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aF! ' ' ' .ii i TTi'r i i i ' if ,. .dBaaafl ffesSHE IS STILL QUEEN. I ,ilivokai.a.si iu:vviiati:s nun ' LLjTt:it Of AltlllGATIOS. M iiUrttrr ralmer He Hpeaae h An. tsYrllr "' " "" " 1 Farce and Weei " I.elter-Hn H. J lh Uiiten tVa -'oerced Iu, HInlB It. I WAHitiviinv. Feb. ll.-Wlien "her Mnjos I i. Llllunknlanl appeared In Washington thrco I WBS "S" nd dr0" "b" "Ri ndKOO', friend" Otottr ricvcleand. to tho Ashing .rounds nf Virginia, as she 1 driven him a t,w weeks nro to the hunting grounds of South Carolina to escape her. It m then bellsved that the came on some political errand. The climate of Washington, the knew before com. lnr 'war not agreeable, and her first act was to . leek an Interview with the rroldent of the ' United States. Soon, afterward she sought and obtalnel an Interview wlihMrs. Clere lnd. In hoth casks It was thoroughly under tool that ' nM rccolrcd unofficially, and that she desired only to pay her respects to the Chief .Magistrate and the "first lady of the tatxl." Slnre those Interviews took place tho u-Queen has remained In Washington, deny. hi herself .strictly to all general callus and rarelvlng only tho one or two Important of totals of the Administration and a few old nc- coalatancc-. Whether she seekslto prosecute acUlm fur damages acalnst the Ooernment asd deslnslthe testimony of President Clave land In support of the claim, or whether she las some dlpiumallo mission to fulfil, has not jtt been made apparent. 17 j,e ex-Queen has not been out of her rooms f la the hotel, exceot'to visit the White House and to co 1 churih. She has not seen the Capitol or tne other publlo buildings, hut sho li Tsry busy about something. Her secretary, or chamberlain, or whatever his title may ho. Jlr. Julius M. U. 1'almer, to-dny dropped a vsry strong hint that "her Majesty," as he re ftrs to her always except when he refers to her as "the Queen," Is In Washington on political basinets. Tills Information was drawn out by the publication In anleventng paper of the letter of abdication, dated Jan. 24, 181)5, In connection with the statement that the real object of the ex-Queen' visit to Washington lis not become apparent. So-rotary Palmer declares that tho letter of abdication was a fraud, that there la no such person as "Lllluo lalsnl Domlnls," who was compelled by force to sign It, and that he speaks with authority IndUavonlng thellegal force and effect of the alleged letter ot abdication. "Tnls Is not trorthjthe paper It 1 1 written up)n and It would never stand In a court ot equity. She ties coercedlnto signing It," he sari, and ha char Kterlies those who were responsible for the luulng of the letters as "scoundrels." "de rslrsrs," "monsters," &o. Then Mr. Palmer prepared for The Sc.n tbs following official stats ment. "The presence of her Majesty Lllluokalant ot Hawaii In this city has excited universal inupethy from allolassos. Of this fact there can be not the least doubt. It Is a grateful to to as an American, as it Is to her as a Queen asd a woman. Sho dally expresses her sense ef appreclatlonUjr the proffered kindnesses, al ! though ihe Is unable to accept bait of them. Bat I want to say! that tho no-called letter ot abdication was nothing- more nor less than a brief drawn by the Hon. A. S. Ilartwell, chlof cosmello for the corporation of sugar plant in ml lawiers now posing as the 'Hawaiian rtpOTllc.' I will be plainer It you wish. Do I mean t at the Queen of Hawaii has never siren a legal abdication, that she Is still the lawful mler, even If she forbears to enforce her. lecttimato right? I do mean cxuctlr tsst. On the 7th of January she was arreted for no specific charged offence, taken by force sad cennned alone in the Iolant Palace, now called me Executive bnlldlng. Hhr was alone sad 1U on or about the date run mintlon.when the tanuence of Minister Willis was needed srsry noraent to prevent a general massacre ctthoM of nrery nation who were supposed to bsfaticful to the constitutional monarch. Even prisoners were kept looked In their cells br thtlr captors lest they should be takon out and Lasted by the! excited so-called republican. "Under these circumstances. without a friend U Utile her, she wavtold that tiose she dearly lotelber personal friends, were waiting exe rstloa, and the only act which would save Urnlr lives was an act of abdication. Tn ring of sdvsnturers knew tbetr Ictlm. Had ther pro. cosed her Immediate death they could not havo Urrfled her, but to sive thme she loved she executed the documents you publish. It wan an act consummated under the plainest kind of daress, void even had It been legally exe cuted, but the signature Is worthless even to a collector of autographs. It Is not tne official signature. There was no such person recog nised a Llllaukalant Domlnls. and no such person to this dav. In their excessive caution. Instead of UklngT'er signature as Lllluokalatil, Retina, the only form of signature whlcn coula have bound even a valid act. they sought to tsacn her the grace of humility by asking for the signature of .Mrs. Domlnls. Little good would It do them In any legal contest. Tbey simply overreached themselves. No question It ever si-ttted until It Is settled right, and that us whole Hawaiian question should be proper ly reviewed It the opinion of a great many of the peoole of the I'nlted States. In sn official history written br one of the enosltlnn party. Mr. V. I). Alexandor. pub lished for the Hawaiian Board of (education, I find on the front page one of the best pic tures I have seen of her .Majesty, Queen I.llluo "ItnL At Us close I notice three pases devot ed to showing bsr genealogy In a direct lino . 'hundred years or so from the ruling fam ily of Hawaii. The frontispiece was wellchos sn, because Lllluokalanl has alwaya been Mown for years before her reign and when jpon the throne as the patroness of music, education, and the fine arts. The only re fsttlon she has been willing to give In Wash ington was to a school, and the only time the nat opened her lips In publlo In America was to sneonrage the pupils. Hut In that history i read that It was ancient and common law In Hawaii that no chief could ever be degraded from the high offl;e to srhtoh birth alone is the nswporu The friends of Lllluokalanl In Amerlia or Hawaii are willing to stand upon the record." PROPOSED TAltXVr os wom.. rewsre aid Maawractarere Disagree oa the Kate or Duly. TCAtninnTOf. Feb. ll.-The National Wool r'rowert' Association and the National Associa tion of Wool Manufacturers havo split on the wool schedule. The conference has been In letilon here almost continuously during the Mt two dsys. behind closed doors. An sftort was mads to reach an agreement as toratei of duty on wool which might be recom mended to the House Wars and Means Com nlttee. Mr. S. N. D. North, Secretaryjof the .Istlonal Aseoclatlon of Wool Manufacturers, idssHoi-of the dlfagreement, said : "Ths manufacturer' committee, at the re. , Set of the wool growers, submitted a schedule sf rstei. which was higher than the Judgment of ths manufacturers approved as either proper erpoIIUc. bm It was tendered as un evidence of their willingness to concede even higher ratesof "tynponthe raw material than they ask or iMct upon their own manufactured produots. They propotea a duty ot 8 cents a pound on oolsof class 1, under 10 cents a pound In wlthMnhi10 ce,nt , Pound over that value, tceunrf ?lh an.',1 'L'1'1' lml" " washed and H I?,0,1'5 '' '"1 cents a pound ou cluie and ,,,: 7'tl'theeame dividing line of values) rites iK'i.i'J'W w"01 lh' MoKlnley law valu. 1V2fly; !,J l"r tent- "'"i" J ! nts In wool?! i,,H?ir"n,t.,r,"n"'. '",l, Proposition ProtieiinV, , rt" tU." wonl erowers a higher vilEJ n "I,"" ,'nerliiu wools, to far as the ad Jars f'Th!',lrn,t '" ronterned. than they irowerl It. u'lller any tariff Uw, The wool sloiion 'i"r.,,r,lrc,'rt session, passed a ros Mrie i,!rJ",l,u' ,,llf Proposition and all Its siked m n"m'p.VHll,": l1' wuo1 ITomtn were Ihev we - 5 m? ll" ry lowest ratesof duty WMnef,Vl"nB,',."cce',t ln '"-n for thi lid JiSiK.1 i "'"""faclurers, arid they author- !$e t'heiru'.IIma't"..""11 l"B M,"lniC i dnuhli .nT? 1 0Ulrt on nH c"'et wools, courrd rt.nl ,rlpla "uly washed anil ?" sl'lrted IX'." toun1 Jitlonal duty 'nsi'l'llBhiherlFi,.?,.!jll'rrenc' 'Ched'de, with Sects 1 5i ". "'"tlons. and Its disastrous ri"i ,m,ii'nB..w"01 "nanufaotiirer and the ftiufer."nVhClnrr re obvious lo all manu powers' ,mM.w"re 'nemburs of the wool "mpoaiV, i , . " " ' 1 1 1 1 who recognized the Item. rati, ' l,'1Ul:f-ence ".' 'ucn " "ecomm ) , fh"1 , ' appointment ot I "the l.aiul.'r.f 1rnn("enco '"" ,,ee" P'e' I tltutid i . ' "llt0 l-'yrence. and he so run I Mlnlt ,';,r,0.?i"!ll,u,e ' ,af ll.w" lr'"' clud I Moeranm .MW'.H ltlon from the larllt "srnnii hich hu bus been advocating." Nettle 10 Pcine llallroad Iad.htedne... I Honr"Nrm.'V' KBl'-' '' At U,e netlnB of the I fa, nmrall,,' " ''aclllo Itallrnads to-day a I l"" Proild7,!;?rrl "" ,.,r!1,,1 0D.Mr- Harrison's tl rtiKntssbvI0fVi,iS ,l. '"nt of the road'i In. am uucts oy a Cabinet commission. BVXDnr cxriT, nxzt. It ABprenrlatea 0o,a.7a, IaelnalaaT Nearly t,S00,000 for rnklle Balldlasta. WarmihOTON, Feb. 11, The Committee on Appropriations to-day completed the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill and directed Mr. Can non to report It to the House. The bill carries $30,084,743, over 38.000,000 below the sell, mates and 117,000,000 In excess of the appro priation for the current year. The estimates In cluded 17,B30.0.I;.1 for river and harbor con tracts, and the committee allows! 18,010.000 for such purposes. The request ot members from Louisiana, Nebraska, and California for 51,083,. 13(1 to pay the balance due sugar producers an dor the law of 1800 was not allowed. The ap propriations for publlo buildings amount to 1:1,801,000, Including 5500,000 for Buffalo and 1300,000 to complete the New York Apprais er's warehouse. Among the appropriations for the construc tion of works on harbors and rivers under con tracts heretofore made are the following Itemii JFnr l'ortland, Mr.t Hocktsnd, tie. and llotton, UU00Ot.:liNlriianKltUsr. a I., ilv.1.000! Point uilllh. IL l harbor nf trtnur, to coinptetn, I30U vtui Hudson inter. N. V., ttOJ.OOOj iitj- Indue chan nel, ll.e triangular area between Uay ludgiiand lied Hook Channel, and lluttermllk Channel, Htvr York barttor, atuojiOOt Kewtown Creek, to complete, Ittt.ouOi llurTalo (N.V.I harbor. JOO,o00 Dunkirk lH. V.) hartior, IJUS.HnH; Delaware U.y, harnor of main, IJOy.yjtit I'nlladelphla harbor, removal of fimlth. Petty's, and Wladnilll Islands, to oomplste, Invt.tiou. Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Sl.nnn 0001 Ksitfs naw Hay to Lake euperlor, Mich., stoO.OUtJi tor com pleting rhannel connecting the trairrsof the great lakes between Chicago. Dulmb, and Uuffalo. Il.uuj, vou. I.lththouae Department-TtmUr for Seouod district (New England). 17.500: tender ror Oulf dlitrlot. I37.90U! newllahtshlDonr lire Island. N. Y 0,0J0 riew lightship In 3 in Krsnclioo harbor. StO.0001 new Ight station on Hull Pay, 8.C., IIO.UOU! gas buoys, fit. Lawrence Illrer. $7 nou. Omaha t.xpasltlnn For ronstrurtlnn of buildings and (or (Internment exhibits, lion.uou. Completion ot two retsnus steamers for the great lakes. IJUU.O0U. Construction ot steamer for service In Alaikan wa ters, authorised tocoll l0,000, of which I73.O00 Is appropriated. Other Items are aa followsi Pdueatton In Alaska $.10,000 Relnitrer for Alaska 11.900 seal flsherlrsot Alaska,, IV.vSO For rslltf of natlt Inhabitants of Alaska.. lu 000 Enforcement of alien contract labor laws. 10O000 Armories and arsenals 138,010 Artinetal limbs and appliances tor soldiers. 183.000 Custodians publle buildings ,, 819,000 Chlekamauga and Chattanooga National l-ark 73 001) 1 nforci-ment or Chlneie Exclusion act la 000 I'nasi and grodrtlu surtey 47,070 Iloiinty, ba.-k pay. and claims to soldiers., , 641 000 iWrtice In Indian depredation claims. fia.nuO lngranaml prlulltig - 1,11,1.700 Hnnnlogy, North America 43,000 Fish Commission Sfll 80 furl, lights, and water for publlo buildings. r7A.ool yurnlturr ror public buildings 10 000 Gettysburg military parka oO.uflp U'doglral eurtey 4TW.I00 Support of homes for disabled soldiers 2,374,0t0 To aid horavs for soldiers In States and Ter rllorles , 853,000 Interstate Commerce Commission 33 00O I tfe sating sortlre 1.S02.7V3 t Ighthnus establishments y,rirl.aoo Inlsrgtmentof mltliarr posts 400,000 lln-rai lands elaasincatlon 41,000 tlvadstones for nallonal cemeteries 801, mo 'retenliagdspoalislnNew York harbor..,. 6U.000 Collecting re tenus from sate of publlo lands 740.900 Hnrtejlng publle lands H43.O0O Public prlntlns and binding. S.Hsuono Quarantine service , 137,000 lletpnup cutter serttce 1,100,000 Shlloli Military I'ark ....-- eo.OOO fipensesot United States courts S.OOVOia 'lellowstonsPuk .'... 33.VUU ItKCirilOCXIY MTU CJ.XAVA. The Donslalon AVIII Pressis tha Forma, tloa of aa lateraatloaal Coasasleatoa, Wasiiinoton. Feb. 11. Sir Richard Cart wrlcht and the Hon. L. U. Davles, the Canadian Ministers of Commerce and Trade and Marine and Fisheries, respectively, who have spent the past week In Washington, conferring with the leading representatives ot both political parties with reference to more extended trade relations between the Dominion and the United States, vellt return to Ottawa at noon to-morrow, Iloth centlemon this morning expressed entire satis faction with the result of their visit. During their brief stay lu Washington tbey have met personally 'resident Cleveland, Secretary Ot ney, Speaker Iteed, Senators Sherman, Aldrlch, Cullom, and Carter, and Representatives Ding ier. Grosvenor. Illtt, and Dolllver. The Canadian Commissioners made clear to thslr American friends that Ihe first step In the direction of a reciprocity trraty would be the formation nf an International Commission, consisting ot two representatives on the part ot eaob country, whosheuld Investigate the sub ject and report. Ther are satisfied that such Investigation will make clear to the American Government the great advantages to be derived from such an arrangement, as In their opinion ths more closely the question of reciprocity In trade Is studied the more apparent to the minds of American statesmen will be tho great bene fits that must accrue to the American manufac turer and producer. The Invitation for the commission will originate with the Canadian Cabinet, and It will be formally sent to Mr. Mc Kinley's Secretary of State aa soon as the new Administration shall be In a position to con. aider It. Osrssasr Kaaehlasc Oat for Toretn Trade. Wasiuhotoh, Feb. 11. Ambassador Uhl. at Uerlln. sends some Oerman commercial notes to theStats) Departmsnt, which show how effec tively the empire Is reaching out for foreign trade all over the world whlcn has hitherto be longed toother nations. Oermany Is second only to the United Stales now In Guatemala and Nicaragua, and laat year took more than half the tatter's coffee export. Having ended her customs war with Spain. Germany Is now gel ting a good share nf the I'ortn Klco trade, but Is still debarred from Cuba by the Insurrection. In South Africa and South America the same success Is met, hut the most successful effort Is that being made in Japan, where Oermany has already reached second place, while the United fatates Is fourth. JL.leat.-Col. llookwell os the Retired I.I it. Wasiiisoton, Feb. 11. I.leuU-Col. Almon F. Rockwell, Deputy Quartermaster-General, for sometime on sick Isave at Paris, France, us placed on the retired list to-day at his own rr. quest, after thirty years' service lnthe regular establishment, previous to which he bad served In the volunteer service for six years ana had been twice brevetted during the war. He Is a native of New York. Col. Rockwell's retire ment causes the following promotions ln the quartermaster's Department: Major Edwin II. Atwood to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and Capt. George K. Pond to be Major. The vacancy In the ('aptalncy will be promptly filled by the President. Arsnr Ordere, Washington. Feb, 11. The following army orders have been Issued: The following board of officers will meet at tho War Department for the examination of omcers for promotion! Col, Oenrge II. Weeks, Assistant Uuartermaater.Uenerali Col. Samuel T. Cushlng, Assistant Commissary General or "absllteno-; JI. Joro. W, Adair, Hurgeoni Major cnarles t. Humph rey, guartermaatan lis lor William R, Hall, Bur. grnnt rirsl Lieut. (J. I'. Towniley. rourth Artillery, recorder. Caps. J. W. Pullman, Assistant Quarter master, Is ontered before the board. First Mem. 9. r. Vestal. Seventh Cavalry. Is de. tntlrit a I'rofciior or Military Science and Tactics at the Central Uutreraliy or Kenluokr, Mlchmond, ' l.'y,, to take effect March 1, 1HU7. and will report In person for only accordingly! and he Is relieved from duty at Depauw University, (Wen Castle, Ind to tske effect nt such time as will enable blm to comply with this order. Th following offloers will report for examination at 'ort Leavenworth i First Lleutt. Q, II. Sands, quartermaster. Sixth Oaalry A, O. DuoM. Twenty fourth Intantryt William Mlack, Twenty-fourth in rantryi I.. Ii. Strnther, First Intsntryi E. I'. Pen dleton, Twenty-third Infantry! Y. A. tlercer, F.lgnth Infantry, and W, U liuvk, Thirteenth lu. fautry. Army Fronsotloae, Washington, Feb. ll.-The President to-dny sent to tho He-into the follow Ing nominations: Corps of Engineers Lieut, .Col, J, A. Smith, to be Colonel: ilalor Charles J, Allen, to be Lleutenunt Colonel! Capt. Rmlih S. Leach, to be Majori First Lieut, William K. Cralgblll, t- be Captain; Second Lieut, J, II. Cavanagh, to be First Lieutenant. Major F.dtn 1). Atnood, Quartermaster, to ho I.leutenant.Colnnel and Deputy (Quartermaster General) Capt. (He res K. I'ond, Assistant Quarter master to be Major and (Juarlermnsteri Lieut. Jolcu M. Carson, Jr., to bo Cnptstn and Assistant Quartermaster, Heerelarr Mortoa'a Courlcay to Ilia Wuo crssar. WASHIJ.OTON, Feb. 11. Fecretary of Agricul ture J. Sterling Morton has extended an Invita tion to tho Hon. Jamas Wilson of Iowa, who is to bo Secretary of Agriculture under the In coming Administration, to stop with him tno weeks procrdlug ihe Inauguration. Mr. Wil son has unt yet formally accepted the Invita tion. He Is expected In Washington some tlmo the latter part ot next week. The Gunboat Slaacroft at Brnyrna, Smviina, Feb. 11.-The United Slates gunboat Hanuroft has arrived here. Ttedueed Rataa to Wilalilumnn ror tho laauKtirutlun, Ihe lluynl lllim Line will sell escunluu llekets (ruin Niw nrk, Newark, and Lllsabetu at R on tor Hit round trip, and at proportionate rates from all othor atntlous to Wnkiilngtiin, I), C, and return for the Inauguration of Presidentelect Mt-Klnlt-y on ftlareh 4th. rickets will be good to go un March 1st to 4th Inoiuslte, and for return from Marouttli tn nth. InclUSItv tjiatlnn la New York. Central It. It, of New Jersey, fool Liberty street, North litter. Adv. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. A MISl'LACKI) SEUICOLO.1 VJVSK A DltBATV JT.V iffC UOVHV. It AVaa In a mil to IteAind the naaded la. dehtednesa sf thr Tcrrltorlee, and tba HII ver lien Thoaitlit tlieHeaileoloa&lla'lit Warrant the Issue of Gold Honda Only, Washington, Feb. 11. A misplaced sent colon ln the bill providing for the refunding nt the bonded Indebtedness of the several Terri tories wan the cause of a wholly unexpected debato on the monetary question In th House to-day, lasting two or three hours. Two or three years ago Congress authorised Arizona to sell soino "gold" bonds, uon the request it M. A. Smith, then tho Delegate from that Ter ritory, because the Territory oould get better terms for such bonds than for "lawful money" bonds. The bill nnder dlssusston authorized the refunding of these particular bands ln gold bonds, but the presence of a semi-colon tn the text' suggested to tho mind of Mr. McMlllla (Dem Teno.) tho possibility that the bill could bo so construed as to warrant the istuo 3f gold bonds for all the bonds mentioned. He thereforo murod t) make the bonds other than thoto specified payable In coin or lawful cur rency ot the United States. Mr. Knox (Hep., Mass.), in charge of the bill, expresied surprise that such a ionstruc tlon should bo placed on tin language nf the bill, which he understood. to app'y only to cer tain bonds Issued by.ArUoun, which had bceu nude Payaole in gold. Ho was willing, how eer, to accept tbelamendment auggestod by Mr. McMUIln, He addedlthat.the country was on a gold has, J, that It would doubtless con ttnuo on that basis, thnt It would not Initiate an International hlmotalllo conference and that there was sufficient statesmanship In the Republican party to prov'de for the largest possible usa oi silver, and that It would not be through the unllmttod coinage of the metal. Mr. Payne (Rep.. N. Y.) precipitated a lively discussion ot the monetary question by asking what harm would be done if all the bonds were made payable In gold. He belleted that all the bonds of the United States would be paid In gold and ought to be ;ald In gold, Dut this question was not one of paying Govern ment bonds ln gold, but ot permitting the Territories to Issue tho bonds they wanted and whloh would bo to their bot Interests. Tbey know how It Is out In tho Territories and in the silver States. If they want to borrow or loan, ths word "gold" Is nominated In the jond. The gentleman who yesterday received the second largest vote tor thr office of Vice President, although running upon a ticket declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, whenever he took an obligation for mouey to lie paid to him. saw to It that tho word "gold" was written In the bond. Mr. Jlartman (811., Mon.) denied Mr, Payne's statement that In the silver States ob ligations for money loaned prescribed that the amount should be repaid In gold. He pre sumed Mr. Payne had made that stttement ui-on Information furnished by the gentle man from MaasaohusettH (Mr. Walker), who had repeated ll three different times without a word from any man engaged In loaning money In those States to base It on. Mr. Payno said he did not know anything about what the gentleman from Massachu setts might have said, hut he did know that what h had said was true, that mtll'ona or dollars had been loaned In the silver States, repayment o. which was plexlgsa ln gold, and thnt wlthontthe use of that word the bor rower either could not have obtained the money or would have been compelled to pty a higher rate of Internet. Mr. Doikery (Deiu., Mo ) Ironically sntd that he was sorry the gentleman from Now York had precipitated this debate, for he feared It would retard the progress of that wavo of prosperity whl'h was sweeping over the country to the gratification of all thepeo. pie. Dut ho desired tn call the gentleman's attention to the fact that when tho bald prop osition hail been made to the House last ear by the Kxrcuttve to ote the word gold Into an lsruo of bonds, only twenty-seven members voted In faor of the proposl Ion. Mr. Hartman amplified his denial ot Mr, Walker's statement thnt money obligations In the silver States Here made payable ln gold. Henunted .ho cnxhlers nf the fifteen levltng lankaTnf Montatn. all of whom wrote that to their xnowledce.no notes were made payable ln cold. Mr. Walkor said he accepted the statement of thn gentleman from Montana. Mr. MoMlllln'e amendment to make tho refunding bonds, except the Arizona gold bonds. pnablo In "(he lawful money ot the I'nlted States," was agreed to- Hit to 7. Tho hilt waa then pnl. The consul-ration of tho Fortifications Ap propriation bill was resumed and the bill was read for amendment. An amend Jient offered by Mr. Fischer (ltep., N. Y.) aoprnprlallng $1,000 for a survey of Rnmer Shoals at the en'rance to New York Harbor to determine thn feailbltlty ot locating a revolving turret defence thereon wus rejected. The bill was then reported to the House and paaenl. The Post Office Appropriation bill, which carries a tnt.il of 3UA.tlll.714. an Increase of J.I. 040,130 over the appropriation for the cur rent vear, wna taken up In the ."otnmltteu nt the Whole, nnd discussed for an hour without action. The House then adjourned. IN Tng SENATE. The Dlplomatio and Consular Appropriation bill, earning an aggregate) of Sl.OUS.IIOS. was passed by ther-enate to-day after some caustic remarks by Mr. Mnrgnn (I)em.. Ala.) on an Item ot 310,000 torn Minister Plenipotentiary to the States ot Nicaragua, Corta ltlca. and balvador. Mr. Morgan referred to the change In diplo matic arrangements In Central America, through the formation nf a Diet by Honduras. Salvador, and Nicaragua, so that the sending of a Minister to the three States mentioned In the Ham would be Inappropriate. He understood that the foreign offlceaof Nicaragua. Honduras, and Salvador had been closed, and that the American .Minister there could have no official communication with those Governments. Thai brought nbout a very awkward complication, and be would like to know what the Committee on Appropriations thought about It. It all arose from the fact that thn President of the United btates bad not thought ll worth while to Inform thn henaiw of the diplomatic) changes that had taken place In Central Amer ica, but bail chosen to keep matters In hit own hands. And so, he said. Congress waa left floundering about, with the President recog. nUIng a Minister from a new foreign Govern ment Ithe Greater Itepuhllc of Central America), and wltli Congress appropriating for a Minister instates where there wna no foreign office nt which he could present his credentials. Ihe Senate, he said, should either Ignore entirely the operations of the President on the subject or else proceed In conformity with some sug gestion of the Presldsnt, If thn President would rondsseend to make a suggestion. Hut he said that he hail no suggestion to make. Mr. Hale (Hep . .Me.). In charge of the bill, said that the committee had thought It better to recommend thn Item, and to leave thr mat ter then tn thn State Department. A proposition to have the vole taker, un the conference report on the Immigration bill on Wednesday next at i P. M. was made by Mr. Lodge (ltep , Mass.), and waa agreed to, Tim Senate then went Into oxecutlve session on the arbitration treaty. T(.w irATtos'H oo.vxr.ir, Tho llouna Kleetlona Comnsltten ITaaal. tnonaly lleeldea Aaalnet lllni. Washington, Feb. 11, House Elections Committee No. 1 to-day unanimously agreed to a report, written by Mr, llartlett of Georgia, declaring that the sitting member from the Tenth Georgia district, Mr. Black, Is entitled to his seat In the contest brought against him by Mr. Watson, the late Populist candidate for the Vlee-Presldency. The report shows that tho contention raised by Mr. Watson of extensive frauds lu Richmond county Is not sustained by tboevidenoe. 'I he conclusions of the commit leo are that the leglstrallon was fair, and that the election was enndurted In a proper and legal ruiuiiuT. No votes were counted except Hi oh as were cast, and there was nu restriction of the voters. The charge nt bribery, like other charges ad vanred by the contestant, la found by the report to rest upon no aubatanilal basis of fact. The evidence showed that tn a few cases thn Insig nificant sum of 10 cents was paid to certain negro" to cover the expenses of their carfare lo anil from the polls, and this action, while it Is oniiilrmntil by the committee, waa not deemed of sufficient Importance to sustain the charge of bribery. 'I lir American Apple Abroad, Wahiiington, Feb. ll.-The American apple mnde a great market for Itsolf abroad last year. Our Consul-General at Frankfort says that the victory has been one of superior quality rather than cheapness, and tho German agricultural papers make the astonishing statement that no less ihnn 11,(100,000 double oentners of our ap ples tnoro than twenty times the Import of any previous season came into the German empire last iear. 'I he t'niisul-Oenernl thinks this gain of a great market mat be made permanent If shippers nre careful nf their iUiillt v. ('omul .Monachal, nt ('Iieuiull7. says the whole empire Is alarmed by the apple Imports, mill that the keeping qualities of the best winter variety netniilshed thu (jeriuau growers. Kven from Knglnnd, where the American apple Is well known, there Is surprise at the great volume of recent Imports, Consul Meeker, at Bradford, sending the State Department news paper extraota Indicating that tbey have actu ally glutted the markets. 5 (ii, Harry Hawllne, a Newcomer from Scot land, Wlae at l.nkewood. Imkkwood, Feb. 11. Visitors to the links nt the Ocean County Hunt nnd Country Club to-day saw one of the prettiest and most solentlfio exhibitions ot golf ever presented at I.akewood. The occasion was a series of matches for profesilonals, tho entries being lloraco Rawlins, the open champion nf 18UA and the club's greenskeeper; his brother Harry, who has Just como from Scotland and who made a successful first appearance ln a tourna ment nn this side of the water: John Shlnpen, the colored player from the Shlnnecock Hills Club, and Willie Norton, greenskeeper of the Golf Club of Lnkewood. A substantial sum of money had been put up as a stake, and the men had every Inducement to do their best. The links were In fair condition and the weather favorabte for good golfing. When play began In the morning th'o conrse was quite hard, but It gradually thawed out and was soft In the afternoon. Horace Rawlins and Norton were tho first couple to start. Iloth drove In splendid form, time and again cover ing nearly U00 yards. Norton, however, was weak at putting, and the first round ended In favor of Rawlins. Ills score for the nine holes was forty-one, his opponent taking three more. Rawlins continued his clever work on the second circuit, although Norton braced up, cut down thn lead one hole, anil halved one or two more, ltnnllns had him dormle two, however, nt the slxtoenth hole, and landed the next one, winning by two up and one to play. Meanwhile the younger Rawlins and Shlppen had been bat tling, the colored man succumbing dv fonrnp and three to plav, Rawlins madn the first round In font -four and the second In forty, Ihe best exhibition ot the day was between the two Itawllnsesln the afternoon, and It was Intensely exciting from start to finish. The younger brother downed the ex-obampton at the last hole by one stroke. The driving of both players was applauded by tne large number ot golfers who kept them company In their trip around the links, while Henry Rawlins did some re markable putting and Incidentally established a new reoord for the course. The first hole waa halved In four, Horace taking the sec ond. Then Harry took a head, and the fourth waa divided. The fifth fell to Harry, but the next two went to Horace by some splendid golf. 1 he eighth was split In four, but Harry won the ninth, Iloth men were on equal terms. At the tenth Horace was one up. Ihe next threunere halved. At the fourteenth. VHI0 yards, Harry made a grand put of several feet, and took the hole In three. Matters were even again. Horace, however, was nn top again at the fifteenth, and then with another phenomenal put and long drive he captured the sixteenth, 1)5 yards. In three, a remarkably good score. Iloth made the seventeenth In three, but Horace failed to put straight un thn lsst. Harry beat him out by one stroke, making the last round In thlrt -seven, br far the best score ever made on the course. Ills total for tho eighteen holes was eighty. The usual weekly competition at tho links of the Ocean Club to-day for the silver cup pre sented by James Converse resulted In a victory for K. Bobbins Walker, who won It for the first time. He made the circuit nf the links In com. pany with his wife, who lias been quite success ful In the women's weekly event on this course. 1 he contestants and scores were: Gross. andran. AVf. UK. Walker tut to US Mrs. Walker I" Co UN a. ii ciattiu mo j u; iames Coaterse 104 A u? , A. Walker 100 .1 17 Irank 54. reemaa IIU In IH7 D. Ut-oawarli IIU 1 107 ..visit rortit r i cur cf.in urutjso. (Jfaeere Ars flleeted, bnt Komn of the Pro. poind JtaelagE Jtulea Itrjeeted. The New York Yacht Club held Its annual meeting last night at the 'club bouse, 07 .Modi son avenue. There was a large atlandauce. Commodore E. M. llrnvrn presided, while J. V. S. OJdle acted aa becretary. Tho following offi cers were unanimously elected; f ommodore-J. rierpont Morgen, steamer Corsair. Vice commoJore Lewis Cass Ledyard, schooner Mimtauk Hear LommOilore August flelmont, sloop Ulneola. Mrwetary-J .f. ud.ns. Triasurer F. V J. HursL leasurer-Johu Ilyslou. HretDureoii Morris J Ascli, M D Krgatln iommlltee-Jobu t' uirrun, Theodore C. Zerega. and W. lurton llopslas. Committee ou Admlssluus 1-dward M. Iirowu. C. outer Iseliu. l-nttis i ass I edyard, W llutler Duncan, Jr.. and James A Wright. Ilnus coinuiltti-e Inward K. Chase, Frank !. Crohlte, I. U. Datlts, CLI. Koblnton, aud C. Alfred tiruies. i.arary Commlitee-Fordham Morris, Arthur II. tlnrk. and A. V, It Mils. LuiumittnCluli htatlnnt-William 11. Thomas. Irrderlca II. lirnrdict . Aug. tn.hermerhorn, I. aiuhan Clark Tarrant Putnam Frrderlcfc P. Bands' Irederiutt urinnall. John I, bunctu, Amxl I. barber, and dwaM It. Lailew. Secretary Odd e lu his report stated that there ware 1,'. '17 members nnd a fieri uf U'.'H yachts enrolled In the clnb, divided as follows: Suhoon er, 77; sloops, 71); steamers, ISO: launches, IV!; naphthas, 4. This Is an lin'rraee of over 100 members and 4(1 yachts since last eir. Secretary Oildle also read a letter from the Yacht Racing Union of Long Island Sound In viting thn club to become a member of the union, or at least tn confer with Ibn organiza tion on all matters pertaining to yachting. After some discussion the mailer referred to the samo committee which recently reported adversely ou the proposed National Association of Yacht Clubs. , , The proposed amendments to the club's yacht ing rule-, which were passed at a previous meet ing, camelu for a greal deal uf discussion, and a number of them were rejected. Miction -1 of rule 1. regarding thn limit of draught, nas passrd, as was section 0. regarding time allowance. Section 4 of rule 4, regarding enll-u.er prlrrs. was loot, while lection 1 tl nf rule HI. relating to obstruction to sea mom, was passed. Section A of rule 4 was also passed, while sec tion B of rule 1(1. relating lo over laps, was Inst. Section 14 of the same rule, regarding overlaps In passing and rounding murks, aud the new section 10 of thn mnmi'Uverlng etart rule warn laid over until the next meeting, when they l 1 be reported ou by tlm club's regntia committee. The club's annual regatta was fixed for Thurs day. June 17, nnd It ae announced tbalOgden (neiet had again offered a il.000 cup for schooners and a 3600 cup for sloops, which will be tailed for during the cruise. Tbn following new members wore elected: Irving Cox. Dr. Atram (1, Hrower. l.ouls O. Wachs. muili, Fnslun Orion V. Jaoason, I' H. .N.l Lieut. Iteorxe A. Calhoun. U h. N. , Lieut, William 11. Drlgge, V K.N.I Arthur W, Holier. W. L. P.lklns. Jr., Lieut. Il.iunaa D. uriniu. U. H. N.t Ullilum 1 Law. son. Lieut. John !. McDonald. V. H. N Entltn .1. It. llradsliaw, U. a N.l Juno son Cutting, Charles McK. I eoser. Hilton Harg. r, Alfred Mar.hall, Nathaniel llathawav. Nathaniel Withered. Hiiraeon Ulildlrtou H, inn si, u. S. .V, tien. Thoma. W Hide, Truman li-t'kwlth, Lieut. Karl llohrer. U, N. N.; Charles A. Anilreeen. Lieut. Itoaers il.Oalt, I'.lt N.; EJwnrd a. Unntivarit. Irederle A Hallett, Adnlph Hchwamnan, hurrfruu Mwls Morris U.h N. IIIK STUI.KS AVTOOItAfllB. liter lOO Iloeunsrat Mleelnc from tka Cob. greealanal l.lbrarr, Warhinoton, Feb. 11. It has been ascer tained that the robbery of priceless autographs from the Congressional Library was effected by means of duplicate keys. It has been In prog ress since last August. A partial exnmlnatlou discloses over 100 documents missing. The room In which they were kept was one of tho upper chambers of the library, and the confu sion incident to the change of quarters to the new building Is believed to have facilitated the thefts. The two clerks of the Congressional Library, Philip McKlhone and l.ouls McKay Turner, who disposed of some of the mlsslug documents tn New York, and who are accused of the theft, waived examination bufore a United States Com missioner this morning. Turner was committed In default nf bail and McKlhone waa released on$:i,000ball, , . , The discovery of the abstraotlon nf these documents has led to an order for the general ex amination of tho archives of the library, which Is now In progress. Representative Itlchardson of Tennessee, who. by direction of Congress, Is compiling the btato papers of the various Presidents, from George Washington down to Cleveland, finds his vtork suddenly brought to a standstill. The final report uf the Joint cnmmteslon appointed to nxplnre and urvsr tho boundary lino botween Maine and New Hampshire and the adjoin ing British provliK.es. hluh was tinns mltted to Congress by President T)ler March U, lHlIl, cannot he found In any priuled form among thn archives. 'I he original report Is In thn Statu Deparltnnnt, and from It Mr. Riuhard-on learns thai there were four documents submitted inaiinppendlx.bin only one of these (the first) can bn fmiiid. '1 lie fourth (the map) as destroyed by fire, but is supposed in bin been reproduced, 'I he remnlnlng docu ments have net been discovered In uny form. JUedal or lloaor tn 1'haplata Hall. Washinotov, Feb. 1 1. -A medal of honor has been presented to Francis II, Hall of Platte, burgh, N. Y luto chaplain Sixteenth New York Infantry, fur distinguished gallantry In action at tho battle of hnlem Heights, a May ;l, I Hill) Clikplaiu Hall voluntarily exposed him. elf ton heavy lire during the ihlrkest or tho light and curried wounded men lu the rear for treatment and attendant e, A pleasant and valuable travel- v1 ling companion Is a cake ot Wood-fl bury'a Antiseptic Facial Sotp.ry . . w LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS. annATJiviw or he tin nits tii ca icii rilK fUTAJCKll'A 1!TK. tfpeaker Heed Vlolutea thn ltnlea bv Hmnk. Ins la thn Capitol llnitnrd Vnlvernlly Htudenta Aspire tn Uovernmeat Plncrn nnd rt Number to lroreasloanl l.lfr, WasiunotoN, Feb. 11. As the Fifty-fourth Congress will expire exactly three weeks from to-dny, there Is a great rush on the part of members of the Housn for recognition. Every morning, Just after thn Journal Is read, any where from fifty to a hundred of the statesmen get as pear the Speaker's desk as possible, yell ing and wnvlfifc their bills for recognition and making almost as much noise as a lot of brokers , around A grain pit on a produce exchango. When the House adjourned to-day the record showed that during this Congress there hail been Introduced In that body 10.','04 hills, and that less than (300 hno been passed. Speaker Heed, In commenting un tho fact that so mnuy of the members of tho House want recognition, remarked lu his dry and humorous way that It was amusing towatch the eagerness with whloh they try each morning to get his eye, to say nothing of the many who sen him In private and make arrangements tohavellnp pear they have beon singled out simply because they happened to attract his attention first. Then Mr. Heed confessed that ho had a bill nt his own he desind very much to hnvo passed this session, hut he Jocularly lemarked that bo was afraid he would not he able tu get It through. "Nothing easier than that," It was suggested. "People havo said you run the House pretty much as you please, and It ought not to bn a dimoult matter for )ou either to recognize yourself or some one you could designate to liaudle your bill. The chances are that not even thn meanest man In the House would object should It become known that the bill was Intro duced by the man to whom everybody else has to go when he wants favors under thn Ironclad rules you have been Instrumental ln having framed," " The trouble Is," said the Speaker. " I might find It difficult to gain my own consent when the session Is so near the close." About ten days Ago notices were put up In the House wing ot the Capitol prohibiting smoking In the corridors, the publlo offices, statuary ball and the elevators. Employees uf the House were specially prohibited from smoking. Tno doorkeepers nnd the Capitol police were In strucled to rigidly enforce the urder. Tho members or the House, of course, do not pay the slightest attention to the regulations, and some of the police say that Inasmuch aa the order la not signed by any ono they do not be lieve they could rightly arrest a man or boy should he Insist on smoking. " I happened to be standing nt tho end nf one long corridor the other day," said a policeman, " and suddenly I saw a targe body turn into that same corridor and cutnn my way. I thought there was a chance lo call a man duwn for vio lating the orders. He cams rocking along, had an unusually big cigar In his mouth, and you would hnve thought ll waa a tugboat from the clouds puffed out. 1 was about lo yell 'Smoking Is not Miowed in this building.' wben to my freat astonishment I discovered It was Speaker teed hlmtcl., I felt like telling him he was breaking thn rules, but nn second thought con cluded he was too big and mighty for me to Joke with, so I did not even preleud 1 saw him." Count I)e Llchtewelde, the new Belgian Mtn. later, has arrived In Washington, and was In troduced to Secretnry Olney to-day at the State Department diplomatic reception br Mr. Mau rice Junstons, Charge d' Affaires. The formal presentation to the President will take place lu a few dare. Count He Llchtnttelde, who suc ceeds Minister Alfred l.e Uhalt, waa an attache to the legation at Washington In lrt:i. He has been attached tn the legations at Stockholm and Home, aud his last post was that ot Counsellor at Vienna. His wife and children will Join him here In a few months. Secretary Herbert has received a request from the San Francisco Board of Trade to detail a war vessel lo carry grain to the starving people of India. He has written to Senator Perkins to the effect that It will be Impossible to grant the request, as the war vessels, from tbelr construction nnd the greal amount of space oc cupied by their machinery, guns, stores, Ac, nru not fitted to carry a cargo. Officers of the army, the navy, and the Marina Corps were the guests of honor at the reception flvan to-night by the President and Mrs. Clevel and, the third of the series of official eveulng functions. Tho Sundry Civil bill, which was reported to the House to-day, carries an appropriation of $'.'7,500 for Howard University In this city, the Institution which Is practically maintained bv the Government for tho education uf colored young men and wnmeu. A large proportion of the young men who attend the university havo employment enough here in earn a meagre liv ing, many being waiters In hotels or restau rants, ur doing odd Jobs In families. Their main aim seems in be tu gel enough education to enable them to past the civil service examina tions, and eventually procure Government situations. Quite a numtier aspire to profes sional life. It being a well.ktinwu fact that there nre many negro lawyers and doctors sho have cone through this university. Among the large force of letter carrlera in the Washington Post Office, which on account of the vast amount uf Government matter handled ranks In th first class, the facea are getting darker and darker each year. Ihe colored fellows not only come fresh from Howard University, but they seem to make tt a special object to become letter carriers, aud Ihe) appear to have no dllllculty In passing uu the average much higher exami nations tban their white competitors, Thero would be more colored men ln the Post Office here but for the fact that uulle a number lelded to temptation and rilled mall packages, which Involved them In trouble. The Sayres hill, providing for the taking ot the twelfth census, will be favorably reported to the House to-morrow by Congressman Bing ham of Philadelphia, It does away with the former separate office of .superintendent uf the Census by providing that the Commissioner of Labor shall have charge of the work. It also makes the salary of the Commissioner of Labor JH.000 and gives him the power to appoint an Akslstant Commissioner who will get $1,000 a vear. There are to be five expert statisticians at J:,000 per year each, and many other places that the Commissioner will be al liberty to fill without consulting the President of thn Senate. It la whispered thnt the mnvo Is Intended tn urnvent thn possible appoint ment uf Hobert P. Porter, who ban been talked of again as an aspirant for Superintendent of tho Census. It Is also said that on account nt his protective tariff proclivities he stands pretty well with McKinley, and Purler's friends have Insisted that he ould have hie old place If he Mould onlr signify his willingness in the next President. Of course. If the Sa) res lull passes bath branches of Congress ana becomes a law, Carroll 1), Wright, ur whoever Is Labor Com missioner, will superintend the taking of tho twelfth census. JIltOOKI.rX VAlllC GlttCl.K vt.ni. No Hceley Featured In Ita Ntaic I'nterlnln. meat I,nat Mcht. The Park Circle Club, which was recently or ganized In Urnoklyn, has been setting a lively pace for the Montauk, Carleton, and othcrclubs In the Prospect Park district. Although launched only acoupleof months ago, tho mem bership Is over 1100, and the novelties Intro duced In routine club life have Included trolley rides and Iheatru parties. Last night the Prospect place club housn was crowded to Its napailty, a "atug" being the nt traction. The talent Included Sadie Fox. roms itlenne; lClslo Kastman, aouhrrtte-, Nellie Sey mour, "tough"; Nick Adams, monologue i Max Dryfuss, sketch, and the Brunswick Ouariet. Hmnnrs, emnnaling aa nuppnsm! front snmu rival social organization, reached tbn pollen authorities, foreshadowing anmn Seeley fea tures, but they were round m be buselets. V Itea-ulatn Ticket Scalper. The New York Board of Trade and Transpor tation adopted unanimously lesterduy the fol lowing: "Whtitat, a bill Is now ponding In Congress known as II. It. 10,000, Senatn 11. old, providing for tho licensing ot persons selling railroad tickets and designed tn prevent tho Irresuonslble sale uf tickets; Iff soli ril, that m the opinion of the New York llnaul uf Trado and Transportation said bill Is lu tliu Interest alike of ruilrnnd rompanles nnd tho truvelllng public nnd should bicniuu u law." The hill, winch Is up Important nnu for the railroad. Iiai already nct'lted the liiilorerment nf a number uf I'nmmeiciil liodlis and the hoards uf Mnto Itiitlroad t'ominl-slniiers. It lias also Icon recommended hv the Interstate Commerce ( mniiilstiiui. For n .Mis lit MetreUm Force, The Central Officii l)clecllo Bureau lias been Incrriirt'U by seventeen nun men, whom Chief Coulin m-slgniil thero fur duty yeiterday lit order Hint n night detective tone might ho estnhllehed, 'Ihe new men were selected from a nqunil nf about lllty, whn have been looked nver by Commissioner Parker, Most of thim huve done detective dtitj In precliuts. ' Capt. O'Brien would nntglveotit any Informa tion yesterday as tn how soon he would start the proposed night drteotlve furoe. All be would say was that thn new men would do regu lar duty for the present. , TnoTXKItB MATCH ED VOll 10,000. Marene Daly and K. If, Itarrlnsan to Kaee Their Colte Neat Anguat. As the outcome of an after-dinner talk about trotting horses which took place last month at an uptown club betweon Marcus Daly of Mon tana and K. II. Harrimaii, the wealthy New York financier, who owns Stamboul, 2:07l, two unusual matches were nrranged yesterday, Kaoh Is to be play or pay, ami Daly and Harrl man havo deposited S10.0U0 with tint stake holder. F. P. Olcott, President of the Central Trust Company. One race Is for two-year-old trotters, mile heats, best ttto In three, and tho nt Iter Is tor three. ear-olds, mllo heats, best three In fhc. Tho stakes In each event are J'.'.fiOO a side. According to tho ngreement tho races will take Llace at Goshen, Orango county, next August, the exact date to be decided upon not later than June 1, when colts are to be named. The notable feature of tho matter is that the matchmakers Invite any and all other owners who choose to comply with the conditions to como lu on enunl terms, thus Ihrowlugdou n the gauntlet to such crack colts as Jupe, "il.T'i. holder of the world's race record for tnn-ycar-olds; Mabel Moncypenny, !i'.S.'U: Preston, SiaiU: Directum Kelly, UtS.IJii Mary Heau. fort. aiSa: Polenta, ur.'THi fanny Poley, Oeorgo Starr's unnamed son of Director, and others that proved their woith lad sea son, Daly is the owner of tie good filly ( hltm Silk, 2:10. winner of the' two.) ear-old division of the Kentucky Fu turity In lrlDO, and it la expected that he will rely un tills speedy daughter uf Prodigal to pull down the status. But the Montana breeder has a large list nf other fast colts lo pick from for the three-year-old race. It Is understood that Hnrrlmau will roly uu Khalcdan. the son of Stamboul, i.'!07&, thnt won thn Producn Prize for trotting. bred two-year-olds at the last National Hurso Show, The onlt Is promising, but be has not er started in public. The race for two-year-olds Is likely to bring out a large field. All colts of this age are virtually antrird.and their owners are conse quently on nn even footing In entering the race, home of the wealthy breeders who are expected to swell the stakes are: J. Malcolm Forbes and Col. John L. Ihnyer, Boston; John 11. Sbults, L. V, Darkness. V, P. Olcott, James llutler, and James W. Daly. New York; Frank ltockefeller, Cleveland; Arthur J. Caton, Chicago: C. J. Hamlin, Buffalo; Col. R. G. Stonur. Paris, Ky.; William Hussnll Allen. Pittslleld, Mass.; Con gressman J. C. Sibley, Iranilln. Pa And W, P. IJams, Terro Haute. One ot the conditions uf the racn la that all out siders must deposit tbnlr 3,000 with Stake holder Olcutt on or before April lo. and that the cults nnmed shall havo been owned on Jan. 4, 181)7, by the parties making the entries. Sixty per cunt, of thn stakes in each race will f;o to the winner. 23 pur oent to the second lorse. and lo per cent, to the third. Both races will he decided during thn August trotting meeting at Goshen The track there Is a finely kept lutlf-mlle course, which Is to be put In the bent possible condition for the events. It Is within a stone's throw of the business portion of (Inshen. Tho matthes wilt do much to stimulate thn breeding and harness racing Interests In Orange county nnd throughout the State. In olden times it was u frequent occurrence for wealthy men In this city tn make play or pay matches with their trotters for big stakes, and .'audi races alwnys atlractoJ fsr more attention than ordinary purse events. Ot late years, huwnver, innlehmaklng has not been common. Horse men will be glad to see a revival uf the custom among such patrons of tho sport as Messrs. Daly and Harrlman. for tt means high-class harness raclug that Is abovo suspicion. jtAcisa AitrxnvKXTi AitorTF.n. Members of the tloekey Cltits Accept Ttir ltnlea at Their Monthly Meetlnc. The regular monthly meeting of the Jockey Club was held yesterday, tho following members being present: August Belmont, J. U. Bradford, Jesse Brown, James G. Galway, J. O. Green, Henry K. Knapp, Andrew Miller, 8. S. Uowland, and Frank K. Sturgls. The proposed amendments to the rules, which have appeared ln The Br-e, were, with the exception of A few changes, adopted. The principal alteration was In the wording of the amendment which related to horses having "dope" administered to them. As the original rule made ll a case of being ruled off for giving to an animal a dose of whiskey or coffee, a change waa made excepting these stimulants. ll was also resolved that the new rule pro hibiting races at less than five furlongs being run after July 1 should not apply to stakes now opened. Immediately after the meeting of the mem bers the stewards stent Into session. The application uf the Brighton Beach Asso ciation and the Queens County Jockey Club for permission to make an exchangeof racing dates wna discussed. It was deeded not to grant the application, because It was considered that owing In the original dates of the associations haviug been accipted the plans nt owners aud trainers had been largely formulated. rlabaerlptlonn for the Amateur Cap, The seventeen February subscriptions for the Amateur Cup, to be run at Morris Park over the Withers mile, appear tn detail In the JlocOip Crt'friddr. They are as follows: August Belmont,!.': "Mr.Chamb!et"2: Duke A Wish aril. 1 : ltalph N. Ellis. 1 : C. Flelschmann & Son, 1; F. Gebhard. 1; S. S. Uowland. 1; J. J. Mc Cafferty, 1: Jasper Murna, 1; Oneck Stable, 1: W, L. Powers. 1; E. It. Manford, 1; George E. Smith. 2; Craig W. Wadsworth. 1. Acrordlng to the conditions, further subscriptions can be made on April 1 and May 1. By the latter date subscribers must name their hot ses or pay for feit, there Is no limit to the number of Indi vidual subscriptions, which may be transferred on or before May 1. The Westchestsr Association claims the op tion nf declaring the race off unless the total number of subscriptions reaches twenty.tlve by May 1. Itnelne at New Orlaana. Nrw Or.LHs, Feb. 11. Weather Tery warm, ehnn-rry. Track a sea of mud lo dsy. About il,000 people were present, two favorites winning luring the da), nummary 1 First Haie Seveu furlongs. Dase Fulelfer, 100 (Oamer). 0 to 1. won: Hailstone, 111 (Morse), u t 5, si-fond, (lunwad, 101 (Clay), H to 1, third. Time, I'M. Bejondjnaee Seven furlongs. Nannie L.'s Sister, ins (.Morse), t to 8, Kon: t'oublo Dummy, ut (A, rurrrti,, 10 to 1. second! Veccednr, 1UI (Warren), 10 to I, third. Time. 1 10. Third Hice six rurlnngs. Pomlnso. 108 (Seller. rrr), 3 In 1. oiu lr. 100 donger), 3 to I. second; Hunuo Uelle, 100 (Ta)lor), 4 lo I, third. Time, 1 fl. rourth Itase Ono mile and a sixteenth. Favor. Ine, KIM (Dorse)), 13 to 1, won; Marquise, KM (A, narrrtt), S to I. second Cirrlo Lee, V3 (Colsy), fi to I, third. Time. V 014. Fifth Itace Six rurlotigs. lloier. 10 Olorte'. S to 1, noni Rlhsn, tot tltetio). too 10 I, second, la vorlta, VII (T. Ilurnsi, 0 t 1, third. Time, tins. Minn lla.'r six furlongs. Hiss Itowctt. 103 (Morse), 4 to S, nnm Ulirordham, 103 (bonger), 9 to 1. second; Dust I'p, DO (Dortcy), 3 to 1, third. Time. I -ilt. Kecerd Katrlen far the Unix Hbnvs. Entries for tho Westminster Kvnnel Club's Dog Show, which commouccs Feb. 22 aud inn cludcs Feb. 26, exceed nil previous records. With tho possible execution of some Englisii nominations which may urrlvo un cither thn St. Louis 01 rervln, the total muster reaches 1.017. This number thnnsan Increase of 1 hlrty-IUo over last year's collection, whlih, until the present oxhlbltlon, stood us a record. 1 A Hit of the entries fnllon : , Mastiffs, lot St, Ilernards, 133; bloodhounds, 13. Oreat Danes, nit Nenrouuulands, ; Hu.slnii uuir hounds, tut drerhnumli. Ills greyhounds. WJi Eng llsh fosiiottuilt. III American foxhound-, 17, Chesapeake Hay dnat, 7 toluiers, vt, I nglisn Betters, 0U1 Irish tt-ttera, 30; Onrdon setters, ll'Ji fiel I spaniels, U7t rocker spaniels, rig, collies, 1UT Knsllsh sheep dugs, Mi poodles, VI: bulldogs, t)tl Kreuch bulMngs, IV; bull terriers, 70, itostoii tcr nets, 11W ; Dachs'iundt, 0?i beagles, 01, Irish ter rlers. R7; rii-ntttsh terriers, in; fox terriers, smooth, Wt fox terriers, wire. haired, "i Urillluginii ter riers, lit Skin terriers, it Dandle Dmmont ter- rlers. It, black nnd tan terriers, VQ while Kngllsh terriers, Ii lilint-it, 4i hchlpperkes. ,'li Tom erniiltus, 3i .Malice terriers, (I, Yorkshire ter. rlris, 101 toy terrlcit, H, uun. '.'.', to) spaniels, 47; Italian greyhounds, 4 miscellaneous, v. Total, 1,(147. Tho Piincess Knot, a winner In the pondlo clnsii" in Knglutid, enteicd by S. ('. Hodgo nf ttilMi'lll, ivna lost on the vnugo uor on biiurd the .let eo) Cits. lanltor sluellntsrell luatniitlr Killed, Hobert MacDowell, 10 years old, who was Janitor ot the Tnelfth Ward Bank building, corner of Lexington avenue and 126tb strict, was Instantly kill ml yesterday afternoon by falling from the fourth Hour through thn nle valor abaft tn tlm lm-i'mnl He waa fixing tho I'levnlnr door and lust his balance. .MucDowell leaves a wife and thrco children, 66 mm mm 99 breaks up a COLD that hangs on. Uraaaaal " ttitint that trv-ciis tut Jf rid lit mrl.1 tf ytaaaaal mJrtiltJirl uAlch.Itt tamirJhi-lrmi." taaaaal M. PAITkVa. 'iaaaaal CjHfJ ,, VyflgVSil faaaal M Tastm.'. "'il Another well-known authority, A. C. 4H Williamson, tays : "Tho reason that ,H Booth's 'iaH " Hyomei " 1 the Atistr.ill.ui "Orv Air" treatment of "IH AMlmi.i, HiDiicliItii, Colds, etc., cITects a TsH ei Dhuienl cure in that belli); a powerful gcr- taaafl itikidc. volatile and very punctrntliiK, It not jH onl fcilMtliCKCrmqiilotiKtlienirpassHcrstitit ,'iH enters the blood with the oxygen, killing; tho irtaaaal gcrint) in (hebliod It "Cures by Inhalation." , ,-HH uUtiranteewi,;0,fl,rtrr.. H sour purchasing Booth's rocket In- Taaaaal hater Outfit anywhere in the United iaaH States, during jSqj, who will say flai that IYOMEI has done them no fM good, on condition that they apply di- 'HbD reel to the head office, 33 East soth iBM Street, A'rw York . ff, 'EM City. (Signed) (JC.J.iUtfTrBii 'WM Your dniggUt hut ft cr can get tt tfycm IntUt, , IsT-ie Ii lo substitute, TooVet Inhtlrr Outfit at tEEal ilruxt; ttt.or by mail.4t.on, Lit J a liottl .tuba tan t Ml ro cenu Hyuniel UalM, 3; tenti, iU Tamf Mmfree Ordlul wtLome and U 4u1tL. sMBb1 If i uu wilt wriie ur call cu fKfl r 21. O?. BOOTH, jU aa r.t Olli Ht.. Nw York. aaH -.Ell -"- 'aaaaal VWerytlilaa; Ready for thn (abln Match lis HEM ttrenn I'layera rMMfl Vlllca Apart. Eaaaal Thn second annual International team chess tfll match by cable betweon Oreat llrltaln and the ifffifl United States will begin at Ihe llrooklyn Acad- )H9 emyof Musto and at the Hotel Cecil on the ckWH Thames, London, this morning at 10 o'clock. lEjSfl Although the players will be 3,483 miles apart, tftU It Is claimed that a move made either at brook- tvnfl lyn or London will be known at tho other end 'N within n few seconds. It was shown last year faaPaa that playing chess by means of the cable was 1U practicable, and there seems to be no doubt In SlflH the minds of the management that all the Il'iU games will be finished by to-morrow night at ilflEj the latest. ij The arrangsmsnts at the llrooklyn Academy JJl of Music, which were made by tho match com- HJM. mlttee ot the llrooklyn Chess Club, are perfect JKm In every detail. The platers and a large num- (f-V bsr of Invited guests will be seated on the stage, ifgV the orchestra will be used by the reporters. $ while the publlo will be admitted to all other V parts of the house. Above the players and the jj? stage will be suspended giant chela boards with .T,? tn evable pieces, so thai the spectators can vR watch the play on all the boards. 1 here will IjfTj also be a bulletin board, shewing the pairing of flfr the players, ths openings, the number of mores, AAl and the resells of all games. txaS The contest p!a) ed laat year for the challenge i t ii' trophy presented by blr (Jeorge Newnes was Ir53k won by the American team by the following ttjy score t jM AKEKtca. siut varratv. (Vt i Plllsbury 0 tt, niaekburos t :IM t-lioitalttr 1 ta. Dura- 0 ll V; linrllie. I vs. Ulro. 0 it-,!! 1'arry 1 vs. Tlnsiey v If-.V llvmes V ts. Uiooek -. H ImT iicxurs u vs. urn Jj ;f,ir I'elmar l rt. Atkins. )J jl lialrJ 0 va. Jackson I V Total .7v7 Total Ti rffl' It will be seen that only eight men were en- ?! paged, wnlle tea will play on Ihe boards to-day. ;fr,' According to the latest Information the Amerl- Ki can team will be the same men aa last year, with tfc-Tl the exception of Ilalrd. Helms, Teed, and Mc- tjVZ, Cutcheon will be the additions. Helms, thu ij(X champion of the llrooklyn Ccess Clnb. is said to V I T , beta tine form. Icedlsune of the most noted ?!' of American problemists nnd a strong player. y,.t- while McCutchron has bsen selected upon the s,V recommendation of nLowalter. who thinks a SI, great deal of the Pittsburgh man. riti. Neither Illrd, llurn, nor Tlnsiey will play for lUJU the Urltlsh this year. The team will be made up UV4 as follows: Cole and Jacobs, winners of the W cable tournament played at the Urltlsh Chess T-I Club, London, recently: Lawrenoe. another Jr'-H strong Urltlsh amateur; Gelllngham, winner of wV the tournament played In Wales; lllackburne. M--1' Wake, Locock, Mills, Atkins, and Jackson. I ;tff While the American team can boast of a nnm- C Ji ber of players who hare gained an International 'Jrt. reputation, the llrltlsti tram has really only one ' ffi,v tlrsl-class exponent, lllackburne, the ret being J, tK. only strong amateurs. Although America Is looksU upon as a wlnusr. the gamea promise to i f?o. be hotly contested. f li,'' The pairing of the players and the drawing t tv'k' for first move will take place ln the following '., (! manner: y Mj The tsbles on each elds will ha cumbered from 1 to - frt 10 conspcutltely. h t$jb At u.HU A. M. (New York lime) oa the day of play f J V, ln the pre.eace or tbs represaulattvea ot tee opposite V Uf til-, tho players or each st1 will eacti take a table - Q, i' and make nocbanga tlprafrom. V M Ihe ttrltlsh umpire la New York or his deputy shall . ;r then draw oa of two slips of paper, oos of wblon ffav shatl be marked wltb au odd number and ths other r' rv!t wtth an rtrn number. I If the number so drswn ts an odd number lbs odd- P 0,4 numbered tables of the American aide (vis, 1,3 o. 7. I IIV. and U) shall havo the mat uiotn, and If Iba number I j T5 aodrawa tsau etrnuumbar then the eteu numbered I fiV tablrs of the American side (tis., , 4, 0, b, and 10) t fK shall liars tne first mots. (Wl Ths Hrltlsn umpire or his deputy shall Immediately i ) cablrto the other side the result of thn drawing, and ' JV'f each side shall altuultansously cable to the other tha re f names of Its plsyers In thn enter In which they alt at fj' if table, from oue to ten coosecutltely. Ml fjy The playing tlmo will be from 10 o'clock ln the i morning until 7 o'clock In the evening, with an t ,i'i hour's Intermission at 2 o'clock, l'lay In nnOn- , yl Ished games will be resumed to-morrow morning -A'J at 10 o clock, to be continued until fl:30 o'clock, , y with an hour's Intermission at '.'o'clock. If some 1 Ai, games nre still pending, the management will ' .' 0 ask Lasker tn adjudicate them. . ijiV l'rnf. .1. L. Itlce whl be the Urltlsh umpire at , jg llrooklyn. at L. Hoffer will actln the same ca. 'At paclty for the Americans at London, llaroa ii '''. von Itothschlld of Vienna will be the referee. ' I it; IMKItBCUOhASTia V1IES3. Mi; w Columbia (Jramraar- thn Chnmplon Fnlk (1V71 Wine Individual Honors, '"(-' The final round of games In the Now York In- J1!' terscholnstlo chess tournament was played at 'r'rV the rooms of tho De La Salle Institute yestcr- ff. day afternoon. As the result of the tournament ''flu? depended on the game between Llbalre of Co- 'f" lutnbla Grammar and Talk of Sachs, which 'VJo was luljournsd on Wednesday afternoon, an un- fi$ usually large crowd waspressnt whon play be- '("ii Ban, The Columbia (1 rammer (School repre- 3t i s sentatlve had a belter position than his oopo. K "..';?J nent,butthe game developed into a brilliant "?'', nnu. It ns only after hours of the hardest r.(j kind nf a struggle that Llbalre forced Falk to ( -fful resign, thereby winning thn championship for ' jf,J?j' lilasohonl, Kalk. however, wins the Individual ?' f. medal, having won eight games out of ten ' 'ilJ pluvi'il. 'Ihe six leading bnvs will ohallenge i 'VI' the llrooklyn High School for a series of ti am ' if" games. Summary uf the Una) round follows: t ' f'iivrs and Bf aiirfa. Owning Uolts i uiVi IratiUel ,.U )nrli .... 14 Uuern't Ham IM '.' I f!) ( hris(tnteii, U I It aire 4 Kour Knlhls g,v n ' llalmaliu. K lel van. 1'i-lroH i fi-ncn 114 J, J. Fslk . I ruor .. a Milllnii I'efence tl P ft' Hrlk'KS . , I HUUt ... 0 (Jllrl-ll's UlshllD V? ft Sfi ouTautie, 0 btokes , 1 vueen'sUam, Deo.43 i. ,'t $ The records of the schools follow! W UJ' .Sc.ool U'.iii. Iti.t I t-fh !. iron. ImOI. it . J rol'mhla (I'm'r. 1,11a "Vv'l'e La Sail,... 10 10 li ! I.V', Sachs I'J h iClldrr ... 1l 1' I ' (J. llartard . 14 h lloudon 0 13 I ,'; 1'ollowlnt Is the Individual standing: . '''',,' Arti'ie lf,m. Ia if, Vurnr. It'on. r.oif, ( S " Talk . . s a l'nor 4 II fl w . I.llmirn.. . 7 II .llrlinann 4 ll J tj Irankil . . 7 .1 Mel sin 814 ;. V Ij," FiiurU. . . ills HV lirlnts ft 7 , Mokes , . Sh -It, Volt I subs.... i h ( rhrlstftisen ... .1 I' Humans 0 I Ji JO Hunt ... . H 0'v j 'i ,(. To Tin: I'DiTim or TnrSt'N-.S'tr' The Inter. 1 4', 1 schnlasllc ( hess Ani'iation hereby wishes tn I ',1 tender lt thanks In 'I 111- hi s, which has snenr. I i; rectly and imiiuiely letorded till tho games of i(. the tiiuruatnent. Tnr Si-n la Indeed the patron ' Vfti of all InlerscniilaslloaiMirt, Very truly. SJ 1NTI.IIM IIOI.Aalll Cllr.rt tllUMITTKK. 35, Ktw Voiik, Keb. II. ypi Htrlaltx III with a Nrrrnns sllseaar, ?) nein.iv, Feb. 11, Tho LoCnl Anuiarr has a n;,1 dispatch from Moscow saying that Ktelnltz, thn y'' well known chess player, has been taken sud ,' denly 111 with a nervous disease, and that he haa besa remored to Dr. Morosoff's Institute, i.i - ij i-a.... s- . jjmM