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*hall be in order on any general appropriation bill for any expenditure “not previously authorized by law." It is claimed on the cne hand that this rule would positively exclude the amendment, but Mr. Hepburn points out that Congress has already authorized and appropriated for two surveys of the Nicaragua canal in sundry civil hills and also increased the compensation of the engineer in charge of one of these surveys. Upon these acts of Congress it will be claimed that the amendment is not obnoxious to the rule and that It is germane. Should Mr. Sherman, of New York, who is the chairman of the committee of the whole, rule it out of order it is possible that the friends of the hill will seek to overrule the chairman. Indeed some of the members have been sounded with this possibility in view. Mr. Prosius (Rep., Pa.), the first speaker in the House to-day. characterized the s3n.009.000 paid to Spain, under the terms of the Paris treaty, a mere bagatelle. The American people, he said, would tolerate the i/dea of looking backward in governmental development. Mr. Dockery, who followed, congratulated the country upon the statement made by Mr. Cannon yesterday. Had it been made earlier, he said, the country might have been saved many millions of dollars. Mr. Dockery produced figures to show that there was already in sight a deficiency of $67,000,MO for the next fiscal year. But this was exclusive of the additional expenditure of $2,500,000 involved in the naval personnel hill, the new ships to be authorized in the naval appropriation bill, the Cuban claims, the $11,000,000 for public buildings and the enormous expenditure involved in the Han-na-Payne subsidy bill, and the bill for the construction of the Nicaragua canal, should either of these latter bills be passed. After the civil war, he said. Congress had reveled and rioted in the substance of the people, but the Forty-fourth Congress had come. Another Forty-fourth Congress had come, not by that name, however. It might be the Fifty-seventh, it might not be until the Fifty-eighth, but one would come, animated by the spirit that controlled the Fortyfourth. and it would cut down the tax burdens of the people. MR. JOHNSON AGAIN. Mr. Johnson (Rep., Ind.) asked linw the expenditures could be reduced under the foreign policy entered on by the administration. Mr. Dockery replied that circumstances would probably necessitate large increases in the cost of our military and naval establishments, but he did not believe there could be a great reduction on governmental expenditures. "You mean, then,’’ interposed Mr. Johnson, "that we must cut down the expenses for our internal affairs at home in order that we may be able to support a great army and navy ahroad?" "I am not sure but the gentleman is about right,” replied Mr. Dockery. "Somewhere the pruning knife must he laid, or else the tax burdens of the people must be Increased.” Mr. De Armond argued that if-the people were to be made to bear additional tax burdens an income tax should be imposed. Mr. De Armond. speaking of the causes of the war. declared that great injustice had been done the speaker of the House. It was said everywhere that the speaker had been opposed to the war. Yet, he declared, no solitary man In the country, no dozen men, in fart, had done so much to make war inevitable as the speaker. He had suppressed debate in the House, had *t!fled the sentiments and consciences of members. President McKinley, if he had been here, had not dared to do so much. The waters had been dammed up until the flood was inevitable. At last the Indignation throughout the country and the wholly unexpected blowirig up of the Maine broke the flood gates. Turning to the quetion of the future, Mr. De Armond declared that all history proved that when republics turned toward imperialism it was only a question of time when the end came. There was no goal. We were traveling anew road. All our grand heritage w as to be abandoned. Should we not pause before we made the plunge? In conclusion he appealed to the members to break their shackles, rise in their dignity and assert themselves in favor of America in America, in favor of free government at home and opposed to oppression the world over. If Congresss expired without acting and matters were allowed to drift on, the die would lie cast. Our pride, our vanity would be appealed to. There would be protests against parting with the Philippines. They were ours, it would be argued, because we had paid for them: they were ours because we had shed our blood for them. Mr. (Jillett declared that he had rather pay $211,000,000 to be honorably rid of the Philippines than to pay $20,000,000 to keep them. The islands could, In his opinion, never be Americanized. Corruption and demoralization would creep in and there could be no compensating advantages. Mr. Hepburn then gave the notice previously'mentioned. Mr. Lentz concluded the debate for the day with a denunciation of the President for commuting the sentence of Commissarv General Eagan. He declared that General Eagan's attack upon General Miles had no parallel in military history. He had called General Miles a liar for simply telling the truth, to which 50,000 private soldiers could testify. The troops had been fed rotten beef, said Mr. Lentz, and yet General Eagan was to be suspended with pay for six years and then retired upon three-fourths pay because he had denounced the truth as a lie. He was to be rewarded for attacking General Miles. With his pay during his suspension, and calculating the length of his life according to recognized mortality tables. General Eagan would draw $78,000 from the treasury after he had been convicted by court-martial of a most heinous €>(Tense against military discipline. The committee then rose. Wednesday. Feb. 22, was set apart for paying tribute to the memory of the late Senator Morrill. At & o’clock the House took a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session to be devoted to pension legislation. Pension Bills bussed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—At the nigiit Session of the House thirty-one private pension bills were passed. Among them were the Senate bill to pension Letetia Tyler Semple, the daughter of President Tyler, which deadlocked the House a week ago, and the Senate bill to pension ex-Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois, at the rate of SSO per month. The amount carried by the bill to pension Mrs. Semple was reduced from SSO to S3O per month. In the course of the discussion on the bill to pension General Palmer it developed that he was absolutely without means and was practically blind. Mr. Brueker (Dem., Mich.) recalled the fact that Mr. Palmer had been the candidate of the gold Democrats for President in 1896, and suggested that that might account for the fact that this bill was pushed through within a month after its introduction. Mr. Talbott (Dem., S. C.) moved that the pension be paid in silver. "General Palmer is in favor of sound money,” said lie: “let us pay him in good old silver money of the Constitution.” The motion was not entertained by Mr. Connelly (Rep.. 111.), who was In the chair At 10:30 the House adjourned. — SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Several Kenulution* Inti educed and a Few Bill* Passed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—During the entire open session to-day the Senate had under consideration the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Little progress was made, the time largely being occupied with debate on minor topics. At the opening of the session Mr. Platt, of New York, presented the credentials of Senator-elect Depew. A bill amending an act to provide for the n imbursemt nt of Governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in raising and equipping the volunteer army in the war with Spain was reported by Mr. Warren from the committee on military affairs. The bill went over to be printed. Mr. Allen offered a joint resolution providing for the submission to the legislatures of an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. The resolution v s laid on the table. Mr. Allen -so offered a resolution declaring that the Senate reaffirm the doctrines and principles of the Declaration of Independence. The resolution further declares that these principles are to be adhered to not only in the United States, but are to be deemed to be universal, and arc to apply to all who have a distinct society and territory of their own. Mr. Allen asked for immediate consideration ot the resolution, but Mr. Chandler objected, and It went over. A House bill to establish a national military park to commemorate the campaign, si* ge and defense of Vicksburg was called up by Mr Money, of Mississippi, and passed. Ihe bill appropriates $65,000 for the purpose stated. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, presented a resolution calling on the secretary of the navy for a concise statement of the expense ct the personnel of the navy under the proposed personnel bill, the amount of expense of the 22.590 sailors and the expense or the marine corps under the proposed arrangement.. Toe resolution was passed. Mr. McEnery a*ked that unanimous content be given for a vote to be taken on bis resolution declaring this country’s policy In tbs Philippines next Monday, immediately

after the disposition of morning business. Mr. Mallory objected. While the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was under consideration Mr. Foraker offered an amendment increasing the expense of the office of the subtreasurer in Cincinnati by $1,470 per annum by the addition of a stenographer and some other expenses. Mr. Allen, in making some inquiries about the amendment, said: "Os course, if there are any good things going around I am perfectly willing that the Ohio man should have them.” "And I am much obliged to the senator,” replied Mr. Foraker. Mr. Cockrell, in antagonizing the amendment, remarked: "Ohio should be satisfied with the distinguished honor she has and with the numerous and multitudinous appointments which she has received in all branches of the public service, from copyists and messengers up to the highest office in the gift of the people.” "That argument," suggested Mr. Foraker. “does not apply to this senator from Ohio." "Then,” replied Mr. Cockrell, "the other senator has more patronage than ought to belong to any one senator.” Atter some further debate the proposed increase was reduced to $720 for a stenographer. The message from the President recommending a Pacific cable was read and referred to the committee on appropriations. The following bills were passed: Authorizing the Dakota Southern Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri river at Yankton, S. D., and for the relief of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry. The Senate then, at 3:10 p. m., on motion of Mr. Hoar, went into executive session, and, at 5:10, adjourned. Senators Pettus and Butler occupied the time of the executive session of the Senate to-day In speeches opposing the confirmation of Judge Ewart, of North Carolina. MATCHED FOR A FIGHT ARTICLES SIGNED YESTERDAY BY FITZSIMMONS AND JEFFRIES. The llont to Come Off Before the Cluh Offerlnar the Largest Parse, tlic Winner to Take All. NEW YORK. Feb. 10.—Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries signed articles to-day for a fight some time between April 24 and May 26, before the club offering the largest purse. The fight is to be for twenty-five rounds, or to a finish, if that can be arranged. The articles of agreement provide that neither of the lighters shall wear bandages on the hands; that the gloves shall weigh not less than five ounces each; that the winner shall take the entire purse, and that the referee is to be agreed upon before the men sign articles with the club offering the purse. The articles also provide: First, that the contest shall be to a finish if such contest can be arranged, and not less than twenty-five rounds if contest is to take place in a State where any limited-round bents are permitted; second, that the principals agree to accept the largest purse offered before midnight, Feb. 24, 1899; third, that the contest shall be governed by Marquis of Queensberry rules, with the exception that there shall lie no hitting in clinches or break-aways. and that the men shall break clean at the order of the referee; fourth, that neither principal shall wear bandages of any description on the hands: fifth, that the gloves shall not weigh less than five ounces each, and that each principal shall be permitted to furnish his own gloves, which are to be submitted to the referee for his approval twenty-four hours before the contest and left in his custody until the men enter the ring: sixth, that each principal shall be allowed three seconds and one timekeeper; seventh, that the official timekeeper ot the dub shall be satisfactory to both principals; eighth, that the referee shall be agreed upon wTien the men sign articles with the club; ninth, that the winner shall take the entire purse; tenth; that neither principal shall engage in a glove contest with other than a sparring partner between this date and the day of the contest, and that the man violating this clause shall forfeit the $2,500 now deposited; eleventh, that the contest shall take place between the 24th day of April and the 26th day of May. inclusive; twelfth, that no bids shall be considered unless submitted in writing to Dave Holland. No. 948 Broadway, New York city, and said bid accompanied by a cash deposit of $500; thirteenth; that no bid will be accepted unless the club shall post $5,000 with Harry Beecher, sporting editor of the New York Journal, at the time of the signing of the articles, the same to be divided between the principals upon the failure of the club to carry out its contract, and the entire purse to be posted not later than two weeks before the Jate set. for the contest; fourteenth, in case either principal fails to carry out his part of this agreement Jie shall forfeit to the other the sum of $2,500. The articles of agreement were signed by William Delaney on behalf of Jeffries and by Martin Julian on behalf of Fitzsimmons.

McCoy to Flßht Choynski. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 10.—Kid McCoy, the pugilist, has accepted an engagement to meet Joe Choynski. He says he wiil tight any time after March 30. He expects to go into training very soon. He says he would rather fight Choynski than Sharkey, as he thinks Joe the better man of the two. AN AFFECTING INCIDENT. Two Enemies of Long Ago Meet nt the Essenio Knights' (enclave. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 10.—The Supreme Senate of the Esscnic Knights concluded its convention to-night. A resolution was adopted providing for a badge to be worn by women relations of the members, to entitle them to the protection of knights everywhere. A thrilling incident occurred tonight when Colonel Slater, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., a Grand Army man, was speaking on the women’s badge question. He referred to Colonel Christey. speaker of the Pennsylvania Legislature, as a gallant veteran, who lay wounded for three days on the battlefield of Chanoellorsville, side bv side with a Southern soldier. Col. David. Seable. a Louisiana delegate, an ex-presi-dent of the Army of North Virginia, interrupted to say that ho was a Southern soldier, who had lain three days on Chancellorsviile field, but had not seen his Federal companion since. Colonel Christey rose and he and Colonel Seable recognized each other as the friendly enemies of long ago. The house rose with them, flags were pulled down and furled around them, and as they embraced the entire gathering cheered and sang patriotic songs. Pittsburg was selected the meeting place for May, 1900. William Armstrong, of New Orleans, was elected supreme senator, and B. C. Christy, of Pennsylvania, supreme senior seneschal. Military Convention Adjourns. TAMPA BAY HOTEL. Tampa, Fla.. Feb. 10.—The adoption of the resolutions embracing the views of the delegates on the necessary congressional action for the betterment of the militia, army and naval, last night, practically closed the work of the National Military Congress. At this morning’s session, after extending a vote of thanks to Governor Bloxam and others, whose efforts have done so much towards bringing about the successful termination of the congress, the body adjourned subject to the call of Chairman Butterfield. Canadians Forced to Hack Down. SKAKWAY. Alaska. Feb. 6. via Seattle, Wash., Feb. 10.—The ultimatem issued by United States Deputy Collector of Customs Andrews to the Canadian officials ai Log Cabin, who arrested two of his convovs in charge of liquors, has brought the Canadians to terms. Andrews received word yesterday that the embargo would be removed and that the boundary line would not be claimed to be at the summit until the question had been settled by the joint high commission. Doctor and Two Doga inpliyxlnteri. SHIPPENSBURG. Pa.. Feb. 10.—Dr. Robert C. Stewart was found dead in his room this morning, having been asphyxiated during the night by illuminating gas. Two dogs, in the rear, were also asphyxiated. There are two stopcocks on the gas feedpipe, and it is supposed that in turning off one the doctor accidentally turned on the other. Mr. Stewart was a brother of Judge John Stewart, of Chambersburg, a Republican candidate for United States senator. \ Strauge us Fiction. Baltimore American. An old man of property disguised himself as a poor relation and went to visit relatives in New Jersey, who received him coldly. A young niece from England treated the old man kindly, and he left her his fortune. Thus does truth sometimes work out as naturally as fiction

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1895).

So‘ CHANGE IN SIGHT ZERO WEATHER PROMISES TO ABIDE ANYTH IS FOB AWHILE. lenlerdfly'n Upward Tendency of the Mercury Likely to Be Cheeked by Another Cold Blast. SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY WEATHER BI HEAI STATEMENT OF CONDITIONS AND FORECAST. y -♦ Many Low-Temperature Record* Broken—Lend villt* Succored .by 1,000 Shoveler*—Victims of Cold. The hoped for moderation in the weather came late yesterday morning, though at that time the thermometer marked temperatures that would have made the city shiver in terror last week. At no time yesterda / did the mercury climb above zero, but it was a somewhat grateful change. The Weather Bureau issued a pronunciamento that "minus” weather will be about "the thing” for a day or two yet, and it was backed up by a telegram received from Weather Observer Cox, at Chicago, saying: “Noon special observations show that a severe cold wave in the Northwest is moving rapidly eastward and southward, thus preventing appreciable moderation in your section. Severe cold will continue several days.” The temperature scale from 9 o’clock the night before until 7 o’clock last night, when the mercury seemed to settle down to rest at 0, was as follows: 9 p. ni —l2 10 —l3 11 —l4 „ 12 —ls 1 a. in —ls 2 -15 3 —ls 4 —ls o —ls 6 —ls t:3O —l6 7 —ls 8 —l4 9 —l2 10 -10 11 -6 Noon —4 1 p. m —3 2 • 4 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i 5 ( 6 0 7 0 The demand for fuel was as strong, the nipping of noses and ears was almost as frequent and the reviling of winter weather and the prayers for the sun that brings the flowers were as fervent, but there was a hope that smiled on the city and gave promise of a warmer to-morrow. Overcome by the Gan. Alma Davis, of No. 007 Fayette street, woke early yesterday morning and in a dazed way realized that the house was full of gas. She started for the kitchen, but fell unconscious. Charles Borough, a boarder, heard her fall and awoke the other members of the family. Dr. Furnlss was called and revived Miss Davis. The gas had escaped from a kitchen stove. Baby Dead in Bed. Mrs. Edward Riehwine, of No. 2SOS West Tenth street, found her baby daughter dead in bed yesterday morning. Father and mother and baby had slept in the same bed, and there was a question whether the baby had died from natural causes or from accidental suffocation. The coroner decided the baby’s death was a natural one. School Attendance Fulls tiff. The cold weather is seriously interfering with the public schools. On account of the low temperature the attendance has decreased nearly one-half. In some of the schools classes have been dismissed. In the buildings where the rooms are Insufficiently heated Superintendent Goss has ordered the schools dismissed. CoiiHniner*' Trust Pressure. Complaint is made by residents in the northwestern part of the city of the low pressure in the Consumers’ Trust line. After the Trust abandoned the City Hospital contract, so residents declare, employes of the Trust stated that the pressure had been reduced six ounces in that part of the city. AVOEFI L TALE FROM TEXAS. Snow Deep In the Panhandle. Cattle Dying- and People Freezing. DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 10.—Deputy Sheriff Davis returned to Dallas last night from the Panhandle along the line of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway. He says the storm, distress and desolation is indescribable. At Textine the snow is five feet deep on the level. At Clarendon it was two feet deep and snowing hard. The mercury was 15 degrees below there. The loss of cattle along the line of the railway is something terrible. The cattle had practically no shelter and in addition to this hardship there is no grass or water to be had and their thirst and starvation hastens their death, caused primarily by the bitter cold. Most of the trains on the Fort Worth & Denver road have been abandoned. Extra engines and snow plows had to be employed to get the train he was on through from Clarendon to Fort Worth and it arrived eight hours late. Axes, picks and crowbars had to be used at water tanks to cut holes through the ice and then the engines had to be supplied with water by the use of buckets. Farmers in the Panhandle wheat belt say the wheat has been killed. The loss to grain and cattle, Mr. Davis says, will reach an enormous sum. There were reports at stations of terrible distress among the inhabitants of sparsely settled districts and it is regarded as a certainty that many persons have frozen to death. 0 LEADVILLE S AVED. Truck Cleared and Coal Run into (lie City—Another Storm. DENVER, Cos!., Feb. 10.—The apparently interminable snowstorm on the mountains in the vicinity of Leadville resumed sway early to-day. after a brief respite during the night. However, the wind and cold had abated and the conditions were more favorable for the work of breaking down the snow barriers which have closed the railroads and cut many mountain towns off from communication with the outside world. The Leadville mine and smelter managers made good their offer of a thousand snow shovelers to open the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad between Leadville and Malta, in order to get coal into the camp. One gang began work at midnight and at 7 o’clock it was relieved by another. The Little Johnny mine closed down for the day, and many others were operated by half the usual force. Col. George W. Cook and other mine managers were in charge of the shovel and pick brigade. Much hard work was required to remove the ice from the iails, but the track was finally cleared so that it was possible to run into Leadville twenty cars of coal that bad been stalled at Malta. On the Colorado Midland a large force of men. working under the direction of Agent Sneve, succeeded in breaking the blockade at Snowden and brought in thirty cars of coal. The Midland people believe they will not need the assistance of shovelers, but by to-morrow will have their road entirely open. They started a train from Leadville this afternoon bound for Denver. Their passenger train which left Denver last Tuesday was brought into Leadville, and ihe road is now clear for coal cars, which will be brought in before passenger trains. West of Leadville the railroads are still tied up tightly. In the canyon of the Grande there have been six snowslides. One of them was 490 feet in length an thirty-five feet deep. In it are huge bowlders and

trees. The snow shovelers at Shoshone struck to-day for an Increase of wages from $1.75 to $2.50 a day. The Marshall ' pass Is again closed, but the rotary is bucking the drifts and the Narrow Gauge may soon be opened. Down on the Cumbere pass the storm has put an end to railroading for several days. The two delayed trains, which were at Belden. were finally released and reached Denver today. The passengers on two east-bound trains, who had been staying at Glenwood Springs, were sent back to Ogden via the Rio Grande Western, and will be brought east over the Union Pacific. It is believed that the two east-bound trains tied up at Minturn will be able to get through tonight. On the South Park line trains are running as far as Grant. Como, Breckenridge, Kekomo and all towns on the high line to Beadville are completely isolated. No news was received from those places to-day. but it is known that in some of them fuel and provisions are becoming scarce. In North Park there is about three feet of snow on the level. Travel is impossible on account of the large drifts. Walden has received no mail for a week and expects none for ten days to come. It is doubtful if any freight tan reach that town for a month. A snowstorm, with a cold wind from the north, began here to-day. and. should another very cold wave follow, it will Inevitably have disastrous effect on the -live stock on the ranges. Many Frozen Limbs. CINCINNATI, 0., Feb. 10.—The extreme cold weather of yesterdayy has abated here, the thermometer rising from twelve degrees below zero at 6 a. m. to two below at 6 p. in. It was much colder in the suburbs on the hills. The cold weather has Increased east of this city. The coldest point to-day was at Remington, 0., wh'ch is located on a hill. The thermometer there was twenty-seven below'zero to-day and other points in eastern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky were about that temperature while that low degree was the average range throughout West Virginia. The records were all broken to-day throughout the eastern part of the Ohio valley. In some of the interior Kentucky towns the coal supply is short because the mines have recently been flooded and many persons have been partially frozen while hauling wood. The fruit is gone, but the wheat is not injured in the Ohio valley States as the ground is everywhere covered with snow. At Cincinnati the only death from freezing was that of Mrs. Mary Haverkamp. hut there have been numerous cases of frozen limbs and other disabilities. Navigation on the river is closed by the heavy floating ice from the tributaries. The price of soft coal has advanced to $2.50 and of anthracite to $6.25. Business Paralyzed. PITTSBURG. Pa., Feb. 10.—All cold weather records for this section were broken to-day and anew record of 20 degrees below zero established by the weather bureau. Private thermometers registered from 7 to 10 degrees lower. Business is almost at a standstill, and fewer people were on the streets than on any other week day in years. Schools were dismissed, outdoor laborers refused to work and every form of Industry necessitating exposure to the weather was practically paralyzed. Many persons were severely nipped by Jack Frost, but no fatalities have been reporter). One grewsome phase of the blizzard is its effect on live stock shipped from surrounding towns to the stock yards in the East End. The ears of many hogs dropped off. they being so badly frozen that the least touch caused them to fall to the ground. Cattle suffered severely, although but few* of them died from the effects of their trip. The cold weather has seriously hampered the railroads, and all trains are from one-half hour to three hours late. Navigation on the Allegheny, Monongahela and upper Ohio has closed and the two first-named streams are frozen over. The indications to-day are for slightly warmer weather. Big: Fleet of Ship* Overdue. NEW YORK; Feb. Yo.—The temperature took another drop to-day, the thermometer registering 7 degrees below zero at 7 o’clock this morning. A. V. Nolan, of Brooklyn, a tugboat fireman, was found frozen to death on a North-river pier. The British steamer Daniel is frozen in the ice of the lower bay. At Sandy Hook the thermometers showed from 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Not a ship passed in at Sandy Hook between Thursday afternoon and this afternoon. A big fleet of steamers is overdue, including the Fuerst Bismarck, from the Mediterranean, which is three days behind time; the Anchoria, from Glasgow, and ihe Spaarndan:. Dispatches from points in the interior of the State report in every instance the lowest temperature of the season. In Rockland county the thermometers indicated 15 to 29 degrees below zero, and in Orange county from 14 to 22 degrees below. The Hudson river, between Nyack and Tarrytown, where it is three miles wide, is frozen over—a very rare occurrence. Railway traffic is delayed. Wurmer nt Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—The crest of the cold wave has passed here. At 6a. m. the thermometer registered eighteen below, but from that point gradual moderation set in and the prospects are that by nightfall the mercury will be about the zero mark. A large number of distressing cases of frost bites were reported to the police, but so far only one death has resulted from the severe cold. Several of the schools have been closed until Monday. The cold claimed numerous victims during the day. Two men froze to death. The dead are Charles Jackson, died from cold and exposure; unidentified man, found dead on the sidew r alk at 5145 Halstead street. All the others sustained frost bites, some of them serious. Three Deaths from Cold. NEW. YORK, Feb. 10.—Three deaths from cold are reported. John Fields, seventeen years old, a truckman, was found frozen to death on the seat of his truck, in Paterson, N. J. Peter Matthews, seventy-four years old, who lived in the Valley road. West Orange, N. J., was found nearly frozen In the little hut he called his home. He was removed to the Orange Memorial Hospital, where he died. William Doland, nineteen years old. was found freezing on the steps of his sister's house, in Paterson, N. J. He was taken in and restoratives seemed to revive him. An hour later he was found dead on the floor, having fallen from his chair beside the stove.

A SI until at Omaha. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 10.—Early this afternoon the cold wave signal was put out, and in less than an hour the temperature, which earlier in the day moderated materially, began to fall, and by 9 o’clock the mercury stood at 7 degrees below zero; at midnight at 10 degrees below, with indications of a further fall before morning. To-night is very disagreeable. A stiff north wind is blowing, and fine, hard snow blinds the eyes of pedestrians. About tw r o inches have already fallen, and street-railway traffic is somewhat impeded, as the snow freezes to the rails. Reports from outside the city tell a similar tale. Frozen Water Pipes Cause Explosion. BALTIMORE, Md.. Feb. 10.—Frozen water pipes caused a fatal explosion in the kitchen of the female department of the Home of the Friendless, Druid Hill and Lafayette avenues, this morning. Martha BoHskey, aged seven, was killed. Florence Reif Snyder, aged ten years, was so badly burned that she died a few hours after being removed to the hospital. Mary Walsh, a cook, was seriously burned, but probably will recover. The explosion caused a panic w hich was quieted by the teachers. Suffering nt Columbus. COLUMBUS, 0. ( Feb. 10.—It is 1 degree colder here to-day than yesterday, w’hich was the coldest February day for fifteen years. The thermometer at the Weather Bureau registered 18 degrees below zero at 7:30 this morning, while unofficial figures placed the cold as much as 25 degrees below. There is great suffering among the poor, but extraordinary efforts at relief are being made. The outlook is for slight moderation. Plenty of tins nt Alexandria. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Feb. 10.—Only about one-half of the gas supply was utilized here to-day. Factories are all running and domestic service was never better. This is the most severe test of the Indiana gas resources that has been endured since the beginning of the use of natural gas. and the result is most gratifying. Marion llinkle Frozen to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Fob. 10.—Marion Hinkle was found late to-day frozen to death. He had been in town seeing his friends, and in going to his home, two miles out of town, lie was overcome by the cold.

Klnkle was county auditor one term and one of the best-known Democrats of the county. Cruelty to Convert*. MARIETTA. 0.. Feb. 10.—With the thermometer at 20 degrees below zero at 0 o'clock last night a woman and two men were baptized by Rev. Wharton, of the Christian Church, at Coal Run. on the Muskingum river. A hole was cut in the ice on the river and the candidates for baptism immersed. Stock Freezing to Detli. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Feb. 10.—Twen-ty-four degrees below zero this morning. Great suffering reported throughout southern West Virginia. All the country mail routes are abandoned. Farmers are losing heavily from stock freezing to death. Coltl Weather Note*. Hugh Gallagher, a miner at Lelsingring. Pa., was frozen to death while on his way horre from work. At Hamilton. 0.. an eight-year-old boy named Gong was badly frozen while returning from school. He is in a critical condition. At Alliance, 0.. a Pennsylvania locomotive froze while working in the yards. Reed Ralston was taken from his engine almost dead. John Wirth, aged thirty-seven years, a carpenter, was found Thursday' night frozen to death in his sleigh in the suburbs of Buffalo. At Chillicothe, 0.. there was much suffering. The infant son of Sophia Johns was found frozen to death in the shanty in which the mother lived. At Charleston. W. A'a., the thermometer registered 27 degrees below' zero at 10 o'clock yesterday. The lowest point hitherto reached w'as 12 degrees below. Self-registering thermometers at Marietta showed the astounding record of .13 degrees to 16 degrees below zero as the coldest point reached during Thursday night. Republic, Mich., reported 50 degrees below' zero yesterday and 10 to 25 degrees below continuously for three weeks past. Petoskey’s temperature was 26 below zero. The extreme cold has caused a suspension of work in the potteries at East Liverpool, O. The clays are so badly frozen that the potteries will be forced to remain idle for several days. The peach and apricot crops of Vernon and Cedar counties, Missouri, are reported killed. The loss is estimated at more than $100,099. The weather is the coldest known there in thirty years. At Morgan, Pa., yesterday. John Gillespie, aged forty-two, lately of Wadsworth, 0.. and Patrick O’Grady, aged seventy-nine, were found dead in a shanty which they had fitted up for protection from the cold. “Aunt Dicy” Dibbs, aged eighty years, was found frozen to death in her home, at Shaw'nee. Kan., where she had lived alone for years. She had apparently hurt herself by a fall and was unable to call for help. Thursday night was the coldest ever known in the Muskifigtim valley, Ohio, and certainly the coldest since 1871. Reliable thermometers marked 20 to 10 degrees below zero, according to location. This was 10 to 12 degrees colder than the night before.

FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Increasing Cloudiness. Probably Sbow, aiul Continued Cold Weather. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, S p. m— Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio—Fair in northeast; probably snow' in southwest portion; continued cold weather for two or three days; fresh northwesterly winds. For Indiana—lncreasing cloudiness; probably snow, continued cold; westerly winds. For Illinois—Snow; contiued cold; fresh to brisk west to northwest winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The thirteenth consecutive day of abnormally cold weather in the central valleys of the West and Northwest has been marked by some moderation in the Ohio and upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, although the temperatures in these districts still remain in the neighborhood of zero. In the middle Atlantic States the wave has continued with undiminished severity, particularly at Washington, where a minimum of S degrees below zero was recorded this morning. The mean temperature for Friday was 2 degrees below zero, the lowest daily mean temperature ever recorded in the history of the Washington station. The mean temperature for the past two days was zero, also the lowest two days mean ever recorded. This morning the temperatures in the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys, western upper lake region and middle Atlantic States were from 1 degree to 18 degrees lower than any previous record for the first decade of February. At Parkersburg it was 26 degrees below zero, or 15 degrees low'er than any previous record, and at Pittsburg 20 degrees below zero, or 8 degrees lower than any previous record. During the day, however, there was a marked rise and to-night the temperatures in the upper Ohio valley are close to zero, which is also about the average New England temperature. In the Northwestern and central Rocky mountain region there has been another decided fall, accompanied by snow’, the temperature having fallen from 10 degrees to 40 degrees and ranging from zero in central Colorado to 80 degrees below' zero in northwestern North Dakota. In the South there has been a tendency toward a slight rise, except along the w'est gulf coast. Snow is falling in southern Illinois. Missouri, South Dakota and the middle slope. There were also light local snows in lower Michigan and western New York and light local rains and snows in the south Atlantic and gulf States. In the plateau and Pacific coast regions there were light snows and rains in the northern portions, followed by generally fair weather without any temperature changes of consequence. Snows and rains are indicated in the Southern Slates, and snow from the Ohio valley westward and in the Southwest. Generally fair weather will prevail elsew’here. The cold wave will continue generally, except on the gulf and extreme south Atlantic coasts, and there will be no marked abatement for at least several days. Tn the District of Columbia still lower temperatures may be expected Saturday morning, followed by a slight rise during the day. Fresh to brisk northerly winds may be expected in the Atlantic coast States. Cold wave and norther signals are displayed generally from South Dakota and Wyoming southward, except in extreme southern Texas, and advisory messages have been sent to lower Michigan, Indiana and the middle Mississippi valley States that there will be no appreciable moderation of the severe cold weather for several days to come. Local Observation* on Friday. Bar. Thor. R.II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. in.. 30.59 —ls 45 S’west. Clear. T. 7 p.m..10.61 —5 80 S'west. Clear. .00 Maximum temperature, 0; minimum temperature. —l6. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Feb. lu: Temp. Pre. Normal 34 .13 Mean —8 T. Departure from normal —42 —.13 Departure since Feb. 1 —l9B —.Bl "Departure since Jan. 1 —2OO —.27 C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Ve*terday* Temperature*. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta. Ga 12 24 30 Bismarck. N. D —2S —26 —2B Buffalo, N. Y -8 -4 -6 Calgary. N. W. T —22 —lB —22 Cairo, 111 —6 8 8 Cheyenne, Wyo —lO —8 —lO Chicago, 111 —IS —2 —2 Cincinnati, O —l2 0 0 Concordia, Kan —2 8 4 Davenport, la—l 6 0 0 Des Moines, la —lO 4 4 Galveston. Tex 36 44 44 Helena, Mont —8 —6 —8 Jacksonville, Fla 3S 48 46 Kansas City, Mo —4 2 2 Little Rock. Ark 8 14 14 Marquette. Mich —22 —lO —l2 Memphis, Tenn n li 12 Mirmedosa. Man —44 Moorhead, Minn —26 Nashville, Tenn —8 10 10 New* Orleans, La is 42 42 New York. N. Y —1 0 2 North Platte, Neb —6 o —6 Oklahoma. O. T 4 20 18 Omaha. Neb —4 4 —2 Pittsburg. Pa —2O —2 —1 Qu' Appelle, N. W. T..—38 —36 —IK Salt Lake City, Utah.. 24 44 18 St. Louis, Mo —6 6 4 St. Paul. Minn —3O —to —6 Springfield, ill —lo 2 0 Springfield, Mo —2 14 10 Vicksburg. Miss 22 12 12 Washington. D. C —8 I 2 —Below zero. THE I.RII* Cl RE THAT DOEsTci HE. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets remove the cause that produces La Grippe. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each Tablet. 23c.

COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE UNITED STATES BRANCH OF THE Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company On the 31st clay of December, 1898. It is located at 45 William street. New York City. Manager Home Office. Liverpool, Eng JOHN M. DOVE. Manager New York Office HENRY W. EATON. THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY IN THE 1 . S. ARE AS FOLLOWS: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents and other persons $786,092.58 Real estate unincumbered 1,799,000.00 Bends owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of— per cent, secured as follows: United States 4 per cent, bonds, 1925, market value 2,247.468.75 State, county and municipal bonds, market value 353,125.00 Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged and free from any prior incumbrance 3,622.350.00 Debts otherwise secured 1,400.00 Debts for premiums 827.629.01 Alt other securities 64.516.31 Total assets $9,703,581.65 LIABILITIES. Losses unadjusted, net amount of unpaid losses v $565,590.26 All other claims against the company 726,305.92 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 3,565.769.38 Total liabilities * $4,837,665.56 The greatest amount in any one risk (in rare cases), $50,000 and rarely $75,000. State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of tbeState of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December. 18*8, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In testimony whereof. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official [SEAL.] seal this 31st day of January, 1899. W. H. HART. Auditor of State. COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE UNITED ST AT ES BRANCH OF THE NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY On the 31st Day of December, 1898. It is located at Nos. 56 and 58 Pine street. New York City, N. Y. J. MONTGOMERY HARE. Resident Manager. „ HOME OFFICE, Norwich, England. The amount of its capital is $5,500,000 The amount of its capital paid up is 660,009 THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY IN THE 1 . S. ARE AS FOLLOWS: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons $280,204.88 Bonds owned by the society: United States bonds, market value 419,531.25 State, county and municipal bonds, market value 328.250.09 Railroad stocks and bonds, market value 1,093,891.23 Loans on bond and mortgage 40,000.00 Interest due and accrued 22,601.17 Debts for premiums 172,133.73 • \ —— .... .. ■ Total assets $2,356,612.28 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and due. losses adjusted and not due, losses unadjusted, losses in suspense waiting for further proof $163,431.12 All other claims against the. society 55,802.69 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 1.150.400.1 t Total liabilities $1,369,633.92 State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned society on the 31st day of December, 1898, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on tie in this office. In testimony whereof. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix mv official LSEAL.I seal this 31st day of January, 1899. W. H. HART. Auditor of State.

OBITUARY. Dr. .In me* H. Etheridge, ;< WellKnown Chicago Gynecologist. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Dr. James H. Etheridge. professor of gynecology at Rush Medical College, and one of Chicago’s oldest practicing physicians, is dead at his home, in this city, of heart failure. Dr. Etheridge was born at St. Johnsvllle, N. Y., on March 20. 1844. He was a. contributor to the medical journals, and a member of the Chicago Medical Society, the Chicago Medico-Legal Society and the Gynecological Society, being president of the last named in 1890. Among the other organizations of his profession with which Dr. Etheridge w*as identified were the Illinois State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Gynecological Society, the International Medical Congress. and of the International Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Etheridge was president of the Chicago Medical Society during 1887. Madame Candelaria. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 10.—Madame Candelaria, the only survivor of the Alamo massacre and one of the most historical persons in this county died this afternoon from an attack of la grippe. She was one hundred and fifteen years of age, as authenticated by her baptismal certificate in the records of the Catholic parish Church. Other Dentil*. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10,-James Lenihan, the first Indian commissioner of the province of British Columbia, when the departments were reorganized under the council of 1874, is dead in this city. He passed most of his life in Canada, but was arranging to make his residence in this State. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.—Webster Grove, a suburb of St. Louis, was visited by a fire this afternoon that burned the Allen building, containing the opera house, C. Strauss's bakery, Bredell & Conkling’s meat market and F. W. Farrington's general store. Loss estimated at $35,000. SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. Feb. 10.—Major J. C. Cravens, aged sixty-one years, a curator of the University of Missouri, and a prominent lawyer and citizen, is dead at his home here, after a brief illness. He served through the civil war in the Confederate army. OTTAWA. Ontario, Feb. 10.— Archibald Lampman, the poet, died here to-day of pneumonia. Mr. Lampman had been a contributor to the English and American magazines for many years. GOVERNOR BURNED OUT! Kentucky** Executive Mansion Destroyed—Mr. Bradley’s Los*. FRANKFORT, Ky„ Feb. 10.—The Governor’s mansion w r as destroyed by life at noon to-day. The firemen were hampered by the intense cold, to which trouble was added by frozen pipes and cutting off the water supply. Governor Bradley’s personal loss Is at least $1,500, not including the destruction of his collection of political literature, which he had been engaged in collecting since he entered political life twen-ty-five years ago. He also lost other valuable documents. The handsome furnishings of the house were the property of the State, and these as well as much of the Governor’s property were badly damaged. The lot upon which the. burned building stood was donated to the State over one hundred years ago to be held as long as used for a home for the Governor and the State is now confronted with either building anew or repairing the ruined walls as the only alternative to keep the property from reverting back to the heirs of the original donor. Owing to the historic character attaching to it, there is a widespread sentiment in favor of repairing and in this Custodian of Public Buildings Thompson is inclined to share. Lo** of 150,000. CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 10.—'The Kelly block, on Superior street, opposite Bank street, was practically destroyed by fire this evening. It was occupied entirely by the Globe clothing store, owned by Simon Fox & Cos., a branch of a large Cincinnati clothing house. The stock of the Globe store is valued at $50,000. The damage to the Kelly block amounts to $20,000. The root of the Crittenden block adjacent on the east was burned and the building damaged to the extent of SIO,OOO. while the block west of the Globe store, also owned by the Kelly estate, suffered to the extent of $5,000. Nuesbaum & Strauss, clothiers in the last named building, are damaged by water to the extent of sls,<XX>. Samuel Barker & Sons, printers and stationers in the Crittenden block, suffered to the extent of SIO,OOO. The loss sustained by occupants of offices by reason of smoke, fire and water, will bring the total damage up to $150,000. The Are started in the Globe store about 9 o’clock, with several explosions, and in less than five minutes the interior of the block, from front to rear and from cellar to roof, w’as in flames. Other Fire*. TORONTO. Feb. 10.—Fire which broke out at noon to-day destroyed the building on Front street owned by Gowans. Kent & Cos., crockery and glassware dealers. The loss is estimated at $201,000, of which $29.U/J is on the building. The firemen were badly handicapped by the cold. MANSFIELD, 0.. Feb. 10.—An explosion in the japanning department of the Baxter stove w’orks caused a lire to-day that entailed a loss of $1 0,000, with only a fraction of as much insurance. Our White Man’* Burden. Chicago News. Kipling had eighteen trunks with him when he arrived at New York.

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