Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 February 1899 — Page 2

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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Oonipiled from Various oouroea, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

The thin! annual WMMHIlH of th I National l.ood Citizenship league will Ik- Mi at Cladntt, Maj 2. I end 4 The husband of .1 Ü Arthur, the ictim, who i nfcurtnf In WatUmj ion. ami check lor i ,MH. the nth. for rebel ol th poor ,,f thai city.

try is discouraging to Iii opponents, who Wl lO antagonize th- acceptance of 13.000,000 from th I nitcd htates.

, Sr. ..ml IMM I In th. Semite on the llth at IBS

elusion ..f ih morning bustm-a lh resoUnion, offered n th i"th. whi.h rvajiiriii and approves la doctrine "t ia Wlnrull.vti ..f .1. o.-li.t. 'In . . w ML ll il

rlaraa ih.it ail goveraaaenta derive iir just power from the eonsent "f "' seiMsC and th.it the doctrine- an- ur. -vera .., Mi.l ip Iv to all people who have . a .... .. t t territory of tehlr own J bid betör the senate ... the hoithe bill for a new public hull. linn ' N' w ...rt V, - v. .i wni to confercnc.-

On. ''')im7' reception in the conn- Tha Mil ' t- pn.vi.le r r th.- a. .paring of

riKnts ot wav i i uir".o. I I, thr.'imh Indian reeervatione of inoian ..rid Indian allotments" taken up and atscaased at length. In th.- . ti.it- an the 13th. the agricultural bill v o called up. slUhtiy aseana ed. and paused A Wll KraiUinK t.. the .Sty of Boulder Col . certain land for park purposes waa paaaed; also a bill creating the ..m. f admiral of the navy.

At J'l r m th senate went nun oxecu

Charles Ah xnnder Ilotigln Home, fa -!fth arl of Mom.-, baa heca created a knight of ihc Order f the Thiatlc, m inicaaaion to tha haft Lor.i Xaijiu-r.

An aarthqaaha shook of fr.-m live la tet seconds' duration jkiss- d through ea-t Tenn. at 3;M a. in. of th.' irth. It vii f.-it mostly la the appar end of the rtate. No dninagc was done. The directors of the Hon I Stake ITJalBf Co., of Neu York. have detlarcd the aaaad monthly dividend of 2' cents -r share and an xtra divid. ad Of M cents per share, payable on the -th.

live : In loura m-mt eras t

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Horton capitalists have tindartafcaa the formation of a large lumlx-r cotnpan.v to coaaolidate all th- laaabar mills on the Ifachhn ri.-r. in Maine, ami to purchase s.-x-nl townships which rmbracaj ralaahle timlK-r land.

Fire in the Brookljra navy yard, on th- lith. destne.l an liitn.-ns.. buildin's km" ti as Machine hop No. 2. n.l its ralnable eaateata, oonniatlnfj of patterns, mm!. Is and machinery, the rhok eatlmatt d to m- worth l, ,o

.in ami snotl ait.T a.i.ii'iriie.i. it-... h iae, utter a aaottan to adh i.i been voted down my the few . ; . . .t t he sundry lv il bi. n up iti eonmlttee of the whole -4 ii.il'.', of the hi. I had tw-eti . ..tu-

i . ted il..- connniw maa lI" adjourn, d In th. enate. on the llth. the Ml Knery resolution. deelarlnK the purpOM f the rmtin. it Ion of the treaty of peace a-iis ri.-iih. r In. nrpnr.ition nor permanent annexation, but to promote the interests of the . Itlaens of the l'nlted State and the Inhabit. mts of said Islan.ls. was adopted In the house Mr Hepburn ila i offer..! the Nicaragua canal bill as an amendment to the Itindry ctvO approprUUona bin. and ita consateration developed Iiv.-U dlcussion. wnli h was not coneluded 'when the ho-.'se adjourn. I. In th lie, on the IMh. a bill extenilinn th.- cordial anpreclaüon f conajreaa to Mi- Helen Miller Could for her patriotl. er vices during the re. eiit w.,r and I r o Idlng that the president should pre- . .! .. i:h a g-.'d medal, was passed . ..In the house the sundry civil bill was tak-n tip. and aliut ten pages r it vv.-r. Iispos ! of The house In committee f the whole, sustained the ruling of the . hair th it th- Nicaragua canal hül offered by Mr H.-pburn as an amendment to the sundry civil bill was out of order. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

On Hat lath the Colorado house of rapjrrai atattraa lajjaotai UM aaajorit raporl of the apecial committee apnciintod to lavaatiaala I he condition of

j afffaita ut the atate asxluin for the in- ' mb, which exonerated tha Mpatta

t, adeat, ir v. M Ta ba, aad i VOte of tf to 10 adopted the miiioritv report. aeaaaaMUBf the superintend rut's paMHWlTi to. Marcus P. Miller of the Third rrg-iinrnt of ii rt il ! i- luis Iw-cn nob.inated t ba hrlfadlar feaaral la the regular arms. UeB, Miller coinmaml- , .1 tha military fores which captured the citv of lit. ilo without the loss of a man. ami hfO proniot ii it is in recognition of limit, rious services on that occasion. I. nth. -r M. Kinn.-y. a faiin.f. aged about Mjreara, was foasd dead, burle.1 in Ike snow, near his home at Nut wich Colin., mi tha !3th, t iiaries Chapnan Backus, one of Uu Braaaiaera f tha kaaerleaa fSapraaa Co.. die. 1 in New York clt.on the 1Mb, ac;cd S.t years.

H008IKB HAPPENING) : Tc'.J in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. Laaiiatattv a.

I laoiaaapoiU, law! . f. k W - -The Mil i toereaw eouatj councils in evarj aotaa u in ike itate haa ataaad tha aaaata. Botk branekv aaaptadad Ike eoavtittv Uoaal rule aad paaaed ; ''ill aeaatlaif .....I .. . .1 .. k f.... t.lLitl.r .

a vomiBiaainn to ir.ui.- p.aui pari in the exposition to 1' Ii hi at Toll loin 1902. A special commit tt i in t lulu, naa tcportci In favor of alloBTlaf tha ; claim affair.) the itate of 5,000 held hx Mrs iSdwln My. of Cblcaajo Tha elaiai is 1 M ats old and haa beta ka fore ever) leflalatare for N year.

UPON II I.

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The President and Party Received by a Joint Session of the Massachusetts Legislature. FLOOR AND GALURIES WERE PACKED

it,., rrralan" aaaaaa Petal OaiaaeB, nferrll. to Hie HUtorle Awiii'iallnUl ( , 1..I will, the omiiioi.wei.il I. ..I

BJaaeaMhaaettaj .oi Paai PaipHnaani I Her Vitalin- s.iii.

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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In all the s, hools of New York eftj the atory of the blovriBff up of th.Maine was told, on the 1'fh. and each teacher Irapreaaed on the poathful mind the importance of the event am! th- portentous happenings that follow ed

tin April 14, next, all of fhe Hrr'colttiral Baal nx-chanieal coIIcl'.-s of to -country will hold appropriate . rt et' in recognition of the diatiaiffuislied service of the late Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Maine, in the eaaae of edtaeataMs.

The .erad nation exercises of the first class of cadets took place in Memorial hall. West Point, on th K.th tien. Merrit:. who was to deliver the diplomas, failed to reach there, and !. Mills, superintendent of the academy, pt I f ill BaBd the duty.

llolnian's Washington cafe, on the Central park. Havana, haa been ordered closed by SeaoV PeOVrii o Mora, rivil governor of Havana, b. -cause if the refusal of the proprietor to serxe drinks to a mulatto, tin- abaa trnernl. Ihicasse. IJ;u-e distinct it.ns have befatofore l--n unknown in Havana.

The town .f JarO, a mile from the citv .if Iloilo. vv;-. ci 1 it trad by a battalion of the Kiirht.-ent h infantry on the tStfe). Th.- American lossea were one ofheer and Äaa men wounded.

lien. M'ller did not ep.ct ant serious

rea fiance on tlie irt of the inanr

cents, but thev made a l'o.! defense.

Br.-Oen. Oceraja n. Brnat, of Maj - Oeak Hrtn.ke's staff, has completed Ihc

examination of Utw.en simi.imhi nnd

B00JWQ nitinns '..--f in army store

houses, at Havana. He found tha

there was less than two per cent, of

had beef, which was received in th.

shipment as the l-ef pTevii.u-lv con

demned.

Ihc tirt plate of the keel of the

Bam battleship Maine was laid at

I ramps' vard. Philadelphia, on the

J.'.th. the first anniversary of the leatruetinn of her famous prototype in Havana harbor. It is the intention of her builders to have the hull of th'-pr.-al vessel ready for launching on February 15. 1900.

Ma j. K. A Pish, at of - 1 1 no cr of the Dtstrkl of ( olumi.ia and naois'ant refister if the tr.-aanrv aadRf I'teaident Cbteland's ac'tnini- Iratiop. d'erl in a coal oflice in Waahinfftos, on the Hth. B hafte he bad atopped for r st. He was over To years old. and the exertion of vvalkintr through tne el.-, p anow probabl cauaed keart failure. -HIM At Toledo. O.. on the Itth, Yalentine Fkihinski. a Pakt, Ii years ild. killed StcjH-hen Hlovhski. a Isiy nine year; aad. The Baarder eccarred in tha Polish district. A nnmlier f Is.vs had aaaafreajatad and wen- toraaeatlaaj the old man. when suddenly be opened the door and see-inp the bBf Bhot him in the heart. kUliBff him instantly. Th IliiT'lerer ;o- himself up.

Pahthl sehool No IB, in .lemay City. X. .1 . v,.is burned, on the 1 .'Ith. together with se,eml business houses, liattnllon Fire hief BoffaB and three other Bremen, when half Wnuniiied by the eoi.i. went into one i.f the burnIntr hulldinps and were oven omr hj the smoke. Th.-v w. re reneueil in an unconaeioiis condition by other flrenien, and tahea 1 the hoapital. Aftee bring adrift on an ice-flte in T.alo- Michifi-i... for ovr IS hours, ftra persons who vv.-re carried out by the breaking- up of thf ice were rescued, on the 13th, Blnl it is not evpeetetl that any of them will be mneh the worse for the tl lllllb) eiH-rienee. One of the nr1. a young- Ifltly. w a - oneonseioiis Brhen found, and r.inai ti.-d so for mati hours after beiiitf brought to It.'

Mayor I'earee of Waukepan, III.. 1 as just won the L'.'ld medal which he bimaetl offered ten yeara ago u the tir-t BWaabar Of his club who would baeoaaa tha father of twins. Kayot Pearce is a graduate from tin- Waa 1 rgun Itachelor club, ami now his old associates, with eharaet.rist ic jeal- . tisy. are deacribing his liard-won trophy as n consolation pri.-. The United State transport Yai

B1 ciu arrived at San Francisco, on th

15th, daya from Manila, with f. aol-

diera on boor.l. .f whom ir. were boh

in me on si.-k Lave, ami the remainder on furlough, or whose terms of enlistment bad expired.

The fir-t anniversary of the sink-

iiie of the Main.- in the harbor of Havana ans obadrved la many i-iti.-s n this country. 00 the llth, bjr the $J' injf of rlag-s at half must, and oth--.-

evidences ot the L't i- f of the people at

the treacherous taking off of IM ffnl -

lant American seamen.

The state aaylun for the insane a, Yankton. Neb., was lestmyeil by tinon tha Itth. Seventeen of the laaaatea perished ill the flames. The Merchant ami hflnera' line steamship William Laurent-- vmis wrecked off Fort Hoyal. S. .. on thillth. One ioat with the Baalataal ea glneer arrived at Port Royal on th.l'th. Three boats are ini--itir. The Madison-Avenue I'reabytcriaa church of New York city has presented a call to Bat ir il. A Johnaoa late of Chieago, to beeome pastor of that ehareh, and he baa aev pted. Thousands of r.-itiL'.- fcoraea are said to be atarrlBg to death ia raatem Orc-

on. On the nth. during- n sev.-re wind st.irm. at Bavana, aJO tents in the . amp Of Maj. 1,. ii. I.ee were blow I ih wn. aawrg then iw-iiur tint f Ueut.-Col, Maus, chief aargeou of th Seventh corps 'I'll.- eonseiiienee was that 1,800 sohli. rs w. re taBtporarily ili prived of shelter. Ilotnan atholie Beflfcaa in the Knp-n-h laagnaga have i-.-n Inangnratcd at the Helen church, in Havana. Three deaths fnm cold were romrted in New York ity on the llth. A Spanish prisoner who eneaped 1"

the American lines from the town of Mat to the east of Manila, whet. the Filipinos expected to make a atrong resistance, states that AguiBaMo lias lost control of the army and generals. Gen. Wood has recommended Oen. Demetrio Castillo, assistant civil gov - ernor of Baatlago, far appofataaciBt to the office of ivii guieiBor, Oen. Can till", reptesetits the choice of the ln'st abana and mt of the Americans in the city. Prominent Oklahoma stockmen, aft.-r comparing notes, state that their lo- of cattle on the rnnev ilurinir the cold wave will not exceed lea

per cent. The heaviest losses seem to

Insvc Btfcarrtd in berda of southern cattle moving through the territory.

Mgr Santander. bhlhop of Havan I,

declined to allow Father ThOCBBa Shcri.o. a, S. I.. who recently arrived it Havana from I'orto RtCB, to hohl j. ray -r lit the eemetcrv when the ladies of the city d rated the grave of those who lost their lives on th battleship Maine. .lohn I Kllinghaus. a wealthy flerBaBfl aaloonkeeMr. was murdered "n

hi home in Peoria. Ill . on the llth. The deed was done in cold hh-od and i Iwlieved to lc one of r-venire. though it is not known that he had in mi n v in the world. Re vvas g nan of age ami leaves a widow an. I four children. The president's stables were 'he .en.- of disorder on the llth. Fn 1 Douglns. the mulatto who bBS directed the high bred teppeti of the aiteu five carrinire sin. tht beginnir-r of this administrntiott. h:iv attacked nn.' badly beatea wltk a pitchfork by .lames Hick. fi colored hostler. Don" Ins. though at first anppoaajd to be seriously injured internally, is not lardy hi:rt. lliek was a treated, The Intc fri. c in Florida killed all . getablea a.ud gi vutU ihiinagid orainjc grovca.

Tn tbc senate, on the lith, the millhirj ai-atlemy appropriation bill vvai passed; the iirin.v rcorguniaatloO Mil was reported from OOOaBtittee, and t!ic naval peraOanel hill was taken up and read. The post oflice a ppropriat io.l bill was. then taken up. and its COBatdC ration occupied the greater part t.f the day . hut it was not finally disposed of ..in the house tin- paragraph In the sundry civil bill ourrvini: the appropriation of 130,000,000 for the payment of Spain tinder the terms of the pea. treaty, waa atricken out under a point t" order. Mr. Hepburn (Ta.) moved to reciiniiiit the bill with i list met rOBJ to report it back vrltb the .anal bill incorporated In it. On a waut of quorum the motion went over. it is announced thai the Turner En pine.-ri ng .. of Marion, th. is about to sell its patents and plant to an raat ei n -v t.ilicate for a pprox i tun t el v $'Jou.. 000, The company naanufactnrca i patent Isiilcr und electrical appliances. Acting on advices received frOBl Manila by cable, the California Bed CroatfJ society has decided to continue thi niaintenanct- of its hoapital station ifl thai city as long as the California, eoluuteeri remain ill the orient. The i lepart mi-tit of state ha- Im'.-h Informed in a cable from ConaulC2eB oral tlndger, at Paaaaia, thai n compronii.' has been effected with the atrikera at Colon, and work on the etitial hits Ih-,-11 resinned. The war ib pertinent, on the loth, honorabij discharged afajorGemrala Datier and Baataer and Brigadier. Genenala Kline, McKee, Wiley. Lincoln on. I ( oaaba, all of the volootecr army. M. FmncoU Felix Faun-, six'h prcIdeat of the third repabttc f Franc. died, in Pari-, after an illnesa of three hours of apoplexy, at ten o'clock OR

the night of the loth, aged ''S. All the anrviviag captains of Spanish war ships dcatroyed in the naval battles od Bantiaffo de Cuba aad lo Manila hay by the V merica tl fleet a w.. Ih- court-martialed at Madrid. The atatemenl ,f the condition of tht treasiirv issued on the tith ahovred: Available ca-h balaBce, 1372,400,190; gold reserve. f327.S.I.4M, 1'. R, Taft, of N'evrburj-port, Mas, died snddanly while sitting ut .-. table tit the Home Market . lub b.-mipiet in I :. t i nn the 16th. Prank Parker, ea-eonnt treaanret

of Yertiou cotintv. Mo., was arrested.

or, the loth. .n a charge of embcasling

f lu.oOO

'r.i.oi n ri. Peru, lad Feb. Ii. The Deitert! natural gaj sviuiicaic. arbioh coatrola M per e.n:. of th. plant and output, in Indiana, has made a proposition . ibroagb htajiager Boaalog.of thiaeitjr, I to the common Council for the appoint- i mem of a commit tee to take charge of all the mains, regulators, wells anil the central office in Ikia dtj to rerlf) tha I statement made i then that the preaaurt of gaa foralahedall thedtiea

controlled bj them was all thai 0 u lü be furnished. niaeat ope eater, V iiu'i III'.'. Ind.. Feb. 16. Col. Hew itt

C. Sellers, a'jt.l W J cars, died from the effect of B sinke of ptralvsi- received two week- ago, IF w.i- manager of the Postal Tel. graph Cable cotnpanj kera, Mr Bcllera waa probahl the oldeal known telegraph operator in thistate. He began la the Weatera (Jnioi offilci in 1-'. when ditpatehea were reeeieed bv register. Din ing the clrtl aar ba arai stationed in the south in the sig ual corps. On Trial lr Vl.iriler. kfnacie, lad., Feb. IB. The trial of Jesse Barrett, the IndianapoHi contractor, for killing '.lack" klcFall, at Alexaadrla, a few mouths ago, la ia progress here. The pnrc ut ion will attempt to show that Barrett baa al ways been a danajeroui maa, Hisarife, who secured a ditwrce and ararrled ItcPall, will testify against him. as wi.l bia tea) earold son and two daugbtert, M ,uug vvoinip. Tin-d. ft use will be insanity . Given n Inn ,-ln-i.ii .

Indianapolis, Inc. Fi b. 16. AlbertJ', Beveridge, the Ualted Btatea leBatorelect, was tendered a luncheon at the Uatoa '.ague in Philadelphia, Pa., by too promiBest dtiaenau Senator Dere ridge was to l ave been tha guest of honor and pfil Clpal speaker at ti e I.ineola da) baaqoet at the Union Lraarue Moiniay night, but got snow boaad in a I rata about 4i miles west of Philadelphia and did not reach there in t I aae. XI B? !. III I rt. Franklin. Ind . Feb. 16. .loh Hall, who won the prize as nil-round athlete it- the Franklin college Held sports in IMT, submitted taaaorgical operatloa anil may lose his leg. In ti e emit, .-t in question he fell and injuntl hisbipand it i u troaMed him since He served la the recent war and while in -er.ioean ahsc. ss formed oa his hip. Aninelali a was made and the BOBB found too. diused. The doctors hope tt .n e Hie 1 1 in b.

Imnat il eiilnr, ld. Terra Haut- . Ind., leb. IB. Mrs. Rhoda Uovelac is dead at tie age of I .;,r- and :i months. She Waa the

Tn the senate, on the 17th. a tvsobt. oldest woman resident of Ii I part of

lion va adopted Instructing the president of the senate to expn SS to the government and people of France tha sympathy of the senate in the death of President Faure. The naval person ael bill waa paaaed. Seven ty-f our private pension bills were paaaed, and the Alaska node bill vvas read,., .In the bouae the sundry civil appropriations bill was paaaasd without the Nicaragua canal bill rider, The naval appropriation bill was taken up. and over half of it was completed. The bill earrie, $s.ooo.ii!)fl more than the largest n.iv.d bill heretofore paaaed. The officers and in. n of the battle. ship Iowa were the gBCwta of Ma.or Pinion of San Francis,-,, at the Or pfcenaa theater, n the night of ii17th, Bad after the performance the sailors wer- entertained at tapper bj the mayor. The sailors, wishing t reciprocate the courtesy of Mavor Pbclnn, arnuaged to u- a vaudeville perio miau. n board the Iowa on Washington's Mrthdaj annlveraary, Biahop ( buries H. Foster. I. D of BatfalO, delivered a new lecture on in n. liiiint to an audience of 1,000 pe pie in the . M. C. A. auditorium ia Cbktaago on tke itth. During the lecture the bishop referred to the state -

inansiiip ol President MCBIBIcy, ami th- apeaker'a championship if espaa simi was voeiferoualy applauded. Kohert ( ole and his wife, two od residents of Metropolis, III., were buried in the Sasse grave on the 17th, Cafe vvas a eotlsin of Frank and Jesse; .hum s and of the VoUBger Hrothers. Th.-y visited him there several tiBSBI under aaaowwrd names. Hon. Lewis Miller, of kron. O.. d:el in the I'ost Oradiiate hoapital la New Yorh city, ei tke 17th. as the result -.f mi operation, Mr. Miller was at one time president of the hautaiKpia assiuii.lv. and, with Biahop VInceBt, founded it. It was docide.l at n Spanish cabinet ccutnil. held on tin- 17th. to liberate the Filipinos wh.. had been deported ta tke Carolin- ami l.a.lrone lalafldn, ir otil.-r to ItiBueace the Filipino to ar bane the Bpanlarda they hohl priaou rn. v it lins been decided in Madrid to post pone the aale of the floating dork ni Havana, the offers received not lieIliL' iieceptable. The Halted Btatea gunboat Prince ten, fn in New York, January it. for Manila, arrived at Sue on ihe ITth.

the Wabash valley. Her father, Cap!

II. 1 1 r x . of si.eibv county, Ky., served Immediately under his Bni eoualn, lien. Andrea Jackaoa, in the battle of Kea Or!, ans. She came here se v ra! year-, go and lived in the same neighborhood, south of t hi ci ty. ever site . leva i i. BMMassa. Bhelbyvitle, Ind., Feb. 16. A number of voting folks w eat 10 'he home of .lane Bright on Fast llroadwuy to have i dance. While Ihej wen dai tag BOOK one exploded a stick of dynamite under the floor, raising the house from its foundations and shattering every window. No aBe was seriomi hurt.

(.aa ell on I I re. Muaete, lad., Feb 1. Word reached thi city that a big ga-vv. il hclonging to the ECOBOBBJ 'ias coiiijia n v . located north of Mnaeic aa thi Hamilton farm. In came Ignited in some inanta r and is afire Thi' sort bent beavrna are lighted as a result ii f th. mi! I ion - of feet of fuel that are going to wast. Ctsial PteaeBi Pa em. Ind., Fei. IB. llreen llnfT w adyoatlng i it in the flooring mill of Samuel Pat ton at Lleonia arhen he fell into the machinery aad i.i h ey was ground to pulp. Mr. Half was 60 yeara old and an old soldier A short time ago I is son was killed h the accidental ib hurge of a gun. r'alea tunln.l Hit. New klbaajr lad,, Peb. 16. Triplet all gir!-. Were horn to Mrs. Jesse Heel. Their aajgrrgate Welgbl la marly 17 pounds and all will live Heel is a day laborer, hut has not bad regular employment for several vears. and beu vea the fates are against him. V MicrllT Kuril. Indianapolis, lad., Feb II. -James W Tyler, father of Marian Tyler, who was lynched at Scot t shlirg. has begun suit in the I'nited States court again.t .lames Oobin, skerMI of Beott eonaty, for $'.(Kg) damages. DfseBfl raieil. Lagrange, Ind.. Peb. H, XYiiiiam Kelly, of Chicago. ranBned In Ihe eonaty jail for the Inst rite month', on the

charge of complicity in the Hh ipshe w una bank robbery, has been discharged,

HoStOn, Feb. tl, Thi mcinbers ol tin- legislature gathered with unuaua prompt in IM al the siatchouse, in an licipation .l the visil if I'rcsiilenl Me Klnley. An boar before tha ttnaa an bounced for his arrival the corri.lorii v. re thrOBged, and as soon assllie bal tonics of the BOUS were opened tha crowd pushed in until every seat Will taken. The entire tloor was reserved for aaeaabera of the two branches oi thai general court, the executive department and the distinguished llesta. The president aad hi partj arrived promptly al the lime scheduled, und after being received by iov. Wolcott proceeded to the house. They pass, ,: down tin- main aisle amid cheers ol all preaaat, who arose the moment president McKiaiej was announced. President George A. Smith, for tin M asaachuaetta senate, welcomed tht diatlngnlahed guest in a hrief address end introdaeed bin t the convention. As the president arose, waves of ap plans.- rolled through the hail, and i be. r upon cheer rang out. Wien it was possible for hitn to bi heard, the president spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the CMaaral Court: aithoufh limited for time. 1 could not n ii i) it ib.- bwnor of acoeptlna the mvtta-

tl. a ortUlaUv- ,-Xtell.le.l I'V Jolin resolution of your honorable body, which I liethe uleawure of recelvtog from tha aandi ot irour distinguished a. ukir senator, Hon Oeorge K Hoar! i am not liMllfferent t . ur .-n.roiis action, and U can ii"t I nior.- stronK than th.- reel Ina of pleasure which l hava In meeting tha senators and

representatives ol no- ureal i uiiiuwie i w ealth ol M ussai huaatta. 1 am glad to be la thts ancient capttol, in re r-.it public questions have bad frei dtscuaalon. Here great statesmen, waoaa namn live ia their country'a alatory, j have r. ceived their trataata and voiced the enUahtened ..pinions i tin ir country-n-.-ti ll.re. through, the century, ..u hava chosen your fellow rltlaens t.. rep-r.-s.-nt you In th. councils ..t the nation through thai Brest parliamentary body the s.u. it.- ot the IT nit ad Stat.-s Tau have chooen wall, ami leaders yu hav never lack, i What Ulustrtoua men h.iv.- thus borm tb. conamiaaion .f tha lagtatattve bodj oi the common w.-alth f Massachu.s.-tts a-Imius and Ptcaertna, and Webster, Choate and Bvaeett and Winthrop. Sumner. Wilson, aad .i i"iK list beside, il- , lustrloua In the annals of your stale mid the nation, and those tat.-r statesasen. jp.ir and Lodae, honored everywhere tot their ilistlnmiished s.-rvi es to our common country. It was in 'V- Ifssaai buaatta house ..f representatives that John A. Andrew madi the speech for human liberty which touch i the h.-.irts at ins follow cttisona on. I made him your great war K"vrn -r ;..r do 1 forfiet that at one time tha Speaker's chair of this legislative body va. i occupied by y.ur former governor, nn. I represeatattvs in coagresa, th.- . t.i ecr.-tarv of the navy. Han John D l.tiK. whose re it d'-partm nt has added lu.stir i the American aavy asst glory t.. the American nam.- I am Ktad to pa os this historic around it revives naemortca sacr-'d ta Aiaarlcan itf.-. It racaila the struggles of th.- founders u al asaachuaetta for llls-riy and Independence, Their uns. itlsh aacrtftcea, their daunth i courage, ire the Inspiration of all lovers ol fr . ldiii everywhere, lli.-ir lives and character reach into every American pome, at-d have stimulated the beat as pi rations f American manhood. In the bsglnillsa "f our national ealaiBiiee, and even before, this was the hams un. I fountain of liberty It Is the home f liberty ROW, ami I am sur. that what tics.- re.it men of the past secured for us. th.-y would hive us transmit not only to our descendants, but carry to op pt. sse.l peopl, -s whoso Int. If and W-!-FarC bv th- fortunes ..f war ar mmlt- , lad t us. v. may raejard the situation barf ore u ,-i a burden or as an opportunity but whetaer the one r the other, it Is h.-r.-, and conscience and civilisation require us to meet it bravely. DeaaettOB of duty Is not an American habit. It was not the custom of the fathers, and will not b- the pTBCtSM Of th- ir Bona, The apphtane that followed the remarks of the president continned for

some minutes. The in.iiib.-rs of thi jMiint convention were then introduce I to the president, standing in front o the speaker's desk. Aft.-r the members had resumed their seats there wen- loud cries for Secretary Long, who gave a brief and humorous talk, mid introduced Secrc. tnry Gage to the convention. Bee re tar j Oage closed Ihe speech, makl agf, Aft.-r n short reception, the preai dential part vvas taken aa a tour thro Bah the subway ami thence to tlix Algompiin club, were a breakfast wai tendered to t lie gent leinen by the BMMB Iter of the Comaterctal club. At I : H the party uns taken to tha Houtli terminal station, ami they left foi Washington on their special trai'i at ": 10, tevratary Loiuj did not return xvjth the party, preferring to go to hit home at Bingham with Mrs. Long, an.) start for Washington in the morning lion. Feed. Peck, cotnmieafoner of the United Sta'es to the Paris exposition, with his wife, accompanied th" president as far as ew fork. The, president left in excellent health, and expressed himself as having enjoyed, etcr.v BsOtaeni on his trip.

ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK. Tb tale Aiiilailr lit Kiisala Bat fax lloiuv I., aaauius Hie Hullrt r ii New BSBea. New ork. Feb. Is. Ktban Mir, Hitch, o. k. tin- retiring Anteritmn um baaaador to Ruaaia, reoeutlj apiau i , accretar.v of the Interior, arrived i tertiär, from abroad, on ihc ateui Ti i H i ni ic

akci lor some inTormntion . lag the cnr"s pea.-.- proposition

said: "lb- is perfectly sincere, und in tiu culling of the conference has taken l Im grot atep towards tin- abolishtii mllitariam, lie. of eoursi . d i not take aay requests for di-ann i . pteaent, hut when the eon fern meets it U the most likely iking iu will. I that the one who called tl,.meeting will be aked vvhat in- pi, poses to do. Then suggestions vx 1 1 1 be in order, aad, f course, the p , will be thoroughly disctiaaed, and per haps counter suggestions will he made h. thla vvav a scheme will he devised, gad I have confidence thai mm h i in the direction of a permanent between tha nations will be reaehi The ealliag of the conference tirst move in that direction." j Sectetarv Hitchcock will Sgaumr hie . new duties i uiiiic. Hat cly on reacl Washington.

TO SAIL FOR MANILA. Four Vniirl, I. liSaa S San I rSSI i-eo I.i,, with gappHaa for One aoiaisra in ihr. Phlllpptnea, Sun Pran.-isco. I'eh. l. A fleet f four Vtsacln vvill leave San Kran. i eo. for Manila, within two weck-. N.. that ."..."on tons of freight id all I. tioaa will be taken. The n i m . i will earrv exelusivclv KM mnl. 1.500 tons of freight, conalatinfl . tirely of forage. She will be fitti . immediately with .-verv facilit) tranaportlng tJkej mules etfelj will be ready to --ail within a l i i r ten days. I h. Valencia has been recharten ! Bad vvill carry I, Too tons of freight I 12s first-class passenger. s. She will ., ready to suit in about ten or tan - dn.v s. The Portland lias also been ., She vvill carry MMW tons of treig nild tUU tlrst-ehlss pllssei-.;. I Tin- Roanoke, which i- also be chart end, will c;-.rrv about V..'. i . of freight. Roth the Portland nnd Roanoke a 1 be ready to go in about a week, About MM0 enanala, cbieflj reeruitii for tin- regiatenta of regubtr troop- -i tin- Philippines, now ni the Presidfo, vili go to Manila on these traasporta FALSE REPORT CORRECTED. So Psalltataas, aa atspaetsd, ass ru.-Mir:, lataweti u Has lofcabltawts Weil Bappltsa. San 'raiieisco. Peb I-- The Brltis, ship lien. Huberts arrived y.-stei from evveastle. . S. W. On Ihe v BgC from Australia the f-el stoi nt Pttcairn bland for fn- ii arater si i provisions, and Instead of liiulir the great destitution reported . l month- ago, BI pre. ailing on II - tad, the Roberta O0lld the inhabitant well supplied with the Beccaurarir of life Three of the bdandera, i fa Christian and llenrv ( bristintl wife, aiajbi il to Tlnll this country, i took iKiaaage on the Roberta, The? arc descendants f Master Mate i hr tiail. who led the tl I il t i nee r of tl Pounty. Th.- inlanders report evi thing ui ug 1 1 asliig satisif actor! I3 on island.' NOBODY RESPONSIBLE. The t or..iier- .lory tall to II tfa Blaaal

for tin. Vxnkton is. n 1 laasaas aaytaai 1 lae Omaha. . h.. K.-h. Iv Bve api from Yai I-tun. S. I).. n- "Tn eoron. 1' jurv in the investigatio Hunday'a tire at tin- asylum lor 11 s;,ne brought in a verdict yeaterdnj ' which they fail to find any person re sponsible for the death of the IT female patients who lost their Uvea ia the disaster. Tlie verdict -tales that tin- bal was erected for a laundry, and w -Used bv house patients only becausi the overcrowded condition of the 1 st rue tu rea, abo that owing to i fkdenf aalary appropriations bj M legiamture no night watchman haa been employed on tbehospitai grou id foi the last four years." NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR-

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dor tapiroee is preparing lo h IVaahington, Many dinner-- arc '' given him. and a band an mt was tend, red him by I ni'' ! . Aralaiasador day ton at th-' 1 1 - dorial n sidence. ! News from the lowlying - ' 1 near the coast pari of the -tat- o Cms shows that the cold snap ! j widely prevalent, causing BlUch dal

age. Chicago capitali-ts have ta' 1 cenner mines in the state of oloiiil't

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handeratood. A fox has a reputation for aiirewdneas anion g silly old hens. The crusty old bachelor if consistent would make Iii own bread. The telephone enuhlft. some men to lie without becoming con fused. Tb mote of a nobody n man ia the more important he thinka he la. Many a man who thought himself wUe has been declared otb:rwis bv a Jury.

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V. Mile. hici.go. Feb. Is. C. D v' '' private of the Fir-t ( olorado leers, who is ri-porterl llii--'1 Un, is a Chicago boy. White 1 M Ill s old. He stands six f -et si in his stiM-kiug feet, and la the tallest soldier in the Phil lb- is a college gradual., m and in: artist of local ren0W"n. 1 listed in the Plrat Colorad ' nt tin- onthregk f the a-ai with (ien. Merrill's roTces. the lit-' man to enter the to ' of Manila on the duv of 'lu. ann 11 '