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LARGEST
CIRCULATION.
VOL II r, NO. 26.
f\SS06!at6u
Press
**'''*** *?*n*u*uu>,
NEW PORT NEWS, VA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 18'J?
PRTfTF SINGLE COPY, TWO CENTS
r IXA^XL? ONE WEEK, TEN CENTS.
Superintendent Bowen Has.a!
Narrow Escape
PULSE STOPS BEATING
When )!?? i-hjHiH .ps Readied HUii l.ir.- |
Was Almost Kxtiuct. Hut llo
Unities anil is Out or
Danger.
-Mr. W.
wen, Superintendent of
????* wwtkb, tod a .neu,.?- esoa
a" "-'ib tetedb d!ay '?'r';'1'"'^n- H* w
'tuve gits i',.'jj!,c wo? ?operated Cor the |
iiist U'mte yesterday, when gots was
?tt;y.:---.1 ein Per ;i low Ihlours .in vorder to I
r-.-x tue w'. ikM. Supfri.ititr.klenii B owen |
- i i . ii i ..JIM- wa n p.
p.e m w'.v ?... !. itises piipt-Si had been run |
to ^K,i ti... jeus -amd docke v. ere ohw
e.l be f. re Iii!.' .iiur.v.nant wae turned t/n.
l-r.e _ llutd ^.?i/a.in.d v'.i.'ouy.i 'tihe nuina .
ul about 8 o'ckrck in the lafte'runoxxn and ;
!. .r ciui tour ur so workmen were kept
IjvL-y bAiW'iiig v>uJt -ul.;e p.'pt? iin oTder to
Superjn!tei?d?jnit03on-en was kepi going |
Sng iifc'Li-ut.;; its.- At about 4:30 oVtock
he was atoms ?bwn vVuiihungtexi av
tirfue ? t?iJ? whetel, ivtei Mr. Klaskv. ,
pf ifoe firm ot Kla.ky & Heisileid, ?whos? |
f"tfle "f r'?'"" Tw,-''''--v-"i'V; :;';!' street,
ir.g in toawv. ?upei'..:"..-ii-.lc,nl Uowe-n
dva t .-.'..t:U for sen ?npJ >yee, but went
l'r.'.jj si-.ve bims.:..-: to st.,p ti.ie ieak
c icJt um.:, :i ,i ?vrkmaii had left open.
A iV.v mOitC'>s Ki'ter .Mr. Ktoisky hoard
Mr. sn.sp.-ng f.,r bi-Jath. He
Tusih'i d up ito ihim a>.id finding him in ia
couttati-cse stales hurriedly pulled him
out. A deadly pai.V.r covered Mr. Bow
em's face. There was mo sibgn of Life.
The i'.iOr.iit. i; kvatt bea t could not be
debecve'd. Dir. .!. K. Ciws happened to
be p..---.-as amid he was quickly called,
?wi.e.e a. muasetuger lltua.ened to Dr. W.
F. i.V. per'.-. ..Mi; e. Dr. Oioss arrived in
the nttda ol Line, for another moment's
de.uy w.,u;j .have lesulited in death.
s .n'o* awe tto go to |
; vAnn laist night by
.istntative. Mr. 'Bovv
and seemed 'to be in
ib'h. This was the
H -bu-ja? ai*ph<ix!atvd.
v.l ea ch ?Man? he had
ft?. .Mr. Bowen sftal
.vfeitlit in the store to
le had .beert riding
rcaillhiSng Paster 'than
OVe wa.s j.i a hurry,
v.'h'j-re lithe p'-pe was
>pm:g around to the
rjreaithrnis
i '? >??
?;tig htm
? wen first
?r he w;iis
on of the
wen saw?
pail. The
a not due
.? fclrhd of
on if in
.VI)'. Bowen. "urad there will be no eas
?Mr. Rei'tiei.l was nauseated by the
gas and -was t?nj.pel!ed to go home.
Ti!i'.> gas plant wall be- put iniio opera
rtiiiom jnr'.Jay night with public ceremo
Mr. 'W. J. Payne, president of the
Company, wa.s Itn the arty Tuesday,
end completed airrangemen*s for the
ceremony. Ho will come down from
?F.if^jrt-i.?i'dvioniori'ow morning.ac, arnpa
rr>d by Mr. Samuel Reges-ter, Mr. E. A.
Caifctin and Mr. D. C. ZailikoffeT. the sec
n*ji.%ry a't Rr?hnrond, and aeveita.1 >ther
weil known gentlemen.
Miayor Post, the city officials ani the
members of the Common Council will
be invii'ecl to lend their presence to the
ocitasion. as well as a number of town
officiate and prominent gentlemen from
Hampuon and Old Point.
Othlc'f prominent goat lernen of ithiis ei
wiili also be hctniared with invitations
awl lit u'iJ expected that quite a diatin
gutsht-d party w'iil be present when the
mains ami serVi'de pip.-a ivhijh exitie;
Chroughtout 'the city in every direction
are charged with gas.
The piiint will be put in operation
early F.itiday morning and in the after
iabisn the guests of the Newport New.
Gas OunvpiUiy will proceed to the works
?lt 'the Conner of TweniEielh street a!
Wiar.'. ick arveinue to witmiesis the meth?
od of rr.uking sas.
The party will be escort?! from one
dorva.rrtr.eivt to ahKstheir and the improv
,ed waiter system will be explained by an
expert.
In ith? evnlng the officials of the com- j
"psi.iy will give a ".blow-out" at in* mum
ofRce in the Braxton Building.
Af:::.r all of the gue.-its have assem?
bled -the signal wilt be given to the
promt ?und the whole building will be
tlgtofled up with gas. At 'the same time
the fluid will, be at the disposal of the
.company's patrons.
There will be spcechmakiTig at the
office aiDier it.hs atbove conentony and
refro.foments will be served.
Selected Officers I ast Night.
Samuel Hohler Hinet! 0 mpnnv,
IN'o J8, U. v , of V , elected the rol
lowing officers lust nitthi fe-r the en
?ttius '! rtJi:
Cnutrtin?T'- Outminglinm.
First Lieut imnt? J. M Wilson.
Second Lieutenant?G. LI. blassen
ihatn.
Recorder?Af. P>. .Jones.
Treasurer?Uobert fiunning.
Ifc is : rolmi'li! that Warwic? ixxtftv,
No. 72, K. "f V ? wi 1 be visited by
pome o? the st tit officers of flio liri
csfle next Thursday ui^iit. Anr ni;
i?o?*e < ct-ed to !>e \'T sent am Gen
ernl 1>. V. 'liirncy arid Captains
VrtUfrbaT1 a"'^ S. Gordon Omniiiiii^.
The ob ject of tii'.'ir visit will bti to |
a on e interest, in the locnl ooiupany.
Dr. D. S, Harmon, optician. Ey ? ex?
amined free. S58 Main streei, over ft
and 10 cent store, NorfolV, Va.
de 12-tf.
Cascare\s stimuli-te liver,kidneys and
bowels. Never slcKer., w-*k?n .?>.- gripe. I
190.. . i .'.Jti^JBS I
TO OIK READERS.
Owtog to 'an jaccident 'in the meeham
itail de'pa.rtm'eint of th'e- Doily Press, the
market reports almJ Mthor important
maw... tare miscetasiairid'y omtttled from "to
du.y's ii?s>ue. Te d'is'abi'lii'ty will he rem?
edied today, ami 'the usual quota of
.mews 'wJlTl a^poar :im tomorrow's issue.
Time to Harmnitlxe.
Gatp?ain Warren S. Lurty. tat promi?
nent taittonney of Harrjaowbuirg, Via., iis
in ?;?!:.? ci'ty wi-Uh a view n?f .making 'New?
port News h-ls home.
tJapiw'm Lurty 1a omle of Ith? .belst
known Republicans -in the Stalte. It
wi'.'M he remembered tihuit hits iniaime -was
presented to the Lynchburg convention
iiai.it Hall foir momi-niaitiito.n as- -the Repub?
lican ceindiMta'iia for govenwar. aitild he
only lacked a few vote-!. helSng defeated
by Fait iMcClaull 'by 'a small mia.jori.itv.
To a rep Tier far theD-aily Pre^s Captain
Lurty said :he -thought it wtaB high
time the Repuhlicaas were umDltagr, as
the Congressiwri tl o imipa'Igni wias daiaiw
ir.g near, and he hoped to see tihe Re?
publican party i>rc?frt"t a so'ajcT phia?iainix
!tn the fight which he -pp.-diet-eld would
be a rei.i.uirk'a.ble cine in Vlrgi'tvia^poli
L'UNhing t he Hill.
c irogressman W. A. Youmg, who i-n
troduc-e-d u. -bill providing for an
2tppre>p. iutictn. 'for 'the erection of
x public building In Newport
N " -. 0- pu-i'riii-g 'hill measure.
Y.-.-.er.'ay's itV.-.dMi l l>!*i?it:oh pub
!'-i lid .he following fr m 'its Wa'.ihing
Jin corre.-irw'nd-e-.nt reg'ard'iin'g the hi'll:'
"Repreifnt'Jitive Young had a hearing
be'fi:e-e nits eomtr.Ot.tee ??* public build
'-T-' 'ir. l .Trot:r.'.lis and urged action on
-he 'e.'pi'.? jii.O.-n asked for for Port
m 'U't-h -mi Newport New..--. He feels
em'fidont. am.I ?.ue ?aissura.noee of favur
tible repel** for both, vend says ir ainy
ipp:v.p: iu.j-.n for such building's tare
n.'.t'iv these two ci'-ives will -be 3a 'the
3 wim."
Newport N ews X>;n. ltrenk's .Tail.
Amotwr the nine negroes who escaped
from the Norfolk county jail in broad
Oiyiight Tuesday was Andrew Hunks,
if tth'iB chy. wh'.i was serving a sentence
of six medians for house-breaking.
B&lnks had 'almost finished his sen
* sro.v and would have been turned over
to IN'?wport News tauthoiriities February
17 to answer charges in a sttiabbimg case.
Elks t?? Entertain the Ladies.
Newport New.--' Lodge, B. P. O. Elks,
will give a ladies' social ait the Opera
H caste en the night of February 15.
At prejonis it is designed to have am
imtereisting progra.m of musficaJ and
their features, to be follow-ed by .re?
fresh mienis and a sooilall entertainment.
A niuni'ber of well known ladies amid
geniticrr.ien w.il! participate in 'the pro?
gram lamd everything wiil be dome to
rr.iake iihe social a meTr.e.rable event in
the list of enijoyuhle entertainments to
.live credit of the 'Elks.
At tlhis suclail r is expected iBhait the
'-.ro'.iminuriee. w.ill be. airi-anged- tor the
fair and basasur which the Newport
News Ledge ?rf Elks 'Will give at 'th'e
Gsisi-nio after Leint.
'B'lie St. I'uiil'K itt-pitirs.
T'i'.'e Amemiaan Line steamship St.
Paul, which is nvnw in 'the dry dock at
tiae shOpyard. will, in tail probability,
leave for New York t'he la'.iter paw of
tihia week.
The r-civa':irs to 'the St. Paul were rrj? re
eMter.G'ive than ithotae on the P.iris, the
:" irmer vessel being overhauled
: hi. ughout.
Th'e New Y irk. of the same line.
tvMc'ii was scheduled t-> stall from New
V. rk ?:? id ay. wias not -able to get a w ay.
A ll.i w hats -been dSisoovered in her pow
vhrusit ,1'vaft, which will -be taken out
T.-1 replaced with a, new shaft.
It is p.oblc that the New York will
have to oome to this yard to have the
shaft repaired.
The Armuigton Itelug Removed.
Notice ia given by the Ligh't'house
!'.''..'..! .;h"i.t .in January 21. ISiis. th.- gas
buoy, p?imlred 'w'i'th red and bluck liori
zoiJ'. 'i .-tri;e and showing a fixed white
right. .?B.':iabi;<shed .a.t the entrance to
Eil ir.p'l 'l K. i.::--, to mark aho wrejk of
!:;?? sc'hi ?wer Walker Armiingtion. was
dlscor.t n .e l amd the wreck was marked
by a seecnd-class can buoy sitniUirly
p.t nted. Tile wreck, which was ie
cert't'ly blown up. is bc-ing removed by
?j'.ve United Staees engineers.
Exports for jHuuiiry.
The'ti./'.a'l experts from Newport Notvs
.luring the month -.if January were val?
ued at $2,929,128, which is regard-ni as
u-nusu?.Uy iiciavy for this straw..of- .he
> ea'r, being about $700,000 greater In val?
ue than the exports for the same month
of 1S97.
Tth'e ecsal shSpmeniB from Newport
News for tihe pnist ?monUh were unu
suailly heavy. The 'total iarnount w.tii
187.430 t\ms. which is about 30,000 tons
mare -than ihe mon'thly average.
Police Court.
Just'ico B'rawm diispe-sed of the follow?
ing -esses In the Police Ooairlt yesterday:
WillEam Stuart, drunk; fined $2 amid
costs.
Jolhm Miagee. cthalpged with conducting
a gambling ree-o-nt; dismissed. '
John Williaims, disorderly; continued
Deeds Kecordetl.
Dete.ls were .r'eic.o.ruIejd yeistc-rday as fol?
low.-: :
J. H. Ham et ux to J. H. Ham, J-.;
cciniaidera'lic-m, $850.
J. H. Hani. Jr., to A. C. Ga.rre'.t, rrtli
tee; co-nsi-denaitCkin, $450.
Wtai-hing'ton rand Hill'to L. M. Sturgis:
oomtsidenat-ioh, $300.
Charles H. Washingitam to L. M. Stur?
gis; consideration, $150.
Hardy B. Setay to F. B. Berkley, trus?
tee; couslde-rss'tion, $256.35.
The Storm Subsides.
T'he cold spell is subsiding, and al
tihb'Ugh the ground hog saw -hit* shadow
v-j.-t -c'tdoy tihere ar.j bnliglht prospects for
fair weather ahead.
The iheaivy wiinii storm of Tuesday
has c-ntiirely subsl'ded and ships which
could .ncit be d<x-ked, owi'ng to the
...ugh siea, were given berths yesterday.
'if.:? Oairi'iisle City arrived yestiar
"ay -aireer a. rotigh voyage. The Ra.ppa
h tr.i.vack wats reipcrted at the Oa-pes
'xxst evteindng.
A <Jreat Invention.
Und uhtedly, t'he grutest improve
rent ever put on a bicycle, since Dun
lop invented the pneumatic tiTe. is the
automatic coaster and hrake that is put
on the '98 Eclips." Bicycle. With it you
con coast with your feet on the pedals
and keep perfect control over your bicy?
cle under ail conditions', even on the
steeliest hill. Does away with half the
work. Fred G. Kipper, 221 Twenty-sev?
enth street, Newport News, has these
wheels on exhibition. Jan 30-tf.
It rr.'Sy seem a cruel thing to siay, -but
much elf the grief for she drai is but
unconscious iremorse for the unhappi
ness that has etsm caused them when
living. %v
jfl&it^
DON'T KILL ME, FRED
James Martz Pleads to Save
His Life.
HE LAY ON A DOORSTEP.
White Matt Hrutaily AuManllert in HockettH
by UnkoOH'u I"arti?*s. Ilelrt t'p by
Highwaymen on Lafey
ttte Avenue.
"Don't kill me, Fred!"
Dying on tfoe d-c-'or step 'ire front of a
negro tenement 'house on Twenty-third
st-rett. In RKacketts, Tuesday night, was
t'he prostrate form of James Martz. with
blsjwd gushSng from a wound in Iiis
head. Two unkttivtvn White men were
stiainfi?ng .near by. One had a club >r
a bludgeon' to his hand. It was to him
chat .Martz -was pleading for his life-.
His given name we.?- Fred, but no one
stems to know his surma me.
This breach, of .the peace occurred
late ait nligiht. iPeople HVing in the ten?
ement h'ousies between 'the .railroad and
"Warwick a.vemue wer? 'attracted by
Mb'rtz's cries. The mam called Fred
struck Mainz srf blow which t'en
d!?red Cri'm s^.rt'.^c-'lciss. Then the two
mat ah-SK-anded. leaving the mam lying
in fremit Of Ret-e Duniap's house. Niot
a sound tame ifrom Mart a. He lay a.*
If dead. This fr.ightlsined the negroes in
the hut sie- who had witnessed 'the a>5
sault 'from tlhie windows above, a-nd one
???.asten ed out half dressed in search of a
potK-ceman. Pailrolmiam Gray was found
latnd ih.ai-i t'.nC'd 'to wh'jre Martz had been
assaulted. Martz was unocinscioufe and
.nearly fiiz.'ii. The policeman picked
him up ahd .he was; afterwards token to
his h.nve cm thie "Acre," where he re?
ceived medSeal ntraenttan. Dasl might it
Win teamed 'that M.ariz 'was still Con?
fined to h-ist room wtl.lh' an ugly gash
em 'nils ih'e'ad, n'nd On a critical condition.
The pol'ioie authorities iare rait work on
the case, but as yet there is .no elue to
the .men wtho aissaultetl Martz. Howev?
er, v its -iOought that if he .recovers
?Martz 'will be able to furnish sufficient
evla'e.nre.
ASSAULTED LAST NIGHT.
A .negro nunied H'cinry Daitii'mer ras
brutally -a-Si-taulted en Twenty-fourth
street, ?between Walshinigitlom and West
av&niues', shortly .before 7 o'clock last
eVcGTiing.by atrt unkmkyw-n. m-t.n^ The as
Mt.ui't- seems t-o have been wiu?ji-sut any
provocation. Lettim-ier -was walking long
street, wlh>en he wan .suddenly ac
e. 'seed. It's assalHaimt dealt hiitn ia blow
w'oh a en ige! and then fled, going in Ohe
dinection of the p'er-. When aist3ietajn.ee
, . hod h'tn. Larimer was in la state of
tw*. He wa>*taten tobi.= home,'where
he irenet'ved medical lattlientOon,
HELD UP ANID RORR1?D.
A whole man .nanv-d Archie Swan was
held up late Tuesday n.'giht on- Lafay?
ette atVetnue.O.n th'e vicon'ty nit Thertieth
.ifticat, asitd robbed of $2.50.
'Sw'.'b 5'H tarn oy?.i:ermuai, and lives <ai
the iCver between tihi'is eity and Monri
?i .n.. 'He was en.his way home. Wiien
S.-1.1.-.C Ti't ir ', 'h sitreet t wo men. stepped
in fircr.lt ?. hiPm mind eirdered him to
ha ui t. Orte twain held a revolver close- to
Su.-.a's hfad while tine other went
i'i'araugih bi-t pocket-s. This c.as'e was nrft
i ?p rte.l to itftve police department, a-nd
.'-.?enic'? r.-i efP..rt hiaa been- made to ap
ptm'.v.-.nd :tlhe ih'igh wa vmen.
WERE FRIGHTENED OFF.
iN". rr where Swam was robbed two
n.-???! atteirmted to enter a ihcuse -occu
pied bv -Mr. Thompson PhiMli-ps. Tues
Cay might. Mrs. Phillips went to tlhte
te, having be-en atttiractiad by the
n ii.se. Wihan she saw the men she
called to her son. but before he respond?
ed they disappeared. One of the 'men
had a mai-k over his fraoe.
Tin-Winter I.ond Line.
ShaamsStip owners land commercial or
e-anizati.'tm in .NVw York who are agi?
tating for a) revision of the British ship?
ping laws so as to abol'islh the winter
load line discrimination ill favor of Bal
itli-rhiore, New.po.rt News. Norfolk and
ci'Jh'Elr Southern port." have received
weird t.l'.at their ca.mpaiign in England
is mot to be cairriis-d to a successful con
clusaain wi'th.out meeting streng opposi?
tion.
'Let'iens ifromi tli-cir .represjenitaltiveis in
Tjcoien state that 'th'e influential Clyde
St.amsh'p Ow-nens* Assoc'ia. km. repre
y.-ntin-g am invwe tleet of vessels.
hi3i=i prcilie?tfd to the Bnitlish Board of
Tilade agailnst the. proposed change and
critlicises the arguments advanced by
the Bommerritvl crga'aiz-atiioins of the
North Atlantic points in Ohe United
Staled.
As to the statistics furnished by
Amerloain commercial organ'izatiions to
prove 'that British vessels are losing
'trade at North Atlantic ports of the
United Sbaitte.s through the load-line
discrimination, the Clyde owners dis?
miss them with the remark Ithtalt even
if Lloyd's returns are correct the sta?
tistics do not 'warrant such a change in
the winter load Sine aa has been pro?
posed.
Death <>r Mrs. S. A. Hertford.
Mrs. Sarah A. Redford, aged G2, died
Tuti-.'iay migfii't ait 9 o'clock at the resi
as r. e ? nf her dtvughte-r, Mrs. P. L. Wade,
on Jefferson ave-nue.
Mrs. Rediford .has been living in this
city for the past two years, but was,
prior to that time, a resident of 'Man?
chester and her remains ware forward
id ?;!.> t'h?lt city yeste-rday for in.ter
mienit.
About ten days ago Mrs. Redford sus
t t.ned a fall, which resulted in pana'y
O, -(used loaves two daughters?Mrs.
J. R. Wade, evf this city, and Mrs. Jere?
miah Murks., of Ma.niches!teir. She is
aieo stirV'ived by three ^<;ns?Mr. WH
SL'am Rod ford, of this city, and ?Messrs.
Thomas and J. L. Redford, of Man?
chester. '
?Mrs. Rodfe-rd w-as a very estimable
lady land had a. 'large circle of friends
im Ullis city. In 'Mianeibestieir she also
stood high in the estimation of many
rejaitives and friends.
C. & O. Short Line.
Til-.ie change in the pas>-.er.g?r sei vice of
Jos Chesapeaike & Ohio rufrliroad be?
tween Newport .News and' Old PoSn't
will be made next Monday morniing.
On that day the "short line" will be
Bstabliehed and hourly trip.--, will be
made betwe'em the two points, trains
iljopptag at Hamp'ti/n and Phoebus.
lit ils also peissiible 'that the Chesopeake
& Ohi'o will have a special train run di?
rectly to and from the shipyard every
morniing and evening.
Drop 'in the basement of the Citizens
ond Marine Bank; you will have no
brcuble in finding the seller. Houses and
lots in all sections of the city. Powell
Bros. & King. feb 2-tf.
A I?uppy Woman
I? the housekeeper who buys her coal
and wood from the Warwick Coal and
Wood Co., Twenty-eOghth street. Ja 1* it
CITY NBWS NI BRIEF.
?Misses Nam and Clemenno C.Ajke gave
?am -informal nanJ party alt the Pwwha
ti.n, on West avenue, lawt might 1m hotn
?ir of Mi>? Moiriam Bailitager, ui Wash
tnglttotn, D. C.
?Mr. Frank Hemeler la eonlfined Ito .his
room with an attack of pneumonia.
Tire Feast of l?he Puriflca'tlon or Can?
dlemas Day was celebrated at the Cath?
olic church im this city yesiterdaiy.
Dr. W. A. Almond has returned to
his home im Suffolk after a visit to his
daughter, Mrs. George V. Sk'nner.
Captain A. B. ??a?-tett has returned
from New York, whene he went tot be
pree'tenlt 'ait the banquet given by bus
Old iDomiinliutn Sti?aimahip Company to
its officers.
Mr. E. D. Booker, of Pemhina. N. D..
hla's la-cuepted 'tfh-e position of bookkeeper
With Schmelz Bros., bankers. Mr.
Bookeir has had oon-si'deiiable experience
in this line, having been connected with
th* rnui'-'i'cinafl bauds, in the city from
which he comes.
AFTERMATH OF THE STORM.
Damage to Property dm New England
-Will Amount to $10.000.
(By Telegraph).
BOSTON, Feb *2.?A score of per
suns were drowned and two million
doliars lots inflicted liy tlie sloru
that swept over Eastern Massachu
setts and Rhode Inland Monday night
and Tuesday morning.
Fotir unidentified bodies lie in the
c irotmr's oflice in Gloucester Five
more are in Lynn., brought over from
Littie Nahant, where tlie schooner
Charles li. Briggs (was wrecked.
Twelve unidentified cnr.ist s are re
ported to be at Baker's Island, in
Salem h arbor. They, lot), must have
m tuned some of tlie si-hooneis which
were lost in (jrlouc-ster harbor. That,
tuere are others iu the waters of the
buy seems almost certain. Wreck
-go is strewn up and down the <?< a t
from ( ape Ann t> Cape Cod. Thirty
s ihocners were wreckt d in Massa
cnusett-s Bay, On luutl tlie loss by
the storm set ids to have been con- j
lint dent rely to p operfy, for while!
many horses were kid-d in the
sTeets of Boston, electr- euted by
falling trolley wires no human luiulr
w.is struck.
Twenty f nr hours elapsed beTore
direct, telegr phic communication
was res'O'ed between Boston and the
rest of t he world. The ek-ctr.e far
service in this city was restored by
noon, but. in most of tho smaller
towuK "lie trolley lines ar etill crip?
pled. The tolal cost of the storn in
this city is estimated tit if l,lvS,000.
Among the nrriva's this morning
was the sti-atuer Saturn, Captain
Wiley, from Newport N- ws, with the
barge Lone Star in tow. After pass
ing Highland Light 01 Mond ly fore
noon, tlie vessel made u lee under
Kace Point, where she remained dur?
ing the blizzard, arid w..B uninjured
Both the steamer and har^e were
heavily ice clad on their ar.ri-al here.
LONDON. Feb. 2.--Sunns are prevaii
iOft -Sw\>u-ffm>u-t ??G-i'viu'*lh-itt i?-n, amd i-uil
t-oad itrai'jns haw been ^rfeaifcly delayed.
Severe g'ai'.s have swept the coast and
wo-nse weather is 'predicted for tonight,
with -severe cold.
Lloyd's report at 9 A. M. sa'ys:: "Ter
i'jfic sxtuaais are reported at Prawle
I'ci'.mit a nd the Lizaird."
Atmospheirie -li-L- turbamees are .report?
ed writ the curJtiimemit iSroari Berlin .to Bu
e a Pest, r'asuKOng in. a general imter
ruipiJi'i n- of traffic and consiiidena'ble dam?
age to pivperty, c?pVi-ia41y at Leipsiv.
and Buda Pest. A gale has prevaiKed
at Vienna since Sunday, reaching hur
t ieain'a f'.irc'e cm Sunday might, ft is
r.u.w suhskiimg.
The wind blew the lanfe-m of t'he lit
..ie Crosby Kghithouee amd set lire to the
building. ?ihOch was d'esitroy'ed.
its. three oceupamits, the lighthouse
keeper, his wife u.nd a mam who was
visiting theim, perisihed.
A dispatch Prom Bergamo, Lombard y,
says that six workmen werte killed and
many Others soKuusiy injured at Ra
1-2- iniico yesterday, when the roof of th'e
spinning mill itlhere coJiapsed in the
sltwin. I
A hurricane, acO-ami-painied by drench?
ing rain, has btem isrwevpSn-g over the
Clyde district since .last evening. A
ir:.um'ber of yachlts have -been sunk in
Gotirook Bay, much -damage has been
? ftj .--hipping off che coast, ami con
?tidenalbl'e destruction has been caused
inland.
A terrible storm -has siwept the coast
\:f ?Nkipwa-y during .the last few days. |
There have been several sihippin-g dis
?:--iters amd it is feared that many lives
Cuave l>ee<n lost.
BOSTON, MASS., Fob. 2.?Ye.-terdays
Storni wtais 1ihl& wemst one which has vis
it-d this section for mtamy years.. The
damage to property in Uvo city wit!
reach at least $2.000,000, while through?
out New England it will run up to at
leav3t $10.000.000.
LONDON. Feb. 2.?Fierce s-tvems ore
prevailing throughout Great Britain.
Railroad tiuiims are greatly d?!aye i ow?
ing to the difnoulty of proceeding
ugaOnst 'the wind. Severe gales are
sweeping 'the colaett amd worse weather
is predicted for tonight.
ItIVERHEAD, L. I., Feb. 2.?Seven
powerful locomotives, two nunmch
.-now plows and a small a.rmy of shov?
ellers worked all night, but were unable
no mise the big snow blockade between
th'as place and Greenpe-imt, where two
paseemiger trains are stalled. The pas
semgeTS aTe being cared for at the
neighboring farm houses, while sup?
plies are being earrted by the train
haind?. Some of the emgin-es a.re oil- of
fuel and are Using the fences along the
(.rack. T.'e sn'ow almost covers the
train?. Hud it not heon for th.: nearby
farm t-l.ttses it is quite probable that
soer.e of the passengers would have per
ie-hed.
NEW YORK, Fob. 2.?iB>l-h tele?
graphic and raiilwa-y co.nmunic.v.'.an
with Boston are etil! suspended. The
therm'o'ir.eter in this section is hovering
in the neighborhood of zero, but in the
New England States it is lower. The
whole State of Maime is tied up by the
storm. Indiea'tio-nif are for another cold
wave end more snow. The wind played
havoc with pedestrian.?, about the tall
buildings of 't'he city, blowing some cf
them off their -feet. At times ihe wind
weis so sitr.,ng as to make- it almost im
;,,.-V. ill.- to ?poll of Close .l.e.rs fieillg
the wi nd. The storm is-Initerferiag wi. h
a.11 lai'iway traffic.
.BUTE JACKET AT HER BERTH.
(By Telegraph).
IPSWICH. ?Feh. 2.?The British
oteiatmsihap lilue Jacket. 'b,-f'.,re -reportetl
?hav-iing been tin fire stance 'her airrival
from Newport News, .ha? bt'cm. towed to
her -discharging .berth. The cargo in
twiid Noc 4 i? badiy damaged.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.?The Repub?
lican leaders today agreed not 'to press
the Gage bill, the monetary commission
or amy other comprehiems-ive ounrency
refivrm measure chiring this session af
Congress, l>eing satisfied to let -the vote
on the Teller .resolution repnesemt t?ie
posiit'ioTC of the party om. the nnamcial
problem.
District of Columbia Ap?
propriation Bill
PASSED THE SENATE
'oust Defense:: Under t-'oiiHlderatlon. The
Senate Ulncu-o.es the llawnlhui
Tr; iiiy In Executive
(By Telegraph.*
WASHINGTON', Feb. 2.?Tlie'House,
f.fter itlht'eie days spent ?n 'the District
t OoluTnblai api>rc<priiaition bill, mostly
m poMitlctU d.L<:-u.-?::i.rt. -passed tire
meusu-re today lalrtd them took up t he bill
:-. provide Cor cdaSt defense.
Mr. Hemenwiay ('Riepubllcain). of In
liana, to charge of the bill!, explained
its prov'Eions. The e?Umiates of :he
Var Depiartmewt tor fortifications and
other works of deflemse, eurnHamien:, et,-.,
were J13.378.571, while t'he a'mouivt car?
ried by the bill was but $4.144,912. The
aippropriiatiioins Cor ccin't+nul'n-g the pol?
icy ilirjxiiguralyed by the Fiftieth Con?
gress, frM.-i.ee which time {39.384,253 had
b. i n speirjt. In discussing the harbor
de'fenis? works under uhtis policy, Mi'.
H'tvmen'wtiy stu.:ert that the defense of
New York harbor was complete. He
united the chief of ordintamlce is having
said* '.L> him that not enough mi," ves?
sel* oould now enter uhe ha.rb.ir in the
fate of the presortt defense system to
mUitctiiilly da'mage the city. It was ar
er;,-I eiult foe gcnt-wail debate should
?Itise t.on.'.irrow at :t o'clock. Mr. Fer
guvsr-n (..' !. ^.it e f-r. .m 'New Moxi. a.
5 -t the floor and under the latitude al?
lowed for debate, argued tihe Injustice
?f * nyi.mg suaiUililood to New Mexico.
IMlr. Undeo-wocd (Democrait). of Ala
bam.u. c .tieed the fortifieatio-nis bill
l. cause it dil n' it provide for the Inaug,
'?nattStin of d.-'fento works ait the harbors
'??mg 'the e Jast or -the Gul-f of .Mexico.
M. ibiie harbor would be the first har?
bor entered by the Sp.i,nk-ih lleet if we
should become Involved im war with
-Mr. McCteHian (Damoertat), of New
Twit, also cnilticized the biii. If any
irOng u'ju needed to demo.nst.nal^e t'he
suv ' .y f scatiaeirtag the bills tor the
i.'t. r.uJ defense, the sa'Jd it was furnish?
ed by this bill. It camie, he*pointed out,
fr am the appropriation committee-,
wihirire t here was no presemee of detailed
a.rjd ?, xhau-tive knowledge otf army es
.ahi-i. hmcat. The eommi'ttltee 'hud arbi
t !.:':-i!y cut down all along tihe line wii h
out voueh.-i.i:fihig a r.uson for the reduc
at?r .ns.
Mr. Fischer (Reubllcuin).or New York,
submitted some remarks 4an the inade?
quacy of itlhie defense Of -New York ho r
bcir. He aidviocaited tihe erection of a
'.' it tan U.vmer 'Shclals 'im the hair bor.
Alt 5 P. M.. tlie House laxljoumed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.?Be'yo'nd the
reading of the agricultural appnopria
it'oin 'bill and Ogrei.ving ibo amendments
proposed by 'the corn'mit'tee, the Sentit?
t.il e-.'-atttd no busiines-s of i:iiip-.ria-iK-<'
in open se?fiom today. The greater
part 'of the afu^rnowri Wats pushed ii.n ex
ocuijl've sesisiioh'. Ithe discussion being
upon the Ha wa ia.n annexation t.i-tuty.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.?In the -Son?
ate 'today 'Mr. Hawley, of O.imn'ectieut,
s'.-cured the adoption of a resolution di
1 toting the secretary of the imlteailOT to
fui'i.ii'.'h tihie Senate the tvtal per capita
cost 'f educating Indian dhiddren at
.?-er'ta.in Indian schools: the total coSI of
tiu.nliiportiiing pupils to and from t'he
sohl .vote, including the number tna-ns
i>. irtt. d, lapproxlimiaitiely witat portion of
the children' edueaied in the schools
return to 'the blanket a.n.d camp o-.wn.di
:?'. n. and What -can be dome -to prevent
euch ret-ia?:i. tssiom and continue the
eb'.T&retn in 'the lines of pr.vgress on
which vhey Ifcave entered'; aiul what is
tile t-.'Vi' ive value of tile i'tiilluenee of the
educa ted youe.'n at home a.nid those edu
. u . ed a way Prom home in- flavor of en.d
inig t.rSbal reservation life ei' t'lve Itidim,
bin becoming a citizen and 'entering the
gnat -muss of tit- popula't'lon, as shown
by t he- pupiils ge.'n'g liln'to tihe empJoy
iii. nit of civiiized life:.
Ac 12:35 P. M.. the Vice President
'aid before the S'clnu'tie tihe resolution of
?Mr. PcH'.igrew, of'S'ou'.'a Dakota, dectar
'?h'g it to be opposed 'Do the poiMcy o-f the
UnifOd S!e>.tits to acciuire territory, to
defend which a navy would be retiuired,
wi! ich was laid over yesterday.
Mr. 'Hale, of Maine, .bo'.'rtg Sia'tiened
wilfh :.he iw.arkci of the Semat- .r Crcun
South iP-ak'-ita. pitspoeied to make upon
; '? .? n e'ie.'.u tion 'would infringe up>vn a
su'bjec-t under diiscuteion O.n executive
session- . 1 i-1 he would move that the
Senate, ur.der rule 35, go into executive
IMr. Pe'?'t'igrew remarked that he could
as well <i>lTer his remarks .in executive
... .'. n as In open seetsion. and "if the
f.r.ienid'3 of the Hawaiian treaty are so
'tiSr.d'ET a.b-iut the matter," he was wil?
ling to go into .executive seiSL=ii?sn,
Mr. HaVs m'-.tien prevailed and, at
12:40 P. M.. th'e'Senate went into execu?
tive session.
The executive session was concluded
at 4:20 P. M. The Senate thien pro?
ceeded V.> the consiid erat ion ?>f open bus
i-nc.-s. Mr. TJavls, of Minnesota, pre?
sented the joini- resolution adopted by
itihla Houias providing for representation ?
at tihe international fisheries expoisltitan
?lit OHergi-.rt. Norway, alrud accept'tag the
intvltlaition extended to the ITn'ited S'tiates
to miaks such .represicWiiattiioiv. The ap
pnipTiaieon carried by the resoultiun is
$20.000. 'It wais pastsed.
Mr. Cultom, of Hl?nlods, of the appni
prlisi iioinis c imimittee, called up tlie ag
ricul'tuiail aippropriiaitlion hilL As* it
passed the House, the measure -cai-rled
$3,380,902. As reported to the Senate,
?he bil tarried $3.512.202. an increase
>V?T the House bill of $lfil.30f>.
Mr. Warren, of Wyoirning. offered an
an.-ur.'inieo-t "eo etStiaibW-sh a dtl visiievn of dr
rigitt'iioni land 'ret-la'mati'Cn of arid Inds
.?? a . el: of $1.300: and pnividing for
tiv. -ii-ivti'.ns of the .method of -buiild
inig amid o-rera'ting 'cf irr.i gati-en Canals
l , t all methods of storing and di?
? ri.butii.ng w ater in the rec?a man i'ori of
??i-.i'.l famidig alt a cost not exceading $14,
000.
?N.. <K-t'o.n was taken cm the amend
mcn t.
Af'tvr r'.u'd'ing of itBi* bill the Senate,
>ah 5:30 P. M., ad>iurned until tomor?
row.
TITRIjFj"/ BI.RCT.ED SENATOR.
(By Telegraph.)
NAPHVII.RK. TKNIN., Feb. 2.?The
ier.ute and 'House met today in joint
cinrveini'.Com to elei-t a United States
Semtor. Hon. Thiomias B. Turley.
Democrait, was elected, receiving 91
votes. T-liit* Rev>ubticans voted for Hon.
I. \V. Biker, of Nashville.
Deposit your clothes money with us
it will pay you good interest.
WOODWARD & WOMBL.E.
Cascarets stimulate liver,kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
tOc
Alexander Agasslz, of Harvard, is to
[spend several months among the Fiji
Islands studying the coral reefs.
AMERICAN FRUIT BARRED.
The Germans Say Their Trees are
T.litvat.-ii.'d With Wrmin.
(By TV legraph.l
BERLIN. Feb. 2.? The PrusMEUn min?
ist, 'i- ..f firm.nee. Dr. Miguel, issued a de
once yesterday, wbtklh goes into effect
iJininedtaiLely, prohibiting the imponta
tton '..f every kind of American fivsah
fru.it. The decree has been aelrnt to all
German ports and frontier ..nations, ex
ecplCins Ravarlia-, Sax. ay and Wurtem
burg. Tin' .United Staties embassy wias
not previously ?-amU and Uhe United
S-.atet? uimbUeeadtir. Mr. Andrew D,
White, went a formal letter to the for
? ig.ii ..Hire today, unquirilnig upon what
?????'? h u'-ty uh'ls .i.n.biuU<al step was taken.
The 'Unll'ted States consul at Ham?
burg, Dr. Hugh P?roairn, 'telegraphs
...t 16,000 barrel's \.if American apples
i..e i.. i.n forbidden to be unloaded,
?-i?d ?'?'?at two iwuiinw full of American
fruit Ihlave ?!1sk> beWn forbidden to cross
the Cromtijer tall Bmerioh, which, aside
from I l.i.mhuirg, is t he princ.pal puk-e of
entry flor American fruit.
mi receipt of llhlis news Mr. White
sent tin second and ?tronger remon
istTOiiioe to the f.-nign office, calling at
tentiicn to tihe eviicliont violation of the
treaty.
At ..lie foreign office it was learned
that the Prussian government prohibits
the entry of Amemcain fruit on suini
.'iry grounds, clalilmUnig that California
?and either vermin threatens German
'.rests land fruit.
QURBjENOY CAUSES THOl'IJLE.
House Committee on Blinking Holds a
Turbulent Session.
(By Telegraph).
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.? The House
e?mmititei? on banking and currency
held a turbulent sesBGoin .today over the
pending pi-oposiition for currency revis
liarly in the meeti'inig Mr. Johnson
(Republican), of Indiana, had a heated
colloquy w.'.i.i Chairman Walker, in the
coursia of whiich. Mr. Johnson dieckured
?JSu't ehe chiaPrmtaln wlaa pursuing a "'rule
ruin." poMcy as to the line of curren?
cy action, which .the committee should
.? i kv.
Mr. Wa.'ker resenOed this, Slaying he
Would regard Mr. Jxlbnsvim's course as
peril iau'1-if it. was perls leted in.
Later Mr. Hill. <at Connecticut, moved
to take up the measure embodying the
PrdAdVnV* recom'mendatie'ns as to
throe specific changes In the banking
lli'.-'is again met warm opposition Erom
Mr. Jtii-anse-n, whta said action of this
?jimi.cd ci-.ura.eter would be antagonistic
to the large measures of currency re?
vision ii-nv pending before the commit?
tee, in vtfaem nt femes he questioned
t tue? go-cd fa'ih of those who were urg?
ing a. limited measure of revision, ?.ty?
ing that they were too much concerned
In the nnnexta'Uton of Hawaii to give
sincere support to the full aceomplish
miant of lliiane-iaH reform.
WitJi much feeling and emphasis Mr.
Joh.ti:k.n expresse-d his regret that the
President hud not earnestly u-.ved the
fullest measure of currency revision,
lnsteald of itlhe limited plan now .before
'the committee.
OWSh-g to tihe feeling 'aroused on the
subject, final action was niot taken em
.he motion tr> pnoeeted with tihe Presi?
dent/a Tteommendiatik ins, and the Re
onbtr-iSnr menVbetik? determined tv Hake
itp this and okihex subjects later in the
day, when tire Democratic members
weie wot present.
W'ith-out objec-.i-n tihe committee de?
termined to report favun.ibly Represen?
tative Cox's bill to promote the safety
.vf iilatlentil banks. Tihe essentia.! 'fea?
ture of the measure' is a restr.-ietiein on
Ivaitk oftlcerB from borrowing the funds
.vf the bank and thus cnippllng it. It
provid'tia tl.ut ruo such bans ilaa.ll lie 1
trutide until .a majority of the bank dl
'.'ect.rs-ap|'i'ove it. It oilso prohibits the
overii.aav >:i.g of u'ecounts -by the presi?
dent, ddreclors and other officers of tihe
banks. Violati ".a of t he prov.s'l'.lias is
ma.i; a imls?. in.-anor, subject Ito fine iir
iiinpriscnmen't.
At ..he caucus of Republican members
.if ..tie committee, dining the afternioon,
;-t -was avrted? k? go over the several ?
b'jlis before the committee vM?ah a view
t'o agrt oing upcnjilhe ge.nera'1 piOnicilpl-es
???f a n.: i..i tire to 'b.- repmrttd.
SOUND MONEY MEN.
M. ?;.'.:? g ,.t the Na'tlunal League Held
?in Washington Yes.te:-la.y.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.?The execu?
tive cumn.O.i.iee of the Natijoa- Sound
a!> ...-y League, orsanl2i?d in Chicaga
... n lafijer 'laatlenai election, held a
., mi. it n.-e here tod-ay with same of the
S.'.it,- vi. .-pro,, der.i.'s-, f the league. The
meeimg was wil.iitout speoiaJ signiiflcamce
a-nd no -P. rnml ainnxiuncementa of any
kind wer>a ii?stied. Am.-rJg rhosa present
were I''i.-iii.li.tit George 10. Belghton, S't.
IjouO?; iM. Ingulls. Ci-ncdnn-ati; John
K. Cowen, iBiaiuiimore; H. I'. Robins >n,
i'iiHJSo: Secretary E. V. Smalley, St.
Paul; W. C. Coirnwell, Buffalo. W:llia n
A. itlalr, 'New Vn.rk: John B. J leks-on.
Ritti?burg. and W. H. Royall, Virginia.
A ie.l.'cr WTStten by ex-Governor M..r
iiilll. of Kansas, was read, .in which he
stated thai: the sound money sentiment
was rapidly gaining ground in his State,
and on his judgment: would carry the
State if divested of all other issues,
??t'_i.t' and ioeal.
Mr. Royaill, an <a> brief aildress, said
tt.a.t the people eif Virginia had been
led ir-JJo 'the silver mnivement .by .reason
of tihe want o)f snjfflcleint currency to
mtet btii-oi.itss requiremenlts, and that,
sllvould better banking systems; be estab?
lished by which the smaller eiitiies and
.awns could 'have hanking pnivileges,
the paoipile would have little interest in
.-liver. Other speakens expressed the
.-ame idea.
A pi. .pee-:lti-.:ini was made looking to
a considerataon of the league with the
IndliarjaipoXia nvonetary m.a-vemer.t, but
?ia ?inr?menit evf the meeting was
igailntil: it on the guvund that itjhe Im
?Xacuipeiis movement fcud for '.ts prime
?..'bj'etit reiorm in banking legisiaitikm,
ivhiie line bjaigue me/re particu-larly ad
v... at.v.1 the gold standard.
') .?..? .-?:,uferen.e adjourned to meet in
. Irrtcaga a,me time in April next.
TRAGEDY IN WASHINGTON.
Aint th'er Young Woman Leaps Through
a. Window.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.?While tem
poiarily insane this morning Lucy Tay?
lor, the pretty 20-year-old daughter of
Walter Taylor, a Treasury Department
i-ir.rk, leaped through a window in an
almost nnde condition.
She ail'ighted on an iron fence and
tun bleeding through the bitter cold
rJlgiit air until she fell unconscious in
a sni/.v bank.
A few -minutes after hier rawh deed
u.i--. diisofwer'cd .her father, maddened
with grief at the awful fato of his
daughter, hanged 'himseif in the kitch?
en. Hie was discovered and cut down
before life was entirely extinct.
Heroic efforts are being made to
yrjaacil both father and -daughter from
...tie jaws of death, but the attending
physicians say theire-is vory little hope
at success in either case.
The girl hiad been suffering from mel
aineholia for ?an? t ime.
iMSeB Tayi'or attacked members >f the
family and broke up a quantity of iur
nlture airid ornamienits before jumping
ihrough the window, wihioh suit was
perbu-med when uhe family tried to
strain tier.
GENEB?LJSSEMBLf1
Railroads Must Enclose |
Their Tracks
OR PAY CATTLE BILLS
The Kill to Prohibit Preferred Creditor.
Killed l? the Ho.?. Another
Land <; rabl.tr Measure
Introduced.
(Special to the Dally Press 1
RICHMOND, VA.,IB>b.>2._T^|-,HoU;ae
'.??tiay took up House bill No. 230 to
amend section 125S of tihe code in rela
i/.-rs to t'a'ilr. lad companies ereelostag
.n.-.r roin.i beds with fences amid ereot
..mg culUbte gulairdts. This is a measure
wndtn Bias been pending for se venal
years, and of which Mr. Saunders Is Che
choimnton. As amended by Mr. PFlehier
the biW as parsed requires the railroad
-o ...nciYse 'their Utaies wiMfli fences <and
equip tlhem with etattle guards, wlith tiao
a'jje..niaiWve of siandllnig 'for dam?
age fer cftUWfe killed din case of failure
'.Ij feme.
The House then 'look up House bill
.'Mi!, providing that a lien, given, by any
pensMi, firm or corponaition to prefer
vine or more, creditors over ainy lotlher
oreldiltor or creditors sSiiai! ensure to sJR,
and after .-ome discussion 'the bill was
beat, tt by 45 to .19.
A large number of .Irtc'aii and private
bill w ere token up and paissed.
The House .bill tio Incorporate the
Richmond amd TiidewtiteT Railroad
Oawriamy was taken up, engrossed land
pas. sd.
The House was engaged today in dis
eui '. '.-.ig a 'bill' offered by Judge Wlatk
'irs. of 'Farmville, enlarging 'the police
powers In the prevention and puralsh
misn't of "he annoyance of pupils of fe-' ?
male ischlaols by irufflainism. The 'bill la
? ????.mewhi.lt' similar to the deceased Mc
t'une 'bill, but 'is more oeinservai Tvely
drawn at?l bis the endorsement of aid
tlie fen-ale schools- of tihe state. Pend?
ing discussion of it tihe House took la Te
eess.
? Am eng tihe new bills introduced in
?.he Hou-re faduy were these:
By Mr. Jatmes Mann: To amend sec
'?'ian G06 of the code 'In reference ;to the
form of list and cuth to be "made by
'.reinsurers In returning lists of uikSOu
lected taxes and delinquents. The bill
ii desi'gir.'?d to protect private property
from nale by treiasnrers to satisfy de?
linquent tiaoc claims Tt requires effort
to be m:a de 'to renal ize 'tihe amount due by
stalle of timber run the lands 'thus delin?
quent, and by effort to lease or rent the
property. The bill aims to prevent!;
what is known as "land grabbing" alt
siailes of property Cor taxes.
By Mr. Williialms, of Gidels: To amend
?.he atom to prescribe and reguHaite the
procedure by 'Which unpaid snbaeriip
tionis to joint stock compainlles may be
recovered by s?lid -dampanies, thcUr cred?
itors, receivers, trustees, a??!'smees ot
ainy otlhcir persons. ._
?By Mr. Berry: To ?'mend 'sedtl?n-':. "
of the "Cede of 1SS7 so as to make itihie of- ?
fire of superintendents lof the poor an
elective office.
By Mr. 'WailSaims, of Giles: To require
..rj.nuii.va to make fult and complete
f. iitcin-.en.'.s of all funds coming imitoo
tibeir hbinds and to provide for their re
ir.nval 'from office in ease of default.
The Blond bill, providing for boiler iiw
i.per ii it. 'a messwe dlesigned 'to protect
hunan life and meiden uilyto roilr-e rev?
enue, wials, on motion of its patron,
i.'iken up amid made a special order for
I P. IM. tomorrow.
The Se.rlaite has been engaged today
?a the d'tfeuifston -of the bill appropriait
JSS $150.000 for the enlargement of ?Olle
pe:' ct'.airy, necen^fliait'ed by the erowd
. d c,million of tihialtl institution. iMr.
iF'1 i id, of Appon atteix, and Mr. Opde, of
iS.uiunittn, were 'Uhe principal opponienita
. if ?? faeme. Akin to and compli
?i vil with thOs question are several
ei a '.-?',... is.'? re'ivt'mg to the working of
i ? i i r by ciour.i.ifs, lani.i'Jhe'r to tease of
piv-. mers tvl a sugar manufacturing
concern, aim r.-her to a State convict
futrm. etc. The hi 1 Iiis still perajiing.
Ti e W 'then* cnwatitut'.onad convention
bill went over until tomorrow.
Tb? Senate today ordered to Its enr
gTVjssm'arJt the biJI to aim^nd sect:?>n 12
Of the act r-i ovidong for the settlement
ft the public deb:; aets 1991-92, so as 'to
provide f at line tax payer who has
: se.d coup, ir.is in 'll'a'e atempt ito deprive
the State of its revenue.; ?Krall 'be liable
;o ray interest from the date of the
er.i.ler of the coupons to the date of
rihis payment of the judgment, which
has bet-n or will be recovered 'by the
Slate ai'-'a'.rdst such tax-payer sk> usiilnig
. uch coupons, 'Whtn he has not kept
:i? tender good.
Tf"-s ivupons 'were issued principally
n 1SSS awl 1SS9, aired it is developed itlhait
very frequently the delinquent tax pay?
er has not kept his fender good, and Its
tJow un'able to procure the tendered
pou.potvs. H'e has, therefore, kept tihe
State from Its tax and should pay iinlter
e.?t.
In the House, Mr. Wiatklns, dntirei
duced a b'Jl to regulate the rate of
charges ??? fire insurance companies
ih'ins ?ou'siiness in Virginia, and provid?
ing for the puni'shmenit of violators. Vt
provides that no inisuranee com.pany
dioilriig such business shall charge hiightr
i'ateas ef insurance upoar country and
fu.rm pi-srpcrty tiha.ni the Poiliowing: On
banns and centenits 11-2 per cent.; en
brick, .metallic root dwellings, 40.100 per
cent.: on brick, shingle roof dwellings,
ewe half of one per cent.; on frame,
n LLialllo a'oof dweliiings, one half of one
per cemt., and on frame, shingle-roof
lw^llinige, three-fourihs of one percent.
It further provides .that in case of con
victCon fer vioeiaiti'ion of Hb provisions a
fine 'of $100 sttraH be imposied.
It is understood tonight that the leg
''.? iia.ti've commitLee or* the e.nenditures
of Stare instittiticns. will submit their
.' pc'it tomorrow, and that the adoption
f their recomnvv.nda'ii. r.s will save the
State i5>metlhmg Hike $75,000 annually.
II is .reiwried lUhalt they will advdse ithe
aba'.: . ...n of the offices of commissioner
?>f agtii.-uitu're and tegitter of the hand
office, tra.n,.ferr:mg their duties to other
depairltna'cn'ts. It is understood that re
diuctiona of appropriations advised will
;>.? general, but much Larger in some
? ass tihian 'in ot hrs.
WAN A MAKER FOR GOVERNOR.
(By TelegraphA
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.?A confer?
ence of business men from all over the
state met he-ie th.'s afternoon under the
lUsipic? of the Busikness Men's League.
.n..l reselved to request Jeihn Wanta
ra'tolr to hee^me a candidate for Ithe
Republican nomination for governor as
tgatnist the candidate favored by Uralt?
ed States Senator Quay. (Vigorous am?
i-Quay resolutions were adopted..
"YON YONSON" DEAD.
.CDBVEDAND, O., Feb. 2.?Gua J.
Iloege. the actor, known the ouunltry
over as "Yon Yonson." <ticd alt ibis home
n this city today. He was thirty-sili
years of age.
Why do women always have on -tblek
shabbiest slioes on wat^ly <d>Aya?

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