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ley (Rep., Conn.) gave notice that at a proper time he would endeavor to have the agreement vacated. Consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was concluded and the bill passed just before adjournment. At the opening of the session the resolution offered yesterday, which reaffirms and approves the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, declares that all governments derive their Just powers from the consent of the governed, and that the doctrines are universal and apply to all peoples who have sovereignty or territory of their own, w’us laid before the Senate. Mr. Chandler asked for unanimous consent that the Senate, on Monday next, at 3 o’clock, take up all the resolutions bearing upon our relations to foreign territory in quired and dispose of tl|em by vote before adjournment. He thought it could be done by midnight of that day. He believed It perfectly proper to vote upon any of these declaratory resolutions. In the course of his remarks, upon tho *ugg(Stion of Mr. Chandler, Mr. Allen said be observed “the singular absence of one of the chieftains of the contest of that evening,” referring to the debate on the attempt to pass the McEnery resolution last Monday after the ratification of the treaty. He then asked that a vote be taken upon his resolution now. as it only reiterated the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Stewart tiid he hat. no knowledge that the Declaration of Independence had been abrogated. If the Senate was to vote to reaffirm that document some good reasons should be given the people tor such a vote. MASON'S SARCASM. Mr. Mason, interjecting a reply to Mr. Stewart a implied inquiry as to the necessity of adopting the Allen resolution, said: “It is simply to declare to the Filipinos that when we kill them we are conferring on them the blessings of liberty.” Mr. Allen, in urging immediate action on his resolution, said he could see no conflict between such a declaration and the peace treaty which had been acted on last Monday. In the course of his remarks Mr. Allen referred to a so-called agreement which had been entered into by some unnamed senators for a vote on the McEnery resolution after the ratification of the treaty. Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, said he knew of no such agreement as that referred to by Mr. Allen, but he desired it to be understood that he was not bound by any agreement of the kind. Continuing, Mr. Allen said if any such agreement was made good faith demanded that it be carried out. Mr. Dodge, alluding to references that had been made to the position of the foreign relations committee upon the question of voting on the pending resolutions, said the committee hud one week ago last Wednesday agreed that the vote might be had, so far as the committee was concerned. Mr. Tillman inquired of Mr. Chandler whether or not any arrangement had been made with senators whereby they were to vote for the treaty on consideration of having a vote on certain pending resolutions. Mr. Chandler replied: ‘’Personally I know of no agreement to vote on any resolution.” Mr. Mason, who originally made trm reference to the agreement, declined to “testily” when he was questioned. in a brief speeech Mr. Carter said this debate wouid have the same mischievous results as that a few days ago. He did not approve of the discussion on this forum of a trouble which had been precipitated uy rebels in arms. “Let tnat question be decided,'’ said he, “in the forum selected by the rebels themselves, and after its decisioin there the Congress of the United States can take up the various phases of the question at Us leisure.” He declared that the purpose of the adoption of the pending resolutions was an insinuation against the good faith and honesty of purpose of the American people. Mr. McEnery spoke strongly in advocacy of the adoption of the resolution. A BROAD FARCE. Mr. Vest said any action upon the pending resolutions now would be tike sending for a physician after the patient was dead. “What,” he inquired, “can be a broader farce than the passage of these resoluti sis, when we already have declared oui pokey at the mouth of the cannon, amid the rattle of musketry, and ,'n shooting our doctrines Into the people of the Philippines?” He declared that when the peace treaty was ratified it followed logically that the Filipinos would be coerced. Mr. Allen closed the debate, replying to Mr. Carter, saying that the silver question In Montana and other intermountain States could not be obscured by “such fulminations” as that which Mr. Carter had, he said, inilicteu upon the Senate. At 2 o’clock the resolutions under tho rules went to the calendar, no action being taken. Mr. Vest presented the credentials of his colleague, Mr. Cockrell, elected to the Senate for his fifth term of six years, which will begin on March 4 next. They were tiled. The legislative, executive and judicial bill was then laid before the Senate. Pending its consideration Mr. Mason asked unanimous consent for a vote upon the McEnery resolution next Tuesday at 2:3b p. m. Mr. llawley objected. Mr. Mason then referred to the fact that a month ago he had asked for a vote on bis resolution, saying that if he had disregarded “that thing called senatorial courtesy',” he supposed he could have forced a vote, hut he had not chosen to do this. Mr. Hawley had objected in the beginning as he had to-day, saying he had no respect for the measure, “as though,” said Mr. Mason, “I was not his equal. 1 claim to be bis peer,” he continued, “and to represent as good a State as he does.” Mr. Hawley interrupted to say that he had meant no discourtesy to the senator, but only that he did not accept the doctrine of his resolution. . Continuing, Mr. Mason gave notice that he meant to continue his warfare in the interest of the resolution, and he would stay here until the snow should fiy next December, If necessary', to get the resolution adopted. It was, he said, more necessary to adopt these resolutions than to take money from the treasury, as proposed in the appropriation bills. And he continued by saying that in the Philippines we are nowfighting our allies. The moment the jingle of gold had been heard in connection with the Paris conference and when we had descended from the high pedestal of independence the trouble began and the people commenced their revolt against the treaty. In Cuba we were still contending for liberty, and there peace reigns; in the Philippines the reverse is true, and there hell is found. He asserted that the United States had been the aggressor in the Manila conflict by trampling upon the rights of the Filipinos. They had sought every means of securing a peaceful settlement and we had kicked them out. When Aguinaldo had asked the poor privilege of a conference, our commander had refused without knowing what he had to offer. His request had been ignored and we had gone on burning his villages and shooting his people like dogs, ala Weyler. Mr. Mason gave deliberate notice of a filibuster, saying he would speak each day until the resolutions were acted upon. “I will take all the time I want,” he said. “I begin to appreciate the glorious privilege of senatorial courtesy.” “Did the senator expect to get a vote on the resolutions when he agreed to vote for the treaty?” Mr. Money asked. ”1 did,” responded Mr. Mason. "I was not entirely familiar with senatorial courtesy. 1 hope to know more next time, and as I grow older learn who to trust and when to trust.” “THE DIONS WHELP." Mr. Mason then entered on the contention that the United States were rapidly becoming a puppet of Great Britain, and he read & poem entitled “The Lion's Whelp,” which, he said, illustrated the relationship, tho following line from which illustrates its spirit: “I know- thee. now. my lion’s whelp, It couitj be none but thee.” This country was even growing more cruel than England, and cruel not to our enemies alone, but to our own people. He heard it said that the Filipinos could not be conquered with the loss of only 3.000 or 4.000 lives. According to his way of thinking, one American life was worth more than those of all the natives on the islands. How many senators had sons there? Or had all the senatorial appointees retired before the approach of danger? "If you would onlyshow me where we could steal something.” he exclaimed jocosely, “I might excuse the proceedings on the ground of high statesmanship, but 1 fail to see where w-e are to get any return for our outlay.” The whole matter looked to him like murder and travesty upon our professed following of the lowly Nazarene. At the close of his speech Mr. Mason asked for unanimous consent for a vote on the McEnery resolution at 2:30 next Tuesday, ar.d, no one objecting, the vote was set down for that time. Consideration of the legislative appropriation bill was then resumed. An amendment was offered by the committee and agreed to providing that the thirty days’ annual leave given government clerks shall be exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays. Mr. Hawley, addressing the chair, said: ‘‘l rise to a-question of privilege. I give notice that when the Senate is fuller than It is now I will move to set aside the unanimous consent agreement given to vote upon what is known as the McEnery resolution. Myself and several other senators made peremptory objections to that resolution. Several of us left the chamber, and during our temporary absence tho unanimous consent to vote upon the resolution was given. At the first proper opportunity I shall move that the order be set aside.” As the bill was about to be passed Mr.

Allen Inquired of Mr. Cullom, in charge of the measure, In what order the remaining appropriation bills were to be considered. Mr. Culiom replied that the agricultural appropriation was next to be taken up. “Is there any purpose,” inquired Mr. Allen, to bring up the army bill before' the other appropriation bills are disposed of?” Mr. Cullom replied that he was not aw-are the army appropriation bill had been passed by the House. Mr. Allen said it was rumored about the chamber that the army bill was to be called up on Monday or Tuesday next. Discussion on that bill would continue until the end of the session. This would cause the other appropriation bills to fail and make necessaty an extra session. “I ask.” said he, “if there is any intention of the kind?” Mr. Culloin said he knew little or nothing concerning the army bill, and that it was his intention to proceed next week with appropriation bills. “What do mean by the army bill?” inquired Mr. Chandler. “I mean,” repl.ed Mr. Allen, “the army reorganization bill.” Mr. Cullom said the appropriation committee had nothing to do with that bill. “That may be true,” replied Mr. Allen, “but there is such an intermingling and comingiing of purposes of that side of the chamber that it is difficult to say who is responsible.” Mr. Allen said the committee proposed to press the appropriation bills as rapidly as possible. Tne legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was then passed. A bill to amend an act entitled “An act to reimburse the Governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the volunteer army of the United States In existing war with Spain,” was passed. The Senate, at 6:45 p. m., adjourned. IW MEWOHV OF DINGLEY. Members of tho House Deliver Eulogixtie Addresses and Adjourn. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The House pftssed several bridge bills and other measures of minor importance, and also a joint resolution to give extra payment to laborers and mechanics at the navy yards and naval stations for work performed during the Spanish war in excess of eight hours per day. It then devoted the afternoon to tributes to the memory of the late Representative Dingley. • Mr. Boutelle (Rep., Me.) spoke feelingly of the long and intimate personal association between Mr. Dingley and himself, in public and political life, in journalism and in their every-day relations. Mr. Payne, of New York, Mr. Dingley’s successor as chairman, gave an interesting recital of their services together, and paid a high tribute to the ability and sterling worth of the former chairman. Other eulogies were delivered by Representatives Burleigh, Grosvenor, Swanson, Dalzell, Dolliver, Hopkins, Tawney, Dockery, Russell, Evans, McClellan, Johnson of North Carolina, Cousins, Dinney, Clark of Missouri, Alexander, Hamilton, Bell, Lacey, W. A. Smith, Williams of Mississippi, Clark of New Hampshire, Faris, Moody and Walker of Massachusetts. Speaker Reed occupied the chair during the delivery of the eulogies. Messrs. Sulzer, Lewis, Mahany and Brumm also delivered eulogies. At the conclusion of the addresses, and as a further mark of respeefc the House, at 5:45 p. m., adjourned. OBITUARY. 3larlc Weutnorth Dunham, it. Noted Importer and Breeder of Horses. CHICAGO, Feb. 11.—Mark Wentw'orth Dunham, owner of the famous Oakland farm, at Wayne, 111., and the most extensive breeder of pure bred horses in the world, died at Mercy Hospital to-day from a complication of diseases. Mr. Dunhafn was born in 1842. His life was a remarkable one. Oaklawn, his ideal home, is known to all Chicagoans who deal in horses and to thousands of others as the most perfect spot for a lover and breeder of animals. For many years it was the custom of a large number of prominent men and women to go to Oaklawn once a year In coaches and there to be entertained by Mr. Dunham for a day. In many things Mr. Dunham was one of the most remarkable men of his time. His achievements as an importer and breeder of horses have no parallel. A few’ incidents may be given as illustrating his audacity of conception and force of action. In 1885 his agents were in France; horses to the value of $250,000 had been bought; continental war was in the air; Italy, Austria and Germany, in quick succession, placed an embargo on the exportation of horses; any moment France was likely to folloV; no boat could be had for instant shipment. The facts w'ere cabled to Dunham, and within forty-eight hours the protest of the United States government and of the Governors of eleven States was cabled, with a commission from each appointing Dunham’s agent special commissioner. Under this tremendous fusillade the minister of war hesitated and the embargo was stayed. It w’as thirty years ago that Mr. Dunham began with the importation of Percheron horses from France. His operations as a breeder and importer assumed gigantic proportions. He subsequently took up the importation of the French coach horses and collected in France a lot of males and stallions that, as a whole, is conceded to be superior to any similar collection in P'rance. He won with his horses more champion prizes in the show ring than any other breeder has ever won in the history of the showyard in America. Gen. Edmund Schrlver. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Gen. Edmund Sehriver, a graduate of the Military Academy of the class of 1833, and one of the oldest officers in the army, died here last night from a complication of diseases incident to old age. General Sehriver was a native of Pennsylvania, and was appointed a cadet at the Military Academy in July, 1829. In 1846 he resigned his army commission to become president of the Rennselaer & Saratoga Railroad. He served throughout the civil war, mostly with the Army of the Potomac, and did good service at Chanceliorsvilie, Gettysburg and other battlefields. He rose to the rank of colonel, with the brevet of brigadier general. He was retired in 1881, and has lived in Washington since then. James Bryant. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The Herald tomorrow will say: “James Bryant, who commanded the vessel in which Tweed escaped to Cuba and who got William J. Sharkey out of the country in the same manner after the murder of Robert Dunn, in 1875, died yesterday at his home. His funeial will take place to-day. Captain Bryant was born in Newburyport, Mass., fifty-three years ago. Besides his widow he leaves two sons, one of whom is an actor and the other a justice of the peace in Newburyport.” Capt. Oliver Perry Smith. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.—The following cablegram was received at the War Department to-day from the medical officer in charge at Havana: “Capt. Oliver Perry Smith, commissarv of subsistence, United States Volunteers, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, died on board the United States hospital ship Missouri at 11:35 o’clock this morning of acute parenchymatous nephritis.” Pugilist with it Weak Heart. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11.-John Farrell and Jack O’Brien met in a six-round glove contest before the Mission Athletic Club last night. In the sixth round Farrell received a blow on the shoulder which appeared to be only a slight tap. He fell and was counted out. It was feared he w'ouid die. An affection of the heart aggravated by excitement is assigned as the cause of his collapse. Farrell, however, walked out of the receiving hospital to-day, apparently little the worse for his punishment. The physicians stated that Farrell has a weak heart. They advised him to eschew the ring, to which the pugilist agreed. Dramatic Criticism. Puck. Mrs. Backw'oods (after her return from the metropolis)—They took me to the the-ater-first time I ever was in a theater in my life—and the way them actors ar.d actresses can pretend they’re glad and sorry and happy and heartbroken ar.d angry and son on—l tell you it’s a caution! Neighbor—Didn’t you like ti? Mrs. Backwoods—Oh! yes, indeed; but it seems to me them people on the stage must be a lot of hypocrites. Not Engaged to Miss Daltlgrcn. NEW YORK. Feb. 11.—L'.spenard Stewart, when asked concerning the report that he was engaged to marry Miss Romola Dahigren, said; “I regret that 1 have not the honor to be engaged to any one,” and then, for the, purpose of giving strength to the denial, he added: “1 am neither engaged nor thinking of getting married. The first that I knew of the matter was through the report in a morning newspaper. There Is not a word of truth in the announcement,” Ai

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1899.

HAD A TRIPLE LYNCHING ——♦ - GEORGIA MOB WREAKS TERRIBLE VENGEANCE OX THREE NEGROES. The Victims Took Part In One of the Most Brutal Outrages In History of the State. ATLANTA, Ga„ Feb. 11.—A telephone message at midnight from Leesburg, in the southern part of the State, says a mob took Cupkl Redding and unknown negroes from the jail there late to-night and lynched them. The message did not say where the mob had come from, but was to the effect that they were apparently well organized and on reaching the jail demanded the keys. They were delivered after a short parley with the sheriff, and the mob entered the jail. The negroes were secured, and, according to the telephone advices, the mob started for the woods with them. Governor Candler to-night ordered a company of the State miljtia from Albany to Leesburg to prevent, if possible, the lynching of a negro at the latter place. It was reported to the Governor by the sheriff of Lee county that a party of lynchers would take the regular night train at Smithville and come to Leesburg for the purpose of lynching the negro. The Governor w 7 as not informed of the negro’s name, but was told that he had been arrested and jailed at Leesburg during the afternoon. The two were concerned in the outrage of a Mrs. Maroney, which was one of the most atrocious crimes of the century. In December the house of John Maroney, a school teacher, was entered by Cupid Reading and two companions. The leader of the black trio ordered Mrs. Maroney to tie her husband’s hands behind his back, after which they bound him to a bed. The negroes then ransacked the house and, having completed this part of their w r ork, Redding outraged Mrs. Maroney in sight of her helpless and infuriated husband. The negroes escaped, and although the State has offered heavy rew’ards the negro was not captured until this afternooik His two accomplices, however, whose names are unknown, were arrested ten days ago. Who the other three negroes are is not known. Leesburg has no night operator and information by telegraph is unobtainable. FAIR AND COLD. (Concluded from First Page.) Pittsburg river affairs been so critical as it is just now. After three days of the coldest weather ever known in this section of the country, the rivers are frozen as tight as a millrace, and the ice is growing thicker every hour. Os the big tows that were started south on the rise last week many are stranded helplessly at dangerous points along the Ohio, several have Tost parts of their tows and are aground, while one, the Fred Wilson, is lying in eight feet of water. Altogether there are about 8.0000,000 bushels of coal afloat between Pittsburg and Louisville. To these conditions add the fact of an almost unprecedented accumulation of snow’ in the watersheds of the Monongahela and Allegheny, and it becomes apparent that the inevitable break-up in the rivers is to be feared. River men are fearful of a flood that will do great damage along the rivers. Twenty years ago a similar state of affairs resulted disastrously. A number of vessels were wrecked and much coal w’as lost. At that time a record for low temperature (12 degrees) was established, but that record has been smashed with all others for persistently low temperature. Both rivers are frozen over from Pittsburg to the headwaters, notwithstanding the constant efforts of pool boats to keep an open channel. It is hardly possible that the snow and ice will be able to pass off without extraordinary results. Ten degrees below zero was the w r eather bureau record to-day. This was ten degrees above yesterday’s lowest figures, but the government officials held out very little hope for further relief for the present, as Northwestern reports indicated colder weather. An almost impenetrable fog hangs over the city and many accidents by collision have occurred, but so far none have been of a serious nature. It is the darkest day in many years. Dispatches from surrounding towns report two persons frozen to death. Their names are William Bartley, aged seventy, and a child of Albert Franklin, frozen to death while in bed with its parents. At Franklin the thermometer registered 30 below, and at East Sandy, Pa., 38 below. DISTRESS IX PHILADELPHIA. Over Nine Hundred People Sheltered ut the Police Station*. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11.-At the weather bureau at 6 o’clock this morning the thermometer registered six degrees below zero. The railroads are seriously affected and in some instances trains scheduled for nearby points have been abandoned. Navigation on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers has practically closed. Not a merchant vessel of any kind arrived at or cleared from this port to-day. Throughout the city the demands of the suffering poor upon the charitable institutions is almost unprecedented. The frigid weather continued throughout the day, the mercury reaching its highest point at 4 o’clock this afternoon, w’hen it rose to ten points above zero. At 8 o’clock to-night a snowstorm set in and added its share to the already blockaded condition of the streets. An evidence of the intensity of the existing cold weather and the resulting distress among the poor was instanced in the police records of last night and to-night, which showed that the various police stations throughout the city sheltered over 900 persons. Fearing fatality to drunken men who might remain for a time exposed to the cold, the superintendent of police to-day issued a general order to policemen to immediately take into custody any person found on the streets who appeared to be under the influence of liquor. Michigan Fruit Killed. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 11.--Reports from various fruit-raising sections of the State are to the effect that the extreme recordbreaking cold spell has been most disastrous to the year’s crop of peaches and other fruits. The loss resulting from permanent injury to peach trees cannot be estimated, but will be enormous. In the peach-growing districts of western Michigan the temperature to-day ranged from 25 to 40 degrees below zero, and the prospect for continued frigidity is discouraging to horticulturists. Lake Michigan is known to be frozen nearly its entire width for the first time in twenty-five years. Several of the winter steamers plying between Michigan and Wisconsin ports are frozen in the lake. Flint and Marquette car ferry and F. and P. M. No. 6 have not been sighted recently. Cattle Perishing. TOPEKA, Kan.f Feb. 11.—The unprecedented cold weather in the Southwest is causing many cattle to perish on the ranges. From Meade it is reported that fifty animals were found frozen to death this morning in one small herd. Ex-Representative Fitzgerald, a prominent cattleman of Dodge City, states that the cold is killing cattle by the thousands daily in southwestern and w estern Kansas. Cattlemen who depend on the range for food for their stock the year around are the heaviest losers, and the thin cattle driven up from farther south are the first to succumb. The ranges are now covered with snow, and cattle are freezing to death while digging for food. Another cause of suffering and loss is that all creeks and ponds are frozen up, and in many sections it is impossible to obtain water for range cattle. Trains Related Iy Snow. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.—Several inches of snow’ fell throughout the State and in Illinois last nivht, impeding railroad traffic to such an extent that trains arriving to-day are from two to fifteen hours late. Since yesterday there has been a change for the warmer of about eight degrees, but a rapid decline is expected before night, when the cold wave from the West reaches here. Owing to the prolonged cold spell the demand for coal has trebled and not since the coal strike last year has there been such a scarcity of fuel in St. Louis and vicinity. Most of the mines in central and southern Illinois have the coal on hand, but on account of the severe weather and poor transportation facilities, have been unable to fill their orders entirely. Half of Georgia’* Peach Crop Killed. ATLANTA, Ga„ Feb. 11.—It Is estimated that one-half of the Georgia peach crop has been killed and the other half greatly damaged as a result of the cold wave. From the Florida line as far north as Barnesville, the cold has brought great damage to the fruit trees. In the great fruit district about MarshaUvtlle and Fort Valley it \g said

there are thousands of trees that are black and crisp from the freeze. From Barnesville northward the fruit has not been damaged. Price of C’onl Raised. CINCINNATI, Feb. 11.—From 6 o’clock this evening till midnight to-night the mercury in Cincinnati was stationary at 6 above zero. Coal dealers have put coal at $3. which Is a rise of 33 1-3 per cent. There is no danger of a shortage of fuel. The associated .charities and the police are caring for the destitute. Two private citizens have donated 300 bushels of coal to the poor. About four inches of snow fell to-day, making eight inches on the ground. The Ohio is falling so rapidly and is so full of floating ice as to make a certainty of its closing by Monday. Specials from all over Kentucky report the mercury 10 to 17 below and snow from ten to fifteen inches deep. Neither Ohio nor any other State adjacent to it reports such low temperature or so great depth of snow. Coldest February Day. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 11.— Twenty-six below zero was the record at the Weather Bureau to-day. This is the coldest February day sinqg the office was established here. The sun is brilliantly shining, but a piercing wind from the northwest is blowing. Two deaths from freezing are reported, an intoxicated man at Barneston and an old man at Binkleman, who wandered away from his home. Foot of Snow in Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. IL—Five inches of snow fell to-day, which makes a depth altogether of a foot. The temperature is still below zero and is growing much colder. Street-car traffic was almost entirelystopped to-day and trains are from three to ten hours late. All but two coal dealers in Lexington are out of coal and their supply is short. The poor are suffering greatly. Egg Famine Threatened. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11. —Asa result of the severe cold weather, which has affected the receipts and the heavy shipments made to supply the Eastern markets, local stocks have become depleted and an egg famine threatens St. Louis. Wholesale prices have advanced from 1% to 23 cents during the past week, but dealers are unable to supply the demand. Thirty Below ut St. Paul. ST. PAUL. Minn., Feb. 11.—It is still somewhat cold here, the official record today being 30 below zero. This was below the average for the Northwest, temperatures ranging from 22 below at Helena, Mont., to 42 below at Winnipeg and Battleford. Continued cold is promised for tonight and Sunday. Intensely Cold. ST. JOSErH, Mo., Feb. 11.—Six inches of snow fell here last night and the weather is clear and intensely cold again. Thermometers to-day register 20 degrees below. Railroad traffic is irregular. Sixteen Below at Noon. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 11.—The United States government thermometer marked 16 below zero at noon to-day, a record believed to be unprecedented for that time of day in Kansas. FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. Eiilr and Continued Cold Weather, 1 with Fresh Westerly Winds. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11, 8 p. m.—Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio—Generally fair; continued cold; fresh northerly winds. For Indiana, Illinois, Lower and Upper Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota—Fair; continued cold; fresh westerly winds. Local Observations on Saturday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7:00 a.m..30.63 —1 72 N’east Lt. Snow .01 7:00 p.m. .30.65 3 66 North Clear .04 Maximum temperature, 5; minimum temperature, —2. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Feb. 11: Normal 34 .13 Mean 2 .05 Departure from normal —32 —.OB Departure since Feb. 4 —230 —.89 Departure since Jan. 1 —232 —.35 C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday’s Temperatures. Stations. 7 a. m. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta, Ga 30 Bismarck, N. D —32 Buffalo, N. Y —8 Calgary, Alberta —24 Caiio, 111 2 10 Cheyenne, Wy —lB —lO —-13 Chicago. 11l —6 2 0 Cincinnati, O —2 2 2 Concordia, Kan —22 —l4 —l6 Davenport, la—l 4 0 —8 Des Moines, la —24 —6 —l2 Galveston, Tex 42 Helena, Mont —22 Jacksonville, Fla 52 Kansas City, Mo —l6 4 —l4 Little Rock, Ark 10 16 12 Marquette, Mich —2O Memphis, Tenn 8 16 14 Minnedosa, Man —3B Moorhead, Minn —34 Nashville, Tenn 6 10 8 New Orleans, La 40 New York —6 North Platte, Neb —lB —l4 —lB Oklahoma, O. T —6 0 —6 Omaha, Neb —26 —l6 —l6 Pittsburg, Pa —lO 4 4 Qu’ Appelle, Assin —3B Rapid City, S. D -32 —lO —IS Salt Lake City, Utah— 24 34 30 St. Louis, Mo —6 6 —6 St. Paul, Minn —3O Springfield, 111 —6 2 —6 Springfield, Mo —lO —l6 0 Vickseurg, Miss IS 25 18 Washington, D. C —l4 .. .. NEE-DLES IN HER BODY. Seven Are Extracted from the Abdomen of Miss Paoln Moser. CHICAGO, Feb. 11.—Miss Paola Moser, a dressmaker, 2849 Queen street, recently applied to the South-side Dispensary, which is connected with thfe Northwestern University Medical School, for treatment. She told the doctors she was full of needles and wanted them removed, as they were causing her much discomfort. She said three years ago she fell over a chair in such a manner that some needles w’hich she carried in her apron penetrated her abdomen. The surgeons were inclined to doubt her story, but they sent her to an X-ray laboratory for a skia.graph. The picture showed that she had seven needles in the anterior wall of her abdomen, and some of the needles appeared to be broken. The patient was anaesthetized and Dr. Fenger made two large incisions and found the needles in the location indicated by the X-ray picture. FRANKLIN’S TOLERANCE. The Philosopher Was Always Ready to Serve His Seetariun Friends. One usually thinks of Franklin as anything but a religious man. and religious in the orthodox, conventional sense he certainly was not. Yet ne was a believer in God and immortality and the efficacy of good works. His close personal friends were, many of them, devout Christians. In the chapter on “Franklin’s Religion” in his “Many-sided Franklin” series, in the February Century, Mr. Paul L. Ford says: Franklin had that rarest kind of tolerance which tolerates the opinions of others, and though he laughingly asserted that “Orthodoxy is my doxy, and heterodoxy is vour doxy,” his whole life was one contradiction of the epigram, for the faith or lack of faith of his circle of friends ranged from the most doctrinal of ministers to the most radical of free-thinkers. For such rigid Puritans as the Rev. Drs. Cooper and Mather, of Boston, for the enthusiast Whltefield, for the Anglican bishop of St. Asaph, and for the Abbes de la Roohe and Morellet he showed as much affection and respect as he did for Hume, Lord I,#e Despenser, Thomas Paine, and others closer in accord with his own view’s. Nor was it ever a one-sided regard. No man in Pennsylvania exercised such Influence over the Quakers. Massachusetts made him her agent in Great Britain, and he served her faithfully, even to the defending of her religious intolerance against English criticism. In France the papal nuncio consulted him frequently, and followed his advice in the changes the/ revolutionary war .made possible or necefesary in the Catholic’ Church in America. Absolutely unsectarian as he was, Franklin apparently was trusted by all sects, and he seems never to have refused a service that he could render any one of them. Pure Curiosity. Chicago Record. “Clementine, how did Vashtl Jones explain her rudeness in asking you the price of your new gow n?” •whje—she said she wanted to know.”

LIKE A HUGE ICEBERG. Steamer Fnemt Bismarck Arrives Covered with Froien Spray. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The HamburgAmerican line steamer Fuerst Bismarck arrived to-day from Ger>oa after the longest passage the steamer ever made across the Atlantic, and one of the roughest in the experience of her officers. The vqyage from Gibraltar to New York was made in twelve days and seven hours. Terrific gales were encountered from Feb 1 to 7, enormous seas frequently sweeping over the vessel, smashing doors and other woodwork. Several ventilators were sw r ept overboard and two boats were carried away. On Feb. 3 Otto Lohze, a sailor, was washed overboard and lost. For five days the great steamer rolled violently and labored heavily, until the decks were flooded ar.d many of the passengers ill. There was little rest and sleep on board. On approaching the coast intensely cold weather was met, and the spray froze as it fell, covering the hull, boats, bridges and rigging far up the masts with a heavy coating of ice. The Fuerst Bismarck appeared like a veritable iceberg. The outer gangways were so laden with ice that they appeared like tunnels through an ice cave, with heavy icicles hanging from the decks above. The bulwarks and decks w'ere swelled to enormous proportions, while the bridges were one solid mass. The crew had to break the ice from the decks ami gangways in order to land the passengers. The White Star steamer Germanic, Capt. McKinsley, which left Liverpool Feb. 1, arrived to-day after a most tempestuous and stormy voyage. From the time of leaving Queenstown until arrival, the Germanic encountered a succession of heavy gales and high seas. The passengers suffered much from the inclemency of the weather, but the Germanic sustained no serious damage. No News from the Pavonia. BOSTON, Feb. 11.—The Cunard steamship Company has received no additional news to-day from the missing steamer Pavonia, reported last night from Fayal as disabled off the Azores Feb. 5. The entire passenger list amounted to only fortyseven, an unusually small number. Nine w’ere first cabin. HULL*, Feb. 11.—A telegram from Captain Whitton, of the Colorado, has been received here saying that he towed the Pavonia to a point within 300 miles of the Azores, when the tow rope fouled the propeller and the vessels were thus parted. When they lost the Pavonia, the dispatch says, she was in no immediate danger, was in the track of shipping and has probably been picked up and is being towed by another vessel. The Colorado suffered severely in the recent storm. All her boats were swept away, her decks burst and she is leaking badly. She now' has tw r o and a half feet of water in her after hold. Mnnr Vessels Icebound. CHATHAM, Mass., Feb. 11.-The heavy northwest gale which has prevailed for several days and the intense cold have created havoc among the shipping off the Cape Cod coast. Many vessels are frozen in the ice, and several of those near the shore have been crippled. A iarge four-masted schooner was sighted off Pollock Rip with distress signal flying, indicating that the crew were unable to manage the vessel or that she was in danger of sinking. Captain Eldrige, of the Chatham life-saving station, and his crew put off for her. She is badly iced, and it was impossible this forenoon to learn her identity. The ice fields now extend for miles along the shore off here and off Dennis. An entire fleet of schooners off the latter place is frozen in. Cruifter Topeka Disabled. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11.—The United States cruiser Topeka, for Boston, is anchored four miles off the capes with her machinery disabled. The Overfalls light beat w’as carried out the capes by ice this morning. The tug Protector went to her assistance and brought her to a safe anchorage to-night, 'x he ice in and around the harbor and the capes is very heavy. Much damage to shipping will probably be done. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Arrived: Germanic, from Liverpool: Fuerst Bismarck, from Genoa. Sailed: Polatia, for Hamburg; Lucania, for Liverpool: Stuttgart, for Bremen; La Champagne, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11.—Arrived: Britannc, from New' York. Sailed: Campania, for New York. ROTTERDAM. Feb. 11.—Arrived: Werkendam, from New Y'ork. ANTWERP, Feb. 10.—Arrived: Friesland, frofn New York. BREMEN, Feb. 11.—Sailed: Weiner, for New York. HAVRE, Feb. 11.—Sailed: La Touraine, for New York. COAL DEALERS INDICTED. Charged with Violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, CINCINNATI, 0., Feb. 11.—The followingnamed coal companies and coal dealers were to-day indicted by the United States grand jury for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, which forbids combinations in restraint of trade and commerce: Tiie St. Clair Company of West Virginia, the Chesapeake & Ohio Fuel Company, the Black Band Coal Company, the Charimore Coal Company, the Great Kanawha Coal Company, Carver Brothers, the Montgomery Coal Company, W. R. Johnson, W. 1. Davis, the Mecca Coal Company, the Chesapeake Mining Company, the Kanawha Splint Company, the Robinson Coal Company, the Coalburg Colliery Company and the Lens Creek Coal Company. MORE FIGHTING (Concluded from First Page.) and commenced hostilities unexpectedly at midnight and simultaneously bombarded the defenseless tov ns of Fondo, Mulak and Maiabon. The agents of the rebels also say: ‘ The slaughter of women and children was frightful, the Americans burning and devastating all before them, conducting a w T ar of extermination and shooting every Filipino.” The agents of the Filipinos declare their intention of ‘‘appealing to Christendom, ** and say their indignation against the Americans is intense. One of the telegram concludes: ‘‘The Filipinos were anxious to maintain friendship with the Americans, and had formally decided never to be the aggressors.” Several dispatches have also been received here from Filipino sources, dated from Manila. via Hong-Kong. and giving the rebei version of the outbreak of hostilities. A Filipino dispatch dated from Mtinila on Feb. 7 says: “On Sunday a force of Americans attacked simultaneously Caloocan and Santa Mesa. Two American war ships w-erc off Malabon and Malate and a smaller gunboat was in the Pasig river to protect the American flank. For several days previous.y the Americans had been endeavoring to provoke hostilities, and peace was maintained only by the rigorous order of Aguinaldo, who w'as negotiating W'ith General Otis for an honorable understanding. The American attack was unexpected. The ships destroyed ell the villages between the shore and the Pasig river within an area between Malate, Paranaque, San Pedro and Mocatl. Cross.ng the river, the Americans advanced to San Juan del Monte, carrying the water works after a severe fight. They then proceeded to Singalon, establishing themselves on the river Dam. They tore up a mile of the rails of the Calooean-Malolos line and cut the telegraph fn order to stop communication with Aguinaldo. “The Filipino forces engaged numbered only seven thousand, including one thousand Y'gorotes. Acting on instructions from Malalos. the Filipinos remained strictly on the defensive and finally retired in good order without any loss of arms, artillery or ammunition. Two old Krupps, of an obsolete pattern, mounted on the fortress of San Antonio, were captured. The fighting was verv stubborn and lasted continuously from Saturday to Tuesday. “General indignation has been occasioned bv the treacherv of the American surprise. The Filipinos believe that the Y'ankee administralon is only favored by a minority of Americans, and abstain from taking the offensive in order to show their gratitude to the American Nation for helping them to get rid of the Spanish rule. Hence, they will fight only when attacked, and their future action depends upon the decision of the United States. Aguinaldo declares that the real enemies of peace are the American officers in the Philippine islands. “The Filtpino loss to date is 1.060 killed and w'ounded. including 600 Ygorotes, who were barbarously mowed down even when the Americans saw they were only armed with bows and arrows. They fought with heroic courage. The American dead include one colonel, forty-six other officers and 195 rank and file, over 500 wounded and 300 prisoners. General Otis proposed an exchange of prisoners, and to this the Filipinos agreed paroling the prisoners. “The Filipino forces south of Manila are concentrating at San Mateo, Antipolo and Cainta, whence they will besiege Manila. The Americans are now fixing the limits of their sphere of occupation. It will extend all along the coast from Paranaque to Malabon on the shore, and from Caloocan to Mainbunga and Macate. “There Is much apprehension among the

Americans, who are searching all the houses, confiscating all weapons, including table cutlery, and summarily shooting in the streets al! possessors of arms. These actions have resulted in sanguinary street fights at San Palo, Lomar. Binondo and Manila, caused by hatred of the American soldiery. The latter are imprisoning noncombatants as prisoners of w’ar. and in revenge the Filipinos kill Americans in the streets, but are respecting other foreigners. “Inform the American Senate and Congress of these events and tell them the Filipinos are friends of America, but will fight against military despotism. Agoncillo, the Filipino delegate, will ask for European intervention in the interests of peace. In the meantime the Filipinos will fight. “A schooner laden with ammunition has been captured, but two others have arrived safely and have discharged their cargoes, Aguinaldo is on his way here. He will recapture the lost positions, organise a guerrila warfare and commence a general attack. The government and Congress of Maiolos are acting as usual and have passed a vote of confidence in Aguinaldo.” ♦ ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES. Names of Killed and Wounded Furnished by General Otis. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—General Otis, in command at Manila, to-day sent the following list of additional casualties in the fighting on the oustskirts of Manila, the names of those where titles are not given being privates: Killed. JOHN A. GIBBONS, hospital corps. ALONZO RICKET, Company I, Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry. FRED HALL, Company I, First Montana Volunteer Infantry. HARRY M’CLURE, Company H, First Idaho Volunteer Infantry. Wounded. —First Montana.— R. B. WALLACE, lieutenant colonel. W. L. HILL, captain. WILLIAM GARDENHIRBN, second lieutenant Company F. THOMAS MALOY, Company Iv. SETH DIBBLE. Company D. EVERETT METCALF, Company B. JOSEPH CRAFTER, Company F. J. BORTIIWICK, Company CLARENCE BRIGGS. Company H. HENRY' G. REY'NOLDS, Company D. JOHN C. BULLAN. Company A. JOSEPH W. KENNEDY, Company C. B. BELOA, Company A. C. H. BABCOCK, Company G. CARL J. PETERSON. Company G. JOHN W. CAMPBELL. WILLIAM KENNEDY, Company G. HARRY SLACK, Company B. PERCY G. BULLARD. Company C. G. W. BOARDMAN, Company A. J. M. BOX, Company D. D. BURNS, Company M. FRANK GOTTI, missing. —Third United States Artillery.— OSCAR PORTWICH, Battery G. GERRIMY R. CLEVELAND, Battery H. LEO HEISTER, Battery H. BERT M. DORTON, Battery K. C. M'KELVY, corporal Battery JERRY CRAMER, Battery H. JAMES LEONARD, Battery K. RUFUS B. BLIJME, Battery K. B. L. PUTZKER, Battery K. / —Twentieth Kansas. — EDWARD D. WILLING, corporal Company B. HARRY S. HARRIS, Company B. JAMES MILLS, Company E. DAVID M. HORKMAN, Company H. J. J. HOWARD, Company B. ELMER E. UNIE, Company B. WILLIAM C. BARBER. Company E. BERT S. ANSON. Company K. JOHN O. MORSEBERG, Company K. SIDNEY MORDISON, Company M. —First Idaho. — T. R. HAMER, captain. HOWARD BARKLEY, corpora! Company E. JAMES R. WILLARD, Company D. —Thirteenth Minnesota.— BENJAMIN OHTAN, Company L. —Utah Artillery.— ANDREW PERTERSON, corporal Battery B. —First North Dakota.— H. LOCK, sergeant Company —Civilian.— JOHN F. BASS, artist, shot in arm. * Harper's Artist. NEW Y'ORK, Feb. 11.—John F. Bass, the artist and correspondent of Harper’s Weekly, who was shot in the arm during the recent lighting near Manila, is about thirty years of age. He is a graduate of the 1890 class of Harvard College and served as war correspondent for the Daily News, of London, during the Turkish-Greek war. Member of u Prominent Family. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 11.—Second Lieutenant William C. Gardenhiren, of the First Montana, wounded at Manila, is a native of Chattanooga and is a member of one of the most prominent families in this section. A few years ago he went to Montana to reside. When the war began he enlisted there. Illume an Indlanapolltan. Rufus B. Blume, of the Third Artillery, who was wounded at Manila, is an Indianapolis boy, and lived at No. 918 North W T est street before he enlisted last summer. . HEALTH CONDITIONS. Secretary Alger’!* HeMpon.se to Senate IteMolution of Inquiry. WASHINGTON, F'eb. 11.—In response to a resolution of inquiry, the secretary of war to-day sent to the Senate a statement from tiie surgeon general in regard to the health condition of the troops in the Philippines. He says that the sickness in some regiments has been as high as 17 per cent., but that it is believed that the average has seldom exceeded 10 per cent. He also says that climatic conditions do not appear so far to have been attended with unusual mortality. He adds that malarial diseases have caused no deaths and gives the total death rate as shown by the returns for July, August, September and October as equal to 9.36 per thousand, which is only slightly in excess of the rate in garrisons in the United States in time of peace. More than half the deaths were caused by typhoid. A peculiar fact is noted as follows: “Injuries notwithstanding 127 cases of wounds received at Cavite and Manila give a smaller rate of admissions than is ordinarily found among United States troops in their home garrisons and the death rate from accidents and injuries is less than in these garrisons, notwithstanding the fatal ending of the 127 cases of battle casualties.” The report only covers the time up to the end of October, but the surgeon general says that smallpox has appeared since that time in some regiments and that the death rate has been relatively higher from this cause. The surgeon general says there is no accurate oata as to when the sickly season usually begins in the Philippines, but that the‘generally accepted view accredits more fevers to the spring months than to other seasons. Another Literary Outbreak. WASHINGTON, P'eb. 11.—The latest literary outbreak of the F'ilipinos now in Washington, in giving for publication letters purporting to haw passed between Gen. Otis and Aguinaldo, has rather strained the patience of the administration. After the flight of Agoncillo and some of the junto to Canada, the fate of the remaining Filipinos was considered by the Cabinet. It was decided, as one of the Filipinos now in town was sick and the other was here to care for him, that on humane grounds it was well to let them remain unmolested. But their latest offense has brought them under consideration again, and it was officially stated to-day that if they persist in their propaganda they will be expelled from the country. Many Letter* for the Flakier*. SAN F'RANCISCO, Feb. 11.—The steamship Coptic sailed for China and Japan today, via Honolulu, with a large number of passengers. Consignments of medical supplies for the American officers and sailors at Manila were forwarded# on the Coptic, which also carried thousands of letters to the men in the Philippines. Thirty-five Chinese ordered deported by Judge Dehaven were placed on the ship by United States deputy marshals. Twentyone of the Chinese are actors. As Viewed by Agoncillo. MONTREAL, Que., Feb. 11.—Agoncillo to-day maintains that the coming of the new peace envoy general, T. Riego de Dios and Senor M. Riviera, who arrived at San F'rancisco yesterday, proves that the Americans brought on the war intentionally. The envoys carry, according to Agoncillo, important proposals and dispatches from Aguinaldo. Kansas Heroes Thanked. TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 11.-The House, the Senate concurring, to-day adopted a resolution tendering the members of the Twen-

tieth Kansas Regiment the Legislature’.’ "sincere thanks for the noble and hrav.l i manner in which it ha? done the duty a = 1 signed it. and especially for gallantry in I action at Manila, and instructing that copy of the resolution be forwarded r> c o | J Fenton, to be read to the regiment at dresa parade. Mnmp* and Measles on the Grnnt i WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-The following t report has come by cable to the War j> e . ] partment from General Lawton, on board j the transport Grant, en route for Manila: “Port Said. Feb. 11.—Arrived noon. Voy- 1 age safe and pleasant. No serious illness F'ourteen cases mumps and ten of nu-asie# j developed since leaving Gibraltar. Si k I ing well. Coal here. Leave to-night p, ij form quartermaster general. Wire in w* •„ Suez." 1 More Fighters Start for Manila. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11.—The Twelfth United States Infantry left Jefferson Barracks tonight on their journey to Manila. Thor® are twenty-seven officers and >9l men, under command of Col. Jacob Smith. TWO FATALLY BURNED. Mother anil Child Will Die and Haa. bMuti Is Seriously Injured. PITTSBURG. Pa., Feb. 11.-Mrs. Agnes Neuner, thirty-four years of age, and her Ine-months old baby, were fatally burned to-day at their home on Dante alley. J hn* Neumer, the woman’s husband, wa.s badly burned about the hands, and oven ome by smoke and heat in trying to save his family. Two other small children were taken out of the building safely. The cause of tiie fire is a mystery. Other Fires. VAN WERT, 0., Feb. 11.-The four-story stone block of Humphreys and Hughes, wholesale grocers, was burned this morning! Three walls mark all that is left of one- f the largest establishments in northwestern Ohio. The United States postoflice, Evers Cos., insurance; the natural gas office, business college are all a total loss. Sidle & Cos., furnaces; the Modern Brotherhood of Atm r! ica, and the Macabees lodges were badly damaged. Loss, $175,0)0; insurance. $75,000. BALTIMORE, F'eb. 11.—Fire of an unknown origin gutted the six-story building of J. 11. Medairy 4c Cos., wholesale stationers and printers. No. 5 North Howard street. Zero weather and a driving snowstorm made the labor of firemen most difticuit. Two pipemen were overcome with the cold and had to be carried down the ladders by tlieir comrades. The total loss will he approximately $50,000. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 11.—The explosion of a gasoline stove to-night in M. Moskowitz’s tailor shop caused a fire in the business portion of Springfield, Tenn., which destroyed buildings and contents valued at $60,000. Partly covered by insurance. The fire engine was frozen and rendered of no service. GOUVERNEUR, N. Y.. F'eb. 11.-Pire has been burning in the Aldrich mill lumber yards for three days which a force of one hundred men, working in relays, has been unable to extinguish. Tke whole properly valued at $500,0u0 is threatened. The cold hinders the work of the firemen. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. Jl.—F'ire to-night destroyed a block of buildings occupied by the Hudson River Garment Company and Anthony As Gledhill, manufacturers of mattresses. Loss, $7t),000. E. IC. Mack is believed to have perished in the flames. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., F'eb. 11.-The Star Theater, in this city, was destroyed by lire to-day, and several stores in the. front part of the theater building were badly damaged. The loss is estimated at about $30,Q00. SCRANTON, Pa., F'eb. 11.—A fire in the thickly built up portion of the West Side to-day destroyed twelve buildings and badly damaged six others. Loss, about $75,0w. The Glossary of the Jabberwock. F'or the benefit of those who may be interested philologieally or otherwise in that immortal poem, “The Jabberwock,” the first lines of which were—’Twas brillig and slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogroves And the mome raths outgrabe— Literature quotes a short glossary found among the boyhood papers of the author, the lamented Lewis Carrol, of Alice in Wonderland fume: Bryllyg (derived from the verb to bryl or broil), ‘ the time of boiling dinner, 1. e., the close of the afternoon.” Slythy (compounded of slimy and liythe), “smooth and active.” Tove, a species of badger. They had smooth, white hair, long hind legs, and short horns like a stag; lived chielly on cheese. Gyre, verb (derived from gyaour or giaour, “a dog”), “to scratch like a dog.” Gyiubie (whence gimblet), ”to screw out holes In anything.” Wabe (derived from the verb to swab or soak), “the side of a hiU” (from its being soaked by the rain.) Mimsy (whence mirnserablc and miserable), “unhappy.” Borogrove, an extinct kind of parrot. They had no wings, beuks turned up, and made their nests under sun dials; lived on veal. Mome (hence solemome, solemone, and solemn), “grave.” Rath, a species of land turtle. Head erect; mouth like a shark; the fore legs curved out so that the animal walked on his knees; smooth green body; lived on swallows ami oysters. Outgrabe, past tense of the verb to outgribe (it is connected with the old verb to grike or shrike, from which are derived “shriek” and “creak”), "squeaked.” “Hence,” says Mr. Collingwood, ‘‘the literal English of the passage is: “It was evening, the smooth, active badgers were scratching and boring holes in the hillside; all unhappy were the parrots; and the green turtles squeaked out.” Smoke In New York. New York Mail and Express. The smoke nuisance has become a mooted question in New York, and the local Board of Health is taking active measures in the matter of suppressing it, apparently with considerable success. The Railroad Gazette tJan. 13.) states that the Long Island Railroad is making rapid progress in preparing its locomotives to burn hard coal, so as to conform to tiie demands of the N> w lurk city Board of Health for the abolition of smoke. The fire-boxes of nineteen engim s are now being changed in the shops. Sixteen have already been converted into hard coal burners, and nine new locomotives for burning anthracite are being constructed. The various manufacturing concerns in Greater New Y'ork are also arranging to comply with the new requirements, and it is not unlikely that before very long the steamboat will be requested to obey thlaw s regarding the discharge of blai k smoke. Heretofore it has been contend* 1 that smoke consuming appliances wh< n suit coal is burned would not be applicable to marine service, but the recent very sueoos.--ful installation of a smoke consuming a nematic stoker on a large lake steamer has upset all these notions, and has proved that with proper modifications to sub special conditions these modern appliances are equally serviceable on land and s* a. Machine Work and Hand "Work. Engineering Magazine. There are many people now’ living who can remember when joiner w'ork, including even flooring and ceiling, was nearly all planed by hand—a laborious pro* ess tint did not in most cases include thicknesslng, and was consequently an inferior method, except perhaps as to finished surfaces; and even thi9 exception is not to be made in comparison with the fixed knife planing machine employed in Europe and, more notably, with smoothing machines invented in the United States. Measured by manual energy, which may be taken as 2,500 foot-pounds, or one-thir-teenth of a horse pow'cr, -for a strong man. it would take 130 men to equal the planing machine before named; but there is a difference in favor of the machine in the guidance and application of the cutting edges that justifies the ratios before named. These comparisons convey an idea of the extraordinary economic results of machinery attained' in the principal processes of wood-conversion. They seem incredible, but there are no longer means of comparing, because values are now adjusted to the machine product alone, and hand work no longer exists. Pensions for Veterans. Certificates have been Issued to the follow-ing-named Indianlans: Original—Henry Warren. Anderson. $8; John Ungray, Mishawaka. $lO. Additional—Martin Riekor, F'rankfort, $6 to SB. Restoration and Increase—John H. Sharpnack, Markle, $8 to sl2; John C. Reyburn (deceased). Peru, $6 to sl2. Restoration, Reissue and Increase—Joshiah B. Grover, I-a Paz, $6 to sl2. Increase—Andrew’ J. Winenger, French Lick, sl6 to sl7: Newton Luck. Medora, $6 to sl2; Abraham D. Skldget, jr., Albion, $6 to $8: William T. Perkins., Greentown, sl3 to sl6. Reissue—Aritone Monster, Munster, SB. Original Widows, etc.—Sarah Ann Carson, Dublin, sl2; (special, Feb. 1) Rebecca Sullivan, Bloomington, fS; Sarah A. Pugh. Montpelier, sl2; Sarah U. Brown, Green’s F'orka, ■Ail 1 . ..JJLifJHU JJJ 111 J'.l'JL! 1 To Caro Constipation In a Hurry Take Haag’s liver Fills. V