Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1904.

arms against Japan because Korea Is neut.ai ;.?..; feit Russia srooM soon -lnv out the Japanese. It was announced from Seoul Feb. 1 that the Korean government hal K' ' .I.ip-ip t -ht to send her troops through Korea. TIEN-TSIN". Feb. Iv The departure of the Chinese imperial troops from Pno-Ting-Fu to Kin-Chau to guard the frontier has been postponed until Feb. 21. The reasons for th postponement are not known. PORT ARTHUR INVESTED: VIEWS OF A FRENCHMAN

PARIS, Feb. 18. An eminent military authority connected with one of the embasaiea mid to-day that Port Arthur wan practically besieged, and It was a serious questi n whether this would not cempel either the abandonment or the surrender of the fortress with its men and material. The groundi for this belief were stated to be as foiiows. "Admiral Togo's ships, on the watch at the entrance of the port, prevent inTfs or egress, thus establishing a vtrtmml blockade ar.d cutting off the i-hanees of relief from seaward. The Japanese troops near Nteu-Chwang and other points on the LiaoTur.g peninsula are able to interrupt the railroad forming the line of commniiieati. n nd supplies between Port Arthur and Harbin. The result is the gradual investiture of Port Arthur within the Japanese naval anl military lines. It will require a bold action On the part of the Russian forces to prevent the final accomplishment of the Investiture and slow reduction of Port Arthur." RUSSIA PATCHING HER DAMAGED WAR VESSELS PORT ARTHUR, Feb. lS.-Repairs to the Russian warships damaged during the bomkardxnent of Feb. 9 are rapidly proceeding. The Czarevitch. Retvizan and Pallada will loon Join the fleet. The work Is being carried on with the aid of caissons. The mishap was not so great as at first bettered. About a hundred Russian families who left Japan Intending to proceed to Port Arthur and other points are now living at Shanghai under the protection of the Russian consulate A magnate named Salabek has arrived at Fort Arthur, asking the viceroy's permission to go to the front with MSS Kurd horseman. He only asks the governm nt to provide for the transport of the men. their horses and arms. Admiral Alexieff deeiined and referred Salabek to the Csar. The railroad is undamaged and Port Arthur Is calm. All the troops are eagerly awaiting an opportunity to osast the Japanese in an open fight. NO JAPANESE VESSELS HAVE VET BEEN SUNK LONDON. Feb. lS -The Japanese legati on here received an official dispatch from ToFAIR WEATHER TO-DAY; FRESH NORTH WINDS WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. For .ist for Friday and Saturday: Indiana-Pair on Friday; colder in extreme south portion. Saturday fair; fresh north to uortheast winds. riHnots Pair on Friday. Saturday fair. warmer, fresh north to east winds. Ohio Fair in west, suow in east portion. Friday colder in south portion. Saturday fair, except snow In northeast portion; fresh to brisk north winds. Kentucky Fair aud colder on Friday. Sat ur 1 l fair. Lower Michigan Snow on Friday. Saturday fair; fresh north to northeast winds. Wisconsin Pair on Friday. Saturday fair and warmer; variable winds, becoming southeasterly and fresh. Minnesota Fair on Friday; warmer in west portion. Saturday fair; warmer In east portion; variable winds, becoming sotrheasterly and fr sh to brisk. Iowa and Kansas Fail on Friday; warmer in extreme west portion. Saturday fair and warmer. Nebraska-Fair on Friday aud Saturday; warmer In oast portion. North Dakota and South Dakota Fair and warmer on Friday. Saturday fair. I.ocnl Observation on Thursday. Bar. Ther. K.H. Wind. Wthcr. Pre. 7 a. m..:U3 3 10 East. Sketing. 0.46 7 p. m.. :. a M .V west. Misting. 0.04 Maximum temperature. 2S; minimum temperature. II Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on Feb. lv Temp. Pre. No.-mal Mein 22 le artnr- for dav it o.i:: 0.50 departure for month lu .m Vepsrture since Jan. 1 37g -l Plus. T. BEY THE, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures.

9tafions. 7 a. m. Max. 7 p. m. Ablle ie. Tex 30 44 40 Aniatillo. T x 26 12 30 Atlanta. Ga 32 B 44 Bismarck N. D 6 s Buffalo. N. Y 2 11 14 Cairo. IM 26 34 3rt Calgary. Alberta 4 32 24 Chattanooga. Tenn 36 56 54 Chtyenne, Wyo 6 34 24 Chicago. Ill 12 14 14 Cincinnati, O Is 34 34 Cleveland. 0 4 16 11 Columbus. U 11 2r, 24 Concordia, Kan 10 22 22 Davenport. Ia. 10 2j pj Denver. Col 16 32 Iodge City. Kan 18 J Dubuuue. Ia 3 16 12 Duluth. Minn 4 I F.l Paso. Tea 4 s M Oatveston. Tex O) ;; 06 tiratid Junction, Col. ... 6 41 12 Grand Rapids. Mich. ... I 12 12 Havre. Mont 8 ... 12 Huron. S. D -2 12 2 Helena. Mont 14 3J Jackson vill. . Fla 4 V. 4 Kansas City. Mo IS 2U 1 Lander, Wyo w Little Rock. Ark 42 54 " Louisville Ky 1:1 3o .4 Marquette. Mich 0 14 10 Memphis. Tenn C U Modena. I't.th lrt 36 Montgomery. Ala 40 52 48 Nashville. Tenn 34 1 New Orleans. I .a 54 74 New York. N. Y ..; j.i Norfolk. Va T2 North Platte. Nb SD 40 Oklahoma. O. T 24 34 30 Omaha. Neb 14 U 14 Palestine. Te 51) Paikersburg. W. Va. .. 14 30 30 Phdadelphla. Pa 10 26 22 Pittsburg. Pa 8 .1 24 Pi eblo. '..l S as jo yu' Appelle. N. W T... 12 12 20 RiPid I'nj, 8. D 22 40 ..2 St Ivouis. Mo 22 2 St. Paul. Minn 8 M 14 Belt Lake City. Utah... U ;i4 : San Ant'nio. Tai M 46 Santa Fe. N. M L't 34 hr. v-port. Ea 00 62 42 Springfield. Ill IS Springfield. Mo 26 H Valentine. Neb BJ r. Washington, D. C 12 24 Wichita. Kan 16 24 22

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klo to-night saying It was not true that any Japanese v .-s. 1 had been destroyed, so far in any of the various naval engagements, and that all necessary repairs had already been made. The Japanese fleet remains intact. This message also denies the report that the Japeneae were driven from the neighborhood of KSn-Chau. after a skirmish in which 160 Japanese were taken prtfonrs, and dec-lores that the Japanese made no attempt to land at Pigeon bay. It says the Japaneae forces up to the present time made no attempt to land at any point where they could come in contact with the Russians, and that consequently all reports of land actions and Japanese log les are untrue. XKW YORK. Feb. is. S. Fehlda, the Japanese consul general here, received tonight from the Japanese legation at Washington the following- cablegram from the minister f foreign affairs at Tokio: "'The LotstVM Times's Peking correspondent s report that Viceroy Alexieff on Feb. 14 sent the following: Tieabled warships Ciarevit h. Pallada, Retvizan, Askold. Novik, Sevastopol. Petropolovsk. The Japanese driven from railway near t'hene-Sow KinChau.i Russians admit about seventy killed on land and claim IM Japanese prisoners. Russians have eleven ships out of action and declare fifteen Japanese ships are disabled. Boyarin slightly d imaged. The Japiriese surveying p.trt iportat 10 ha' landed at Pigeon bay destroyetl. "So far as the Japanese are concerned, the above information is untrue. No attempt to land has been made, hence no prisonvrs an possible. Japanese ships disabled, absolutely none." AMERICANS OFFER TO ASSIST RUSSIA

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. So many offers of assistance, military and medical, h.iv.come to the Russian embassy from Americans all over the country that Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, to-day cabled to St. Petersburg to learn the wish of the Russian government in the matter. As soon as the answer has been ree ived an announcement, as to Its character will be made. In the morning mail at the embassy came fifty-one letters from doctors, nurses, engineers and men wishing to enter the Russian army or navy, offering their services to Russia In the far K.-isteru war. Count Cassini was still Öonflned to his bed to-day, but his physicians hope he may W able to be about the room by the end of the week. JAPAN WELL ABLE TO MAINTAIN A LONG WAR SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lg.-William McC Osborne, collector of customs at Fusan, Korea, is here on a vacation trip. Mr. Osborne was in the Chinese customs service for many years prior to the China-Jap ni.se war, and since thsit time has been in the Korean service at Fusan. Speakinp of J;:p; n and her ability to maintain a long war, Mr. Osborne says sho has laid in large quantity s of supplies for her army, has plenty of coal, ample construction and repair facilities for the needs of her formidable navy, :md in other respects is on a war footing never before attained by any other nation In such a short space of time. BOTH BELLIGERENTS BAR AMERICAN OFFICERS WASHINGTON. Fob. K-Havins failed to secure permission from either the Russinn or Japanese governments for United States army officers to accompany the forces in the field in Manchuria, the War Department has determined to mak; nn effort to Induce the Korean government to permit an observer to be stationed in that country, which, after all, is expected to be one of th" principal battlegrounds of the present conflict., ltrigadier General H. T. Alien, of the Philippine constabulary, is said to be likely to le designated as military attache at Seoul, where he would have full opportunity to observe the progress of the campaign. RUSSIANS FIRE ON A BRITISH STEAMER SHANGHAI, Feb. IS.-The British steamer Hsi-Ping. from Chin-Wang-Tao. which was believed to have been captured by the Russians, arrived here to-day. She reports that she was fired on by the Russian ships n lien seeking shelter in the outer roadstead Ol fort Arthur and that she was then ordered to Dalny, where she was detained four days, in spite of her captain's pretests. The Kassian gunboat Mandjur has not gone up the river to be dismantled as reported. She remains at Shanghai in defiance of the orders of the Chinese officials to leave this port. RUSSIANS LOST 456 MEN AT CHEMULPO BERLIN. Feb. IS. A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from Chemulpo reasserts that seventeen officers and 439 men of the Russian warships Variag and Korietz were Other killed or drowned when those vessels were destroyed. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. IS. No official announcement of the disaster off Chemulpo, Korea, has yet been made here, although the papers are printing stories of the loss of the Variag and Korietz. JAPANESE SUBSCRIBE TO NATIONAL WAR FUND VANCOUVER, i C Feb. 18. Japanese laborers are contributing liberally to their national war fund. Four hundred nien employed in two local mills to-day handed to K. Maiiwaka. Japanese consul general at Vancouver. 12.. "on t send to Tokio. Mr. Moriwaka says other Japanese laborers of Vancouver will subscribe at least $10,000 for the same purpose. DOWAGER EMPRESS WILL TAKE FRENCH AID PARIS. Feb. is. Prince Shervachidze, vho is attached to the person of the dowauer Kmpress of Russia, has telegraphed the Figaro from St. Petersburg, saying that her Majesty accepts the proposal that the funds collected in France for the Russian Red Cross Society be forwarded to her. JAPANESE CAPTURE A RUSSIAN STEAMER ST. PETERSRCRG, Feb. 18. A telegram received here from Port Arthur says the Japanese have captured the Oknotsk-Kamo-hatka Company's steamer Nolik Bovrik. French Sliipt Sail for Saigon. NAGASAKI. Feb 18.-The French armored cruiser Admiral De Gueydon has sailed for Saigon, the capital of French Cochin China. The French second-class cruiser Pascal left CfeomutpO Feb. IS for Saigon by way of Shanghai. Heavy snow storms are reported through Korea. Baaalaas Release J. NAGASAKI. Feb. 18-Fivc Russian passengers detained upon the steamer Angun and one on th- ftaUBtT Ekaterinostav were released at Sasebo to-day and allowed to proceed to their destination. HoiinlM fur Wounded HbHUHi Feb. 18. Emperor William has notified the Czar ami the Mikado that the German hospitals at Kiao-Chou and Yokohama are available for the care of men wounded during the war. OBITUARY. mVTF.HF.V Ilex Pi b. IS Or J. C. Hill, who eutered Mexico more than half a century ago as a memuer or an lnvaoiag army and then became the protege of the erv government he had come to fight, died here to-day of debility resulting from ..ill age. i im the dav th Americans were captured at Mler. young Hill. b-ause of braver ai.iwn mrnm taken to Mexico C'itV. where he. was educated and afterward served that countrv. He leaves a widow, whe is a res ident ot San Francisco. ST. I.OCIS. Fb. 18. Rev. Father Jeatnl! G 'Zealand a noted Jesuit nriest and edu cator, died at the St. I.ouis University to day. gel sevent -i v. vars. .t one unithe was cnneeU' With St. Xuvief ' College, Clnrlnnsl

CtNERAl KOßtRTÄ LORD ROBERTS RETIRES FROM HEAD OF THE ARMY King Edward Pays High Tribute to Services of the Illustrious Commander. HIS OFFICE ABOLISHED LONDON, Feb. IS. A special army order was hnXMd this evening in which Kittf Edward takes leave of Ixrd Roberts as commander-in-chief of the army. The order Is dated Buckingham Palace and in it his Majesty says: "I desire, on behalf of my army, to express my deep regret at bidding farewell to Field Marshnl Earl Roberts. K. G.. V. C. who retires from active employment upon relinquishing ih- high office of commander-in-chief, which will not again be filled. I am unable to part with my commander-in-chief without returning to him publicly my thanks and those tf the army he commanded, for the invaluable services he has rendered the empire. "I ask all ranks to profit by the example of his Illustrious career and his sing -minded devotion to his sovereign and country." russianIWesTto be surprised at hay Think the Secretary of State Should Have Waited tor Reply to Note. TALK WITH AN OFFICIAL ST. PETERSBURG) Feb. IS.-The information contained in press dispatches from Washington that Secretary Hay had announced the negotiations in connection with this note to the powers on the subject of the integrity of China to be closed without awaiting Russia's formal response came as a surprise to official circles hero. An official of the Foreign Office, with whom the representative of the Associated Press talked on this affair, appeared to be rather nonplussed at this unexpected conclusion to the American proposal, but he displayed no irritation and said: ' If this is true, it has not changed the Russian programme. Not to await Russia's reply might, however, offend Russian susceptibilities and tend still further to increase the feeling already existing here in certain quarters that the United States is not friendly to Russia. "In this connection there is no doubt the government feels sonv-what embarrassed by the desire of the United States to install consuls in the open ports of Manchuria imnit dflnteiy. The government does not like to be placed in the position of putting obstacles in the way. but that entire territory is now under military' contral and these posts would be within the sphere of the war operations. Furthermore, trade is at a standstill at present and the authorities cannot comprehend wh Washington should press this m.-utter now. None of the powers is seeking to take immediate advantage of the privileges accorded by the Japanese treaties. "As far as concerns port 1 :t lny. to which place an American commercial agent has been appointed, the situation is even worss, as it is not impossible that the military authorities will soon request all foreigners to leave there." The Russian reply to Secretary Hay's note is practically ready and will he handed to Ambassador McCorrnick in a few days, possibly to-morrow. It will be along the fines air ady indicated in these dispatches. In diplomatic circles here Secretary Hay s action Is considered a fine stroke qlf diplo macy, as 11 is poMvea ine noie nan orougni out general acquiescence In the principle involved. WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. On Tuesday last the Associated Press quoted a State Department official as statine that thenwould be ro more notes exchanged at pres ent relative to the neutralisation of China. As the powers having accepted the general orinciple ot neutralization, the State De partment felt thai chapter to be closed. Thi. is evidently the information referred to as causing surprise in St. Petersburg official circles. Russia's adherence to the princi ple of the Hay note was regarded several days ago as assured, although no formal response from the Czar's government had been received. RUSSIA CONTINUES HER PERSECUTION OF JEWS "Pale of Settlement'' Regulations to Be Extended to Ten Provinces in Poland. LONDON. Feb. Is. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Jewish Chronicle says the commission now sitting at St. Peters burg charyad with the revision of the laws in force against the Jews proposes to recommend that in ten provinces in Poland, where hitherto Jews have enjoyed unrestricted rights, these rights shall now be restricted in every respect to conlorm to the regulations obtaining within the "Pale of Settlement." Under this ruling Jewish merchants and professional men will be deprived of the right to employ Jewish clerks and assistants. As it is almost imp M - ble for Jewish mcrch nts to e.irry on their business without J. wish clerks and assist ants, and as more than .' half a million Jews reside outside the "Pals Tf Settli -ment," few of whom. If these restrictions were enforced, could remain, it is bettered that an unexampled emigration of J en will result if the recommendations of the commission are put into effect. BANK CASHIER ENDS LIFE WITH REVOLVER MACON. Ga.. Feb. 18. C. EL Troutman. c;ishier of the Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Milledgeville, died this morning in MilledxevTlle of pistol wounds indicted by himself. Investigation of his accounts as treasurer of th. Mate sanitarium and as officer of the bank is now under way. Deilll 'loiter Receive II l.encjr. I'KS MOINES, la.. Feb. lv CtaflM Row., an electrician who has been doing mid jobs about the city Jail for his beard! received notice to-day that there was a legacy of SIMM awaiting him in the Bank of Syracuse. N. Y. 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JAPANESE STARVED AUD MNEDn RUSSIANS Pitiful Stories Told bv Refugees Who W ere Held at Port Arthur.

HAD TO BEG FOR FOOD LONDON, Fell. 1. The J n pane legation to-day gave out an official cable dispatch recelv -d from Tokio as follow : "A numl'cr of Japanese refuses from Port Arthur, who arrival . I Che-Foo on board the Pritish steamer achow, give, in the form of a diary, art account of their treatment while at Port Arthur, as follows: "Feb. S. The Japan.-. were forbidden to embark on th- British s .;rer Has Ira. All the Japanese were prohibited from ic;.ving the harbor. "Feb. 11. Eight Russian soldiers were placed on guard over the Japan.se, on board the Wenchow. None of the Japanese allowed to land. The Wenchow was detained, and some 200 Japanese on board are about to starve, "Feb. 10. Alter appeals to Viceroy Aiexieff, ten bars of rica and SOfM biscuits only were sent to the ship in the evening. "Feb. 11. No heed Wll taken by the Russians of our repeal 1 .-ignals, 'No drinking wot. r.' "Feb. l::. Renewed appeals made to the Russians to give some food at least to the infants and sick women. "One hundred and thr. e Japanese boarded the Wer.ehovv from Harbin. While on their way they were robbed of all their baggage ar.d rendered p nniless. There are BOW 300 Japanese on the Wenchow, and their distressed condition la beyond description. "Feb. 14. At Ö p. m. the Wenchow was allowed to sail. "Fb. 15 Arrived at Che-Foo in the morning. "It is also reported that there is general disorder at Port Arthur, mounted !. ;iChuriun bandits and Russian soldiers pill;igtiH everywhere. The shopkeepers are, armed to protect themselves from plunder by Russian soldiers." ASKS HIS PEOPLE TO EXERCISE PATIENCE Proclamation Explaining the Unpreparednesa of Russia for War. JAPAN TO BE CHASTISED ST. PETERSnCRO. Feb. lS.-An official proclamation explaining the unpreparedness of Russia for war and the necessity for the exercise of patience by her people has been issued here. It is as follows: "Eight days have now elapsed since all Russia was shaken with profound indignation against an enemy who suddenly broke off negotiations and by a treacherous attack endeavored to obtain an easy success in a war long desired. The Russian nation, with natural impatience, desires prompt vengeance and awaits feverishly news from the far East. "The unity and strength of the Russian people leave no room for doubt that Japan will receive the chastisement she deserves for her treachery and provocation to war at a time when our beloved sovereign desired to maintain peace among the nations. The conditions under which hostilities are being carried on compel us to wait with patience news of the success of our troops, which cannot occur before decisive actions are fought by the Russian army. The distance of the territory and the desire of the Emperor to maintain peace were the causes of the impossibility of the more complete and earlier preparations for war. Much time is now necessary In order to strike at Japan, but it was worthy of the dignity and might of Russia, and. while sparing us much as possible the shedding of blood of her children to inflict just chastisement upon the nation which has provoked the struggle Russia must await the event in patience, being sure that our army will avenge an hundred-fold that provocation. "Operations on land must not be expected tor some time yet and we cannot obtain 1 1 ... ,? ... . n. . I . . . l . ..... e rni eai i news 1 1 oui nie irienier 01 war. i ne useless shedding of blood is unworthy the greatness and power of Russia. "Our country displays such unity and desire for self-sacrifice on behalf of the national cause that all true news from the scene of hostilities will be immediately due to the entire nation." The government's frank statement conArms the opinion which has existed here that Russia will art upon the defensive until her army is fully mobilized and the equipment of the commissariat is in perfect working order. There are already over 300.000 men in the held, but this number will be largely augmented. About 00,000 men are required to guard the railroad. The St. Petersburg Gazette asks: "What are we going to do with the millions subscribed for the navy?" and continues: "We cannst patch up a useless garment. Let us start afresh. Iet the people decide how the money Is to be spent. The ministries are too busy to give the matter due attention. fount Orloff Davkdoff, the philanthropist and close friend of the late Czar Alexander III. has given to the Re, Cross So ciety; $100.000 for the immediate use of the society: $200,000 for a hospital for wounded sailors and soldiers and $200,000 for a school for orphans of the war. The general staff announced to-day that the War Office is willing to accept volunteers for service in the far East. They must be under forty years of age and have had military training. The volunteers will be enrolled in the reserve battalions under Viceroy Alexieff. Almost all the private concerns hers and at Moscow and other large U:s which intended sending exhibits to the St. Louis exposition have decided not to do so and are donating the moneys they would hav. .- pended in this work to the Red Cross So ciety and oiher war purposes. Commissioner Alexandrovsky talked with the Czar on the subject of Russia's abandonment of her proposed participation In the exposition and his Majesty agreed with the view of the commissioner that this be done. M. Alex.-tr.drovsky smiled when he was informed by the Associated Press to-day of a printed report that Japan had applied for Russia's space at the txposition. "Let them have it: we will compete with Japan else where." he said. The work of the Russian Red Crops Society is being pushed with great vigr.-. The donations already . xe , d $S.oC-.'.ooo. Two or three Red Cross trains will be dispatched . V a. i a to tne iar Btasi eacn e. K. m. Alexandrovsky. who starts next Monday to take charge of the R. d Cross field work, probably will est it'lish his headquarters at Harbin. The general plan is io locate r.- ral hospitals along the Amur at Khabarovsk. Blagovestschensk, etc. and transport the sick and wounded back to these points by th Sungari and Cssuri rivers and their tributaries, thus aovidinp interference with the military traffic on the railroads. One feature of the Rel Cross operations which has never before been introduced during a war will be the organization of small iletachm nta to S4 company the regiments Into action. Each detachment will consist of two surgeons, four students and four body carriers. First aid to the wounded will be applied on the battlefield. Baron Korf. who was secretary to the St. Louis exposition commission, is r.ow devoting his ntire time to Red Cross work SS t hief of the personnel division When explaining recently the extensive preparations of the society Baron Korf SSM: "We are preparing for a long, hard war." Ambassador McCorrnick has presented to the authorities here the . sse of the American shin Pleiades, rejxrted detained at pi rt Arthur, but they do not know the circumstances of the occurrence, and have rt -ferred the matter to Viceroy Alexieff. M. PELESKE REMOVED. W M. K V vzoft Appointed Russian Minister of Finance. ST. I'lrrKUSIM Iir., V . 1. M. Peleske has been removed from his temporary post of minister of tinanee and transferred to thf Council of the Em: ire. W. M. Kokovsoff. secretary of the empire, ha-- been appointed minister of finance. M. Kokovzoff was at otic time the itant of M. Witte the lormer finance minister.

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PRETTY AND PICTURESQUE ARE THE FROCKS FOR YOUNG GIRLS

Models Showing Spring Styles for Children Show Much Variety, but All Are Practical and Attractive

Cdrrcspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Fashions for childfsf are apt to undergo less radical change from season to season than are those designed for their elders, but. In spite of this fact, they require to be watched and whatever the characteristic of the season it has its influence in the frocks of all ages. This spring we are all broad of shoulder and the younger contingent give evidence thereof. Also we are wearing full skirts and big sleeves and while the children's are somewhat loss aggressive they follow along the line. Happily, What often Is trying to the grown-up is picturesque on the child and many of the frocks of soring are charming In the fullest sense of the word. Berthas, deep capes, shirrings and tucks suit unformed rigures well, often f;ir better than they do those that are mature, and these features make the essential ones of the latest designs. The older girls, those from twelve to sixteen, after which time they are interested In woman's fashions, copy their elders more closely than do the younger ones, but still, if really weU dr m d. weai far simpler garments than do their mothers or elder sisters. Jacket suits are correct at fourteen and are shown in a variety of suitable designs that are really charming. Etons and blouses both being inherently youthful, let the older foik claim them as they will, are much liked and much seen, but there are also some little coats that are essentially girlish at the same time that they are siTi;ii. What might be called modified Norfolks are charsa ur and are much liked. As pretty a suit as any 1 have seen includes one such and is made of mixed tan cheviot with threads of green. The coat shows two Bp Med box plaits at SSCh front and each side of the back with a shaped yoke that is cut to form a small battlement over each plait and two s :;ilops over euch shoulder that droop over the sleeves and give the desired broad effect. The sleeves are full and finished with cuffs of green velvet that match the yoke, while at the neck is a flat collar of velvet. At the waist is the charCtertsttC belt, and the buttons are gold knobs that give a military touch. The accompanying skirt It .suite novel and is CUt in nine gores with a deep inverted plait in the center of each which is finished at the top with a shaped and stitched piece that harmonizes with the yoke. The entire suit i BSehtiaJly stylish and effective yet absolutely simple and girlish, while the coat marks a distinct feature of spring. It is a long time since velvet trimmings have been common, a long time Since we have seen collars and cuffs of the material, but this winter brought the revival and this coming Spring wiU see such tinish quite freely used. THE ETON JACKET ACAIX. Blouse Etons and Eton jackets are charming and are to be general for the better suits. Tiny are broad as to shoulder aud include full sleeves, as a safe geueral rule. The blousts are' made with capes and cape okes of all sorts, the jackets with yokes; the former show plain and full girdles and narrow belts, all thr e, just as do those of the grown folk, but as I have already Stated, material and treatment must be kept simple. Younger girls wear coaLs, and Indeed, many mothers prefer, them for the big girls as well. but. as has truly been .-.id, the fourteen-year-old girl of to-day Is often a young giantess aud when such is the case she must be dressed as suits her size. Coats are in half and three-quarter length and show no marked departure from winter styles; almost uniformly they show capes of some sort and sleeves are either in bell snape or full gathered into cuffs. Collars are all flat and stoles retain all their favor. For occasions of dress broadcloth In pastel green, white and pale blue with touches of white on color, color on white is much liked, but for general service cheviot is not to be outranked. Frocks for In-door wear are really fascin ating at all aqes. These made with guimpea are always charming and girlish aud have est none their prestige. T p to the age Of twelve they are general and are worn by girls of fourteen, whose size allows, but it is my function to chronicle what is new in the world of fashion rather than to dwell upon the favorites of all time. The big cajK- collars and the drooping berthas suit the girls to a nicety, while tucks and shirringfl are eminently appropriate. A most at trat live afternoon dress for a girl of fourteen or sixten is made of blue linen embroidered with white in French style. The skirt is laid in inverted plaits at each seam and shows embroidered designs between, but the waist Is the feature. Over a simple blouse, with full sleeves and straight cuffs. Is arranged a cape collar that falls over the arms midway to the elbows and which is cut in deep shaped scallops that show a buttonholed edge with raised circles and ovals above that vary In size from a half to an inch in length aud which are arranged to form a design. Daintier dress . those designed for party and for grmbintinn wear, carry out the same generi ea, but are made of organdie. noil it and fine lawn. A most white organdie with a H circular bertha, both sad entirely of alternatrleones insertion and the i alter embroidered with The skirt Is simply gathered charm in", circular t' Of which a. ing strips of material, the French knots. at the belt and the waist Is a blouse with an unlined yoke of line tucking and big, wide sleeves. At the waist is a sash of white Liberty ribbon that is tied in long bows at the belt and again In bow knots at the ends. The big capes or cape collars in the thin matt rials are really fascinating and often are made over low waists that give a transparent effect. A favorite finish is a lace frill, and wonderfully graceful it is. A quite new trimming is puffings of soft silk, and a really lovely point d'esprlt shows the edge of the yoke cut In scallops, on each a medallion of lace and outlined with these puffings, below which is a fall of lace, while the skirt is made with a gather d flounce on which are medallions outlined with the puffings, while above It are three puffs set tln ir own width apart. THE MILITARY IDEA. Plainer dresses show berthas or drop yokes and are made of cashmere, veiling, challie and the like, as also of linen and all the lovely washable fabrics of the season. The military idea is apparent at every turn. Among the latest shirtwaists shown is one of the blue linen made with three box plaits at the front, a plain back and shirt sie ves. Over the central plait are two bands of white cotton hercules braid and between these are buttonholes with brass buttons. Over each side plait is arranged a little pocket with a flap that buttons over, and both shoulder seams and cuffs are banded with braid. On the cuffs it is simply two straight strips, but over each shoulder the two are made to form a point at the neck. A pretty and a novel iit a is th use to a white waist, in spencer style, with a l,ig cape collar that match) the skirt. One of the sort Is rose-colored lin n embi i e:! d with white, while the waist i of tine beer lawn, and numborless others might be described. W are to have much color and many combinations of color, anil for that reason remodeling is comparatively a Bimpie matter. I'llsse berthas of soft contrasting silk, with cuffs and yokes to match, ire easily added to any waist, yet give an up-to-date touch, and many .-miliar suggestions BUtfl! be made. The younger gu..- . r mr picturesque, perhaps, but not less simple and are to wear tin becoming berthas ami yokes as well as the bigg-i sisters. For ev ry day occasions, however, nothing Is better than the sailor blouse with the rrany ;nodincations thereof. The genuine sort itK big collars and gathered skirts are to he worn, but there ;r" some variations th t r.cv newer and. therefore, worthy of spe lal ute. Only to-day I saw a linen frock to- girl of tu ie that is na. si charming av tie same time that It is quite simple. Tr color is the natural one and the skirt hi laid in wide box plaits, while over each at the lower edge is pointed strap of pale blue approximately three Inches long that Is held by three t II pearl buttons. The blouse made with plain fronts and two box plaits at the back and is (:en at the neck t show a Chemisett of tucked batiste. The right front laps slightly over the left and the cup tit. es are finish with bands of blue, while i:t the front are three group.-, of pearl buttons. The sleeves ace full with straight cuffs end at the waist Is a curved belt of the blue. For th- play hours of tin ?qill younger girl; nothing is better thnn the Russian Box-plat ted insdrl. but even It has felt the broadfh ulder Influence, at. : in its latest form shTA- a berth.', of white on color -d linen with cuffs to match. The genuine sailor models suit all ages from four upwards and are to be seen in flannel as usual as eil as

In linen and like stuff?. But most picturesque of all are the suspender frocks, of hich the season promises to be prolific. These are really fascinating .md inherently childish. 'hile they allow of most becoming effects. Skirts are plaited, either box or kilt, but the suspenders take various shapes and the waists may be fine and dainty or simple and useful, as occasion demands. The suspenders are just what their name implies, but are shaped to be pretty as well as to hold the skirt in place, and are often ext- nded to form epaulets. For morning wear the frocks are made of simple washable stuffs, with the spencer waists of lawn, but for afternoon occasions they are seen in colored and natural pongees, cashmere ami similar materials. From four years to twelve they are correct and even the small girls of fourteen find a charm in them that is not to be gainsaid. FOR FINER ('.OWNS. For the daintier dresses organdy and Persian la-n take first place; embroidery and Valenciennes lace make the accepted trimmings. In style many are much like those described for the older girls, but show less trimming, and there are some shortwaisted models that are delightfully quaint, with others that show t-o circular flounces making the skirt, these last being designed for the small girls not over eight. The circular flounces are graceful and often are a mass of lace insertion, while with them the full waists are long and sho' berthas that also are circular. Sashes are universal and are whlt or colored as preferred. Tin short-walsted empire models suit the tall children admirably well and have a picturesque air that has its charm. A most datoty one seen within the week is of white Persian lawn, sheer and fine, over a slip of pale pink, and is made with a yoke of tucking, a bertha formed by a frill of Valenciennes lace and the full skirt that is edged with two lace frills. The sleeves are full with frills and in elbow length, and a pale pink sash confines the dress uuder the arms. Pique and heavy linen, both white and colored, are In vogue

and are charming, although of necessity somewhat more severe. Exceedingly pretty models are made with one-piece frocks, box-plaited from the low necks to the Im ms. and are worn over guimpes, with sashes tied about the waists. Still smaller girl, wee tots of tw..-, three and four, are charming in long-waisted French frocks when they are ceremoniously dressed in little Russian and "Mother Hubbard dresses for play. One of the former sort that maxes an excellent model for description is of white lawn and allbox plaited. loth skirt and long-waisted blouse. On each box plait of the blouse is inset a motif of fine embroidery, the yoke is of needlework and over the shoulders ;irc box-plaited frills that match the skirt. Another Is untrimmed, but Is hemmed and tucked by hand, the skirt gathered, the yoke of tine tucking outlined with a tucked and Shirred frill. Really exquisite Mother Hubbard dresses ho- yokes and skirt frills of Valenciennes with circular berthas edged with lace, but hand -ork has a charm of its own and when generously used needs no other trimming. For the boy but little space Is left, but. happily, he Is less hampered by changing fashions than is the girl, and there is less to tell. After the age of twetye he Is a mlniautre man In attire and his suits are plain, but the younger fellows are allowed blouse and Russian suits and the wee tots are delightful in the kilted and long-skirtt d costumes that are masculine and babyish in one. A novelty that is really admirable is the military Russian blouse. The model is not new, simply the blouse buttoned over on the left side with knickerbockers below, but the blouse Is finished 'ith braid and brass buttons and shoas the straight, standing collar that marks the soldier, and consequents finds its ay to the little wearer's heart. MAY M ANTON. SHIPPING AT MERCY OF HEAVY ICE FLOES Vessels in New York Harbor Rendered Helpless and Many Grounded. NEW YORK, Feb. IS.-The heavy Ice floes in the harbor to-day covered the bay from shore to shore. The ebb tide brought the ice with irresistible force, which compelled every craft to go with it. The great four-masted ship Juteopolis, which arrived this morning from the Delaware breakrater, was carried to the Staten island shore near Stapleton, where she grounded. The French steamer Frieisehuel also grounded m ar the same place. A large four-masted schooner, which was carried from au anchorage near Governor's island, was neariug quarantine at 2 o'clock with both anchors down without holdiug. Tugs aud barges were scattered over the bay, utterly helpless. Four Staten island ferry boats were seen ice-bound at one time. They, ho-ever, succeeded with difficulty iu getting free. Denies Fiftb Ilouae Combine. BUFFALO. N. Y., Feb. 18. James II. Dormer, president of the Dormer Fish Company, to-day pronounced untrue the report that his company had consolidated with the Booth Company, of Chicago, or has been bought by the latter. Mrs. Linhoff !Vot Gnilty. MASON CITY. Ia.. Fb. 18. Not guilty was the verdict reported to-day in the case of Mrs. U K. Liuhoff, accusel of the murder of Edward Bromley. Miss M. Cartledge gives soic helpful advice to young girts. Her letter is but one ot thousands which prove that nothing is so helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "Deak Mr. Itvkitam: I eannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound too highly, for it is the only medicine I ever tried which cured me. I suffered much from my trat menstrual period, I felt so weak end dizzy at timet. 1 could not pursue my studies with the usual inNr'-. t, lay thoughts becrtnc s!urr"'sb,, I h'd headaches, backaches and sinking ppells, also pains in the back and lower limbs. In fact. I was sick all over. M Finally, after may other remedies had been tried, wc were adfiand to fct Lydia JZ. PinUham's Vcgetahbl ( in pound, and I am pleased to sr.y that after taking it only two weeks, a wonderful change for the better took pbre, and in & Yhort time I was in perfect health. I ft !t bi:oyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I Ui indeed triad totcll my experience arltb Lydia EL Pinkhnm's Vegetm4bto C ompound, fr it made a foro&i girl of me. Yours vrv trtilv, Miss M. Cauti-kdok, 533 Whitehall St.. AMinta. (ia." iscoo forfeit if trty! f

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