter. Please say to Mr. Croker that I shall not be able to come East until about April 13. At that time 1 shall be pleased to meet him and talk over the political situation. If, as I have heard, he is compelled to leave for Europe before that time, express my regret to him. I appreciate his invitation to speak there, but he will, upon reflection, realize that I could not afford to make a speech upon the lines suggested. The national platform declared the money question to be the paramount issue, and I fully indorse that declaration. So believing I could not, directly or indirectly, encourage any State to abandon the national platform. While Democrats of the West and South have no right to force the national platform upon the people of New York, yet the Democracy of the Nation does have a right to expect the Democrats of New York to stand by the platform or announce their hostility. W r e ought to know whether the New York Democracy means peace or war. “To ignore the national platform in a state convention will be notice that the Democrats of New York are hostile to that platform, but lack the courage to declare It openly. The platform of 1896 will be reaffirmed in 1900, and I, for one. would like to know as soon as possible whether we are to regard the New York Democrats as allies or enemies. If the Democrats of New York invite me to speak in New \ r ork city while in the East I shall accept the invitation with pleasure, but it must be wTth the understanding that I shall not be restricted as to the subject of discussion. I do not care to be a guest where the Chicago platform is denied a hearing. “I believe that the restoration of bimetallism is necessary, and that 16 to 1 is the only ratio at which bimetallism can be restored. and I have no right to expect favors from those who are hostile to this doctrine. 1 can say to bimetallism at 16 to 1 as Ruth said to Naomi: ‘Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou dlest will 1 die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me.' “No one is compelled to accept my judgment, and I must myself be guided by it, and In my judgment the attempt to chain the Nation to a gold standard is so cruel and wicked that I would be beneath contempt if I should trade my convictions upon this subject for any political advantage which the New York Democrats might be willing to offer. “Det me add another word: It is not only right that the New York state convention should stand by the Chicago platform, but It Is good policy. Bimetallism will be as strong in New r York when it is fully understood as it is now in the West and South, and the sooner the Democracy of New York begins the defense of the Chicago platform the sooner the work of education w’ill be completed. To ignore platform when all the States West and South indorse B will have all the force of a declaration against the platform, and such a course will make it more difficult to indorse the platform hereafter. “We were embarrassed in the last campaign by the fact that the Democrats of your State went to Chicago to oppose the platform which was adopted. Unless the party in New York expects to respeat this experiment in 1900, it should lose no time in taking a firm stand upon the Chicago platform. In urging this course upon Tammany and the Democracy of New York I ought to suggest that the party in New York has something at stake as weil as the party in the Nation. "Tammany needs the Democracy of the Nation as much as the national party needs Tammany, and Tammany should recognize this fact*. Democratic principles have too firm a hold on the plain people to give the party in any section any promise of success by abandoning them. Democracy was defined at Chicago, and the definition is so satisfactory that no material change will be made in that definition for years to come. I hope the New York Democrats, for their good as well as for the good of the party and country at large, will speedily bring themselves within the definition by giving an unqualified indorsement of the Chicago platform.”

DREYFUS AITATIS RUINOUS. I’iirim Shopkeeper* Suffer Blk l.s* of Foreign Patronage liy It. New York Times. “This Dreyfus agitation is simply ruining trade in Paris," declared the head of a wellknown New York business house which has a branch establishment in the Avenue de l’Opera, in the course of a conversation yesterday. “The prosperity of trade there in nearly all its branches is largely dependent upon the patronage of foreign visitors, notably Americans and English, and the unsettled state of affairs resulting from this interminable and dangerous case—which is now commonly alluded to over there as 'the affair’—is diverting the stream of tourist travel from the French capital. "It is a very serious matter, as you can judge from what occurred during the cholera scare a few years ago, when foreigners were kept away, with the result that a large number of shopkeepers were ruined, and the whole business community suffered heavy loss. “Formerly many American families were accustomed to spend several weeks in Paris every year—sometimes the entire season. Now they go to London, or the Riviera, or Dinon and Dinard, in Brittany, where there is quite a large Anglo-American in the summer time, or else to Italy. Certainly Americans visited Paris in large numbers last summer, but their stay was brief, and they spent little money. "Besides the Dreyfus affair, the recent strained relations between Great Britain and France have had a disastrous effect upon the tide of travel from England, which in ordinary times is very heavy. You can get from Ixmdon to Paris in about nine hours by the prettiest route, through the beautiful scenery of Normandy, and the cost of the round trip is so small that a vast armv of tourists takes advantage of these facilities at every holiday season. From these and the American tourists, the hotel keepers, the shopkeepers, and the proprietors of those pleasure resorts to which Paris owes its appellation of ‘the gay city’—though this is a good deal of a misnomer—reap a rich harvest, and when anything occurs to check this influx their interests suffer in proportion. “Therefore, what with the Dreyfus and Fashoda affairs, the shopkeepers, the most serious and substantial element in Paris, are having a very hard time, indeed, and naturally are becoming correspondingly discontented. They are raising their voices in vigorous protest against the silly chauvinism and antl-semitic sentiment of a misguided portion of the community, which has rostered the opposition to a thorough investigation of the Dreyfus case, and would welcome almost any solution that would put an end to it all. So, w'hat wdll be the upshot of the crisis which verv week appears to be developing unexpected and startling features it is impossible to conjecture. “But these drawbacks apart, Paris no longer possesses Its former attraction for Americans. It used to be a common saying that ‘all good Americans when mev die go to Paris.’ However this may have been, they certainly used to be very much in evidence in the flesh in the Elysian Fields (Champs Elysees) and the Bols de Boulogne, Now they make London their headquarters in Europe. Ijondon. in fact, is rapidly superseding Paris as the center of attraction for all foreigners. "The chunge that has taken place in the immense British metropolis during the past twenty years has been most remarkable. Congested districts have been opened up by wide and imposing avenues. Handsome residences now occupy the sites of once dirty, narrow alleys. A sclenthic Dl&n lor

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beautifying the city is being steadi'y pursued. Then the facilities for intercourse with the continent have had a marked effect in modifying that ‘insular prejudice’ for which the Britons formerly were proverbial. “In a word, London is becoming more international in its general character, more continental in appearance, and in the nature of its amusements. As Johnson said, ‘There is in it all that life can afford.’ Americans say they can get more real pleasure there than in any other capital in Europe, and besides, since the war with Spain opened their eyes to the dislike with which they are regarded on the continent, they feel more comfortable In England. They are, so to speak, at home. Many who formerly resided in Paris have removed to London, where the American colony is growing to very large proportions.”

SILVER DOLLARS OF 1804. They Mere Possibly All Captured by the Moors—One Valued at >(154,000. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. It may be interesting to kuow that James W. Ellsworth, recently of Chicago, but now living in New York, once exchanged 1,025 gold dollars for a single silver dollar. It was then worth about 79 cents; it is now worth about 45 cents, and he thereby furnished an object lesson in finance. He wanted that particular dollar, not for the silver that was in it, but for the inscription on its face, and he got 79 cents’ worth of silver and $1,024.21 worth of inscription. The moral and the logic are obvious. The fact that this particular dollar bore the date 1804 gave it great value just as the inscription on the ordinary disk of silver makes It worth sl. The records of the mint show that in 1804 there were coined 19,570 silver dollars, 78,259 half-dollars and 1,684 quarters. Every one of the half-dollars has absolutely disappeared, hut there are a good many of the quarters in the hands of the numismatics. They can be bought for $2 each, but, so far as the opinion of experts go, there are only three genuine silver dollars coined in 1804 in existence. One of them belongs to the city of Omaha, having been presented by the late Byron Reed, who paid $750 for it at auction. The second belongs to J. C. Randall, of Philadelphia, who paid $570 for it in 1388. Mr. Ellsworth bought nls from the Sterns collection of Salem, Mass., and paid for it. as I have said, $1,025. There are a number of other coins bearing the date 1804, but their genuineness is doubted. Only recently a bartender named Billy Seymour, at Chateau, Mont., offered an 1804 dollar for sale for $2,000. He does not know its history, hut claims to have taken it in over the bar for drinks. Mr. B. H. Collins, of this city, who is one of the highest authorities on coins, and was connected with the treasury for many years, tells me that some years ago there was an epidemic of 1804 dollars among barkeepers throughout the country. It was ascertained that they were very skillfully manufactured by a man named Kennedy, in Lowell. Mass. He took dollars hearing'the date of 1800. which are comparatively numerous, removed the second cipher, covered the face with wax, etched a figure 4 in the proper place, and by the use of a galvanic battery attached a 4 in silver to the coin, which endured all the tests known to numismatics. He sold them through the agency of men looking like tramps, who claimed to have inherited fortunes and wasted them in dissipation, with the exception of one valuable coin, wnich was worth thousands of dollars. They found saloonkeepers the most credulous customers. Mr. Colfins does not believe any of the dollars hearing the date 1804 weie coined in that year. Mr. Preston, for many years director of the mint, who is also an authority on such subjects, believes the records are correct, and that 15,570 were coined, as the hooks show. His theory is that they all went to Central America, and that a few of them drifted back to this country. There is, however, a more interesting explanation of the mystery. In 1804 the United States w r as at war with Algiers, and the frigate Philadelphia ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli and was captured by the Algerians. Stephen Decatur, then a lieutenant in the navy, with a boat’s crew, went into the harbor of Tripoli one night and blew' up the Philadelphia very much as Hobson sunk the Merrimac. Lord Nelson pronounced it “the most daring act of the age.” It is a popular theory that the entire coinage of the year ISW was sent to the paymaster of the fleet and that most of the money was on board the Philadelphia when she was captured and was probably destroyed. A portion of the money may have been disbursed in paying the sailors and in the purchase of supplies, but this is generally assumed to explain the disappearance of the dollars and half dollars coined in 1804. In 1858 all of the dies in the mint were destroyed. But before this was done a number of impressions called “re-strikes” were made from each as relics and for the purpose of securing an exchange with other mints and collectors. It was hoped by this means to obtain a complete collection of samples of the United States coinage. Put the “re-strikes,” in order to distinguish them from the original coins, were not milled, that is, the edges were left smooth. In 1806 321 silver dollars were coined, and then the mint was shut down until 1836, but the coins of 1806 are to be found in every important collection. The Holy Men Foujcht. Kansas City Journal. The Oswego Independent is author of a very funny story about a happening down in Labette county the other day. In the vicinity there is a religious organization known as the Holiness people. These people profess to receive revelations from God to guide them in all of the walks of life and, according to their theology, nothing Is too trivial to be denied the consideration and decision of the Almighty. Recently one of this particular sect had a revelation in which he was informed that one of his church brothers had stolen his harness. Meeting the brother in the road ho nr-

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ceeded to divulge the nature of the revelation and to demand restitution. Immediately the hrother went into a trance, fron* which he came presently with the statement that he had consulted the angel of the Lord and had been informed that it was his duty to smite his accuser hip and thigh. Whereupon he commenced to belabor the first brother, who stood still and took his licking with uncomplaining humility, after which the pair said in unison. “Let God be praised!’ 1 and then went their several ways. But up to last accounts the I/ord had failed to divulge the hiding place of that missing harness. The Ktiwlilonahle Flower. Harper's Bazar. The orchid has unquestionably been the flower of the year, so far as fashion goes. Still, ail orchids do not look aliko to society. The large lavender or pinkish ones have been far and away in the lead. Only the brides have consented to carry white ones. At Miss Churchill's marriage to Mr. Baring, early in the season., the bride carried white orchids, but the maid of honor carried the popular pink ones. Those pinkish-lavender blossoms are the favorite flowers of young Mrs. Clarence Mackay, who is rarely seen without a big bunch of them at her corsage. Costly as they are. they are used for decorating. At a recent subscription cotillion —one of those which are Irreverently but. accepting the slang, quite correctly known as the “howling, how-ling swells"—the receiving party stood in front nf a bower of ferns strewn with these orchids. SkaHng Record Broken. MONTREAL. Jan. 28 —Johh S. Johnson broke the world’s skating record for a mile to-day. The race took place at the Montreal Amateur Association’s open air rink, which is four laps to the mile. Johnson was pace<i by Harley Davidson, W. Thompson and C. Clement. The start was a flying one, and Johnson only came on with speed iu the last lap. The time was 2:35 2-5. Ronton Gets L. A. W. Meet. BOSTON. Jan. 28.—National Secretary Abbott Bassett, of the League of American Wheelmen, announced to-day that Boston had been selected by a. mail vote as the place for holding the national L. A. W. meet for 1899. The choice was between Boston and Buffalo, N. Y. The vote stood 159 for Boston and 90 for Buffalo. Two Views. New York Press. When a woman first likes a man she thinks of him in armor or stopping a runaway horse; when she gets to know him hotter she thinks of him with a bandage around his throat or groaning while she takes off a porous plaster. Whiteeap Lende* Killed by Woman. MIDDLESBORO, K.v., Jan. 2*. Whitecaps attempted to whip Tom Jackson, in Harlan county, last night, when Jackson’s wife interfered, killing the leader. The dead leader proved to be William Wright, a neighbor of Jackson.

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