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THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, MONDAY, MARCH 1 , 1805. J-cady looking with rater on a proposition to go abroad for .1 mrthcr consultation, Sir. Pprlnper called .Mr pence's atten tion to the fact ttmt this proposition for a t-onferenc" hid iminittcl from the "liver men In III? cnnte, not from the roIiI men. Sir Hepburn (Hep. In) nvored the proposition for a confer-ms1 At a time hctt the groat cot I lonntries of the worm Mere showing- the Hrt symptom of rn vorable .Ptit1mrnt towards silver, lie ex prcsi. his iirprli" thnt mowed rflends or silver tike Sir Mw and Sir Simpson thotild oppo"- propltlon for in Inlertm tlonal Monetary eohfrrptipe Hv a neat parllntiu-iitiiri inntiMiiT .Mr Cinnoti not the- Hoar nt this iolrt. ind )leldd his time to Mr. Haver, who llnmritlittplv out o(t debate by demandm the previous qup Hon The lonforrme rrport wart n'loptei! Mini th.i sundry rlvll 1)111 tin out ot Hie my so fur B" the hniisp tm ron-erni'i1. Several bills were then hurried through by unnntmntiA rnnl At 10 p. in. Sir. tloltnnn presented tint mi u report on the Indian appropriation bill A t iimptlniMit In !' lUrr Crisp. Then n rpnltitlnn wits nrppnlpit lie Mr Hide) (Deni, Tex 1. reciting the provision of the sundry r i 1) bill. nulhnrl7lli the tu ine sunury 1 11 ti mil, uuinnrizinn ppeiker or the him-i lo appoint thren r gates to an International monetary" c f'limp mi'l added "It Is the rnnitst 11 U1ICII ltd- roll it ile. Mri of the house of rcprpPntutliP that Ilie Kitniker shall be one of the ilelett.itPs oil in" pin or hip nuu"! tnerriore, up it "Itesnlied. Thit 1'linrle P, Crisp, speak er of the house, is required In designate lum-olf as one of Die throe delegates to te betoi by him." The rodlng nm ereetod with great ap plause, the, member Interrupting the 10a line' clerk In their enlliusl.isin nt the mention of the speaker's name, nnl the 'solution eflnrerrlnc a most unusual com pllment upon the speaker was adopted with u loud shout nnil without a dissenting xol- Th- senile bills to establish regulations lor th" pavment of pc-cruetl pensions to the heirs of ilenl pensioners anil exempt ion the invislon money from being hel I as pall of th" unset of the "states for the pit men I of debts was passed At I 1") o'cloiK tblB morning both houses Uiro still In session. ADMIRAL HORNBY DEAD, A rriilllftirnl N111.1I (INtcrnf flrrlt Itrll llll Cut Author tin tin' Other shore. London, Slareh 3 Sir OpofTrcv Thorn is Pltipps Hornbj. ndmlr il of the licet, and Ills! ind principal tilde. ile-e imp to the queen is de.nl. Il was a son, hj the sis t r of tho lite rield Sl.uslnl rilr John Ilur Rprlne, of the Hte Admiral Sir I'hlpps II trilby. Fir fieoffrej nan born In 1SJ.", and entered the serWoe on board the l'rlnees r'lmr lotlo In 1S37. lie nftemnrils served under Admiral l'eiry nt the t'ape of flood Hope, under his fathpr. rtlr I'hlpps llornbv, In the l'aidlle and on other v.'ttlona stations, lie commanded the llrst fl.vlntr (iu nlron as eiptaln, with iho rank nt commodore, taking the squidion iiMnl the woild He wits aait -nptnln to Hlr avdnev Da rres vihoii that titlli er commanded the Channel Heel, and ulioquentl.v , is rear ad miral, ho hlmPlf hPld that jmst, sueeppd lnir Admit il Mles He attained llac rank In 1M?J and became leo adnilr.il In IS".". He was appolutpd oomminder-ln-ehlrr of her majct.v's naval forces In the SledltPrrnninn and he held that responsi ble position durlhB the trjinj,- times In 1S7S. when war w m iiiprehended between (lieat Ilrlt.iln and Itussla. and when the I!iltlh Ili-et was ordered 10 the Mud iupIIof Up was cieated knluht eouun.inder of the or der of 11-ith on AiiKiist 12 tSTS Subsetpient Iv be vvaH aripolnted 10 un eed Sir Charles hh.idwell n president of the Ito.val nnrnl eollece, Oreenwleh, for a term of three jears to tlate from Sloieh 1. lssl He served under Ward Hunt a" a lord of tho admit alts In IleaeonslleliPs adminis tration Up Anally rearheil the rank or admiral of the lleet on Mm 1, 1W CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY, A Prut laiiintlitu His Hi 1 11 IsHiietl Mating I he (llijrits .if the Urbanization. Philadelphia .March 3 Th Culnn rov olutlon.iry clubs In this eltv will meei to luol row to consider the best means to ad vance their tauL, tine of thest sH be the arrangement to ml to New Yoilt $i.'W0 Mhlch ha been sub-crllx d SleetliiKs will Vie held aNu In ter part of the Cntted Stai 3 to arrange for rendering aid to thu men who are now HkIuIiik for Cub in ln tlep nuVnce. The basis of the Cuban revolutlonarv part Is .stated In ,1 proclamation Just Issued us laving two essential features rirst, this party has been foimed to pro mo'e the ttrensth of nil people or ftood fi'h iiu! rice will to obtain, b all lecal nr"ans the absolute Indeptndtnee or the 1sl.ni I or Cuba; second, this partj doe not Intend to throw the population ot the Ca bin island Into a revolutionary war that iv III uuse lots or lire and spllllnc of biood arttl thiow them into a dlMirderlv movment. but Is slmplj st.irtfd with the Idea or eduiailne the I'ubin people In ,ind ou' or the Island to reiocnlzc their rlKhto an 1 to prepare Toi 1 iikious war, provid ing that we 1 oul 1 have ,u compllshed tut r gins with the leist possible lighting, and to worn ror the pe.ite ,ml happlnesb of the inhabitants or Cuba HOW THE KANSANS VOTED. They Ititlier lost Their lit irlngs nnllie sugir lloiint ouestiiMi It. piest nta- tlio Hut 1.1 rv'i. tiiilignutitiii. U ushlnKtou, Slarth S (Kpeelal) The Ivunss delegation vvus ei much tnugled ut 11 the vote on the sugar bount steil of rv r .'. m,tw The loll tall revealed the la hut HnirH, Hlnipson and Ilrodeilek 'pl for It, and Curtis, Sloore and Hudson iih'iit st it. while Iteprescntatlvo Haktr doil..il Hi was about the lull, but would Dui aiisi lo his name. Sir. Davis did not appal at roll all, and was not dls cov.i. I iibout the iodtol nt tho time the pm tflon vvits In ing 1 ouslderetl. Hi 1 ,1 -tntalhe Curtis, uftci tho roll call, h 1 i This t ongiess has Ignored tho sheep no 1 itilu iieluktrj or the West Just ah tho t- igui Ijuslncss ni Louisiana lms been rvloitl It Is nisi as titling that eimgiefs mil lurilate to thf ptople who lost in sheep a ittle us to provide uiont to lover tiatnei,. s to tin Mijar buslniss." i lioikiij, 01 Mishouil, said "We i' 1 stand the tlcft.it at the pulls last fa ' I ' 1 we tan ntvir stand the letortl of till ungrtss, l'oHtmusti r (It nei il-tlcct V (Isoii Hpi iklilir and witintr Tot this aug.u coini Iiu , tin wholi povvei or the minimis tc iMi lor ii. vvi laiinot tscapu tho tlls Kni o li will U 1 li.tifrs.il 1111 to this con i " lh blgg.st slial that ever went tnraunh 11115 LOi)gies The total uppio pitatiun1, by nasou of this and oilier things in Him combine, will run the total ovei tl,Ov,MO,000 " III'DMIN s Dixit si 1:11. lie N Vint li liMurlicd Our the I'lipiilut Jtitord on Hit! "oigir Mount j Slnttir. VA shlngton, Stanh 3 -(Special ) ltepre Kin.i'ivu Hudson Is illhsustcd with tho I'opulml showing 011 the otn to pay the fciiKur bounty, an Hem of J5.iw),(io lie I U tho provlblou tarried bj 11I11.1 volts, Ihu Populists who supported It uro Hnr- 11a hurpson, p. me, .Mi.Kt.lKh.il,. against It wetu (It'll, linen, Hudson and Kotn j, Jlu'l.on VaH that hud tho four Populists onng lr the Item bun imuliist t, mid li 1 1 llakt 1 not doilKt'd and li ivls been pres ent th-y would have s.ivtd thu Koveiti nitiit rul f "' mi.0hi The neonle of iho bl'tli Kant .14 diMilu will bu tuinilnlly In. tei sttd b tliidliig oil Minii'tlilne of Sir, JIal(t' iimlyits fiillute to volo 011 litis oc u tci 1 .Mr. Hudson 1,1)1 on this point. ' .:i.. 1 .......".,., .'... .'. i'"... . i in,- t iu .i, 1 i.utvi'i tu iit-. lie VV0UI1I not tin t IK app.ai.'d vti ninth iiistussid Ho iw In ftno of tin 1 lo,ik 1001ns, mid I tveoi to him and idtatUd with him to vote Then ho cam 9 out 011 tin. tlnor una ,.f.iL,.i 1 tiiruuK'i ins? iiuiisu to wie sieaKti k lobby tvhllo the iol was being calbd. Again 1 ta kletl him, mill Insisted that It would lnnka him lidli iiIuuh. not to vote At that he said ho did not l.uuiv how lo vote oil the mutter If bo did, he would uusvvti to Ids puinu, but be confessed that ho didn't know how to vote It took ovu a half hour to tall iho toil, and all this time Hal t vwtii'hrtd around tin house or tho inuiirllite vbtnity, and eould not make up bis mind to vote, 1 inn dlsrrusted over tin 1'opiills.t vote In this matter llittl wo nil voted ugalnst the iiuitiidmtut, wo would not toil have saved tho guvernnieut much money, but would ham iiiatlt .1 lecurd of Milii'j to us In u politle.il bus, but as It Is, It 14 nil wrong, mid wo are dlsgiuee I, Tho sauio law that pirilzid tho Muar bus), tie-s and citiited iho Uuiuagu which It Is itoiosed tu pay lor by Ihls iippiotiriation, cl 11 ruined tho slice p and tutllo Industry Wu&t. a'"'. It 1" claimed, ulo ruined tho zluo 11ml lead iudiictiliu of my dlsuk't I mu 't see iv by an iippio,rlutioii la nut mada ti eovt-r suili losses as thesu, as well as for th Mignr depio' Utons " rJx-Sptaker Henl expresses himself us b'lng veiy mutli dlkgiisted to tie- tho crowd In tho house that passed tho turlff bill which tlamatred tho commercial Inter ests of tho coumiy. turn aiound and luako upends to one Industry by an approprla- I Uou. Ha bas It fully explains tbc charsvt- v 1 C at 11. a eujiriii eungr. NEWS 0THE DAY, u ltisas. Th tosses bj the Killna fire nre at lean The t.pavennorth mllllar.v prison will be trntisferrd from the war department. A lire at (lilawn deslrojed the Audi torium and other building. caiMlnc JJi.W) loss, Mlstttir(. Ppralter Hussell, of the leellalure, I In the race for crcint'.it-nrtns of the na tional house ot repiesenlatlve Democrats nre mid tn be trylnir to ret Itolhvvell's rilles resolution and his no conipnnjInK remarks olt the record of the houjc. The Territories. Nearly 1,000 ffll acres of fehoot land are for loie In Ultlahonia. tlpneral Ibititestlr. Carlisle lit removed Lit old soldiers from the tirasur department In tvio enr. florman and Ilrlee will, It I said, pre vent the ptWf.iRe of the antl-lotlery bill A review of the work of the present eoticrcas Just rloimr shows very little done In the way of legislation. I on Ign, Admiral Hornby, of the llrlllith navy, Is dead. Wounded from the recent disastrous rail ronl wretk near the City ot Sleilco nre arriving at that point. A MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE. srw ral Large .MitcmiiiIIp LutublWhincnt (turned to the ttrountl nt lie toiito, Ciinnilii Toronto, Ont., Starch S At 12.M o'clock this morning lire was discovered Issuing from the windows of ltobert Simpson's sit stor dry goods store, on the corner of Queens and Young streets. The lire originated In the picking room mid the llnnies, rushing up the elevator shnft, communicated almost Instantly to everv Hit, so that when the llremcn nrrlved on the scene smoke and Humes wiro pouring out of nearly every window. 1)5 the time the llrst Jet of wnter was thrown upon the huge structure, It was loll that the building was doomed. TIip lire ilcpirtiueiit was utterly unable to cope with such a conllagi.itlon. The pressure riom the mains was Insiilllclent to throw the water high enough, or In stilllrlent iltianlttles to check the raging rurnaie. The lie.it was so Intense that the llremen were In tle.nllv pirll. Canned by a light breeze from the southwest, the lire was Il It on aeioss Queen street to the north side, and J imleson's large tailoring es tablishment vvas soon a victim. The Humes extended to a portion of Ha ton's dry goods establishment, a department store, facing on Queen street. H the ex ertion of the llremen. nltlitl bv a private hose In the establishment, the nanus wcie preventfil from entering the main building Prom Jamleson's the lire extended north to hntelirfs dry goods store and burned It to the ground. The Intense hent from .Simpson's building set lire to the Impuinl bank, on tho opposite side of the street, but onlv the top Hat was destroyed, the bank itself escaping. Slllne's hardware store, net south of the Imperial building, was soon In llames, nnil Henderson's auc tion room vvas next burned, while Duf lleld's tailoring establishment and the lllickhorse hotel were gutted The prog iess of the lire rurther south on this street was clucked. Next to Simpson's, on the south, Wanless' Jewelr store was de strojed and on the west ot Simpson's, on Queen street, the llames communicated with Knox church, one of the oldest Pres bj terl in churches In the eltv, and the snlre was ilestrovetl. falttnir with a crash The main hodj of the church vvns only slightly dam iged At 3 o'clock the lire was nt Its worst. The north anil east walls or Simpson's store had rallen and the llames mounted high, carrying burning brands Into the nlr. which fell upon Hit roofs or the ndjolnlng houses Sleantlme the buildings on Ynnge street, opposite Queen, wore binning lleri elv. The (lie was i.iglng on the east side or Yonge, south of Queen, and a vast square ot stores was doomed lo destruction, and the great question was vvhere would the (Ire end The llremen did their best, but with the appliances at their disposal their weikness was very perceptible Poitunately the night was rnlm. toi the wind would have turned .1 $1,i)(i lire Into another such pontlagratlon as the Chicago tire. The wntchmnn at Simpson's said he made his rounds last night us umiuI. He was In the picking room about midnight and all was right, but on his return In hair an hour, there was .1 huge bonllre or empty packing cases nnd other Inflamma ble material with the llames darting up the shart Tlieie has bem a strong reeling ror some time past ami an Iniendlan ori gin or the tire fs more than suspected ENCROACH (Y1ENTS OF THE JAPS. The V.itv lie lil the Dlstrltt of Nil x 1 11 I'.il us Par as 'In Pu Kmi. Hiroshima, .March 3 Olllel il dlpitehes rei-tived here state on Kebruaiy 'JS the Jipinrse eompleted the occupation or the whole ditr!it of Sal Yen Tai as far as Ta I'll Kon. The Chinese retrfated slowlj north alter one entountoi. In which the Japanese lost nlnelj -eight killed or wounded and the Chinese forts -live killed On the same morning a Chinese attack on the J ipmese line at Hal Cheng was eallv iepul-.cd. London Slareh 1 A dispatch to the Times rrom Tim Tsln sajs it is retiortetl that w1 wounded Chlnee were iccelved in the Ited Cross hospital at New Chwang last weik. A Pekln dispatch to the Times s.ivs Mr Denby, the American minister, bus tele graphed to Japan the text or the creden tials of LI Hung Chang, one of the Chinese P'lice envovs lie is now waiting a reply as 10 whether or not the eiedentlals arc acceptable. A dbpatth to the Times from Shanghai savs on the nfternoon or I'ebruary I'l three Japanese warships made a demon stration oh Ttng Chow, on the CJulf of Pe Chi LI. to the westward ol Cheo Poo. The vts-t Is Hred several shots at the torts on the embinkment, but did not lire nt the clt. Liter the warships went to a Chi nese coast fort, ten miles ills!. tut, which they engaged In the evening they re pissed Teng Chow anil again tired at the foils, which replied at once. The demon stration caused a p nlc In the 1 lt and th. resldtnts ed. The objei i nt the nt tatk Is doubtful Shanghai Slnich 3 It l proposed that LI Hung Chang nnd Prince Kung, the Chi nese peace envoys, be mot bv the lupnne-o rt prci-entntlvos at Shltsonskl, In the south western pirt of the Inland of Nlphon, the largest Island of Japan If the credentials of the Chlntso are round to be s.ttlsluetor the negotiations will be trunsfeired to Hiroshima al-o In the northern pirt or Nlphon, where the mikado and his court ate- stalng OPPOSING THE LOTTERY BILL, llrit e ami Oiirnion Am lllot king Hid VVaj or Its Piifs.igp Ciirtllnal 1.1b boil Piotests, Washington. .Match 3 (Special.) At a late hour to-night the leading lohhjlst for the lotteries heie, working against the anil-lottery bill, said that he would be able to defeat the bill through llormnu anil Ilrlee on a parliamentary techtile.ilitj. These two senntors have held up the bill and refuse to allow It to be brought up so far undir the claim of more Important business, tho teal reason being a desire to conform to an iindei standing with the lottery people Their have bet 11 a number of church people piessinjr (lorinan in-day to withdraw his objection, anion,; them be ing Cardinal millions, who sent a letttr urging him not 10 Interfere. Tho anti lottery people did not think seilonsly of 1110 tuaticr jesieiirtj, neiieving ine nut h.itl piste d, but lliej itallzetl to-night that the lottery people had (Jonnan and Ilrlee rends for a leal fight. BLIZZARDS RAGING, (Jiiuihn, Neb, Slareh 3 Specials to the Ilet from various paits of Nebraska show heavs snow falling throughout the state In some localities It takes the form of a hlUiuril. Though tho weather 1 mild, a high wind uecouip.inles tho snow storm Nebraska farmers are gteatly en.ourag.d with crop prospf-cts as a it suit of the great iiuintltv of molsturt Hoikfuid, III . .March 3 Snow began fall ing this morning at ocloik and has continued all Jay, over ten Imbes having fallen alriudy, with no prospect of quit. tti- To.nlsht a legular blizzard Is lag. lug and the snow Is drifting badls ltall road trulllo Is liable to be serlousls inter, fercd with to-morrow. C'rcstou, la., Slurch 3. una of the worst blizzards of the winter ttiuck this loinl Ity this afternoon and Is Increasing In furs-. The thermometer has fallen 30 deg. In twelve hours and Is still going down, The vvlnd Is blowing at the rale of thirty mll'.j an hour, Ctiul L'oul. The cut In price of soft coal continues. Order nana but the best. Weir anil rhprn. kee screened lump and egg, 11.75, nut,! 60; Illch Hill screened (haft lump. S2.25 per iuii. wr.ixiilAe LVAltAau t t'KU 11, TtlDbun UL Kelth t. I'wv ulcf. UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY. I riu n worth Mllltiirj Prlion Mill lie Trim frrrttl I'rom Hie Mar lit pirtinrtit mid llrcntlv luiptmtil. WnshiiiKton, Slareh 3 -(Spei In).) The conferrees of the sundrs tlvlt bill ncrecd to ins.'it the house provision trinfttrrlnif the military prl0n nt l.eavcnworlh from the war department lo the depart of Jus tic. Tho thahite had been recommended by Iho secretnty ot war and tho attorney genetal uhtt the house, against protests from i'ltlicn of l.envenvvorth, intirtcd a proposition innklng the ihnnge. The lte iiibllcans lit the senate, heinletl by llawley and Slatiderson, opposed the provision nnd succeeded In defeating It, The senate con ferries were wired by iltlretu or Lt.iven worth to hold firm In their poltlon and thus defeat the cluinge, but the senate ronferrees reepded and the provision ns It passed (he house becomes a livv The provision provides Ihnt the mllltnr) prison nt l"otl Leavenworth, IncludliiR nil the buildings, grounds and nlhtr properls-. Is ttansferred from the department of war lo the deportment of justlte to be known ns the Pnlted Slates ismltentlarv mid to be used ror the t onlliipment or persons convicted In the fnlted States courts or cohvlcted by eoiirl-iimrtlnls of oITenscs, now punishable by confinement In .1 peni tentiary and sentenced to terms of Im irlotinient or mote than one eai, nnd the attorney general Is dlteeted to transfer to the t'niteil States npultentlarv such perons now undei going sentences of con-'1 iititmeni lmposeit uj tne l illicit tntcs coints. In slate prisons and penitentiaries, as can be conveniently accommodated at the home penitentiary The secretary of war Is authorized upon the leqiiffst of the attorney general to detail an otllcer of tho armv to act letnpoinrll) as warden of the penitentiary nnd to continue the military guard on duly for such length of time, not exceeding ninety days, titter the cloe of the cm rent tleul ear, as may be deem ed nteessiry tu rouble the prisoners nntl properls tn be transferred to the cure and custody of the olnceis designated by the attorney geneial to receive and care for the same The convicts In the l'nlted States pcnitcntltrv shall be employed only In the manufacture of articles and the production of supplies for the penllen tliry and the manufacture ot supplies for the government, and the ronviets shall not be worked outside ot Port Leaven worth military reservation. fine bundled nnd twentS'-llve thousind doll irs Is appropriated to carry out the piopo-ed change. It Is provided that the attorney gpneial shall appoint a warden for tin ppiiltptittnrv and other olllcials. Whin the report on the bill was made bv Judge Savers Sir. Ilroderlck sald he would ask JI.0to.fA0 appropriation from the next toneless to cirri out the plan of erecting .1 I'tilted States pcnltentt.irv nt Leavenworth. He said the present building will be of no ue ns a Pnlted States pen itential), and buildings will have to be erected before the government can trust prisoners In that locality. It is the aim or tho department to make this the pet penitentiary of the govern ment. It Is the only distinctive effort of the government to secure a penitentiary ot Its own. nnd Leavenworth was selected ns the suitable placo Tor tho location, It Is the plan to locnte the buildings on the northwest corner or the leservatlon, and In time buildings will bo erected costing millions ot dollars. PORT DEPOSITJN DANGER. An Ice flurge In tbc Mtsipieliiinii i ltlver nt 'Hill Point Imperils the Town. Haltlmoie, Sid, Slareh 3 The danger which has so long thteatened Port Depos't rrom the ice gorging In the Susquehanna river Is now being realized. I he water continued to rise steadllv all Siturday night and bj morning was over the wharves and hid ilsen nearly to the tracks of the Colmnbli & Port Deposit l.illvv.iy. This condition of nfTuIrs continued until 11. TO o'clock, when the chinches were thronged Then all or 1 sudden the Ice piled Itselt up from ten to lifts feet high dlngonall) ncioss the whole river In a line rrom the centt 1 or Port Deposit tn a point below the opposite town ot Lapltlum. This move was Imimtll itelv followed by a lupld rise In the w iter of six feet or more. Services In Hie churches wcie promptly dismissed and the people had to tako to the hills b.11 k of Pott Deposit to leach their homes a the watet was several feet deep In the street At 7 o'clocK large masses of lie riom ten to twenty reel thick broke loose and made a grand rush down the angry stream. Hut It moved onls about a quartet or a mile and stopped, rormlng .1 complete gorge clenr acios the river At the same time the strong cur rent or swollen water.! swept onvvnd, and not being able tu get through the gorged Ice, lushed down the riilvva)- trick on the Ciell side, full) live feet higher than at any previous time Slan) observers were out on the wharves and they were compelled to run for their lives in a lew minutes only, the places vvhere they had stood were six feet undei vvatei, which rushed an wird at a mighty rate. Hooding the ground around the b.U'k of the town hall, which Is the highest point yet leached. The town Is In a critical condition It was only a question ot how long the huge biirlcadp across the entire river would hold. As II Is Impossible to get rrom the tenter of town tn the InumUted places, no estimate of the dam ige can be made. tin iccount ot the breaking or the polps and darkness, Port Deposit Is In dinger as well as daiknoss DEARMOND CREATES A BREEZE. tie M lUes n Ver) Pointed Miltoment 111 lle- gard to Mr. s.(ruutoii, uf Pcnitsi Ivanl 1, Washington, SI irch 3. (Special ) Repre sentative De Armond, or Sllssourl. precip itated an Incident In the house to-day. Sir. Do Almond had called up his bill for the relief of lshnm T Owen, of Altoona. Slo , directing; the secretnrs' or the treasury to pi) Sli Owen J.'.oiy ror bonds Issued to Owen vears ago Tor strikes In the Indian war In C.ilifornii. Sir Owen had lost these bonds and It was believed they had been deslioved It was proxldcd that ir payment was made the gonrnment would be piotecltd In the possible emergency ot being presented the bonds for redemption. Judge Sayns made some Inquiries about the bill, but did not object. The favorablo report on It vvas nnd, and the moment the bill vvns placed on passage Sir. St ranton, of Pennsylvanli, obteeted In reply .Mr. Do Armond mid: "Sir Speaker, should a man, be allowed to object when he Is so drunk as that man Is"" ami pointed at Sernnton The slvukei called ror Older nnd tried to coier up the trouble, but Setnnton made a rew quick steps towards De Armond and was taught bv some mem bers and rushed Into the speaker's Iqhb). IMl.NSIONs, Washington, Slanh 3 Tne following pen. slops have bepn granted: Sllssourl-Prank O, Puller, Hannibal Slarlon; John .limner, Pevel), JefTir-.nn; Albeit IMmnuson, nihil Albeit Hbanson Hpilm-llt Id, ilreene, Charles Slunay, J,il mar. ll.11 ton. Jeiemiah SI C. Youiigblood Illne H)e Stont . William A. Slanseli, I.lcl.lng T. xas; William .Moore, Marsh field, Webster, William It. McKlnley (Irani City, Woith, Philip Welstnuller, ItoeU Hill, SI Louis; Oeoige W Sanders Nlxu, Christian, Leonard Tinner, Ava, Douglas! Ahrum 11 Wilson. Craig, Holt: Hutu It I. M Sluitry, Itleh Hill, Hates Kansas Oliver II p. Hllenwood. Sedan, Chuutnueiua; Davit II Hi Itoss, Wlehlii, Sedgwltk, II. 1 111 in Koeppen, Hushton. Hlce; Charles Slaginuls, lllue .Mound. I, inn, f'hnilPM P. SliflrlHIn. Hillsdale, Slliml: Thomas II (lamer, Alden, Itlee; Henry Billion, (lioviland, .Mcpherson; Asa T. Conner, Hi lb Plalne, Sumner; Singleton Hiixttiu, I'll .1-..111 1 Dile, Hush Arrcsliil fur the Minder uf Mbit H111.J. Ardmore, I. T., March 3 -(Special.) On Noveinbci !3 list Whit Itoss was, murdered at tho home of II l, Jlel.une and Slcl.ine and Kobeu Linn vuro ai rested, charged with the cilme At the pi.llnilnary hear ing SlcLane was bound over for trial nnd l.lnn at iIIm barged. L.ibt Prldiiv l.lnn was lenrrtsted by Hop. ut) Oeorfie SI Stewart and at Iho oxamliin. Hon which was com hided to-d iy was held without bull by CommUsIoner Olhbons, charged with the murder A very strong case vvas mule against Linn by two elrls, who testified that Linn was visiting them tho night of ill- murdei and when he left said he was going to kill Itoss Their les. ttiuony was iiirroboiuleil by other wit nesses. (.iiii'riior llnlciiiiilMs Vi r) Mi k. Lincoln, Neb, Slarth 3 (ioternor Silas llolrombe Is m rloualy 111, Poi several da) is he has betn lonllneil to his home from the tlfnts of la grippe Alio. Hoi tombe was telegraphed last night and ar rived from the old home to-day ills con tlltlon l not alarming, though complica tions are not iiiu'iiitted. Stormy ut Abilene. Abilene, Kas , Slareh 3.-(Speclal ) An olher hard storm, with severe cold and snow, began this afternoon and s unabated to-night. Th temperature has fallen nearly to zero. ' KILLED BY THE CUCKOOS, Hip llmtn lallt to Pass the ,rknnis .Nnrtliiieslrrii lllll titer the I'rrs Ident's Vi to. Washington, Star h 3 (Ppeclat ) The effort vi as made this afternoon to secure the p.issjge 01 er Ihe president's, veto of the hill to grant a right of way through the Indian country lo the Arkansas nnd Northwestern road, which It Is proposed to run from Southwest Sllssourl northwest lo Knnstis, In the ilclnlly of CofTeyvllte. The plan agreed upon was lo have this failed up nrst, ns It had been Introduced li) Sir, l)enhiore, of Arkansas, and It was thought best to hao the first effort In the lino of upsetting n veto eotne from that side, nnd should that succeed then It would be followed Immediately b) tho ef fort to pass the Oklahoma Central bill, nlo over the veto. Tho contest over the Arkansas it North western went along tery smoothly and the roll call showed IM In favor of the bill 11I11I M, with Ihe president, or Just II short or a neeesnr,v two-thlrds vote, At one time In the roll cull tho-e lighting to pass the bill over the veto were ninth elated, ns the eti) vvns In their f.ivor, but on tho second cull tho cuckoos rallied to tho sup port of the president and among them visibly were many fellows who are about to go out of congress mid who lit this time nre very anxious about the little mat ter of seuirlng nil appointment from the president, and they seized upon the oppot tnnlty to do something ihnt would attract the attention of the pfcsldeut and bring about an opportunity. The vote was so e!op thit the friends ot the plan feel much dlsgiistd over their defeat. It was deemed not advisable at that time to mnke the effort to bring up the Oklnhoma Central leto. Delegate l'lynn had mustered the Republicans lo support the olher bill with the hope ot reaching f.ivoinble action on the bill of so much Interest to Oklnhoma. The wires have been hot with messages from parties In Oklahoma either Interested In the Oklahoma Central Company or In terested In the development of the country along the proposed Hue, demanding that ever) thing possible be done to get the bill through. It was even concluded by Sir. Sidney Clarke, of Oklahoma Clt, who has been working for the passage of the bill, that It might be possible to let a new bill through that would avoid the three objections raised by the president In the veto. Such 11 bill was prepared and sent to the committee on Indian nffnlrs In the spnate when Chairman Jones said he would not consider a bill of this sort Intended to meet the objections that hud been raised b) the president. He felt very warm over the new line or vetoes being Issued by the president and thus It happened that this plnn railed The en.itor Insisted that the effort should be made to pass the bills over th veto and ho guiranteed that It they rot through the house he would ee to It thnt they were shoved thiough the senate. Hut the plan so fnr having failed It is likely that the people of Oklahoma will he unable to avoid the commercial damage done by the eto. it an oppor tunity should present itself another ctTort will be made to overcome the veto on the Oklahoma Central, but there Is small hope or finding the opportunity. It Is almost Impossible to estimate the damage to the Southwestern country by this action of the president In conformity to the suggestions of the Indian lobby, who want a chance to hi ickmnll nil en terprises of this sort compelled to pass through the Indian country. It will not onl) delay building operations during the remainder of the administration, but will give encouragement to the hands of finan cial bandits In that country who will con tinue to harass enterprises. AN ACID TANK EXPLODES. Tho Slen Iiistiuttli Killed nnil Two s-erl-tiusty Injured at SIcKim spurt, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa. Slareh 3 Hy the ex plosion of il tank of sulphuric acid at SIc Keesport to-da) two men were instantly killed and two Injured. Tho killed are: SV. H. Slorgan and William Hill. The Injured Wllll.im Uivette md Hike Sovercitch. The first three name 1 were empIo)es ot the National Tube works and were engaged In transferring a carload ot .sulphuric .uld to a tank Inside the works. Suddenly the tank exnloded and the men were hurled many feet. Hill was terlbly mangled and died Instnnth and Slorgan had his neck broken, Latette was thrown twenty leet and scrlousls Injured. The head of the tank, weighing 2,0V) pounds, vvas blown through the roor or the works nod lighted on the roof of a Hungnrlnn boa 1 ding house near bs Mike Soveieltch vvas sleeping In an upstalis room, and lvh.n the heavy piece of met tl crashed through the roof a piece of pos tering stnu k him on the head. Inllb ting a deep wound No cause for the explosion Is assigned TARSNEY ON THE CONFERENCE. llo Slav Up Appointed by Spe'lker Crisp on the lutt rn itloual 'oiniiilsbiu. Washington, .March 3. (Special ) There Is ,1 general hustle among members to get appointed on the International monetary conrerence nnd some of tho friends of Sir Tarsney say he Is likely to be one selected hy the speaker to lepresent tho house. He Is going to Kuropo anyway In April, and he will be In easy reach of tho conference It Is also said .Mr. Crisp may want to se lect a North, rn Democrat, nnd as theie arc only thlruen of these In the next house the chum is tor Tarsney to be npponittd nre thus Improved, THU JIOVKTAKY CONTIlItnNCi:. Speaker Crisp Has lleen T'niinlmniiHly Chos en by the lloliso as One of tho Delegate. Washington, Slareh 3 Speaker Crisp has been unanimously chorcn as one of the delegates to the International monetary conrerence by the house. three s,rr(.,i I'roin the Senate. Washington, Slareh t, 1.33 n, m. A mo tion has Jiit bee'ii made in executlie ses sion that Jones (Dein., Ark ), Teller (Hep., Col ) and Daniel (Dem , Va ) be selected us delegates to the monetary conference The executlvo session closed ut 1:50 nnd ended with the selection of Senators Tel Itr, Jones mid Daniel b the unanimous vote of the senate as Its representatives In thu International conference .Vpprnprl illimi. fur Oklahoma. Washington, Slareh 3. (Special.) The legislative bill as completed shows nn appropriation of JJ.CKXi to cover extras In tho olllce of Secretary Lowe, of Oklahoma, 1111 liitieubo ot I'M over house allowance, nt the Mine time Governor Itenfiow Is al lowed for tho ennio account SHOO, which Is Just half tho amount ho wanted The bill nlo contains a provision changing the time for holding the United States court at Port Scott and Wlchltu, mai.ing It a week latei than nt present The change was suggested h) United Slates Attorney Per ry of Port Scott b) way of securing out side Judges to aid Judge Poster In the Kan sas district. MUs l.ellcr Mill M'etl, Washington, Slurch 3 Tho ei.iragement Is announced of Miss Slur) Lelter, daugh ter of Sir and Sirs L. 'A. Letter, of l)u pont Circle, Washington, nnd Hon. Georgo N Curium, SI P Sir. t'urzor. has repre sented Southport, Lancashire, in parlia ment slnco lii. and vvas under secretary 10 India In 1S9I-9.'. He Is tho author of "Itussla In Central Asia," "Problems of ihi Par Hast." and "Persia," a fellow of All Souls' college of Oxford, and the eld. est ton of Lord Scarsdale, nnd was born in IM9. BRIEF ITEMSBY WIRC, St Petersburg, Slareh 3 Tho erar, whoso Illness was announced In these dispatches Sesterday, Is siifl'eilug from Inllueiua and smo 1l110.it London, Slnich 4 A dispatch to tho Tlmts f 1 0111 Pnrls sn)H that Prince Achilles Sluriit has committed biitcido the Cau casus It) shooting himself In n lit uf 111. .anlty London, Slurch 3.Slr Prancli W)utt Truseott, aldeiinan for l!owi'i'o, s dead Sir I'rancls was born In 18JI. Ho was bin 1 -III of Loudon uiitl Sllddlescx hi 1S71-7-. and lord major uf London In 1&4. Iiu was en gaged lu the wholitulo unit export stalloii ciy buslniss Paris, Slim h 3 I-a I'ranco declares tho attitude-' of tho United Slates in tho Sin Domingo affair Is due to Irritu'.lmi with Huron Do Courcel, who was president of tho Dchriug pea lilluinul ot arbitration, In consequence nt Iho revelation made dining thu sittings of the tribunal. Chicago, HI. Slurch 3. Percy (1. Chum herlulu, un Hngllshinaii. committed MilUdo lust night by shooting himself through the heatl. Chamberlain had lived hero for eight years, and vvas In comfortablo tlr. cumstunces. having an Income from un munerativo pioperty here und In West Virginia, ivheie a brother of his is said to KOiUVO lit Iillglilllll, Ull4 wnniiift Burnt-- t V SHELTERED BY ROYAL PURPLE' .Miss Anna tlntilil Mill He .Married t'nilrr ti Princely Ciiuop) tti-tla). New York, Starch 3 At noon lo-morrow under n tniinpy of ro)nl purple, Sllss Anna llotild villi be wedded to Count Paul Hrnest llonlfnte. de Castellane The ceremony will be performed In the lint Indian room of the llotild mmslon, which has been converted Into a veritable garden of beaut) The wedding procession will form in the library Just above the oriental room and rrom there will pass through the great hall, hung with garlands ot aspara gus and vines entwining lilies of the valle) and while roses. The staircases have been hidden by musses of Htsler llles, while the walls of the adjoining rooms have been banked high Willi thousands of American llenut) roses and blossoms of ciery description, Archbishop Corrletnn will oP'clnte and the bridal ptrlv will be formed us follows: Plrsl will come tho ushers, Prime del DruBo, It ion 1 Duval, llrockholst Cutting and llnwnrd (lould, fallowing them wilt rome -Miss Anna U011I1I with her brother, (leorge J (lould. The little pages, Sins ters Klngdon nnd Jny (lould, will bear the bride's train, and after the bridesmaids the Sllsses Helen (lould, Healrlce Itlch nrdson, Catherine Cameron and Adelaide -Montgomery. 'lo-dny llorlsls put the finishing touches on the great rooms, which will be thrown open to thu Invited few early on tho mor row. Pink, white nnd grepn nre the pre vailing colors nnd the decorations have been inndp wlh an appreciation of beaut) that would do credit to nil artist's brush. Ill an nlcove Jutting on from the cistern room, the bridal couple will, after the nup tials, recelic the congratulations ot their friends. This alcove has been festooned with Hilts mid white roses and a cornu copia Is suspended from the arch by twist id ropes of Dowers. While tho arrangemenls for the wed ding have been on a magnificent scale, the number of Invitations lstied Is small, only relatives nnd Intimate friends having been so honored, livery precaution, too, has been tnken to prevent any encroachment by the uninvited, who will undoubtedly make a formidable assemblage In tiont of the rifth avenue mansion. Just as the marriage Is being performed l.Cior) poor children will be feasting at the Industrial schools ot tho city on the good things provided by the ccneioslty of the bride nnd her sister. SIIs Helen Could The Count de Castellane and Sllss Anna Gould eiitertnlned n row friends at lunch eon In the Plit7a hotel this nfternoon. The Count nnd Countess de Castellano will spend the time between the wedding cele bration on Monday nnd the sailing of the New York on Wednesdnv nt kyndhurst. Part of the honeymoon will b" spent nt the Turin estates of tho Slarquls de Castel lane. EXTENSIVE CHECK RAISING, Union Pat Hie It illroad mid Denier llauks and Sterth nits sut 1 esfull) s.Tin- tlleil by sh trper. Denier, Col., Slareh 3 One of tho most systematic nnd Ingenious check raising ever successfully tried In Ameticu. has Just been unearthed In this city, the victims being the Pnlon PaclHc Hallway Company, nearly every bank In Denver and several dr) goods and other houses Tho methods show the swindlers to be masters and ns daring as they are dishonest. Hurl) last month the Union Pacific pay car left Omaha on its regulir monthly trip to Salt Lake City with the wages of the coinpaii)'n emplo)es. Closely following the car came a gang of check raisers and Its members left the marks of their skill with ,u Id, Ink nnd pen In nearly every town where Union Pacific employes reside. The full extent of their operations nnd the loss to the company or those who took the i.ilsed salarv checks Is not yet fully known, but enough has leuked out to show that the 1 heck raisers h.wc netted thousands of dollars by this swindle. The lull force of the Union Pacific de tective corps Is at work on tho case, as well as thp police authorities in Denver and all other towns along the line. The gang visited the hotels and saloons most frequented by rallioid men, where a large portion of the checks had been cashed and bought them up. In value the checks lunged from $10 to SIM, but each one was skillfully i.ilsed to SHO and passed for thnt amount at banks and stores. In every in stance the rilsed check was tendered for omo Minll purchase, so thnt the gang got nearly the entire amount In cash. In Denier the checks ultimately reached different city banks, where they were pro nounced all right and forwarded to Omiha. Tho Union Pacific auditor then pissed nil the $110 checks ns being O K and com menced the balance M'hen the returned 1 hecks were compared with tne stubs of the check book, the fact became apparent th it the checks had been tampered with and work was at once commenced by the lallroad detectives It Is supposed that the ging worked west to Salt Lake nnd then escaped to the coast. CLOSE ON T0HALF A BILLION. Approprl itlons of tho Present Session nf ( otigriss Amount to .1(1T, "1(1 1,(1(1 1. Washington, Starch 3 The following fig ures show approximately the total appro priations made during tho present session of congress: Agricultural $3,313,TW; army, $:3,:;;,C0S, diplomatic nnd consular. $l,57j,073, District of Columbia, Ji01C533; fortifications, il.S0l.D17, Indian, J0 075.0IS; mllltarv ncad eni), lil, 'Jill, pensions. $111,3M,G70; post othce, $1.9,515,037, general deficit no), SV'iO, wiO, sundry civil, 47,llsl,Ot, urgent dell e lenev bills, passed early In the session, $J.3."7,d;1; legislative, executive and Judi cial, $JI,!W),, naval, $23,100.O, permanent annual, 113,073,!JM, miscellaneous, JW.ijiO. Total, $17.001,001. These figures are exact, except In the rases of general deficiency, sundry civil, legislative, executive and Jttdlolul, naval and miscellaneous, and these are v ery .lose to tho ex.u t amounts, exctnt. nossi- bls. on the general dellclencv bill and mis cellaneous The figures on the general de ficiency nre given as the bill pissed the house and will bo found to be not far wrong. A 3lltulio In Hip lllll. W'sAhln-t'i.. Starch 3 (Special ) A mis. tnke has been d'"""-cieil In the bill pro viding that the accounts -,t ,tn tirst posi- misters of Guthrie, Oklihomi (itv .,nd Kingfisher be adlii-ted by the jiastoillce department The bill was Intended 10 pro vide for p.i)ment to those postmasters on buck accounts, but It seems the bill only provides for a htatement of the accounts to be made, but there Is no appropriation to cover tho findings. This Is tho Impor tant part of it nnd the plan Is lielng con sidered of passing .1 resolution making an appropriation, but the fate of such u scheme Is problematical nt this stage of tho proceedings. Captain I'rt email In lYii-bbigtiiii, Washington, SInrch 3 (Special.) Cap tain II II. Pirciniin, Osage agent, Is hero attending; to some agency business. His attention was called to charges preferred agnlnst him In the department to the ef. feet that ho Is In ctillu.lon with Usage traders, and will not allow merchants In tow us tin iho Ocage border to enter the reservation for thu purpose ot lOllectlng for poods sold to Os.igea. Mont) fur Sir. 1'rlte Heller. Washington, Slareh 3, (Special.) Price Keller, of Kansas City, gets S.'.OUi) on ne. counts originating before the war when ho was Pottawatomie agent In Kumas The claim has been pending for m.inv vear. and a bill to liquid ite tho same passed the seunto soma Pino ago and a similar bill nai nafrscil bi tho hoiifcO 10-duv. helm? called up bv Hunter, of Illinois, and a member of tho Indian commliee. Dropped 11 Sjiltchi I of lliaiunud. Itlvrrslde, Cnl,, Slareh 8. Sirs, James r. Ilervey, of Chicago, who owns un orange grove In this city, where the spends the wint.r. drooped a satchel containing tlin. inniids nnd other Jevvtls valued at $a("), while out driving Satuidu) afternoon. This morning1 the little daughter of a Salvation uriny otllrer found the satchel and return, e.l It to -Mrs. Hervey, itcclvlus a reward of JVi Look Out fur u Cold su 111. Chicago, Slareh 3. Thu weather bureau predicts a severe cold wave during the n.xt two days, extending over Knnsat. N braiktt. Iowa, SIlssouiI, Illinois, Wis. iwimln, Michigan and ludianu. The tern pciiitlire will decline about 23 deg. pi the territory mentioned In Chicago the turn, pi raure will fall to 10 deg, nbove zero, ( heap Coal Ilavo you given our Wclr City and Cher, okeo e(,'g coal a trial? I'or domes lie use it bus no supeilor. Place )our order for a ton of this coal and sou will use, no other, t'rlcc, $-'.75 per ton delivered. CHNTKAL COAL AND COKH CO . Tcltpboiiu 511. Keith & Perry bids. Aid for Xubraaku. Sedalla, Slo., Slareh 3. (Special.) The cuizens 01 tiugnesviue ana vicinity jeS' tr-rday shipped a carload of provisions to the destitute ot Lincoln and Logan coun ties. Neb. I ters. SPORTINGNEWS, Kntias ( Ity t'jrtUls' H1111I Hun. About a dost'ii members of the Knnsis t Ity Cyclists enjovpil a road run veslerday momma to tins town and return, n dis tance nf twenty miles. The weather was iciisuui vvtieti ine sinrt was inntio. nnu the rontls were In fair shape, but on the tcturn trip the wheelmen nrttl to fnee n biting north wind, which rendered Hdlng rnther illfilcull A run Is being planned for nestt Sunday by Cnplaln Wnrreii, and he desires n large turnout, ns It Is the In tention In tnke it number of plctutes nt 01l011s places on the 11111 Idle scpttrllng siite. Hiisle's contract has been recclied by the New York management, but, strange to say, no letter for publication nccompinles It ns heretofore. llurkett, Young, Cnppv and Child, of Cleveland, hale not heuid tint ithe usiiil spring thntv Is nt hand. Their contracts nre still under l-c. 1 1 costs Anson 11 great deal of monei eierv winter to belleie that he Is a, great bllllnrd pla)er. In this case It would not be folly lo be wise. Pitcher ,1'rank J. Sexton, former!) of llrown iinliersltv, has been signed bv the Huston club. Will he fare belter with the club than Tenny did? Slanuger lining, of Cincinnati, says Latham, nlthough somen hat orr In Held Ing, Is all right as n hitter and run-getter, nnd will stay on third bise. The beautiful showers of cold water that the v York World continues to throw on .Manager Davis are bracing, but hardly pleasant at this stage of the game. Slanager Hnnlon sis the Orioles are out for the pennant again, and will land It once more, They will have to If the) want to live in peace In OstervlUc. Lawn tennis champion "Hob" Wrenn has nculp llnrvnril heart Inline bv con senting to play with the Crimson baseball team this yeir. He Is a line Inllclder Shortstop Stclxenn says he Is In good pl.i)lng trim and expects to keep up the pice that he set last year. SIcKean pla)cd grent ball for Cleveland last summer. President Hrush sn.is there would hate been no trouble for the New York man agement In Its desire to sign Iliisie if It had pot been for the meddling outsiders. Charlie Abbev sn)s that the Philadel phia and St. Louis ctubs me the ones which, In his Judgment, will furnish the surprises of the coming baseball season, Dan Drouthcrs has slgnrd a Italtlmore contract, but Keiiey, Keeler, .Mcur.iw, Jennings and Hiodle haic combined to make Von tier llorst give them nn Increase of salary . The regatta committee of the Nntloml Assoclitlon of Amateur O.tismen has de cided on holding Its next tetrnttu 011 Wednesdiy nnd Thursday, July IT nnd 1", on b.iratoga lake, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Jimmy Harry, the bantam weight boxer, who has been s0 successful In winning battles In the West, sa.vs that there Is i-o little money In the business that he Is seriously thinking of going bick to his trade ns a silver plater. Old Unqulier Is In poor health and has almost reached the time limit. He Is now :s scars old, and will hinll) survive lsrC,. Lxlle, SInmmlP Gray, Inspector li., Hella II , Kaliet to, Heporter, H.isll Duke, Heun dor, JJanner Hearer, 1'austus and Jlluo H)cs are anions: his celebrated sons and daughter. Hob rits'slnimons' stock has tnken a big drop in Newark since the midlist 1ms full. en out with his malinger. Captain Glorl has tho reputation of being one of the squarest men 111 Ing, and ho stood by the Australian when he had no money and no friends Newark men ate offering bets that Pltzsimmons and Slartln Julian will not be friends for moie than two weeks at the most. I.ord Dunrnien has not yet decided what action he will take In reference to the reg ulations presciibed hy the Now York Yacht Club 111 reg.tnl to the number of men comprising the racing ciewsof yachts competing for the Amei let's cup. He con siders forty men a sufficient number to work a boat the size of the Valkyrie, and mat possibly object to the cup defender hating more. The Paris municipal council Is taking practical Inleiest In cs'clo racing, nnd be sides the proposal to found a "Grand Piix" of $l,to ror hn annual evele race. It Is also considering the advisability of building a municipal track, whereon cs elist3 can have the benefit of training nt a moderate fee. Any profits acciulng from the holding of race meetings: to be devoted to public: uses. Verily, the sport of c) cling In Prance Is becoming a national Institu tion. The Trench racing public seems to have had enough ot these long distance cvcle events, espeolull) while the thermometer Is so low. The opinions of the press n doise (hat Impies-ion. as articles h.ivo ap peared In all the d lilies condemning the ovvneis of the track and others for or ganizing sucn exhibition or cruelty, and enticing men to luln their constitutions by riding such trslng rices at this time or the sear Slons Clere ha taken this Into consideration, and has announced that the eight class' lace will not take place. Tho ability or long distance racing men to traiel without the aid or anv but a small amount of nourishment h.ts been ex plained bs' tho recent experiments of Dr Slanea, an Italian physician. Pasting for twenty-four or for thlrty-s- hours has no Influence on the muscular power accord ing to Dr. Slanea. He found the power the same, whether measured by voluntary etfort? or by electricity Tho deviation for longer periods he thinks, must be attrib uted to the elfects on the nervous system, respiration and circulation, but not on the muscles. Tho programme for the Interstate Ass0 elation s third annual Grand American handicap contest nt Hie birds Is Just from the press. This meeting will he held at Wlllard's ptrk. Paterson. N. J, on Wednesday. Thursday and Prlday. April 3. 1 and 5, is open to all, and them Is $-,000 gti.11 anteed. with nil surplus added. The programme gives four events for the llrst day. two lor the second, and four for the third, If finished In good time, miss and out events will follow This meeting will prohablv be the greatest live bltd eient over held In America, and will bring to gether In competition the most famous trap shots of America with perhaps some experts rrom the Old World Programmes may be procured or J A. II. Dresrl sec-ietarv-treaurcr. 313 Hroadway, New York Hegulir entries must be mad" on or before Slurch SO, the sectetary lecelving the sime. iivnit rinci: Mits, iir.i'rim: m's hay Member, of Ihe s,,(t,.r rv n lw, u,,ril yic. t tint of Tin Ir Own Ciirltislt). The preinillng Impression that women nro curious, says the Philadelphia Hecorcl, gained some gtound in front of a Chestnut street dr) goods store yesterdav nt fre quent intervals, when tho sidewalk In from of 0110 of the windows became blocked bv the crowd of women who pushed nnd cuished one another to get a view at some thing or other An Investigation disclosed tho fact that a heavy piece- of clith had beet! Instened over the front of tho win dow, completely shutting nut a view nf ihe Intei lor, but which could be moved enough ut either sldu to permit ono person it a time to seo the lino of goods Inside. With out ihe cloth coveilng the window would not have proved more attractive than any of the others, but ns It was, feK nf nP passing women wem too busy to fall to wait their turn and get a ptcp nt what was behind the screen. Hub I.u)litld 111 mm largo Audience. Sednll.i, Slo., Slnich 3. (Spec! il ) rtey Hob Layfielil, the evangelist of Kansas City, who his been holding a series of re. vlv al meetings nt the Plrst Congrega tlonnl church, addressed u union nieotlng this nfternoon In tho V. SI. C A hulldlnr The hall was not half large enough tn hold all who desired to hear the speaker and scores were uuuhle to gain admittance Preparing for Vlilnry In s-t'dulli, Ped t It.. Slo., SInrch 3 (Special) The Republican central committee Issued n call sestertlay foi wind primaries to bo held Slareh U to select delegates to (ho Repub. llcan city convention Slareh 14 The pros, pects are bright for a sweeping liepub. llcan victory at the sprfliB election. Cburili lledii.itliiii at Purr), o. T, Guthrie. O. T.. Slareh 3. (Sneclnl.v Th. Plist I'resb) terlon chinch of Peiry was dedicated to-day, being ono of the best church buildings In the teirltory, itev D. II, Stewart, of Aikansas City, delivered the sermon. Uev. S. P. SI)ois, formerly of Kingman, Kas,, Is pastor. tliiuiiuilUtle l.'nleiprLe. New York World; 1'rlend Horn 'Cros"i the bridge "Pushing )0iir baby carriage, old man, I sec Got a new baby since )ou moved over here, eh?' . De Ruster (newsiuper man. laMof New York) "Yep: had to get out u. llrookljn edition, ou know." Itillef ror thu I'oitiiuniiT at s.ilillj. Washington, Sluich 3. (Special.) Tho claim of Valley Hurt, postmaster at Se- eUlla, vvas Included In Ihe deficiency bill to-day. Tho secretary of the treasury 1 autnorizeu cu pay mm uuuui i,w, post olllce funds caught In the First National bank failure at Sedalla. Washington. l'eroual. Washington. March 3. (Special ) E. C. Little, of Abilene, ex-consul to Cairo, is In the eltv looking after some personal mat- TEN STORYETTES. An cilil arm) officer, who knew little pf law, had been appointed governor of .1 West India Hand. The most appalllns duly which the governor had to perform 11ns the administration of JnMlce, and In his Igtiornnce he addressed Lord .Mansfield In a lone of great toncern, sn)lng he knew nothing of law, and nsklng what he should do ai? the presiding tifilecr of the local eoutt of chnnciry on the Island to which he was going. "Tut, man, ' sain .xwnsueui, "decide prumpll), but never give nJiy rea sons for sour decisions, Your decisions inn) be light, but )our reasons are sure to be wrong." Last winter Mr. Justice Itarlnn deliver ed a lectuie 011 the llehrlng sea arbitra tion befoic a luge audience, ot. law students In n Western ell) Ills honor, after Inking lip Ihe legal side of the ques. Hon, described graphically and Icnrncdiy the habits, migrations and peculiarities of Ihe seal, with elaborate references to other animals which seemed to offer Instructive analogies. A few d.i)s nfler, 11 student who had lead law n few months was nsked how he liked the lecture. "Oh, very much," replied he, "iiry much Indeed irr) instructive. In fact, 1 think 1 learned moie natural hlstnr) from Justice Harlan than fioni all uf Hluckstune." Not long ago, .1 certain nuthoress, whoso talents tin nut exiciul tu the Ittitl of elo cution, gnvo leadings from her works nt Sirs. Horce's "salon." The niilhoress read In a monotonous tone several essays, nnd I hen u realistic story, lu which no one did an) thing. Sir. Horeo succeeded, during the leudlng of this story, In making his es cape into nn nntci 00111 by a roundabout wii). The door of the anteroom vvns shut, lu this room Sir. Horcc found, asleep In a chnlt, the rootman whose duty It was to usher In visitors, Sir. Horee shook him rudely by the shoulder. "Wretchl" he said, In a hoarse whisper, "you've been listening at the ke)holel" One evening while John Addlngton Sy moncls was at Oxford, ho dined with Pro fessor Jovvett. Alter dinner the latter sat staring nt the lire, nnd would not speak, but et he did not seem to want Symonds 10 go. At last he spoke oracularly: "When I don't su) an) thing, people fancy I am thinking nbout something. Generally I am thinking about nothing; at all. Good night." At another time ho said: "Sir. Snluburnc is a most curious young man. He used to bring mo long nnd eloquent essa)s. Ho hud a leiy romargable power of language; but It was all language, t could never find that he vvas following1 uny line of thought." At a dinner given In London by a well known literary man, an equally well known author and correspondent was most ciithusls.T'tlc In his pi also of Wagner, not onlv us a composer of music, but as a poet. "I have no doubt,' he said, with gte.it eirnestness, "that In the years to come SVagner will be ranked nbove Hee thoien and Schiller." "1 quite agree with )ou," responded Alma Tadema, who was one of the cumpan) ; "for certainly," he continued, as the author turned a face beaming with delight at this unexpected support toward him "certainly no one can deny that Wagner is a liner musician than Schiller and a greater poet than Bee thoven." One day the Austrian ambassador to the federal diet. Count nechberg, lecelved a dispatch lnsiiuctlntr him to vote with Prus sia for a certain Impoitnnt measure, ac companied with .1 confidential letter direct ing him to Induce the lepresentatives of the other Germin states to vote against the measure and thus defeat It. In his haste ho handed tho wrong paper to Bls maick, who read it and returned It with tho remark: "There must be some mistake here." Itechberg siw his blunder, and grew pale and excited. "Don't bo dis turbed," said Hlsmarck; "jou did not In tend to give me this document, and there fore sou have not given It to me, and I am vv holly Ignorant of Its contents." In fact, he made no mention of It in his official re ports, and thus won Ilechborg's gratitude, besides having him henceforth "on tlm hip." Catkin!, on one occasion when at Weimar, vvas placed next to Goethe at a fashionable dinner pirty. Cntalanl knpw nothing of Goethe; but. being struck In itio fine appearance of the poet, she asked the gentleman on her side what was his name "The celebrated Goethe, mudame," was the rcpl)-, "Ah ses Pray on what In strument does ho pl.i) ?" was tho rejoinder, "lie Is not a performer, matlame; he Is the renowned author of 'Weithci. Oh, yes, )cs, I remember," said Cntalanl; and, turn ing to tho lenerable poet, she addressed him. "Ah, sir, what an admirer I am of Weither'. A low bow followed In ac knowledgment "I never," continued the lively lady "I never lead an) thing half so laughable In all my life. What a capital f.nce It Is, sir'" "Slud.inie," said the poet, looking serious, "the 'Sorrows of Werthei' a tarce-'" "Oh, yes; never vvas .instiling so exquisitely ridiculous," te joineil Catalanl, still laughing heartll). It turned out that the lady had been talking all the while of a parod.v of "Wertber," which had been performed at one of the minor theaters of Paris. But fancy the mortification of tho poet! Though vcrv fond of stories, and an ex cellent lacontour himself, Rubinstein was rather taciturn Once, it Is reported, a Scotch friend of his, whom ho liked very much, went home with him one night after a concert at Glasgow. Both gentlemen sat down to tea and cigarette?, and ns midnight struck they hid not exchanged a word rinally the guest risked a bold and novel query: "Do s'ou like neethoien?" Rubinstein emptied his cup and said, soft ly: "Beethoven good" Half nn hour later came another question: "And how do 5-011 like W.iKliei' To which Rubinstein, throwing away a cigarette: "Wagner not good" Hiving exhausted his .stock of In qulslllveness, the Scotch friend of the Rus sian pianist got up to bid his host a pleas ant rist ' Stav set, my filend," said Ru binstein; "I like )Oiir convers itlon very much" And both lemalned still drinking tea and smoking cigarettes In profound silenco until 3 a. m. struck, when thev wished ono another good night and parted. William Bradford, the American nrtlst, hud begun life nK a business man, and nev er quite overcame tho traditions ot trade. With this was combined a rigid conscien tiousness, derived from his Quaker un cestrv. He and Van Heeot were living at one time In New Bedford. Van Beest was a genuine swashbuckler, gifted with unus ual eloquence In the nit of piofnne swear ing Once Van Heest n-quested Bradford to lefuiicl him a loan of $3n. When the lat ter piolested that It was Inconvenient to return It then, and pleaded for time, Van Hetst let llya volley of red-hot oaths, swearing that he must hnvo tho money then and there With considerable reluc tance Bradford handed him a KM note. Van Ilcet thereupon proceeded, with tho utmost nonchalance, to light his pipe with tho bill Completely oierconie by such un amazing ,n t nf folly, following bald on such a blast of profanity, Bradford left tne room in a state of stupefaction After ho had gone, Van Heest buist out laughing, and took tho bill from his pocket, telling the by. stnnders that tho bill he h id actually used to light his pipe with wns a counterfeit fifty that he hud dexterlously substituted fot tho genuine bill, and that ho got tho money from Bradford at that particular tlmo expressly to play oft this trick on him. SI. Hsrvlox-, chief of police nt Paris un. tier the empire, one night vvas awakened and Informed that one of the most promin ent ladles of the Impel lal court had Just been miesteel, when, with tho nsslstanco of her maid, sho was attempting to place In a cab the dead body of a young man arrayed In tull evening dross. At the police sta tion Bbe explained In llyrvolx that her hus band had gono on a shooting expedition and would leturn on the following morn Ins, and that she lud taken advantage of lilb absence to recelvo a voung admirer, who had died nt 2 o'clock In the morning, as was subsequently discovered, of nneu. rlsm of the heart. Appalled by the poss. blllty of tho body being discovered by her husband, she wus In tho act of getting rid of It, vi hen discovered and arrested SI llyrvolx, avvuro of tho emperor's desire 10 avoid public scandals at all costs, Imnie. dlntely ordered her releise. Soma )ears later, after Ihe wai, SI, llyrvolx happened to be present at an afternoon reception on the Paubourg St. Honore, at Paris. Tha death of the emperor and the fate of tlm exiles ut Chlselhurst formed' the principal topic of eonvfisatlon As usual, smill mercy was shown toward the fallen dyn. asl), und unions- the most bitter In their denunciation of the corruption und lmmor iillty of the empire was .1 lady In whom SI. Hyivolx recognized tho heroine of the adventure, described above. He mada hi way to her, and, bowing low, exclulmed "Slay I be permitted to pay my homage to Jlme. La Marquise' 1 fear that you have almost forgotten me." She looked un ut him. and. an recognizing who was speak- 1m- r.iintpil Nnl vcu ..ha .. ... ..- " . I...o. .-.....-. --- -- e. vv. aiitrrwuril known to open her lips on tho score of Honupartlst Immorality. Tho Argonaut. louey to Huy Ihe (lutbrlo Jail. Washington, Slurch 3. (Special ) Th l'-r?,Y,ls.l01Vs m .'.he undry civil appropriating $o,C00 to buy the Guthrie Jail has been ac cepted by conferrees. y fl ti' vP JflJ live. 'J v f yretary, i-aiu V- a " i i jrr