ACTION OF CONGRESS.
SENATOR TURPIE SPEAKS AGAINST
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
Field Tin y For Old Soldiers In the House.
Congressman Stone's l'lan For Interna
tional Coins—Tlio Conferees Agree Upon
the fim nig rati on ltill.
WASHINGTON, .Tan. 20.—The session of
the senate was without incident. Mr. Tur
pioof Indiana spoke against the Nicaragua
canal bill. The reading of the legislative
appropriation bill was completed with the
exception of sections making provision for
the congressional library, which were pass
ed over temporarily in the absence of sen
ators interested in the subjc t.
The old soldiers had a Hold day in the
house. Under a special order tlio whole
day was devoted to the consideration of
private pension bills. Of the 900 on the
calendar, 52 were disposed of during the
flvo hours' session. Among those favor
ably at tid upon were bills to grant pen
sions t) Major General Julius 11. Stahel at
the rate of f 100 per month, the widow of
Major General Krastus B. Tyler at 175,
Hannah 11. Kodgers, the daughter of a
Revolutionary soldier, at sl2, and the wid
ow of the late General Matthew M. Trum
bull of lowa at SIOO per month.
Mr. Charles W. Stone of Pennsylvania,
for l ho committee on coinage, reported to
the house a resolution requesting the pres
ident to invite expressions of opinion from
other governments as to the desirability
and feasibility of the adoption of interna
tional coins to bo current in all the coun
tries adopting them and to be especially
adapted to imoice purposes.
Tlie Fait Week In Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. —1n the senate
yesterday most of the time was taken up
with a discussion of the Mills resolution
for the recognition of Cuban Independence.
In executive session tlio senate refused to
ratify certain provisions in arbitration
treaties between this country and the
Orange Free State and the Argentino Re
public submitted by Secretary of Stato Ol-
In the house the bill to make imitations
of butter si.J>jcet to state laws was dis
missed without taking final action. A
bill was passed to transfer final jurisdic
tion of criminal cases (not capital) from
the United States supreme court to the cir
cuit courts of appeals.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—1n the senate
the measure known as the froo homestead
bill was passed by a vote of 35 to 11. A
resolution was adopted calling for an in
quiry by the judiciary committee as to sta
tus of the Union and Central Pocifio rail
road properties.
In the houso the Grout bill, the purpose
of which is to subject oleomargarine and
other imitation dairy products to the laws
ot t ho states into which they are transport"
etl was passed by a vote of 123 to 93.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Tho senate was I
not in session yesterday. In the free home- j
stead bill, which came back to tho houso
witii senate amendments, was referred to
tho committee on public lands. A number
of minor bills on the calendar, including
several private pensions, were passed. Mr.
Spencer of Massachusetts introduced a bill
authorizing this government to make a
tender to Spain of a sum not exceeding
$200,000,000 for the purohuso of the Island
of Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—in tho United
States r.enato Mr. Peflfer presented peti
tions in favor of making congress tho final
judge of tho constitutionality of its own
nets. Mr. Chandler introduced a hill to
provide for representation at an interna
tional monetary conference. The army up
proprlation bill was passed. Tho Nicaragua
canal bill was taken up. and Mr. Morgan
■poke in advocacy of its passage. In exec
utive session tho nomination of Secretary
Francis was confirmed.
In the house the American Bar associa
tion's bill, amending tho patent law, was
passed. Soveral minor bills were also
pussel.
I'ian Fr New York's Defense.
WASHINGTON, .Tan. 20. —An interesting
plan for inei easing tho strength of the
fortifications in New York harbor is pro- !
posed by Represent*, tivo Fisher of Brook- j
lyn. The project is for the reclamation of !
Homer shoals, a shoal of about 33 acres, a !
few miles north of Sandy Hook and 14 '
miles south of Foils Hamilton and Wads
worth. Iho shoals are only about six feet
under water, aud Mr. Fisher would have
ere ted upon them three revolving turrets,
each of whirh could bo armed with two
heavy pirns. This sort of harbor work has
been used I v Franco at several points on
her coast and is approvod by military men. ;
Mr. Fisher fays that tho turrets could ho
inanrcd by fewer men than arc required
for tho crew or' a monitor. The guns would
command the main ship channel and God
neys channel, while the turrets, because
of their small size and height, would fur
nish a very poor target for vessels. Mr.
Fisher will introduce a bill authorizing
tho president to appoint a board of three
engineer officers of the army to report up
on the practicability of the plan and to
make estimates of its cost.
Immigration Bill Agreed To.
W A Fin NO TON, Jan. 20.—'J ho conferees
of the two houses on the Immigration bill
have reached an agreement. Many of the
provisions of both the senate and tho
house bills woro retained, but they were
modified s-> as to make it a Aery different
bill from that which passed either houso.
The Lcdgo educational qualification was
accepted, lur its application was limited
to persons bet woon 13 and 30 years of age. I
The Corliss amendment adopted by tho
house ai.il rejected by the senate was re
stored, but in a very much modified form, j
As originally agreed to, tho amendment
made it unlawful to employ any alien in
tho United States. As changed, the pro
hibition is less stringent and is made to
npply only to the employment of aliens
who habitually come and go—"birds of
Francis Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.— Secretary Fran
cis' nomination has been confirmed by the
senate in executive session. No opposition
to confirmation was made, and no vote
was taken. Senator Vest, stated that he
could add nothing to what ho had already
■aid and that he hod no object in further
delaying action upon the nomination. He
add "1 that ho had not made objection to
confirmation in the beginning on any per
sonal ground or because ho entertained
any but tlio kindest personal feelings to
ward Mr. Frauds, but that he had takon
his position in opposition to confirmation
pimply as a matter of duty to tho Dem
ocratic party, which Mr. Francis, while
profesdng to be a member of that party,
opposed in the late election.
' Woleott Visits Rothschild.
LONDON, Jen. 18. —United States Sena
tor K'.Fvurd O. Woleott is the guest of Bar
oii Kffthsohlld at his txiuntejp scat, Trhig
. j THE SHIP AND THE SONG.
. j The ship was launched at midnight.
Without a parting cheer;
I But, bringing wealth from lands afar.
Through seas where calms or tempests are,
I While doomed barks miss tho lighthouse star.
. i Shb sails for inaay a year.
The song was wrought In silence,
i Through starless night of pain.
I To darkened hornet the words are light,
I And faint souls feel the master's : ight;
( While poet on fame's sunlit height
May slug a song in vain.
—George T. Packard.
I MADAM'S FRIEND.
"Yea, but when, Dick—when?" anx-
I iously inquired Madame Uirardin.
i looking up at her friend beseechingly,
i as he was preparing to depart.
1 "You must leave that to 111 c," replied
i Diek Ilalstou. "You must trust me im
plicitly. We will seize the first favor
able opportunity, of course. More than
that I cannot tell you now. We must
conceive some pretext for removing
your husband beforehand, until when,
my visits to you must he an inviolable
secret, or our plotting will revert to
our own destruction. Aud now 1 will
he going—in ease monsieur turns up
unexpectedly."
"You will come again tomorrow
Dick? Do!" she pleaded. "1 feel so
nervous aud apprehensive when you
are gone until you return. You will
v come, Dick?"
j "Wisdom advises 'No,' hut 1 will.
Good-bye, Winnie!"
J Madame was reclining, looking pale
and dejected. She sprang to her feet
as her husband entered.
"Victor! Is it you, dear! How early
you have come home today!"
Monsieur looked fixedly at iter while
he wove Ills own Interpretation around
her remark, then he said:
I "Yes; I am earlier than you ex
j peeted."
j The constraint in ills manner and an
inferential something in his voice
pricked tier sensibility to danger.
"What is the matter?" she inquired. ;
"Is anything wrong, Victor?"
"Nothing," ho replied, abruptly.
"Nothing that I know of."
Then he sat down and perused a pa- j
per, to give his wife an opportunity to
I explain, but she remained silent, with
her fears and misgivings and her long
ing for tlio morrow aud Dick llalston's
protecting presence.
Monsieur Girardin was a jeweler,
with a shop in the Hue de la Puix aud
j a luxurious second floor apartment in
the Rue du Faubourg St. Ilonorc, the
other side of the Madeline, close by
the English embassy and the English
church, for Monsieur was a Protestant
and his wife an English woman who
had brought him a considerable for
tune. His business, ever a failure he- [
fore his marriage, took n prosperous
turn immediately his wife's money as :
fisted him in opening tlio shop in the!
Rue de la Paix, aud had flourished
ever since.
Now, monsieur had glided into the
habits of clockwork regularity, leav- 1
ing for business immediately after!
breakfast, taking his luneli nt n neigh- 1
boring caff, and returning home at
four in the afternoon for a rend, a gos
sip. a little shopping or an Idle stroll
with his wife along the boulevards he- i
fore dinuer. Whatever had prompted
hint on that particular day to break
through his established routine was
quite obliterated from his mind the
following day, when lie sought for a
pretext to do likewise, and he left Ids
shop two hours earlier than was his
custom with an excuse that drove the
blush of shame to his cheeks, lie was
going to play the spy upon tile one wo
man he ever luved, aud whom lie had
honored aud trusted before ail others.!
j As he reached his house In the Rue
du Faubourg St. Honore the hlusli of
shame was suddenly overwhelmed by
a flush of anger when he saw a mau
Issue from the house, spring lightly
into a waiting cab and drive away at
full speed.
| It wits inudnme's English friend.
One day a messenger knocked at
madante's door, handed in a note from
Diek Hulston and departed. Madame
tore open the message and read the
message; then in haste she sat down
aud wrote upon a blank telegraph
form which she had in readiness for
this emergency;
| "Meet me tomorrow at Motz. Best
j to travel separately. WINNIE."
j She directed it to Diek Ilalstou, and
walking to the window glanced up and
down the street. Satisfied with her
Inspection, she descended the stairs to
the street door, aud waved her hand to !
attract the attention of a man whom
she had observed from the window.
The man answered her signal with
alacrity.
"Will you take tills to the telegraph ;
office for me?" she asked. "It is very j
important anil urgent."
I She gave him some coins, and told
him to pocket t lie excess for his trou- \
ble. 'I lieu she returned to her apart
ments and begun to pack a small bag
with the necessaries for a short Jour
j uey.
The man, having glanced at the
writing, walked briskly down the
street, but Instead of entering tho to!-'
! egraph office fie continued ids course |
along the Ruo St. Honore, though the
Flaoe Vendome into the Rue de la
Faix, and turned Into a jeweler's shop.
Monsieur Girardin was in his pri
vate office alone, and the man present
ed him with the telegraph form with-1
out comment. Monsieur recognized his !
wife's handwriting, and his brow j
clouded ominously; hut, having rend !
the dispatch, lie directed the man tu
send il from the nearest telegraph of
flee without delay.
He made arrangements to be absent
a few days; then he left the store and
walked quickly to his bank, where ho
drew n substantial sum of money In
convenient form,
At a Paris terminus modarne, from a
corner of one compartment, furtively
watched a man enter the other. There
was less risk of discovery leaving Pa
ris thus than together, and when the
train glided out of the station the
sweet breath of relief fanned mad
nine's face, but it was only transitory.
Danger would lurk until the frontier
was safely crossed, and the language
and the costume changed from French
to German.
The train crawled into Metz just as
darkness settled down in earnest. The
station was indifferently illuminated,
and as she alighted she visually swept
the platform. The smile that she had
summoned vanished, and her heart
gave a downward throb of bitter dis
appointment.
Where was he? Nad he changed liis
mind and alighted at an Intermediate
station?
A voice spoke over her shoulder.
"Surely your English friend has not
l !ayed you false?"
Minis .10 turned quickly arid con
fronted—lier husband.
If either exhibited embarrassment.
It was certainly not uiadaine. Monsieur
Girardin in the course of the journey
from Paris had drawn several mental
pictures of this meeting, hut the ac
tual differed from them all. She stood
before him with eyes filled with love
that sober love exhibited at a crisis
before the passionate outburst.
"I have known Dick Ilalstou frori
childhood." she replied, "and lie never
broke faith with anybody. But we
cannot talk here."
She led the way to the stufTy bu:
haif-desorted waiting-room.
"Where is he, then?" satirically in
quired Monsieur. "You made an ap
pointment to meet him here."
"He is in Paris," she replied.
"Then lie turned coward before your
departure.'"
"How blind you are, Victor! Can
not you guess what Diek is going to
do in Paris during our absence?"
"Solving conundrums is not my
forte."
"Diek is a London detective. lie is
in Paris on professional business. Can
not you guess now?"
"Again I must say no!"
"Victor!" the name broke from her
like a cry. "Won't you confide in me?
Dick aud I have conspired to save you.
I do not believe you are guilty of—of
what they would have arrested you
for, but for Dick's timely warning and
scheming. I know there is some ex
planation; that you are not what—
what they say. Won't you contide in
me? We are safe now, dear. Dick
says they will not follow you over the
frontier, and—"
She stopped. The amazement in his
face puzzled her.
"\t inuie," he said, "what do you
mean. I fail to understand your aliu
sions."
"I mean—l mean the coining. Oh,
you must know! Won't you confide in
me now?"
"On my honor, Winnie, your words
are riddles to me."
He spoke emphatically, truly.
Then she explained to him liow the
Loudon police had suspected that Eng
lish counterfeit coins were being lm
ported from Paris; how they had gained
the co-operation of the French police,
who had tracked the coiners to Mon
sieur Girardiu's jewelry shop, aud
how Diek Hulston had been sent to
Paris to superintend their arrest. To
all of which Monsieur Girardin lis
tened with stupefaction. Then he cm
plialienlly denied all knowledge of the
affair, and vowed that the Paris de
tectives had made egregious asses of
themselves.
"They are to make a raid on your
shop to-morrow," added Winnie.
"That is why we lured you here to
day, taking advantage of the jealousy
you had displayed at Dick's visits and
my silence. And Diek felt certain
that the man you had employed to
watch his comings and goings would
take my telegram straight to you."
Monsieur Girardin had begun to knit
his brows. lie consulted a time table,
and returning to mndnnie remarked
with a troubled voice that fortunately
there was a night express to Paris,
and he would be able to reach iiis
shop 111 the ltue do la Paix before tin
raid was begun.
"Some time ago I let an electrically
lighted basement room to two men
purporting to be small working gold
smiths," lie said, " and I suspect thai
the coining apparatus will he found
there. I was never quite satisfied
with my subterranean tenants, but *
never suspected until now—"
They returned to Paris by the night
express, and found Monsieur Girav
din's laic suspicions established truths.
I'lclc Ilalstou was sincerely apologeFe
for his mistake, but Monsieur Girardin
would scarcely listen to him.
"You and Winnie have certainly
made a mistake on a foundation hard
ly flattering to me, but I have made a
perfect fool of myself. I ask your par
don, monsieur."
Chewing Gum and Wrinkle.,
Girls, If you want your faces wrin
kled before you reach a hale old age.
keep right on chewing gum.
It Is impossible that sueli a gro
tesque and unnatural exercise of the
facial muscles as Is required by I ids
champing of the jaws for hours nt n
time should not only throw the mouth
out of shape, but must sooner or later
bring on wrinkles.
The first to appear are little flue fin s
just below the temples. Then a deep
ugly line begins to take up permanent
residence about the corner of the
mouth, nud next lu the cheeks. The
plumpest cheek that ever bore a rose
will soon wrinkle under the force of
this ugly gum-chewing habit.
"This is a great country."
"Yes, with a great language. I heard
one man say to another that the onp
way to make him dry was to soar
him."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two actresses were speaking (lie
other (lay of the report of Fay Temple
ton's marriage. "I know she is really
married," said one, "because some
friends of mine In London received a
piece of her wedding cake. They say
she 'ins settled down into a common
place married woman already. She is
not going in act any more, and well.
Fay has dropped an asbestos curtain
over her entire past."
Miss Louise Beaudct, the dainty
French singer Inserted an advertise
ment in the Herald before Christmas
Inviting twenty-flvo homeless or friend
less women to dine with her on the
holiday. She had no trouble In lining
her dining room, Kcau FAKCUON.
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
WHAT IS MOST TALKET ABC UT
ON THE RIALTO.
Mr. Itecrhnlim Tree'a Suconis gvongitli
-MM. Jack lllnodgood UOCN from >o
clety to the Something New in
the Dramatic Dine.
The latest society woman to adopt
the theatrical profession Is Mrs. Jack
Bloodgood. whom financial reverses
have moved to try her success on the
stage. Mrs. Bloodgood is a very pret
ty woman, ller tigure is slight and
beautiful. Her hair Is blond and her
ej*es blue. She dresses well and was
at one time rather conspicuous in so
ciety. Her maiden name was Steph
ens, and she is a granddaughter of the
well-known novelist. Mrs. Anna
Stephana. Iler mother was a Miss
Sutton, and she is a niece of Mrs.
Lloyd Aspiuwail and Mrs. Ely God
dnrd. A\ hen very- young she eloped
with William Ilavemeyer, but the two
w ere divorced after a few years. Then
she married John Iv. Bloodgood, Jr..
the eldest sou of the late broker of that
name. Mrs. Bloodgood has many ad
vantages in her favor and it is believed
that she will succeed. She is about
twenty-seven years old and has some
influential friends in tlie theatrical pro
fession who would be able to facilitate
her progress as an actress.
W ;
Many stories are told of Kichard
Manslleld perhaps the brainiest of Am
erican actors. The latest is that on a
specially cold uiglit recently he .sum
moned an usher and said:
"My boy, I want you to go out and
order <IOO hot Scotches."
The lad looked dazed. "Six hundred
hot Scotches!"
"its, GOO hot Scotches! Can't ,voi
hear? I want the water carriers b
distribute them among the audience in
stead of ice water. It's a cold night
and "
"Yes, sir." gasped lhe usher, "but we
haven't Rot ten beds."
"Ten beds! What the deuce has ten
beds got to do with 000 hot Scotches?"
"It s the Itaines law, sir," stammered
the usher, and then, seeing that the ac
tor looked taken back, he added adroit
ly: "And then, you know, Mr. Mans
field, there are so many temperance
people in your audience. We might of
fend them—some of tliein, sir."
"Ah!" mused Mr. Mansfield. "I
hadn't thought of that. Never mind.
1 revoke lhe order."
The familiar diamond advertisement
has a new variation, furnished by Miss
Merrl Osborne, who has been playing
at the Casino. Miss Osborne published
an advertisement requesting the un
known person who had left package for
her to call at Casino ami claim the
property immediately. The story was
that a young man had left a package j
with $5,000 worth of diamonds for j
Miss Osborne, and that the gift was j
sternly declined.
Mr. Beerbohm Tree, whose first ven
ture in America this season was not a
success, is w inning golden opinions by
his portrayal of Svengali. Of course
his make-up is admirable, and it is
all the more striking by the lengtli of
his lean figure. His swift, noiseless,
cat-like movements, his watchful eyes
and ghastly face, the incessant rest
lessness of gesture, and (he curiously
skillful admixture of fawning and ar- J
rogatice in his manner,*constitute an
Individuality that impresses itself on
the memory. The egotism, meanness, 1
cynical selfishness, and Innate bra- j
tnlity of the man, illustrated by his j
treatment of Oeoko, are expressed, not
only fully but vividly; but in all his
vieioitsiiess and degradation, anil here
in consists the special excellence of
the performance, there is the constant
intimation of the artistic sense, the
love of music for its own sake as well
as for its rewards, which is the crea
ture's one redeeming grace. The per
sonality is in itself more or loss fantas
tic, and it is perhaps on this very ac
count that in it Mr. Tree comes nearer
to the establishment of a perfect il
lusion than ever before in Ids theatri
cal work here. Beyond question the
impersonation is a remarkable achieve- j
menl. not because of any unexpected
manifestations of dramatic power, but
because of its clearness of conception,
fine finish in execution, and admirable
consistency.
PERFUMED BUTTER.
The New Indulgence of the Royal Family
and the Rich Set in London.
Forftuned butter 011 the dinner table
is the fad of royalty and of the very
rich in London. The dairies where
this butter is made are as odorous as a
florist's shop or the laboratory of a
perfumer. On all sides there are flow
ers and jars of leaves, pressed and
loose.
At first glance it might be supposed
that the butter receives its subtle odor
by working it with some sort of es
-1 sence. But this is not the case. In
the first place the butter is made in
small pats like those in ordinary use.
Each pat is wrapped in a bit of fine
muslin and placed 011 a bed of rove
i leaves specially prepared in an earth
cm jar. On top another layer of the
I'ri shard del cute rose leaves is placed
before tbe jar is fi.led with a solid
j chunk of ice. Then the Jar is placed
I in a refrigerator and allowed to re
main there for ten hours, when the
pats are ready for the customer,
j This is all there is to it, but, simple
as the idea is, it has made for its dis
eoverer a fortune, and he is now per
! niitted to announce that he is "by
| royal appointment" purveyor to Iler
Majesty the Queen and the royal fam
ily.—New York Journal.
BEARS ON THE TRACK.
The Trouble They Make on the Kall.oad
In Pine Creek Canon.
Pine Creek Canon is so narrow and
the rocks on either side are so straight
and high that in some places the sun
cannot shine in the ravine until noon,
and in two hours it is gone. The day
in Pine Creek Canon is practically but
two hours long. At Tiadaghton, in
midsummer, they have four hours of
sunshine. The canon is fifteen miles
long. The railroad track Is constantly
under patrol that distance. A veteran
among the track walkers of the canon
is Pat Callahan. Falling rocks, drunk
en lumbermen, and bears, he says,
keep him and the rest busy.
"And I have more trouble with the
bears than the other things," Pat says.
"I've come face to face with bears
walking along the track many and
many a time. They seem to be stuck
011 wandering into the canon from the
three adjoining benr-liunting counties,
and inspecting the railroad track.
None of 'em ever seemed to want to
tackle me, but tlioy always give me a
good deal of trouble in getting them to
leave the rail. I've had to flag trains
more than once, and call the train men
to help me rid the track of obstructing
bears."—New York Sun.
Football Player* Saved the Homes.
Conductor Stevens of the Moscow
run has an even better opinion of foot
ball players now than he had before,
says the Colfax Gazette. His in
creased good opinion was brought
about peculiarly. Thanksgiving day
1 lie evening train to Pullman had on
'Onrd Ihe college football team, and
when the train was forced to stop by
fading three horses fast in a trestle
Captain McCroskey came out just as
the trainmen were preparing to hitch
chains to the horses to pull them out,
•expecting, of course, In clearing the
track, to kill the horses. But the foot
ball hero called for a stay of proceed
ings, and called out his chrysanthe
mum-locked eleven, showed them the
horses, said 4-1144, or something like
that; four men took hold of a horse,
seven other men took hold of the four,
there was a straining of muscles, and
one horse was set on on his legs by the
side of (lie track, and trotted off unin
jured. The other two animals were
rescued, and the train went on Its way
passengers and trainmen repoiclng.
A Twelve-Font Turtle.
A startling reminiscence of a time
when this country was inhabited
chiefly by reptiles has just been un
earthed.
It is in the shape of a turtle twelve
feet long, whose forearms measured
twenty feet across when outstretched,
and who was generally built in pro
portion. There is no creature alive to
day as large as this, for a well grown
elephant is not more than nine feet
high at the shoulder.
The skeleton of this monster was
found recently near the South Fork of
the Cheyenne Itiver, about thirty-five
miles southeast of the Black Hills.—
New York Journal.
Ho Came for tlio Tliiiil Chicken.
Harry had Just begun to go to school,
and was very proud of what lie had
learned. One day he thought he would
show Ids father how much he know,
and asked him at dinner, "Papa, how
many chickens are there on that
dish?" "Two, my boy," said papa. "1
thought you knew how to count?"
"You're wrong," said Harry, "there
are three. That's one, that's two, and
two and one make three." "Very
well," said his father; "your mother
may have one for her dinner, I'll take
the other, and you cau have the third."
He ami Them AH.
Here Is a true story of a certain
earl, now living, who is a miser, and
hoards bank-notes. Being at ills bank
er's one day. he happened to take out
his pocket-book, in which was a ten
thousai d pound Bank of England note.
"Why, my lord." said the astonished
banker, "are you aware that there are
only two oilier sueli notes in circula
tion?" "I ought to be," was the quiet
reply, "for I have got them boili
framed and glased at home."
lie AViu Well Informed.
An Irish schoolmaster recently In
formed Ids pupils that the feminine
gender should be applied to all ships
and vessels afloat, except mail steam
ers and men-of-war.
When Is an actor's eye like a luclfer
match?—When it lights upoD a box. j
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursilay, Jan. 14,
| Two of the guests of the Queen's ho
tel in Wallaceburg, Ont., Mere burned
to death during the construction of
that building by fire.
Llliuokalani, ex-queen of Hau-aii, has
returned to Boston from her trip to
Niagara falls, and is living quietly In
Brookline. She appears to be greatly
I pleased M'ith this country,
j The Rev. Dr. John Cuthbert Hal! of
: Brooklyn was nominated for president
of the Union Theological seminary In
! New York to succeed the Rev. Dr.
Thomas S. Hastings, who resigned on
| account of ill health.
| General Daniel E. Sickles, William E.
Rogers and the Rev. Father Ducey
i commended the course of the admin
istration in relation to Cuba in speech
es at the meeting of the Nineteenth
[ Cc itury club in New York.
Friday, Jan, 18. •
| To cause his wife remorse, George H.
I Lacey, at Trenton, took laudanum, in
haled gas and cut his throat with a
razor and is sorry he still lives.
Captain Philo W. McGifiln, the hero
of the Chinese-Japanese naval battle
of the Yalu river, where he command
ed the Chinese battleship the Chen Yu
en, is Insane in the Postgraduate hos
pital In New York.
Four federal prisoners made a dar
ing and perilous attempt to escape
from Ludlow Street Jail, New York,
sawing M'indow bars, jumping courts
and somehow gaining access to a
neighboring tenement house. One of
them Mas recaptured there, suspected
of being a thief, but the others suc
ceeded in getting away.
The magnificent gift of J. Pierpont
Morgan of $1,000,000 to the Lying In
hospital in New York was the source
of great gratification to the managers,
tvho had been planning for over a
year a larger building and Increased
sphere of usefulness, which this unex
pected donation will enable them to
secure many years sooner than was an
ticipated.
SiiAlril .y, Jan. 10.
Uncle Ebby Chichester, M'ho for 40
years had lived as a hermit in a hut
overlooking the Great South bay, died
in Amityville, N. Y.
News was received in this country of
the death of Albert S. Willis, the Unit
ed States minister to Hawaii. He died
at Honolulu on Jan. 8, the cause being
pneumonia.
It Mas said in Ohio that possibly Gov
ernor Bushnell may be elected to the
United States senate to fill the vacancy
that xvill be caused by Sherman's en
tering the cabinet.
It Mas said at Washington that Sen
ator Quay's opposition would keep
Charles Emory Smith out of the cabi
net. It was also reported that a port
folio had been offered to Representa
tive Harmer of Pennsylvania.
Thomas C. Piatt received many let
ters and telegrams congratulating him
on his nomination for United Stales
senator from New York. Mr. Choate
Eakl he Mas content with the action of
the Republican caucus.
Monday, Jan. 18.
Mario Morello was accused of steal
ing $6,000 worth of jewelry from Mrs.
Goodwin Boyd in the Jefferson Market
police court, Netv York.
Albert Meyer, M ho was charged with
attempting to burn a tenement on East
One Hundred and Thirteenth street,
New York, pleaded guilty.
A cave lias been found near Redbuil.
Ills., in which there is a large stream
stocked M'ith eyeless fish. There also is
a large lake in the cave.
Vincenzo Caputo, a private banker In
New York, was arrested on complaint
of his cousin, Luigi Caputo, charged
M'ith misappropriating money deposit
ed M'ith htm.
W. S. Moore, the theatrical agent
who gave the information that precip
itated Captain Chapman's raid upon
the Seeley dinner, at Sherry's, in New
York, died suddenly of pneumonia.
Colonel Andre Hernandez, an insur
gent officer, has u-ritten a letter to a
friend in this country stating that Ma
coo is surely dead and that he aided in
burying him, secretly, in a spot safe
from the Spaniards.
Tui-ailuy, Jan. 10.
The Earl of Kimberly was chosen
loader of the Liberal party for the
house of lords.
Seven persons have been killed by as
phyxiation in Boston during the last 48
hours.
The trial of Edward J. Ivory as an
Irish dynamite conspirator began in
the Old Bailey in London.
The Countess de Castellano, formerly
Anna Gould of New York, became the
mother of a son at her home in Paris.
The bubonic plague, which is ravag
ing the city of Bombay, is growing
worse daily; 2,592 deaths have been re
ported.
The Minnesota Savings bank of St.
Paul suspended owing to inability to
obtain sufficient ready money to meet
withdrawals.
Two nutional banks failed in ICen
tueky—the German of Louisville and
the first of Newport—owing, it is al
leged, to poor management.
Mrs. Delia Hoffman of West Hobo
ken, N. J., was murdered in her bed.
She had been hacked three times on the
skull with an ax. The ax was found
lying across her breast. Richard Hoff
man, her son, and John Engelbreelit, a
boarder, discovered the murder. They
have been arested on suspicion, hut
deny all knowledge of the murder.
Wednesday, Jan. ao.
Ex-Sheriff .T. Warren Mend of Cayuga
county lias boon appointed by Governor
Black of Now York warden of Auburn
prison to succeed Warden Stout on Feb. 1.
Tlio court of appeals of the stale of New
York decided tho Fnycrweuther will case,
involving 48,000,000, in favor of tho col
leges ignored by tho residuary legatees,
and which sued for tho recognition pro
vided by the will.
A resolution was introduced in the Ne
braska legislature directing Senator Thurs
ton to vote l'or froe silver. It reminds tho
senator of his former attachment to tho
silver cause and of his pledge given when
lie was elected to obey the instructions of
the legislature of his state.
Tito Atlas line steamship Alvona, leav
ing the port of Now York, was run into
by the incoming British Queen and so
Injured that sho was run on to the bar,
whero site lies, part of Iter dock under wa
ter. No persons woro lost or Injured, but
doubt is expressed of the saving of tho
sunken vessel. A misunderstanding of
signals is supposed to have caused the 00l-
TO JIXGFJUFS TOP.
■ THE ASCENT WILL BE EASY WHEN
[ THE RAILWAY IS DONE.
An Engineering Jlnwl Which Will En
( abln Etvßrlo C'arn In Climb tin? FHIUOU.
1 Sniss >1 on ii Ia i n I'l'njili- May KUti AH
Ulont 14,000 Feet Above Hie Hen.
Thomas Cotnmerford Martin, flit?
wi'll-knowii electrical authority, Uur
, ins; Lis recent trip abroad, made a spe
. clal journey to Switzerland for the
i purpose of Inspecting some of the elec
| 'Tie railways in the Alps, and lias
brought back some hitherto unpub*
■ llelied data concerning the now road
to the summit of the Juugfrau. lie
J says concerning it:
j "The building of the new electric
J road to the top of the Juugfrau will
lie, 1 think, one of the greatest eugin
| coring feats of the century. 1 have
j witnessed the beginning of the work,
j and have been over most of the route
j to lu traversed by tiie electric ears,
and I must confess to a feeling of awe
j when brought face to face with the
diilicultics to be overcome. One gels
but a poor idea from tiie published ac
counts that have reached this coun-
I try. 'Think of cutting through the cen
i ter of some of Hie highest mountains
j in the world, and constructing a street
j car route up tin altitude nearly 14.000
J feet above sea level! This new elee
j trie road will revolutionize Alpine
j travel. Invalids can lie placed aboard
j tin? cars, and in an hour and forty min
j utcs be set up ou a mountain peak,
which no one but an experienced
mountain climber lias attained. Even
the Alpine clubs approve of it. In the
future we may climb tbe mountain
and descend on the ears, or vice versa,
or if a climbing party be overtaken by
a severe storm the members can find
safety anil civilization via the nearest
station. Alpine casualties will de
crease.
1 ite difference in levels between the
terminal stations of the road will be
7,000 feet. Tiie length of the road will
lie 11' kilometres, or 7C. miles. The
fare l'or the round trip will lie SO. or
its equivalent in francs, with the pro
portionate reduction for passengers go
ing only part of the way. At least 10
kilometres of the road length will be
in tunnels, with openings at frequent
intervals, front which the tourist may
obtain momentary views of the sur
rounding scenery. The maximum
speed of tin? ears on grades above 15
per cent will be five utiles an liour; on
lesser grades it will be slightly in
creased.
I lie motive power for oprrating the
road u ill be obtained from (lie gla
ciers themselves. 'The waterfalls and
st eams will lip harnessed, and made
ic ope: ute litri incs, wiii hin their tun
will be transmitted along the length
of the road. The ears will lie lighted
and licateil by electricity. The last is
most necessary, as it is estimated Hint
the temperature of the tunnels will
range from two to ten degrees centi
grade below zero as the summit is ap
[iivachcil. The great difference in
temperature of the air al the opposite
ends of the tunnel, it is believed, will
be ample to s" up a circulation of air
sufficient for ventilating purposes. In
fact, it is feared the currents may he
>o strong as to make it necessary to
close the portals in order to control
them properly and to avoid the en
trance of warm, moist air from below,
which will cause the deposit of moist
ure on the inside of the tunnel, and
coat it with hoar frost.
"The first section of the road will lis
ready for traffic l>y next August. 'The
whole line will lie completed in five
years. The rack rail type of road will
be employed. The track gauge will lie
one metre, and a minimum curve of
100 metres will In? adopted. A maxi
mum grade of L's per cent will lie t:
ami!, ami all down grades Mill lie
avoided whenever possible. 'The honv
''Nt down grade (Id per cent) M ill be
iMeou the Monchjock and the Jung
i raujock. Hut these considerations of
engineering detail will not affect the
tourist. Even the scientist must bo
impressed with the aesthetic side of
lite ease. To travel to such au niti
tude In a street car; to be conveyed
Into tin; clouds by means of the v'erv
force which emanates from them, anil
to stand Mltli the Alpine world at your
leet. Mill give you tin impressive idea
of what modern engineers can do."
nollv Gi ami l-niitlea.
Hetty ftrecti doesn't like to hoar po
litics spoken of since her son Eddie
failed to carry Texas. Sin. dislikes it
as much as sin? deti sis assessments on
unprofitable enterprises. Stephen Yan-
Tassi l, a Democrat, and Frank M
iiuck, a Republican, both know this
now. They became embroiled in a
heated argument on a train for Mount
\ ernon yesterday. Their voices were
so loud that they attracted much at
tention. Finally Mrs. Green went to
iliem and said in a tone that filled Hie
"(lent! mm, will you pardon me for
saying Hint the elp'tlon is ovt r? There
is a time for nil things. I'oliti -s lias
had its. Will you not 5,.,p talking poli
tics until you reach home? i am not
deaf and you make me nervous."—
New York Press.
A Druwback.
A writer in the short-lived New
York Taller once said to Whistler: "It
must lie dcligidful being an American
in London, and always getting the bet
ter of people." "But," returned he,
with melancholy, "it takes them such
a long time to find it out."
A Com .u, mis,..
"Tony, mo husbau', bnyn a I-talinn,
wanted to give the baby a I-talian
name; but oi, nv eourr.se, bnyn Oirsh,
wanted tun to have a name with a Mac
in it, so we seililcil the inather bui eal
lin' urn Macaroni."