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Try ACME COUGH SYRUP,
and you will get reuof. Large
bot?le only 25 cents.
Wher you ask for ACME,
got ACME.
We make il.
H. C. BARNES,
"Ho Pats Up Prescriptions."
HAT a man dreads
most next to step?
ping on a tack is
putting his feet in
ill fitting shoes. No
need to.
ROANOH '
SHOE COMPANY.
MANY CATTLE I.OST.
Denison, Tex., Jan. 27.?Prominent
stock men of the Indian Territory and
the Pan Handle report that the recent
blizzard has resulted in the death of thou?
sands of cattle on the range. For the
llrst time iu a number of years large wa?
ter courses are. frozen over.
Hiharger, the watchmaker. Office in
Terry building.
VOL. XVII, Ko. 00.?FCi
ROAN
GEN. GOMEZ
IS CONFIDENT.
The Insurgent General Has Been
Interviewed.
HE SAYS IF HE HAD TIIK AMMU?
NITION' AND ARMS NECESSARY
HE COULD CLEAR THE ISLAND
OF SPANISH SOLDIERS WITHIN
A MONTH?HE DECLARES THAT
CUBANS WILL NEVER ACCEPT
HOME RULE.
Atlanta, Ca., .Tun. 27.?The Evening
Constitution published to-day an authen?
tic interview with Gen. Maximo Gome/.,
in which he denies that lie ever wrote a
letter favoring home rule for Cuba; He
opposes n compromise und says if lie had
oO.OOO rilles and 1.000 cartridges for each
lie would drive Weyler olT the Island
within a month. The general criticises
Mr. Cleveland for non-interference.
The interview was obtained by C. W.
Hcrnando, who tviisscut to Cuba by Rev.
A. .1. Dia/, with a communication to have
a personal interview with General Go
me/.. Dr. Diaz, is the Baptist missionary
who was released from Morro Castle
last, summer through the intervention of
the United States. Mr. Hernando wrote
him from Jaruco under date of January
10.
He went from Atlanta direct to Ha?
vana. He left that city a:) a Cuban cow?
boy and two days later reached the (ramp
of Gome/, in the mountains of Las Esea
los de Jaruca. Hernando says:
"Although it was not yet ? o'clock in
the morning the general was up, hooted,
wuaring his large Bombroro and a clean
linen dress. The only arms he wore was
a small Spanish revolver. Upon acquaint?
ing the general with the report that he
hail given his adhesion to the policy of
home rule or autonomv for Cuba, the
same as accorded to Canada by Great l!.-i
talu, he said emphatically :
'? 'No, sir, I have written no such letter
nor given any assent to the policy. I am
the general in command of the Cuban
forces and my only business is to plan
and fight battles in order to drive out the
Spanish from the Island to bringe the war
tu a successful issue I have been en?
trusted with this duty by the Cuban gov?
ernment through its proper agencies.
If any action is ever taken in regard to
t lie polit ical setl lenient of Cuba it will
have to be by President CisnerOH and his
cabinet, who alone are authorized to act.
Resides this, there is an article in the
Constitution which we have adopted pro?
viding th 111 they even have to call the
general assembly lor such an important
matter. My only duty is to light, to
keep the banner of Cuba flying and iu no
manner would [conflict with the officials
of my government.
"But," I askeil the General, "do you
know of any movement even on the part
of your government for such a purpose
as this?"
" 'Why. no,' replied the General. 'The
Cuban people were never so determined
a^ they are now. At no time since the
beginning of the war has the army been
iu bet lei' condition or better drill than at
present. Our men are l ull of enthusiasm
lor the Independence of Cuba and never
in its history have they been so set Hgaiust
taking advantage of any temporary offer.
The Cuban army and the Cuban people
have started out for absolute independ
J euce and they- will never lay down their
arms until it has been accomplished.'
"Calling his attention to the unfriendly
policy of Mr. ClevelaniMie smiled grimly
and said:
" 'When we rose up in arms against
Spanish tyranny we did so trusting in
(iod and iu ourselves. We knew the en?
emy whom we had elected to meet, so
that we did not measure the status of the
giant or the power of the lion. Conse?
quently we are here, armed and organized
and rendy to sacrifice our lives for Cuba.'
"The General walked up and d.iwn as
he spoke, his eye. Hashing; then he added:
" 'I know I should be guarded in what
I say. Mr. Cleveland is at the head of a
great nation, for whose people I have the
most profound respect, and he is well ac?
quainted with the truth; but no man who
was not of Anglo-Saxon descent could act
so cold-bloodedly as he has done. I know
all the people of the United States are iu
favor of our cause and am acquainted
with the position of the United States
Senators, although there had been some
friction among them, for which I am
sorry.
' "There is one thing, however, that I
do not understand. How it is that Mr.
Cleveland can he so complacent with a
country that has insulted his Hag as
Weyler has done iu Cuba, and as has
been done in Spain; how Mr. Cleveland
can rest content when he sees the Spanish
government shedding the Innocent blood
of non-combatants is past my comprehen?
sion. If it, was only for'humanity sake,
he ought to stop the barbarities in a
friendly way.'
"At this point the General dropped
that point of converatiou and replied to
the question as to how I ing the war
would continue.
?"If l could have 00,000 rill es and 1.000
cartridges for each of them I would clear
Weyler and his troops from this land in?
side ol thirty days. I have endeavored in
my conduct of the war t<> observe the
rules of humanity. I have refrained al?
most ata?ic point of revolutions iu my
ra?' il?mmking reparation for barbarity
,\ ( IT Known in civilized war.
cr,i '"II Spain to-day should ofTer us the
most complete home rule, backed by the
United States, she would fail to keep her
promise. Then we would have to wait
for the United States to enforce the
agreement ami that, enforcement would
never come, for there will always be com?
mercial and other interests strong enough
to keep the rulers of nations in cohesion
with each otlur. There is one thing in
whlch.we trust?that is, the disappear?
ance of the Spanish name and Spanish
army anil Spanish Hag and the supremacy
of the people of Cuba."'
Lt 80U1HBHN ASSOCIATKO ]>KG:S KEP
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ARRESTED BY 'PHONE.
A New York Murderer Captured
in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Jan. 27.?Arthur Palmer, of
Mamaroneck, N. Y.. was arrested by Cop
taiu O'Malley and Detective Gocking, of
the St. Louis iorce, at the Planters' Hotel
this evening. Palmer is a handsome,
well dressed man, about 45 years old and
has been at the hotel for a week renls
tercd as Paul Jones.
The arrest was made on a long-distance
telephone message from Sheriff .Toluisou,
of Westchester county, N. Y., who said
that. Palmer murdered his mother,
brother and sister nine days ago and fled
to parts unkuowu The sheriff tele?
phoned that Palmer had been traced to
St. Louis and could be found at one of
the hotels.
During his stay at the hotel Palmer
kept closely to his room. When on the
ground lloor he would find a secluded
corner in the library away from the
crowd.
At 'J:J0 o'clock this evening Police Cap?
tain O'Malley and Detective Cocking lo?
cated him at the Planters.' Manager
Cunningham pointed him out sitting iu a
corner of the library.
When told that he w.is a ""prisoner Pal?
mer collapsed and had to be helped to the
patrol wagon. He was in such an appa?
rently helpless condition that the officers
did not press him with questions.
A few fine Mohair Robes left that we
will sell for less than cost. Yost-Huff
Co., Ltd.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Fatal Result of an Explosion in a Penn?
sylvania Mine.
Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 27.?About 5
o'clock last evenlnif a yas explosion oc?
curred in a mine owned by Shields Laird
and the Hurst Coal Company at Smock's
Station, on the Hed Stone branch of the
Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston rail?
road. Two men were blown to atoms
and seven perhaps fatally injured and
two less seriously. One of the miners
drilled into a pocket of gis and as naked
lights were used an explosion followed.
The seven men most seriously hurt were
terribly mangled, several having their
eyes blown out, while others were so
badly burned that great pieces of f'.esh
dropped from their bones.
FORGERS INDICTED.
Railroads Have Been Swindled Ont of
Thousands of Dollars.
Chicago, Jan. 27.?Tbe"grand jurr to?
day indicted Will. A. Burns and twelve
others on II charge of victimizing the Bal?
timore and Ohio railroad out of thousands
of dollars worth of transportation.
Burns was the ringleader of the plot.
The men are slid to all have forged
tickets.
The ofllcials of the road who appeared
before the grand jury had S4,000 of the
forged tickets with them and the plates
from which they were printed. These
tickets were sohl to scalpers, it is said,
and hundreds of them were used before
the counterfeit was discovered.
The men engaged in the wholesale for?
gery are said to each have been employed
around railroad offices and all are famil?
iar with railroad matters. 'It is thought
tlie operations of the men were not con?
fined to forging tickets on the Baltimore
ami Ohio system, but that the forgeries
extended to other roads.
FIVE MEN KILLED.
Trying to Avoid One Train They Gtft in
the Way of Another.
I Xew Haven, Conn., Jan. 27.?The Col?
onial express on the. Consolidated road,
eastbound, struck and killed five men at
East Norwalk about 2 o'clock this even?
ing. The men had been working on the
track and stepped out of the way of one
train directly in front of another.
At this point there are four tracks, and
the train the men desired to avoid aud
the one which killed them were both
moving in the same direction. The killed
tvre: James Powers, section foreman;
Daniel Gilbert, James Silk, John Shea,
Salvatore Spina. The first four were in?
stantly Killed, but Spina lived a short
time.
BUGGY ROBES.
We have the best, selected stock of
bugey robes in the city, which we are
selling at ureatly reduced prices. Come
and see us. Farmers' Supply Company,
'phone 15, Market Square.
BANK CASHIER SUICIDES.
Leigh, Neb., Jan. 27.?Last night
Frank .1. Lespa, cashier of the Clarkson
State Bank, at Clarkson, Nidi., commit?
ted suicide. He had recently sold an in?
terest which he held in the bank and no
reason for his act can be assigned.
FILIBUSTERS RELEASED.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 27.?The
steamers Three Friends and Dauntless,
which have been in custody of the United
States marshal for several weeks, were
released on bond today by order of the
United States court. The bond of the
Dauntless was *10,(>00 ,md that of the
Three Friends $5,000. The Dauntless w,<s
already under bond of $7,5110 in two cases
and the Three Friends was under bond uf
$14,000 in two cases.
LKI-'T AT till: STOUK A HOLT TU urn
l?\V~- AGO, TWO CIIIMHIKN'S OVI I!"
loVI's. OWNKII WIM. IM.i: \Si: ('AI i
AM) UKT Til KM.
MASSIF S PHARMACY
SNOW WAS GENERAL.
Richmond, Jan. "J7.?Four Inches ol
snow fell here to-day. Reports from nil
sections of the State are that snow Is
pretty general. Statin ton reports lour
Inches, Frederlcksburg five Inches,
Itlacksburg, live, Woodstock three Inches.
FIXE, OAK AND HICKORY W(Xd>
at 210 Salem avenue. W K. ANDREW r'
.x CO.
ORTS?A LI. IHK NB W 4 UF IHK ffOBID
->AY, JANUARY 2c
DON'T IlKE
| THE WORDING.
It Looks Like the Treaty Will
Have to be Amended.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE RE
( SUMES CONSIDERATION OF THE
ARBITRATION TREATY ? MUCH
DISSATISFACTION* EXPRESSED
OYER THE SUGGESTION OF KING
OSCAR AS FINAIi ^UMPIRE?AN
AMERICAN UMPIRK IS DESIRED.
Washington, .T;.n. 'J7.?The Senate com?
mittee on foreign relations to-day consid?
ered tho treaty of arbitration without
reaching a conclusion. The general drift,
of the discussion was that the instru?
ment must be amended so as to eliminate
any possible inclusion of questions con?
cerning the domestic or foreign policy of
either of the contract!na parties. It is be?
lieved be some that a conclusion will he
reached at a special meeting on Saturday
and that, the treaty will he reported to
the Senate .Monday.
While the treaty may be made satisfac?
tory by one or two amendments, each
member of committee has his own idea as
to the exact language to he employed in
so doing, The urdent~fr lends of the Nic
araguan canal insist that, in some, way,
that question be lifted bodily from the
treaty and guarded niminst.
The fear that 'Great Britain may ho
seeking a pretext to interfere not only in
our foreign policy hut in domestic a Hairs
as well leads ethers to urge an additional
provision that no questions affecting
either the domestic or foreign policy of
the contracting parties shall he brought
within thi' provisions of the general
treaty. This, it is contended, will also
carefully guard the .Monroe doctrine
I without referring to it in name-.
The designation in the treaty of the
king of Norway and Sweden as umpire is
causing the committee much concern,
ami looking up the diplomatic history of
this northern country tin- committee has
discovered th it a compact exists between
Great Britain and Franceon the one hand
ami Norway ami Sweden on the other, in
which they all airrec to stand by the
weaker nation.
The designation of King Oscar will in
all probability be eliminated, and an ad?
ditional amendment requiring the selec
tion of an American umpire for the Amer?
ican side and an Kuropean~uiupire when
the dispute is transferred to the eastern
hemisphere.
It is thought that when the treaty is
brought to the Senate a motion to dis?
cuss it in open session will carry
and it will he good for the country
to have this public debate.
The treaty between Sweden antVNorwiiy
on the one hand and Great Britain and
France on the other, which it is claimed
forms such a close alliance hetween the
two governments as to preclude the idea
of fairness, was ratified by the two gov
ernments in IMoft. It bindsGrentBritain
and France to aid Sweden with their mil?
itary force, if necessary, In repelling Rus?
sian aggression. While there is an al?
most universal sentiment in the Senate
in regard to the principle of arbitration,
in no such form, it is believed, can the
treaty be ratified. The discussion in the
Senate, whether in sei ret or In the pres?
ence of the public, promises to be some?
what protracted.
Senators on the committee who have
given the treaty careful consideration
will be called upon to expound its pro?
visions and throw all possible light upon
the subject. It has been the custom in
the. past for the Senate to be guided en?
tirely by the report of Its committee, in
acting upon the treaty, but. in this case
there appears to he n determination on
the part of men who have given but. little
attention to foreign questions to know
thoroughly what ttey are doing before
they east their vote for ratification or re?
jection of the general treaty of arbitra?
tion.
A line sleigh cheap at Yost-HufT Co's.
TOO DRUNK TO NAVIGATE
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 27.?Capt. John
Campbell, master of the British hark Bri?
tish American, now loading lumber in
tiiis port, was frozen to death last night
about two miles from the city. lie had
been drinking and started for his vessel
in company with the carpenter, lie was
too drunk to navigate and the carpenter
left him and went for assistance from the
vessel two miles away, and when he re?
turned with assistance they found the
captain frozen still from exposure. I It
was buried here to day.
'Phone 10, Farmers' Supply Company,
Market Square, fur Pocanontns, nut or
lump; Russell Creek, nut or lump; Ban?
ner, nut or lump; Brush Mountain, nut
oi lump; Norton, nut or lump. Anthra?
cite, nut or stove.
TEM PORARY RE< \ V.W ER.
Atlanta, Ca., Jan. 27.? W. B. Smith,
of Atlanta, was to day appointed tem?
porary receiver for the Georgia Southern
Building ami Loan Association, of Knox
villi?, Tenn. The assets ol the company
are said to bo $8,000,000 in notes and
mortgages and $500,000 in real estate.
Borrowers owe the association $300,000
dues in arrears The petition for the re?
ceiver was filed by S. II. Johnson, It
stockholder.
We Change ....
Our nunic on February lot to
RQANOKE MUSIC CO.
Simply to avoid mistakes, and uot to
avoid pa)In? mi) tiling wc 0W6.
SAMS PKOl'LK SAMK lit 3INB9S1
RICHMOND MUSIC CO
O. T. JKNN1NUS, H'c'r., Ruauoke, V?.
thick 1iikke ukms.
*, 1897.
WORKING FOR HANNA.
Sherman Has Written a Letter in
His Behalf.
Columbus, O., .Thu. 27.?Governor
Dushnell admitted to night that it was
true that Senator Sherman has written a
letter to him in regard to his proposed
resignation from the Senate and thu fill?
ing of the vacancy. Ho said the letter
was a private one and he had regarded it
as confidential. He would still do so,
though he might ultimately give it to the
public No one bnt himself had seen it.
He would say, however, what every one
would guess, that the Senator told him
that he would probably soon resign and
he thought that It would be best for the
party and for the State and country If
Mr. Hanna would be appointed as his
successor.
It is geuerally believed that the gov?
ernor will not comply with Senator Sher?
man's request and his manner of speak?
ing seemed to corroborate this view of it.
A RINGING SPEECH
By Mr. Bryan Before the Texas Legisla?
ture Denouncing the Trusts.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 27. ? Hon. Wm. J.
Bryan visited the Texas legislature this
morning and all business was suspended
while he made the two houses a ringing
speech.
He too*, occasion to say that he noted
with pri le that Texas was in the lead
with laws to regulate corporations that
were doing the public much harm.
lie stated that in Iiis State and others
during the last twelve months corpora?
tions had stepped out of their chartered
rights and into polities and he favored
th* enactment of a law prohibiting any
corporation from contributing money to
any political campaign fund.
STRIKE AT PATERSON.
Pnterson, N. J., .Ian. 27.?Three hun?
dred and fifty hands employed in the
Phoenix silk works failed to go to work
this morning The Golden Rod Ml'l men
were the (irst to strike. The employers
conceded to their demand by increasing
their wages twenty per cent. The Golden
Rod workmen winning their strike lias
led the employes in all other factories to
believe that they too can get their wages
restored to last fall's rate.
RUBBER -EMPLOYES STRIKE.
Bridgeport, Conn.. Jan. 27.?Three
hundred employes of the rubber works
laid down their tools and left the factory.
This was due to an order from shop union
officials. John McNamara refused to pay
for a piece of work damaged by him and
was discharged. The union committee
investigated the ease and decided that
McNamara was not. to blame. Superin?
tendent Stone refused to remit the lino
and the strike was ordered.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Richmond, Jan. 'J7.- -Following are the
decisions of the supreme court:
Union Bank, of Richmond, vs. city of
Richmond: argued by Chas. V. Williams
and Chas. V. Meredith and submitted.
Ross, administratrix, vs. Hughes: ar?
gued by Mary us Jones for appellant.
The next cases to be argued are the Bal?
timore Steam Packet Company vs. Wil?
liams, No. ?S; New York, Philadelphia
an?' Wilmington Railroad Company vs.
Williams, and Chcuthum vs. Coyer, No.
Good Shoes at
Little Cost.
We've still a good many
UOOI? THINGS LEFT IN Oi l:
SlIOK DKI'AKTMKKT. Wk'kk
CLOSING OUT OUH SHOES,
GOING TO QUIT KEEPING
THEM. TlIKY'ltK YOU HS AT
< OST.
GILKESON & TAYLOR.
MRS. HARRIS DIVORCED.
"Washington, Jan. 27.?Judge Cox to?
day granted a divorce to Sallie A. Harris
from Chas. II. Harris, son of Senator
Harris, of Tennessee. The suit was filed
on September 20 last. The court (granted
the custody of the child, a son, to his
mother and also ordered the defendant co
pay Mrs. Harris alimony iu the sum of
*7? por month. Desertion is said 'to be
the charge.
IN* THE FRONT RANK.
Messrs. Bohr. Bros. &? Co. are to day
right iu the front rank of the piano trade,
and we can conscientiously say that they
fully deserve to be there.--American Mu?
sician.
GAGE MAY BE SECRETARY.
Canton, () , Jan. 27.?The complex po?
litical problem sni rounding the selection
of Major McKlnley's Cabinet is now be?
lieved to be pretty well solved and Lyman
J. Gage, of Chicago, as Secretary of the
Treasury is regarded as the key to the
situation and the almost certain choice of
the 1'resident-elect. 'This moral certainty
is strengthened by the fact that the presi?
dent of the First National Bank of Chi?
cago i.i now on his way to Canton in re?
sponse to the telegraphic request of the
Major to visit him.
BRUSH MOUNTAIN COAL.
We have just received a nice lot of
Bru-.li Mountain Coal, both nut and
lump The best we have stcn this win?
ter. An excellent substitute tor Anthra?
cite. Farmers' Supply Company, 'phone
15, yard 'phone, 43 1).
STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY.
Richmond, .Ian 27. ?W. P.. Bishop,
once one of the proprietors of the famous
Spotswood Hotel and known throughout
the country as a manager of summer re
sorts, was stricken with apoplexy, thi
morning at the home of his son in law
iu Manchester, and the worse is feared.
E. Htbargor, specialist on line and com
plicated wiitchv-s.
ARE YOU ALIVE?
Better let the people
know you are a progres?
sive merchant, Put an
ad, in The Times to show
that you
ARE NOT DEAD.
JEFFERSONIAN
DEMOCRACY.
Senator Allen Chaffs Mr. Hilt
and Mr. Bray.
HE TELLS THE DELAWARE SENA?
TOR THAT HE IS A GOOD RE?
PUBLICAN, WHO, I1N RETURN
SAYS MR. ALLEN IS A MELAN?
CHOLY EXAMPLE OF POPTTLISTIC
NOTIONS?A NEW IMMIGRATION
BILL PRESENTED IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan, 27.?The military
appropriation hill was passed in the Sen?
ate to day after a long aud .somewhat
uuusing controversy on nn amendment
providing for the payment of expenses of
attendance of West Point cadets at the
inauguration parade. The proposition
was made the text by Mr. Allen, of Ne?
braska, of a dissertation on the virtues ot
old Jefferson Ian Democracy aud sim?
plicity and the "dry rot" which Is "de?
stroying the American republic as it did
the Roman Empire," and of nn attack on
Mr. Gray, of Delaware, for inconsistency
attending Democratic caucuses and
claiming to be a Democrat, while "to all
ititents and purposes he had been a Re?
publican three or four years."
And there was another distinguished
Senator, Mr. Allen added, pointing to the
seat of Mr. Hill, of New York, who said
that be too was a Democrat.
These remarks made with all the seri?
ousness characteristic of the Nebraskan
were received w'th smiles by the t,vo
Senators alluded to and by the whole
Senate. Mr. Gray contented himself by
sayjng that. Mr. Allen was a melancholy
example of the effect of Populistic no?
tions, and he would probably prefer to
have a contingent of Coxey's army attend
the inauguration, and.Mr. Allen admit?
ted that this would be a little more rele?
vant.
Finally the amendment1* was rejected
and the bill was passed. It appropriates
$470,573; or $5,000 more than the bill as
it passed the House. This iJ?.lXM) is for
the purchase of one Maxim semi-auto?
matic live-pounder quick-firing sun.
The memorial of Henry A. Dupont, of
Delaware, in which he asserts hia claim
to a seat in the Senate, and which was
defeateil last session through a miscount,
or through a mistake about pairs, was
presented by Mr. ('handler, and we.s re?
ferred to the committee on privileges ami
elections.
The. Nicaragnan bill Was taken up. It
gave rise to quite a spirited debate, in
the coarse Of which Mr. Sherman sug?
gested that, although he would rote for
the bill in any (orm presented, it would
be better to let it lie over until next ses?
sion, and intimated that bo would favor
the negotiation of a new treatv on the
lines of the Freylinghuysen treaty. A
motion to recommit the bill was made by
Mr. Yilas aud was pending when the Sen?
ate, at 4:-15, adjourned till to-morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
By a vote of 131 to 118 the House to?
day agreed to the conference report on
the Immigration bill, which embodied
substantially a new measure, being ditfer
ent. in some respects from either the Sen?
ate or House bill.
Chairman Harthohli refused to sign the
report recommending the bill. The prin?
cipal objection to the bill was the elause
requiring immigrants to read and write
"the language of their native or resident
country." This, it was pointed out,
would prevent several classes of people in
Europe and In Central Amerlua aad Mex?
ico from gaining admission to the United
States, because they do not Hpeak either
of the languages to which the clause
limits them. It was admitted that the
language was intended to prevent the
coming of a great body of Russian Jews.
The vote was taken on the adoption of
the conference report and on a division it
was agreed to?It to 105.
Mr. Bartholdi demanded *the yeas ami
nays, which resulted? yeas, 131J nays,
117,
The usual motion to reconsider and to
lay that motion on the table having Wen
made by Mr. Danford and agreed to, the
House at 4:45 adjourned till to morrow.
THE HIGHEST CLASS.
Behr Bros. i.v Co. haveestablished their
reputation as piano makers of the high?
est class.?The Music Trades.
RESTING EASILY.
^Washington, Jan. J7.?Senator George
is reported as resting easily to night.
There is no ohnnge in his condition.
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