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Morsels
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AND MONDAY,
Or,; until these little lots are dis
posed of. It all of them hold out
till Monday we'll be more than pur
prised. Of course, you tuke chances
on that If you delay cumins till the
lust day of pale.
File EIette .
Wrappers
Stylish garments, honestly made
from goods that will stund the test
of time and hard nervier. The pat
terns are extra choice, and the trim
ming of Lace, Braid, etc., as Rood
as most people would care to buy.
LOT 1.
About six dozen assorted makes and
qualities; values ranging from tl.T'i
to t2.U0. All this season's produc-
Choice for 3 days, $1.4P
LOT 2.
Kill I y seven duscen very fine Wrap
per?, full of excellence at every
point und wonderfully handsome
Two qualities that sold from I2.J0
. to $2.7;..
Choice for 3 days, $1.98
May's Fashions
In Waists
Are correctly Illustrated In the fol
lowing: four bargain lots. Not a
faulty seam, a poor fabric or an In
different style is to be found in the
entire range, while the values of
fered are such as to make buying
merely a matter of looking them
over.
LOT 1.
Five dozen fancy Flannel Waists,
solid colors and mixtures; all sizes.
Good value al $!.-.'.
Choice for 3 days, 49c
LOT 2.
A few very Hne Silk and Wool
. Plaid Waists that brought $.1.7." and
$4. no. All sizes today.
Choke for 3 days, $3.00
LOT 3.
. Fifteen fancy stripe Silk Waists In
pretty fetching color combinations.
Petter never was sold under $5.00.
Choice for 3 days, $3.98
LOT 4.
Less than a dozen extra fine and
handsome Hillc Waists in the nob
blest of fashions. New creations.
Warranted value for from $8.00 to
$10.00.
. Choice for 3 days, $5.00
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CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST
Programme of Proceedings of the
Coming Keck. ;
LIGHT OX MONROE DOCTRINE
.Mr. Davla Will AdJress the Senate I'pon
th. Subject-Committee Favorable
to I u pom-An Farly Adjourn
mem Is Hoped Tor.
Washington, I). (".. Feb. 16.' The com
ing week in the senate will be devoted
to action on appropriation bills and
discussion on our relations with foreign
powers. The better part of the week,
not counting unexpected matters that
may be injected during the morning
hour, will be given over to the con
sideration of the military academy bill,
which now has the right of way. and
the pension and consular and diplomat
ic appropriation bills. These will ex
haust the appropriations co far report
ed to the senate by the committee, but
Inasmuch as the consular and diplo
matic bill may cause the general dis
cussion of foreign affairs. It is as
sumed that the entire week will be
com? tuned in disposing of the appro
priation measures now on the calendar.
it is doubtful If Mr. .Morrill will cull
fiir the tarif bill agurn this week. Re
publicans who peacefully canvassed the
situation say that u motion would tend
to complicate mutters und that no good
can grow out of It until they have
brought ubout a cohesion of sentiment
In their own ranks and secured the
necessary one vote from the ranks of
the Populists. This, at present, sfcras
Impossible und Mr. Morrill. It Is be
lieved, will not renew his motion until
he is surf of its success.
Tomorrow Mr. Davis, of the foreign
relutions committee, and author of the
resolution reported from the commit
tee concerning the Monroe doctrine,
which bus not yet been unssed and
possibly never will be passed, will ad
dress the senute upon that resolution.
This speech has been anticipated for
some time- with a great deal of interest
owing to the advanced ground taken by
Mr. Davis and his well-known fami
liarity with the whole subject. Mr.
Davis is one of the closest students in
the senute and his speech is expected
to set forth the position of the ultra
radicals on the subject in a clearer
Unlit than hus yet been cast upon It.
Tnc resolution, supplemented recently
by an additional report from the com
mittee on foreign relations that the
opinion of consres.) Is that this gov
ernment should remain iifUtral and
grant al! imrtl In the struggle now
pending In Cuba, equal rights, has the
right of way as the utirlriishod business,
temporarily displuced by the appro
priation bills, then It will doubtless call
out a number of speeches during the
time that apuroprlatlon bills may not
be under consideration. Mr. Mitchell,
chairman of the committee on privi
leges ami elections, will tomorrow sub
mit to the senate the majority report
on the Impont-Delewnre contest in fa
vor of seating Mr. IHipont.The minority
report, in the hands of Mr. Gray, will
soon follow, and this matter. Involving
,i'l.tiuii o? lhciitllet privilege, will
he ('Riled up for consideration.
An lurlr Adjournment.
An early adjournment Is already
talked f. A few senators are hopeful
that congress inuv get through by the
Mist of June. Among some uf the Ke
publicun leaders an effort Is being
nuiile to accomplish this result so that
nothing muy interfere with their at
tendance upon the national conven
tions and the campaign that will Imme
diately follow.
There is nothing In the house but ap
propriation bills. When the house
adjourned Saturday afternoon general
debate had Just been concluded on the
bill making aproprlatlons for the agri
cultural deportment for the next fiscal
year, but Chairman Wadsworth ex
pects that a day or two more at least
will he consumed In the discussion of
the blli under the five minute rule with,
It Is understood, other members
thun those who expressed their opinion
Saturday, who desire to say things
about Secretary ' Morton's refusal to
expend the appropriation made in the
bill for the current year for the distri
bution of seeds. Uesldes the urgri
cultural bill there Is on the calendar the
nrmy appropriation bill, and the Indian
bill Is rerdy to be reported.
Mr. Johnson, chairman of the com
mittee on elections No, 2. before the
week closes may call up the report of
his committee inthecase of the Vanhom
Tarsney contest from the Fifth Mis
souri district, hut ps this case s sure
to lead to a somewhat extended de
bate, the probabilities are against its
consideration at present. So, too. with
the resolution from the foreign affairs
committee regarding Ambassador bay
ard's speeches, which will also not be
brought forward so as to antagonize
In any way the progress of appropria
tion bills.
BIG 'POSSUM RANCHES.
Pest ruct vie Animals Raised for the
Ilount Paid for Ihclr l-:ars.
Rlverhead. Ij. I., Feb. IS. The River
head town agricultural society, more
widely known as the Northville club,
has made the discovery that 'possum
ranches are being conducted in Suf
folk county. The Industry Is carried
on fo, 'lie purpose of raising stock for
bounty t -tplng. A few years ago the
board of Supervisors offered a bounty
on certain wild animals which were an
annoyance to farmers. Twenty-five
cents is paid for 'possums' ears, and a
like bounty on woodehucks. weasels
and minks. Since this law was passed,
members of the Northville club say.
there has been a distinct Increase of
the animals instead of a decrease.
The other day a school boy named
Rice, of Patchogue. was convicted of
counterfeiting 'possums' with the aid of
cat skins and obtaining the bounty,
but members of the club say that Is
nothing compared with the fraud and
deceit practiced by others to obtain the
bounty. Last year about $2.!00 was
paid out bv the county in bounties, to
say nothing of the fee of ten cents al
lowed to the supervisor who Issues a
certificate.
MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
G. M. Williams, of the Fourth plstriet.
Give Statistics for 180A.
Wllkes-Harre, Feb. 16. Mine In
spector Q. M. Williams, of the Fourth
district, anthracite region, has Just com
pleted his report for the year 1895.
It shows the total production or coal
shipped to market by rail a T.1M.855
tons, local sales at breakers, 228.641
tons: estimated fuel consumed at the
mines. 642.872 tons; total, 8.066.412 tons.
The number of accidents occurlng dur
ing the year were as follows: By ex
plosion of gas, 10 fatal, 45 non-fatal;
by fall of roof. 3S fatal. 45 non-fatal;
falling down shaft, 2 fatal; run over by
mine can under ground. 12 fatal, 28
non-fatal: by explosion of powder and
blasts, S fatal, 21 non-fatal; by various
other causes underground, 7 fatal, 32
non-fatal; by various causes on the
surface, 4 fatal, 30 non-fatal; total. 74
fatal, 221 non-fatal: number of widows
left. 28; orphans. liT.
' The report also shows that after add
ing a loss of 20 per cent, in minim;,
hauling and preparing the coal for
market, the production during the year
of 1V.I5 is no less than 11.326.446 tons. Of
the number of persons employed in and
about the various collieries one inevery
.Tin was killed and one in every lfl was
Injured. The total production in tons
by the various companies were as
follows: Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre
Coal company, 2.27.1.877 ; Delaware- and
Hudson Canal company. 1.249.907: Sus
quehanna Coal company. 1,411.09;:;
Kingston Coal company. 782,008; Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western Kail
road company. :i66.47ti; Lehigh Valley
Coal company. :iti2.664: Ked Ash Coal
company. 221.626; Purrlsh. Coal com
pany, 262.401; miscellaneous companies,
924.7.".S.
SENATOR Ql'AY 1XEARXEST.
Chairman Frank Willing l.each Throws
Farther Light I'pon Senator's Can-dldacy-In
llio Fight to Win.
Philadelphia. Feb. 16. Chairman
Frank Willing Leach, of the Republi
can state executive committee, re
turned yesterduy from Washington,
where he had been since Thursday, vis
iting many nolitlctans, Including Sena
tor (Juay. Reing asked to throw fur
ther light on the announcement of the
senator's candidacy for the presidency,
Mr. Leach remarked thut his business
in Washington wus to get thut Infor
mation. "I have returned home." he
said, "with a full understanding of the
programme of Senator Quay's friends
throughout the country. For three
mouths a score of the Republican lead
ers of the several states have been urg
ing him to permit the use of his name,
but It was not until a few days ago
that he cave his assent.."
To the question whether there would
be un uggressive contest In support of
Senator Quay. Chairman Leach re
plied: "Yes: the buttle Is on: and It Is
a tight to the llnish. so fur ns Senator
Quay Is concerned. What I learned in
Washington was In the nature of n
revelation to me. 1 came In contact
with a good many of the lending mem
bers, of both houses as well as wlh u
number of national committee men and
other Republican leaders outside of
congress, and I am satlslied that Col
onel Quav Is the choice of many of
them, and the second choice of nearly
all. (lovernor McKlnley is likely to
have the most votes on the first bal
lot, but no candidate can come any
where near a nomination on that ballot.
From what 1 leurtied I am convinced
that there will be a concentration of
forces In behalf of our junior .senator
upon one of the subsequent ballots."
Mr. Leuch emphatically denied that
the senator's candidacy wus merely
for the purpose of holding the Pennsyl
vania delegation together. "Of course
It is not." he declared. "Fully sixty
out of the sixty-four delegates would
have stood with the senator in any
event, anil in behalf of any available,
acceptable cundidnte. lie certainly
would not have entered the field shindy
for the purpose of getting the other
four delegates Into line, lie Is earn
estly and aggressively a candidate, and
will remain so until lite end. 1 honest
ly think he will win. For the first time
since the organization of the party I
believe the Republican candidate for
ihe presidency will come from this
greatest of Republican (dates, Penn
sylvania. Ordinarily T am the reverse
of a political enthusiast, and the con
clusion I have reached In this cuse has
been arrived at only after coming In
contact with scores of the party's lead
ers throughout the several states
north, can:, south und west."
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ROENTGEN OPERATIONS.
Professor llergraumi F.xtracts bullet
from a .Man's Hand.
Berlin, Feb. 16. Professor Rergniann.
the eminent Herman surgeun. performed
the first surgical operation in the hos
pitals here through the use of the Ro
entgen rays. The professor extracted
a number of pellets which had for n
long time Imbedded In the hand of a,
young man. The position of the pellets,
which had previously been probed for
without success, was made known
through the medium of the rays.
Professor Uergmunn told the medical
students who witnessed the operation
that while the discovery of the rays
was a welcome addition to surgical
diagnosis, it could not be compared in
respect of usefulness to the recent
achievements attained by the use of
the antiseptic discoveries of Professor
Ksmareh. Foreign objects In the hu
man bodv which were not a source of
trouble, he said,, ought to be left there,
especially In cases where an operation
for their "removal was dtfiigerous.
BONES OP STUART lXIUMEI).
Identifying the Skeleton of the Great
portrait I'nlntcr.
Roston, Feb. 16. The skeleton of the
great American portrait oainter, 3 11
bert Stuart, who died sisty-eieht years
ago, was exhunud In tomb No. 61, of
Roston Common, today. The tomb was
first used in 1802, and up to 1828, the
time of Stuart's burial, six bodies had
been placed in Its narrow limits. It Is
built of brick, is arched, and measures
about ten feet In height, eight feet In
length and seven feet In width.
The skull of the artist was Identified
by its remarkable size, the compara
tively perfect condition of the teeth, the
square-set, powerful jaws, tlie project- ;
lng brows, the lack of hair on the top '
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Ill llie lirtiii. luc- ji I.D1HI v dih
locks of hair and the whiskers, which
came to the lower part of the ears and
there stopped. There wan no sign of
hair on the unper lip. nor anywhere
else on the skull, save the sides and
back.
MURDERER'S INSANITY.
McDarby Crated, It Is Said, Over I oar of
the Elcctrlo Chair.
Hudson. N. Y.. Feb. 16. Charles Mc
Darby. 20 years old. who Is In the prison
here charged .with the murder of Caro
line Pruner. has shown signs of in
sanity during the past few days, and
Sheriff Connor hns removed him from
the mnln corridor of the Jail to an
Isolated cell. His Insanity was super
induced, it Is said, by the taunts of his
fellow prisoners over the killing of
"Hat" Shea at Clinton prison a few
days ago. McDarby exhibits no vio
lence, but expresses great feur of the
electric chair. The medical attendants
at the prison think that his reason may
be restored by his being Isolated from
the other prisoners.
Caroline Proper was 80 years old, and
McDarby. It Is charged, after having
criminally assaulted her. murdered her
In order to conceaMlis crime.
FRENCH RAILWAY SCANDAL.
The Crisis Crowing Out of th Troubles
Liable to ("rente a Revolution.
London. Feb. Ifj. The Observer's
Paris correspondent confirms the re
port that the political crisiB growing
out of the Southern railway scatulnl
Is most serious and says there Is every
prospect of a conflict in the chamber of
deputies over the matter. ' j
The correspondent declare? that the
country has not In years been so near
If not a revolution, at least a great up
heaval of the people. , -
THE REV0UIT10N IN CORES
It .May Lend to a Conflict ISetwccn
Russia and Japan.
KIXC AT RUSSIAN LEGATION
II Seeks Safety with Subjects of the
Cur-New Cabinet Orders the Kx
cention of Former Ministers.
Other Foreign Topics.
London, Feb. 16. The news of a revo
lution in Corea. attended by the mur
der of the prim minister and several
other officials, has excited the foreign
office, where the movement is regarded
as a coup d'etat In the interests of Rus
sia. The revolution In Seoul last Oc
tober, In which the queen was mur
dered, removed the greatest enemy of
Japanese Influence jn Corea The Japa
nese envoy. Viscount Mima, virtually
nominated the ministers, who kept the
king almost a prisoner.
The counter revolution, the destruc
tion of the ministers, the anti-Japanese
movement and the fact th.it the king
has sought refuge at ths Russian lega
tion have caused Intense excitement In
Jnpan. This, coupled with Russia's ef
forts to secure a nuvul station in Corea,
Is likely to lead earlier ihan was ex
pected to a conflict between Russia
and Japan.
.Marines Ordered to Seoul.
Yokohama. Feb. 16. Detachments of
British, American and French marines
have been sent to Seoul, the caultu of
Corea, to guard the interests of their
respective countries. The king of
Corea still remains at the Russian lega
tion as u measure of personal safety.
News has been received here that the
new cubluet which hus been formed In
Seoul hus doc'-eed the execution of n
number of the foreign ministers. A
conference of foreign diplomats has
been oneiied at the Russlun legation in
Seoul to consider the sltuulion.
New .Minister nt Alarmed.
Washington. Feb. 1(1. Pom Kwang
Soli, the new Corean envoy extraordin
ary, accompanied by bis secretary,
bong Sun Pak, arrived in Washington
this afternoon, forty-seven days after
leaving Seoul. He was rather surprised
on reaching the legation to learn of
the revolted overthrow- in the lust few
days of the cabinet of which he was
until recently a member; but he de
clared that if the news was verllled it
would not alarm him, fur no hurm other
thun momentary ever came to Corea
from such ntTalrs. There was a long
sten In ndva"ce on each occasion, and
it was eventuully found that revolu
tions did not go backwurd. When he
left the country on the last day of the
old year, the whole people were show
ing thu beneficial results of wise re.
forms, and he did nut believe any back
Steps would be taken..
Mr. Soli, who spent ten years in
Washington and speaks Kngllsh flu
ently. Is about Ui years old, and re
markably like an American In his earn
est, active manner.
DR. BARTII'S ASSERTIONS.
Claims to Have Had Assurances That Mr.
Cleveland Mould tcto Silver Hills.
Herlln, Feb. 10. In connection with
the silver debates in the Reichstag
Herr Von Kardoff as president of the
bi-metallic league of Germany, hus sent
a letter to President Cleveland asking
whether the statements recently made
by Dr. Theodore Baith. the eminent
German Monomctallist member uf the
Reichstag Fllbettin. that Mr. Cleveland
had assured him thai he would veto nuy
silver bills that congress might puss
were true. Dr. liarth. Herr Von Kur
dorlf wrote to President Cleveland, had
pretended thst he had received the au
thority of the president upon one of the
visits which he had made to the'l'nlted
States of late, to express his views up
on the silver question und he was de
sirous to know whether or not this was
the fact. Hedd Von K ardor IT'S letter
was forwarded to Washington through
the I'nited States embassy here
Frelherr Marschall Von Biebersteln.
minister uf foreign affairs. hus informed
the Turkish, ambassador here that
del-many will recognize Prince Ferdi
nand of Bulgaria as the rightful ruler of
Kulguriii.
Die Duke Wants to Fight.
Rome. Feb. 1C. The duke of Aostu.
nephew of King Humbert, has begged
his ma jesty and General Mocennl, min
ister of war. to allow him to take com
mand of the men of his regiment, the
Fifth artillery, who have been selected
to reinforce the Italian army operating
ngninst the Abyslnnians.
BOLD ROBBERY.
Foreman of a Printing Establishment Is
Assaulted by a llnndlt.
Indianapolis, lnd.. Feb. 1(1. H. S.
Gamer, foreman In the printing estab
lishment of W. B. Buford. received $400
yesterday afternoon with which to pay
employes. While passing through one
of the rooms, ix stranger struck him
heavily u:un the head, felling him to
the floor. The man then presented a
revolver, and held it against Garner's
head while he pocketed the money.
Telling his victim If he moved he would
kill him, the robber started to the
street. As soon as he passed out of
the room Oarner rose and cried fur
help, and the employes ran in pursuit.
On the lower floor one of them struck
the revolver from the hand of the rob
ber as he passed blm, and he was over
powered and bound. He hud another
revolver in his pocket. The mini Is
unknown here and is believed to be
from Cincinnati.
RUSSIA ALONE OBJECTS.
Only Opposition to the I'nited States
Despatch Boat at Constantinople.
Constantinople, Feb. 16. The repre
sentative of the I'nited Press in this
city learns that Miss White, a member
of the family of Rev. George F. White,
an American missionary at Marsovan,
has died from small pox. It is reported
that Russia alone objects to the diked
States having a ilesnatch boat here.
The Hon. A. W. Terrell, the American
minister, has referred the matter to
Washington for settlement with the
government at St. Petersburg.
.Miss Clara Barton and her colleagues
of the Red Cross society have arrived
here.
TAR ON THE HEALER.
An Imitator of Schlatter Is Driven from
North Platto.
North Platte. Neb., Feb. 16. Rev.
William Bailey wns tarred und feath
ered and ordered to leave town by a
vigilance committee consisting of i,V)
citizens last night.
I In I ley is on Imitator of Schlatter,
the Denver healer, and hns been work
ing his so-called miracles all winter.
GIRL STUDEnTs IN A RUSH.
Seniors and Juniors Help Ont th Boys at
Weslcyan in Ohio.
Delaware. O.. Feb". 16. At chapel last
night the- juniors of Wesleyan college
wore straw hat decorated with their
class colors In place of the mortar
boards stolen from them by the seniors.
The moment the services were over the
seniors tried to tear off the Juniors'
headgear. The younger men defended
themselves with hickory clubs decorat
ed with the class colors, and fought
their way to Monnett hall. A crowd of
3.000 iiei-sons gathered to watch the
tight, and they tore down the fence
about Monnett hnll.
On the steps of the hall stood the
senior girls, waving thejr colors. The
Junior girls charged on them, and seis
ing one, tore her clothing. A policeman
was assaulted and another kept off the
crowd with a revolver. There are
nearly L'no ruined suits of clothes and
scores of broken heads as evidence of
the lluht.
QIESTIOX OF THE EIGHT.
Fitisimmons Says Thut th Jig Is I'p.
Small l ights Are Declared Off and
Forfeits Will ( Paid.
Kl Paso, Tex.. Feb. 16. The question
of fight or no fight has been off for one
more day. After having dragged Mail
er's representatives down from Las
Cruces today, Martin Jullen refused to
go Into conference, contending himself
with the oft-repeated statement of,
"We will make known our position to
morrow," just as for two weeks before
the Ozark fiasco, he chirruped: "We
will be in Hot Springs on Oct. SI."
Fitzsimmons privately expressed him
self this morning to the effect that he
regarded the Jig as up. anil tilts is taken
us forecasting bis attitude tomorrow.
Both Dan Stuart and Maher. the latter
having lieen telegraphed for tonight,
will have Homething to say on the ques
tion of forfeit, mid the chances are that
the Cornish man will not find himself
able to curry things his own way.
Mailer's eyes have improved wonder
fully during the past twenty-four
hours. The cathurthlc discharge hns
been arrested and spots within the lids
have vanished, and very little blood re
mains about the eyeballs.
Tonight Dan Stuart announced that
tlie Kverhardt-Leeds, Walcott-ISrlght-eyes.
Murshall-Dixou and Hurry-Murphy
contests were ntllciully declared off
and that lie would pay the forfeit of
$i00 In eueh contest tomorrow.
Sonic comollcations between the
fighters ure likely to arise as the result
of the abandonment. Leeds and F.vcr
hart who wire to have fought on Tues
day should weigh In tomorrow under
forfeit of Jl.Ollii. Kverhaydt. however,
recognizing that the game was up, has
been taking things easy and euinlug
flesh with the result that he tlis the
beam tonight at 140. or eight pounds
overweight. Captain tJlorl Lceda'
backer, liiflsts however, that the weigh
ing in shall take place and says that
he will claim the forfeit If Kverhurt
I fulls to appear or If he Is overweight.
The concensus of opinion among the
expert sports remaining here Is that the
tight having been declared off In ad
vance of the weighing in, dlorl's posi
tion Is untenable.
Dixon and Marshall are mntched to
meet before the Long Island City dub
March 8. "Hrlght eyes" und Wolcott
before n Boston club March l.l. The
Olympic c lub of New Orleans, has wired
for the I-eds-Kverhart contest and
other details will be settled tomorrow.
SlTI ATloT IX (IBA.
Gomez Has Notified General Weylcr
That lie Will Kctallnt on Spaniards If
Cubans Are Massacred.
(From a Slnff Correspondent of the
I'uiieil t' ess.l
Havana. Feb. 16. The utf Is full of
rumors. One is that 24 political pris
oners In Cuba were shot Wednes
day night. General Weyler says he
knows nothing of it. It Is also said
Gomes has notilled Weyler thut if Cu
bans in the cities are shot, he will re
taliate by shooting Spaniards In the
interior of the ishind. Gomez and
Maceo are both In Havuna province and
parties huve come even to the outskirts
of the city of Havana, taking the horses
of milkmen in the suburban towns of
.liiburhuna. and exchanging shots with
tlie garrison in the block houses at
I Jesus Monte. Gomez probably has 1.
000 men under arms operating in llav-
! ana province. Skirmishes between the
! outposts are of dully occurrence. The
Spanish ofllcers of minor grades gen-
: erally magnify these into battles, but
since the arrival of Weyler the nfTlclal
reports are much nearer the truth than
formerly. Volunteers are being sent
from Havana to the field und the Cu
bans In the city are alarmed over the
rumor that Weyler intends to order
them to enlist In the army to show
their loyulty. The order forbidding
correspondents to accompany the col
umns of troops Is strictly enforced,
making it dllliciilt to obtain reasonable
news. Very little Is given out ollicinlly.
The American correspondent, Mannlx,
ordered to leave owing to having pub
lished obnoxious news, sailed for the
I'nited States yesterday. Mannlx filed
a formal protest with American Consul
Williams.
ni:gro lynched.
Action of the .Mob SoOnlck Hint Ofriccrs
llnd No liiuoto Resist.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 16. Robert
Williams, the negro who shot and killed
Hodman John F. Suggs Friday night,
was lynched In the suburbs of the city
last night. Williams was arrested at
Cnwles station, about thirty miles from
here, on the Western rood. He wus
brought to Montgomery In charge of
Deputy Sheriff Young and local police
men. To escane a mob arrangements
had been made to take the prisoner
from the train at the Savannah.
Amerlcus and Montgomery railroad
crossing about a mile and a half out.
When the train stopped and the of
ficers appeared with the negro they
were confronted by a large crowd who
Immediately seized the negro and hur
riel him away Borne distance to a tree,
to which he was strung up and his body
riddled with bullets. The action of the
mob was so quick the ofllcers hud no
time to offer resistance.
LAST LINK IX THE CHAIX.
George Jackson Confesses to Having
Driven Pearl Pry an and Her .Murderers
to Fort Thomas.
Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. 16. George H.
Jackson, colored, who was arrested
last night, confessed to having driven
Scott Jackson. Alonzo Walling mid
Pearl Rryan across the river to Fort
Thomas, on the night of the Pearl
Utyan murder. Jackson says the girl
was rryiiiR all the way and he did not
want to go with- them hut they (com
pelled him to drive. He says when he
got over the river he jumped from tlie
vehicle and ran away.
This confession proves the last link
In the chain of evidence which has been
developed against the accused.
Kentucky Deadlock.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. H!. There seonic to
be good grounds for the story that th"
hunter forces are on thn stampede mul it
is expected that unolher break in Ms
ranks will occur tomorrow or 'j'ucs.lin'.
The name of ex-t'hlef Justice Holt will he
use for several duys, to see if there Is
uny chance for his election.
Shaw Pays His Fine.
Boston. Feb. 10. Rohfrt O. Shaw, of
the Myopia cub. who In September last
wus lined $2 for beating a polo pony
over the head with a mullet, has with
drawn his appeal and paid his fine.
DR. HANSEM ANB THE POLE
Reports of His Discoveries Have Now
Been Confirmed.
NEWS PROM ST. PETERSBURG
Grcely aud Peary Are Still Skeptical on
the Subject Nsnien's Associate
Believes That There Is Laad
at the North Polo.
London. Feb. 16. A dispatch from
the llritish consul at Archangel, in
which the report that Dr. Nansen, the
Arctic explorer has discovered the
North Pflle and Is now on his return
from his successful voyage is confirmed
has been received at the foreign olllce.
The corrcsiKindcnt of the St. James
Gazette at St. Petersburg telegraphs
that the report of Dr. Nansen having
discovered the North Pole Is coulirnicd.
Washington. Feb. 16. The reported
continuation from Archangel of the re
port of the return of Dr. Nansen does
not really amount to a continuation In
the opinion of General Greeley and of
Lieutenant Scheutze. The latter is,
with the possible exception of Commo
dore Melville, who is temporarily ub
sent from Washington, better posted
than any other official In Washington
on the characteristics of the North Si
berian coast, which ho has visited on a
government mission, being charged
with the distribution of rewards to the
natives who aided the survivors of the
unfortunate Jeannette expedition. He
said: "This contlrhtatlon of tlie Irkutsk
story from Archangel Is as if we had u.
telegram from Port html. Me., confirm
ing a story from Sandy Hook.
General Greeley took a similar view
and held that it wns conceivable that
the story could emanate from two
places so remote from each other as are
Irkutsk and Archangel. He knew of
no way In which news of Dr. Xansen's
approuch to the northern mouth of the
Lena Delta should ulso reach Arch
angel. With the aid of a chart. General
Greely indicated the vast distances be
tween Archangel and Irkutsk, the hit
ter point being that where the tlrst re
port of Nansen'a return started. He
showedthat if It was really true that
news of Dr. Nansen's movements had
reached the mouth of the Lena, and hud
so worked up the liver to Irkutsk, then
it was improbable that the same Infor
mation could have reached Archangel.
UreclCs Disbelief I nshaken.
General Greely called attention to
another point, which was thut, If Nan
sen has really emerged from the Polar
regions anywhere off the Siberian
coast, then lie has himself disproved
the correctness of the theory on which
his expedition was embarked. It would
show, he suid, that Instead of there ex
isting a current across the pole, there
was a current that swept him up from
the neighborhood of Bennett Island to
the pole and then turned buck und re
turiud him to his starting point. Gen
eral Gi ly thought this state of affairs
was hardly possible.
Lieutenant Scheutze mude the point
that hus apparently escaped observa
tion, that If the tlrst story from Irkutsk
was true then Nansen wns sighted or
i heard from off fie Lena River Deltn
away back lust summer. Lieutenant
Scheutze is thoroughly familiar with
tliut country. He says that from Irk
utsk to Yakutsk, which is the most
northerly Russian post of any signifi
cance, is a distance of about 2.000 miles,
and communication Is had only by
sleds, or, In slimmer, by rafts down the
river Lena. From Yakutsk to 1'st
Yansk, at the mouth of the Lena,
where the Russian trailer is said to
have heard from Nansen, is a distance
of l.iinu miles through an unbroken wil
derness, and the means of communica
tion ure reindeer or dogs. The only
travel between Yakutsk and I'st
Yansk is confined to a few half-breed
traders, who go up to the latter point
early in the winter and stay until the
next spring. Many months ure required
for the trip, and so any news of Nun
sen coming from 1'st Yunsk must be
very old.
Lieutenant Scheutze referred to dif
ficulties that might be encountered in
the attempt to trace such a rumor ns
that in question. He said thut the nil
! tives who might huve sighted an Arctic
explorer would not conceive the nuuiro
of bis undertaking, and owing to their
dense ignorance It would hardly be pos
sible for them to transmit an intel
ligible account through muny such na
tives, and after that through half
breeds, who knew little more, to civil
ization, in Illustration he cited the ex
perience of Nordenskjold. who passed
out of the Siberian islands In a fog
while a hunting party of natives was
on It. The natives could not see the
steamer Vega owing to tlie fog. but
hearing the churning of the screw they
were stricken with terror, put out their
camp-llres and hid themselves In the
Ice, und not till months afterward was
It llniilly wormed out of them by a
half-breed, who hud been fortunate
enough to linve once seen a steam ves
sel, that the explorer had actuaUy
passed in the neighborhood.
Nnnsen's Courugo and Resource.
Lconhurd Stejnegcr. a former asso
ciate of Dr. Nansen when the doctor
wus curator of a museum in Norway,
nnd who is now one of the curators of
the I'nited States National museum,
thinks there is nothing Intrinsically
Improbable In the story.' und bears
high tribute to Dr. Nansen's indomit
able couruge and fertility of resources.
"If," said he. "Dr. Nansen found land
north of the New Siberian islands, It
would be a comparatively easy matter
for him to proceed northward, for the
ilistance Is not so great; the extreme
difllculties experienced In traveling
over the frozen sea make the task one
of greater hardship and tmineasurubly
Increases the apparent distance. We
know that there is land further north
than anyone has yet iM'en. for the rea
son thnt birds fly north of the limit of
explorations, raise their young and re
turn with them. These birds do not
breed their young on Ice; they must
have land, und because they do go
north and breed Is very good reason
for believing that luml is to be found
there."
BROKE TUP. RECORD.
.Marvellous Feat of Joe Donoghne, the
Champion Skater.
Washington. D. C, .Feb. 16. Joseph
Donoghne, the champion skater, last
night at the ice rink broke the five-mile
skating record of 14 minutes 59 seconds,
nude by Neilson at Minneapolis on a
quarter mile track. The track here had
ten lups to tlie mile, and Donoghue's
time was 14.47i.
Yesterday afternoon he broke the
two-mile record of ii.42 S-ii mnde at Red
Hunk. N. J., last winter on n third of u
mile tnick by Olttf liuiiil. Donoghue's
time was r."2'2.
STATE SNAP SHOTS.
Fire In the Herald Publishing company's
building ut Krle yesterday entirely de
ti'oyed the box factory und some valuable
machinery. The newspaper department
was not Injured, but the damage lu the
stock was about SfO.Oiio.
Robert W. Ryers, president of the Penn
sylvania Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, died suddenly at his
home. In Philadelphia, yesterday.
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WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, for Monday,
neurly clear; colder northerly winds.
New York, Feb. 1". Herald's forecast!
In the Middle states today fair. cold'T
weather will prevail with brisk nnd fresh
northwesterly winds, shifting to north
easterly, followed by comliness In this
section and possibly by snow und dan
gerous easterly gales on the coast.
(Mi Tuesday, cloudy weuther will prob
ably prevail, with snow or rnin, slight
temperature changes und dangerous east
cry winds, becoming vurjuble.
Fight Persons Killed.
London, Feb. 10. A lodging house In
Soho, this city, ws destroyed by Art
this morning and,' eight persona war
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