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TJLW OMAITA DAILY BHEs TT'EsDAY * MAHOIT 11 , 1800 , REVOI.niO.VbRM AND FALI Nicaragua Supprwes R yw and Not Controls Motqnito Reservation. AMERICAN ADVENTURERS IN THE FIGHTINi I , rail or if I lu lle-lx-lllniit ( iriirrn Ili > } < > w < Hum-Mill' In Uiisillili nii- | I ii I n ( lull l.ntrr lixi'iiiH-K Mini I"1 AIIVV I'liwItUc In Ciiloinliln. of the . \Moclateil Press S , Nicaragua , March 0. ( V steamer Suldo ! la New Orleans. La , Marc : n ) The revolution whloh began but ; month ngo under favorable elrcumnin o hat romc 10 an end Nicaragua 1m mine rontrol rf Hie Atlanila const , formerl known an the Morqulto resDrvatlon , an r.moral Koyc > , who led the rc\olutlon , Is i fuglirvo In Colombia. This revolt Is the outcome of n dispute bo trtcoti General Hojes ntnl President 'Mayo f.dieral Korea refusing to establish the In rrcanoa duties arranged by the head rf th national government. In this light th' ' gpncral was ncrninpanlcd by semi ) fift ; Americans , all rf whom are no scatterci through the trebles and the United States Hnrly In the levolt Itcyc-s captured on nrmei tug from Nicaragua and , after a very fceW resistance , this vessel * .is recaptured b ; the Honduras war boat sent by that natloi to assist Zclnjn In thu mountains some miles back fron the coiat the outposts , olllcorcJ iby Amerl cans , fought stubbornly anil nt a reaul Mrarasua lost EOIIIO sixty men Tin ! com mlMtry Blorcs were cut oft 'by the thou sands of NlraragumH anil a retreat becinn iinrccgary Olio Irishman , Steve Powers. WT Killed , nml Dr. Shaptnan , an America ! pluslclati , was seriously wounded. A Colt , llliin general who came to assist UOJCH fearlessly ted his men through the llnei o' the cnotny at night and escaped. Theai mountain forces were final ! } compelled ti surrender mid now the victorious Nlcir apuati troops , drunk .mil fighting , havi charge * of the territory. Surrriiili-iN to HlDtllsli Clllilln. { General Hejes , lealirlng that it would b < impossible to hold out against the Nlc < ir nKUiiis all expected outside aid falling ti urrlve surrendered to Commander Slmondi tf the Marietta and Captain Burr of tin llngllah cruiser Intropld. These two vcs soH wcro comiiolled to land troops itnd to- Kctlier they occupied a'building ' In the town the I ngllBh Hag iloatlng from one sldo am the American from the other. The IAO con suls of the two countries also worked li lirrfcct harmony. H wai n crj striking Illustration of tln > grow Ing friendly feeling 1)ctween ) the two nations It was tbeso twi consuls who esttbllshed the Nlcamguat Kovorncr , Oener.il Estrada , In power , aftu the surrender of General Kcjes President Zelajn , In an older to his com manding general. Killing , gave positive or ders to Bond Rojcs to the capital , Managua In lions Gcneril Ruling guaranteed Gen- ural Kejcs n safe departure as a substitute and now Generil Kullng la on his way ti the capital , n. prisoner under arrest am uwaltlng trial before a general court-mar- tlal. tlal.Tho The few Americans who had no Interests to lese and Joined the ro\olt have made matters decidedly unpleasant tfor the mer chants who remain neutral and as a result duties are Increasing at n wonderful rate The rate of exchange has dropped lowei tlmn e\cr In the hlstorj of the republic uml the situation from a business standpoint lb growing serious Doth the .Marietta and Detroit have left the coabt , possibly for good , and the Eng- llbh cruiser has returned to Jamaica. The foreigners uio left to ciro for themselves v Olliflnl niNiuttclu-M Wltlilii'lil. It has du\eloped within the last day 01 two that the telegraph wires fiom Grey- town to tho. cable station on the Pacific lm\o ne\er been out of order In the last month and Information Ins reached the na\nl commanders that delayed oillclal dls- patches Imvo been withheld by the govern ment of Niearagui The Investigation Intc this atlalr was 0110 of the ciuses for the arrhal of the ciuiser Detroit and the gun- bent .Marietta. President Helayawhoi : githerlug his army , announced that the for eigners and negroes were attempting to re cover the old Moiulto reservation sot aside In the treaty between England and Nlcar- agua and taken from the Indians flvo yoart ago by Xolava In this way the president united all foices filends and foes , and nov that the troops have learned the true state of nffalis , rlota aru not unlikely. Ulorfoui . * i.-nn Comes fremi Ir D 1) ) Cargllo of Washlta I T. IIo write * "Pour bottles of Hlcctrli Ultteia has cured Mrs Brewer of sciofula which had caused her gnat buffeting fo jeais Tcnlblo soies would break out 01 her Iliad and face and the best doctors couli Kl\o oo help but her cure Is complete am hei health Is excellent" This shows wh.i thousands have proved that Klcctrie Hitter Is the best bluid purltlei known. It's th supreme icmcely for eczema , tetter , Ml rheum , ulrer , bolls and limning sores It fctlmulatrs Iher , klducjs and bowels , ex pels pulbons , helps digestion builds up th strength Only DO cents Sold by Kuhn iCe Co , diuggls t Guniantord DETROIT ADVANCES WELCOME Will liltf llO.Mll IJlltlTtllllllllOIlt tl iitli Vniiiuil ( onv fiitloii of thr Knilravoi-t-rN. DETROIT. Mich , March 11 Thopres committee for the eighteenth Intornatlona convention of the Christian Endeavor srclet ; to bo held In Detiolt July 5-10 has begui work by Issuing u letter setting forth th utti actions of Detroit in general und of th coming convention In particular. The lotto nays. Novel was theio brighter promise of grea things for the nndeavoi hobts and neve n ell ) felt n gladdi-r tlulll over coi Utility o b'osElngs to come The eemvcntiou will b eluu.icteri/ed by two now fentuies , viz , th employment of a higher grade of muMi- thai foimoily nnd lectuies upon noelologlcn eiuestlons nnd other problems The lutte lenturo Is elc-hlgnod , however , to Bupplemen und not supplant the spiritual elemen which has nlwnja been churnctetlstlc o tiuch conventions. In conclusion the letter s'ajs , Cilnibon ami white aio the culois ] which Dull oil will array atsolf for the grea convention 'Iho houses of the city will b opined wide nnd cordiality will flud o\ lucshlon In every face and volco nnd man JUT. You will have a one-fare rallroa iuii , jou can eomo bj rail from unj pluc nnd by water from almost nit ) where , jou iiiitoitiilnmont will bo at icasonablo cost nn jou can visit the famous northein Mlchl gan ronorta nfter the convention , jou nee thu physical Invlgorntlon of the trip t Detroit mid the me'iitul and bplrltual In Bplrntlon that IOIIK-B fiom contact with th whole-some ) llfo e.f the inde.uor : hobt , Un most of all , wo want \ou SliiinUli Sti-nmor Axliori * , LONDON , March 13 Ilio Spnnls steamer Catnlluu , which sailed from Bar cclonn on March & for Havana , is asher nt Valencia In a critically unsafe pctUtloi Thu pisbc-ngera and crow have been landu WlllltN > ? 7it,000 ; fur HlN - TOLUDO. O , March 13 W. B. Sluing tei daj entered Into the Detroit & Lima Northern e-rn litigation bj asking the court to alia him f71Jt)00 ) fur ton lew rendered In con Btructlng the toad. e'arollnrx Want Aiiu-rlriiiilKia , WASH1NOTON , March 13. A corrcspom pnt of the State department , writing froi Caroline Islands , sajs the inhabitants 111 eturjthlni ; that in American. Thej arohoj t Ing nf 1 irayinr ho m > n trm * the \morkin ! will inko pc fxum cf all of the IMandi and if not all t IPRM the Inland of Ponnpe CARRIED OFF ON AN ICE FLOE Perilous \ilvrnlitfo of 'I no Ilimtlrci ! I'lilin ini-ii In JiiiKliunv lln > . BAY CITY. Mich , March 13 The Ice lr Snginavv baj toroko away at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning , carrjlng 200 fishermen toward Ixiko Huron. A palo from the east prevailed and the men wcro powerlesi Ic help themselves. At tioon the wind shifted to the north , drlvlnjc the Ice floe Itack. As It cnshed along the * here It was plied up In Immense hr > apn Ihe snow Rilll mndo Is Impos-slblc for ttifr loM Cahermen to determine where they were Watchmen were npimlnted to skirt the edge tif the floe nnd rnport developments. I At noon tidnj one of the sentries discovered j a favonblo point ind a landing was successfully - | cessfully made The e-ntlrc fishing party succeeded In gi'ltlng ashore. WITH PITCHFORK AND AN AX Drillrntril Man AUuHt * anil ProlniM } ratal ! } otinilH Two DlJimPILJLD , WIs. March 13 George McCourt , living near Kroughvlllc , attacked John ami Lewis Ilocsel , young farmers , with a pitchfork and an nx , Inflicting probably fatal wounds en both The assault was without any apparent reason. McCourt was examined about a week ago on the charge of ibelm ? Insane , but waa released. There Is snld to have been trouble between the fain I Urn for some time. Mr. Tatlitr Sworn Into Olllco. WASHINGTON , March 13 Horace O. Taj lor of Wisconsin , recently appointed as sistant secretary of the treasury to succeed \V II Howclls , appointed n member of the Board of Ge-neral Appraisers at Now York , took the oath of ofllco today and entered upon his new duties. No Tilling * from AKMIII. MONTUUAL. Quebec , March 13 The Thomson Hue steamer Areon Is still to be la-aid from. This Is the fortjfifth diy It has been out , having sailed from Portland on the afternoon of Januarj 27. Opi'iiliiK I i > iiror < MMof ItitliliU. CINCINNATI. March 13 The opening conference of Ameilcnn rabbis took place In the Mound Stieot temple of this city to- nlKht There is a huge gathoilng of labbis present this yeai. thcie being over seventy. Addresses of welcome were icspondcd to by llev Joseph Silverman of Temple Kmamicl , iSow oik , vice president of the conference. The president , Dr Isaac M Wise , then rend IiiB annual message , and the session was closed by n benediction by Ilov. Dr. David Davidson Outside of routine , President \\lso suggested the forming of n sort of ec- clealabtlcal court to hectic differences aria- lug between the members. Sv lf. Must iia\o Piilr 1'laj. ST. PAUL , Minn. March 13 A communi cation from Secretary of State Hay was sent to the hoiiBo of representatives today by Governor Llnd The secretary stated that he had been notified by the Swiss minister that there was pending In the Minnesota legislature n bill to tax foreign insurance coiporatlons which would In effect be a dis crimination against Swiss corporations. The secretary quoted frorn the treaty with that country to show that the United States had agreed not to discriminate In that manner. California Unukx rioiiDoom. . PASO HOBLES , Cal , March 13 The Citi zens bank , a branch of the Commercial bank of San Luis Oblspo , which closed Its doors last week , failed to open today , notice be ing posted that It would not open until the present excitement blows over The bank Is solvent nnd closed on the ndvico of the Innk comniibsloners. The Templeton bink also failed to open1 today for the same ica- bon. A good heavy rain within the next fovv days will do moro to relieve the banking situation than anj thing else. Derision on SuWmTarllTx. . NiW V.OUK , March 13 An Important de cision by the United States Board of Ap praisers was made public todajIt deals with the American Sugar Kenning companj- , Bartrnm Bros and B H. How ell Son Co. pgnliibt the tariff rates assessed upon sugars wjilch weio classified and assessed for duty accorellng to the polarlscope test under para graph 200 of the schedule of the tariff act cf July 21 1S07. The decision upholds the rates and declares the protests to be un founded 1m c-sllKiitliiK : Wrnlnii ( iralit ItatfN. CHICAGO March 13 The Interstate Com merce commission , In session hole todaj' , began Investigating the grain rates of west ern railroads U Is expected the inquiry will continue the grcatei part of the week. The Chicago Board of Trade has complained that the western tallroads are discrimi nating In grain rates against Illinois points In favor of places vveat of the Mississippi The railroad and warehouse commission of Illinois is conducting the case for the ahlppers \NMCNNIIICItt for lllllllllN Illlllk. CHICAGO. March 13 A special to the Tlmes-He-rald from Washington BBJS Comp- tioller DawcR. after an expert examlnition of the condition of the Nntlonnl Bank of Illinois and appraisement of Us assets , has ordere-d an assessment of 100 per cent against all Its share-headers As the outstanding Bit-ires le-present a face value of $1,000,000 , this aeae' * < meiit is expected to bring that amount Into the bank's assets available for liquidating HH Indebtedness. \viiiHi. . > saifH rail oir. LOUISVILLE , Ky , March 13 There has been n great decrease In the sales of whisky In the last two weeks ; holders expect prices to advance still further , and are keeping olT for larger profits An Investigation has also revealed the fact that there nro fifty distilleries In Kentucky not In the com bine The most of thesve nio small , how ever , and the combine Is buying them up bteadily. Coniliii-tor Kllli-il l > > Ilrldne. NHW YORK , March 13 Samuel Hudnut of Philadelphia , conductor of the Blue Line express fiom Philadelphia to Communlpaw , was beheaded at Bayonne today , The con ductor was on the platform of the first car nnd ns the train appi cached Leonaid street lallway bridge Hudnut leaned outside to look at a hot box Ilo was struck by ono ot the supports on the sldo of the bridge. Ilniihl I in pro v iMiiciil of ICIplliiK' . NRW YORK , March 13 Rudyard Kip ling passed a good night nml felt consider ably i of re-shed today Mr Doubloeloy said that Mr Kipling showed decided Improve ment ever yeaterdny. There Is n belief that the patient will now make oven faster progress toward good health than before , as each day the author's sleep and rest become - como moro refreshing to him \riro V | | n ITS llrnrli 1'iiiin. PANA. 111. iMnreh 13 Injunctions were Bcived todaj on the Penwoll nnd Sprlngsldc Coal companies , enjoining both from opcrut- I Ing The companies , however , continued I work Another largo company of negroes | has nrrlvc-d to work In the mines Railroad oflldnls say number consignment of fifty will nrilve tomorrow. iiH-iit lit llalNla Traili' . FRKSNO. Cnl . March 13 The differences between the Raisin Growers' association nml the packria have finally been adjusted Ihe association will make the Bales and the pack ers will receive n liberal commission The packers will foi in an organization with o capital of $500.000 , of which $100,000 Is to be In cash I'alriiiiH of ImliiNtr ) . TOLKDO. O. March 13 The biennial Bceslon of the Patrons of Indubtry of Amor- lea , nn order representing 250,000 farmers , opened horn today The sessions will con tinue all week Hon W S Donnelly of Al bany is the prculrtltiK ofllcer. Niiii-l'nliiii llloter ArrfHtfil , PANA. Ill. March 13. Jumos Jchle , t non-union miner , who fatally stabbed James Webb , a union sympathizer , Is under ar rest at Tajlorvllle Jehle was hurried out of the clt ) . pmaula fearing riots might fol low hla ancst. LAST CHANCE FOR SENATOR Final Session of Delaware Legislature Finds Question Still Undecided , FACTIONAL FIGHT CONTINUED TO THE END MnnlipfN Di-liTiiiliiril ( < i rilnn tn Tlirlr riivorltrn In I lie r.ml nml Adjournment AVItliout IJIe-i- tlllll PllllOAVH. l , Del. . March 13. After ono of the most exciting scenes that has over been wit nessed In the general assembly uf this state , the session of 1599 ended nl 3 OR o'clock IhH afternoon without electing a United Stales senator to succeed Hon. George C Gray. It la the first time In the history of the state that there Is nn unquestioned sena torial vacancy and , owing to the established precedent of the upper house of congress In refusing to scat gubernatorial appointees after the legislature of n Elate has had op portunity to elect , the scat of Mr. Gray will remain vacant until the general assembly ol 1901 shall cheese his successor. At the same tlmo the term of Senator Klrhard K Kcnney will altio expire mid It will therefore devolve upon the next legis lature to elect two senators The final ballot , the fouitc'enth of the day and the 111th during the session , was ns follows. John Hdwnrd Addlcks , union re publican , 21 ; Colonel Henry A. Dupont , re publican , 0 , John Hlggs , domocint , 0 , ex- Congressman L. Irving Handy , democrat , 0 , ex-Senator George Gray , democrat , 4VII - lard Snulsbury , democrat , 3 , ex-Senator An thony Hlgglns , republican , 2. The tlmo decided upon for adjournment slno dlo was 3 p. m. and when the fourteenth ballot was completed It lacked eighteen min utes of the hour by the house clock , thu clock being six minutes slow Thu demo crats then adopted filibustering tactics In cat nest. The filibustering was successful and with Mr. Hose on the floor making an address on the disorder In the room and other pretended themes , thu presiding ofllcer brought down his gavel ns the clock pointed to the hour oC3 The chamber was In nn uproir In nn in stant and It was some time before qulot was restored There was loud cheering , many of the legislators jumping on their desks and waving their hats. When the president pro tern , Salmon , an nounced the general assembly adjoin nod sluu illo at 3 05 o'clock , nmld the wild disorder that followed Messrs. I'arlow , Clark and King , the deserting democrats , made their v\ay from the chamber with crowds of In dignant persons at their heels Threats of vailoua kinds were made against the bolters , who found refuge In the senate chambti , where they remained for two hours or moro. The feeling gradually subsided , although the men were Jeered as they left the cnpltol. tr. S. Oil VAT ( SAINS OM3 VOTI3. .VMlUeth llnlliit Git us I.lttle Jiull- oalloii of n llrenlc. SACRAMENTO , Cnl. , March 13 U. S Grant , jr. , gained a. vote when the seven tieth vote fcr United States senator was taken today. Senator Currier , who had voted for Bulla , hut who had not been present at the joint Eesblon since Bulla dropped out , was present today and toted for Grant. There was no other change In the repub lican vote. The democratic tote was very much scattered. The vote was as follows- Barnes , 21 : nstee , 1 , Burns , 25 ; Grant , 27 , ' Scott , 6 ; Maguire , democrat , 1 : Meltli , democrat , 1 ; Devrles , democrat , 1 ; Roscn- feldt , democrat , 1 ; White , democrat , 2 , Phelan , democrat , 2 ; Gould , democrat , S ; Geary , democrat , 1. Viiif AKiiitint Dry T < M\IIK. CHICAGO , March 13 The village elec tions hold thioughout the state today were unusually quiet. In most places the Issues were purely local. Saranac , tlvart and Car- Bonville voted on the question of local op tion. The majority In all these places voted against making them dry towns. Will Ileiir llrjiln Talk. JEFFERSON CITY , Mo , March 13 The house has reconsidered Its action of Satur day and today adopted a resolution Inviting \ \ ' . 3 Hrjan to address the legislature be fore Us adjournment. llnllot * on Senator. HARHISBURG , Pa , Mnich Id. The forty- seventh ballot for United States senator today resulted ns follows Quay , 10 , Jenks , 7 , Irvine , republican , 1 no quorum. roii'io uiro's KK vrunns. Ili-iiry II.VllNini of IIio CooloKlonl Surto > HoHfrllu'N the Inland. Henry M Wilson of the United States geological eurvcj , who spent December and January last In Poito Rico , spoke last Mon day evening on "Tho Geography and Natural History of Porto Rico , " under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Ho Bpoko of the island as teem ing with fertility , especially In the northein half , which Is conspicuously watered by clouds driven In by the trade winds , nnd as being of n temperate climate , the mercury seldom rising above DO degrees in Ihn sum mer and rarely falling below CO degrees In winter. Kven the summer heat Is tempered nnd made endurable by the trade winds that blow with great uniformity. The population of Porto Rico , the lec- turcr said , was about 315,000 , of which moro than 120,000 were of the ncgio race , but not of the West Indies type , ns these negroes had straight features nnd hair , and did not show the Congo thick llpa. "Tho topography of Porto Rico , " con tinued the lecturer , "Is ono of the moat beautiful of all countries , nnd the Spaniards called It paradisical Through the Island , from east to west , stretches a ejatom of mountains or sierras "The general aspect of the Island from the Hca Is mountainous , and from the In terior rugged , > et pleasing , on account of the cultivation. The bay of San Juan Is not altogether n harbor , as it has a danger ous bar. In Majaguez also there Is no safe anchorage in tropical storms. "The geological formation Is slmplo anil generally uniform thioughout On either coast Is nn alluvial plain graded by sedi ment from the rivers , nnd between the rivers' mouths Is growing coral rock In- sldo the work Is tortlary vvhlto limestone. The mass of the Island Is occupied by vol canic rock , porphyry , nml gneiss , Interpo lated with heavy , capacious limestone , showing that during the period of volcanic activity the limestone was being laid down nt the eamo time "Porto Hlco Is poor In minerals No evi dence has been found of any minerals ex isting In commercial quantities Toward the east of the Island there Is n llttio mag netic Iron Hast of San Juan there Is placer gold In streams , and this Is worked by men nnd women But the gold Is found In small quantities "Climatically , the Island is divided Into two parts , the north , humid , and the fcoutli nnd west from eeml-humld to arid. Prof. Harrington averaged the annual rainfall In San Juan nt flft-four Inches. Vet fifteen miles to the east the nvernga rainfall Is 123 Inches This is accounted for bj the trade ulnjti that are arrestoJ hy the mountains , and are made to deposit their moisture No rain fell on the south toast for thirteen mouths , beginning In 1& ! > 3 "This Island has a wet nnd a ilry season. I was there in the dry season , but I do not rcmombor a day that parsed without having a shower or two. 'The soil Isery fertile , In the centinl vallejs the fields are green , and large quan tities of tobacco are raUed , On the south aul southwest the e ijrar i . . 1 * the ehlM proJuit The cane gr ns to 1wt > hc ftnl flf teen fi-Pt high and In nerlv n thick as t nmn's arm. On the mountains coffee growi nbovo an attitude of 1040 feet , and the higher the elevation the finer Is the qualltj of the crop "There are TegetBble * of nil Kinds , and th < flora 1 * rich and beautiful. Swpot peas , white nnd > ollow dalale * , hydrangeas , nnd all thi flowers Hint are raised hero In hothouse ; grow- wild there. Ferns of all kinds aiu shapes , and tnowM and orchids grow on thi rocks. "There nro no wild animals to speak of Thr-ro is found hero the wild tnon oose vvhlch. was brought tram India , nnd has be > comu a pest. Domestic animals llourUl well , especially cattle. "Porto Klco Is the land of the smnl farmer. There nro 21.000 Individual hold , ings , and only 1,100 of them nro by sugai nnd tobacco planters " cni.iiuT\ : TUI : Mnirl ItiitiKc ! ( i f lie * < iinii Vn- rlt'l ) lit Aotliiu. "The popular Impression that t'io mule L n slow beast , like meet generalisations ol the kind , is conducive to error , for If there Is anything quicker than 11 well-trained 'snap mule' 1 foi ono have never soon It " The speaker was a man who has otnplojci mule teams by the thousand on levee mil railroad contracts , reports the Now Orleans Times. "Tho 'snap mule , ' as you may 01 may not know , Is n sort of free lanro aboul the dredging work , whoso duty It Is to 'siiar on' In fiont of a scraper team to glvo the final Jerk that will set the filled scraper li ; motion. As there Is but one smp mule ti twenty teams , dispatch is noce siry. and II is tiett to marvelous how the otherwise stupid beast learns to know the e\a l moment to pull. Ho concentrates hU entile muscular energy In that momentary efforl nnd something has got to auovo. The In stant ho feels motion In the loid ho relaxcf his effort and is passed on to the next team The snap mule ia driven hy very long line : tint pasa back over the team to the driver who wnlks behind. Not long ago wo Imd ji big green nigger on one of the scrapers uj in ono of the Ynzoo levee cinspp. The flrsi morning out the new * negro got a gooi scraper load , nnd when it came his turn tc 'finap' the extra lines were passed back tc him , and , not knowing what to do will thorn , ho swung them over his head nnd lei them ledge firmly on his shoulders The team mules , cheered on by the vlgorou = language of the driver , slowly braced them- bclvcH for the pull When the precise moment arrived n tremor passed througl the snap mule's frame , and then , unwinding like u released watchsprlng , ho gave the supreme premo jerk , and that giccn negro simplj turned tlirco somesaults ever scraper am team and landed half way up the levee. Ii was all over in an Instant , and the jiiule hat lelapseU Into his accustomed Insensibility Quick ? Why. Fltzsimmons wasn't In It will that mule " J'roiU on Tiillor-Miulo Suit * . Chicago News "if u takes twenty jords of cloth at $1 50 a jard to make a dress , and the work required in ttie making takes one man three dajs and a half at $4 a day how much will the drets cost' " The problem iseiy slmplo But now comes President Jnbkowskl of the Ladles' Tailors' union and declaies that the answei Is dlficrent The true answer , as every woman v\ho wears tailor-made suits knows Is $75. President Jabkowskl , however de clares it Is In reallt } but $44 And EO' con vinced Is he , and his union \vlth him ol the correctness of his solution , that they propose to open a tailor shop of their own on Michigan nvcnuo and give public demon stration of It The reaton for the discrep ancy was explained teiy clearly today by the president ami so\eral members of the union at their meeting place on Randolph street. Tlicymld. ? C th > U/a bUU that costa a man ? 1UO to li. ? ) can bo made for about half the smaller sum. U takes a mm from three to five days' vvoik , for which he > rets $1 a , ] ny It takes about ? 30 to $45 worKh of material There Is the whole real expense. The rest goes to the salailes of ofllccrs and to rcut nnd profit. " LHAynNWORTII , Kin , Match 13Thr ulfo and pirents of Private Albert A Har rington. Company A. Twontlcth Kansas In- fnntrv who was accidental killed nt Hone lulu in Fobruarj. have been located at Unlontown. Pa by means of the Associate , Press Item of Inquiry sent from hero re cently The chief of police hero has been instructed to notify Mrs Jennlo Berry o the Red Cross society nt Honolulu , vvhn sought the Information , nnd Hani , gton' remains will be itturned to the Unltcil States. I > | N , . . , * , . , . , , , f rii .nlt. MADISON , WIs , March 13 Prof Kahl- cnburg of the dopaitnu-nt of chemistiy ol the University of Wisconsin has discovered that iv running a dlnvt current of electric ity through anhydrous organic solutions ol lithium chloride the basic metal Is thuwn down as an amorphous picclpltnto of puio metallic lithium Metallic lithium costs SlOO per ounce , while the chloride Is compaia- tlvely cheap. The profu ser hopes to scenic metallic sodium nnd potassium bv the BOHIO method. JVn , SiiKtir and AVoiil Imports. NGW YORK , March n The monthly statement of the Impurta of tea , sugai and wool , issued by the bureau of statistics , shows that during February the Imports of tea amounted to JJ7S2 075 , ns against ? C50 - 02S for February IS'js Thu sugar Imports aggregated $3,591,200 as against $1.751,514 ; wool , ? 1,023,318 , ns against $2,118,201. TvnnftrarN tor n CarniiNal. LANSING , Mich , Match 13 Robert nnd Thomas Hnnnlfnn of Detiolt were each sen tenced today to twenty joars In the state penitentiary at Jatkfon The brothers wore convicted of shooting nml killing Frank Kd- wards In this city during a carousal on the night of December 5 last. SlcnniiiI'm IN at DarliiiilncN. BARBADOiS , Match 1.1 The Amoilcan line steamer Paris , Captain Fredeilck Watkins - kins having on board moro than 100 oxcur- Hionlsts , who mo bound for a month's rrulso In the AVest Indian Islands , has arrived hero from San Juan do Porto Rico All are well on board the Htcatnor and fine weather pre vails. | ) CN | riiclU c HoIilii'iH f.cl No lluni-j. CLnVHLAND , Maich 13 The postomco nt Rock River , n subm h. wat > entured last night by burglars , who In their boarch for money and valuables blew open the safe and In so doing demolished almost the entire front of the building The } were unsuccess ful , however , In finding anything of value. I" RAUJIGII. N 0. March 13 Dr William Lewis , secretary of the Slate Board of Health , sa > s smallpox Is steadily Increasing In Noith Carolina Ilo reports the disease provnlunt In Bcvcntcon countle-s nnd n letter from Buhllngton , fortj miles from here , states that there are oleve.ii cases thcic Ni-iv oiL Will l'riiKi > t > uliiiiioiir , ALBANY , N Y , March 13 Governor RooFovi'lt 1'as lefused to sanction the pro posed compromise of the suits brought by Now York state- against Armour & Co of Chicago for violating the state buttei laws and has oiderod the attorney general to pro ceed with the prosecution of the lasts Stri-l nml Wire rii-xl Illv lilfinl. Ni\V YORK. March 13 The directors of the American Steel anil Wire company have declared a dlvldeMid of 14 per cent on the pieforred stock This is the first dividend declared bv the tompany and puts the stock on n 7 per cent annual dividend Is Invaluable to nursing motlieis , feeble children , the aged and Infirm. Its mcrl Is assured , being prepared by thu Auheusur Buech Brewing ASH'U. LUCK AGAINST A BAD MAN Queer Things that Hippencd to Toothpick Davis , Tough Bporti UNPROFITABLE DEAL IN TEXAS STEERS t.nit AUriniit t J'ln > a iliilolicr Ktilfp ClivcU lij the faro Denier' * OHII .Xi'tlott. Ono evening at a , hotel in Denver , relates a conespondcnt of the New York Sun , ono of a party of men happened to read aloud an article relative to John Wesley llardln. now In the Texas penitentiary. Them ho t cmnrkcd "Speaking of Hardln and bed men In gen eral reminds mo of Jim Davis , Toothpick Davis , as ho was moro familiarly called , Jn whom 1 used to tnko a great deal of Interest when ho was In Austin , Tex Afterward I used to sec him a great deal In Gaheston. where l.o ran a faro game nnd general gambling houso. Davis was the hardest man I ever met. and 1 have seen ft few. Ho was a Klant of a man , over sK feet In height , broad and burly as well Ono tlmo I was out tarpon fishing , possibly a mile or two from shore , when I noticed Toothpick and another man cruising about nt a llttio distance from me Suddenly Toothpick's partner , who was stepping gajly about In * "j boat , fell luito the water. In a wild en deavor to save his friend Davis fell after him Tlio boat , which was silling a bit fieo nt the time , went something like 100 jardt , and then got 'her ' head Into the wind and stood there Happing her sails When the first man hit the water my boatman , without waiting for orders , at once headed fell Into the to the rescue When Davis water ho was , If Anything , nearer to us than hlH frlitid. Wo pointed for him to pick him up , but as wo approached ho waved his hand nnd j tiled " 'Don't stop for me. Save my friend Ho can't swim u Htk , nnd lie owes me $1,600 ' "Of course , we kept on and captured his friend , who hid about a tub of water In him , and didn't have anything to say for nn hour. Toothpick , who could sustain himself , wo rorovored Bifo nnd sound. It was perhaps three dnjs later when I chanced to meet Toothpick Davis In the bar room of the hotel , and , after thanking mo for saving his life , ho said " 'But about my friend You know that I jelled to you that ho owed me $1,000. Well , that's straight , but what does the follow do' As soon as he recovered his breit'j ho lands on mo and sajs that ho must bo In a streak of good luck because he didn't drown , and that If I'd stake him against laro bank ho could win $100,000. The worst of It Is that ho actually made mo believe it. Well , I coughed up $1,000 , and ho now owes me ? 2,600 , BCC' It would have been better for me flnancHllj If he had drowned , so I'm not &o grateful as I was. ' " A IlCIll lit MOIMN. "I think , " said a man from the south west , "that 1 used to see something of your friend Davis out In Te\aa , too It was when the Missouri , Kansas & Texas railway was extended in 1S72 from Paisons , Kan. , to Donnlson. It went through a section prac tically pre-empted by the marauding half- breeds , the rustlers and criminals who sub sequently had to emigrate to No Man's Land While the rend was In construction the monte men and as fine a gang of crim inals as ever went unhung swarmed about the tent towns to prey upon the railway laborers Shooting was common , and the saying was that it was exceptional If a man wasn't solved for breakfast. The officials lived in cabooses with extia timbered sides , sort of foi tresses on wheels. Colonel Ed ward Lyndo had the contract for the road , not an enviable one , considering the coun try from which he had to secure his sup plies. Ho was a fine looking man , tall , lithe , alert , and a stianger to fear. Ho made an engagement with Davis for trans porting the supplies. Toothpick promised by contract to bring 100 yoke of oxen to the present city of Kufaula to cany sup plies south , but what docs Toothpick do ? Ho simply went out and rounded up Bomo Texas steers , and , > oklng these up with difficulty , stalled out. The novelty wore out for the boosts after the flist two dajs out and there was n grand stampede , In which wagons were ovcrtuined and the steers broke away. Toothpick made not the least attempt to rectify matteis and rode away south "Ljndo soon heard of the confusion and started after Davis with a big muleteer named Jim. A fifty-mile chtse brought them up with Davis , who was accompanied by a Mexican. Toothpick reached for his guns , but was covered by Big Jim The Mexican , who attempted to throw a knife , dropped It with an oath when ho got n bullet In the wrist. Toothpick was tied up llko n trussed chicken , thrown in a wagon nnd carried back to the end of the line , where ho was made to square accounts Davis didn't relish this nnd swore that Lyudo's llfo should pay for the Inconvenience of that long ride and made n promissory notch for Big Jim. Scared to lira 111 , "One night , about a month after this , Colonel Lyndo drove Into the hamlet of Avoca and , Jumping from the buckbonrd , hastened Into the hotel The bar room was redolent of amoko and full of border men and In the rnldst of the largest group stood Davis , livery man was accounted a man of experi ence and all had heard of Toothpick's boast. L > nde , for reasons beat known to himself , had never carried a gun , hut ho had ono thing nerve nnd plenty of it. He walked over to Toothpick Davis and pushed him nsldo , remarking In n loud volco that ho would kill him on sight If ho cronned his path ngnln. He then proceeded upstairs nnd to bed , this wiis not plenssint , nnd the gang proceeded to 'liquor up/ making things lively , and a man wa shot In a room beneath - neath Colonel Ljnde Early next morning Lyndo went Into the olllce , which was a long , nairow room , with n railing nt ono end Suddenly there was a commotion In the street. Davis burst In the door , reeled In with a revolver In each hand , nnd , with nn oath , asked for Colonel Lynde The latter limped over the railing , and , drawing his huge , old-fashioned pockothook from his hip pocket , started for Davis , Bhoutlng , 'I've got jou now1 ! and Toothpick fled as If spurred by the devil himself. " "Speaking of the tlmo when parts of the country were practically pro-umpted bj marauding Jialf-brcoJs and rustlora , reminds mo of the rustler war In Wyoming , " cpoko up another of the men as he lit a clgir "I was down In Cliojcunu at tha tlmo the outfit loft to clear out the rustlers A llt tie englishman had come to town the day before with letters of Inttoduction , and ho was filmply wild with delight when ho found that .he could go along and see the rustlers done for , but , when the rustloru got the best of It nnd cooped up the whole outfit , the englishman's nerve cozed out until ho hadn't a single gtrand of It loft ho was simply limp with fcur. Then came tbo roscm ; from fear of assassination , hut w 1th It the certainty of a long , wearisome im prisonment. Weeks and even months passed with the poor dovll lying on his cot and counting thet files to pabg away the time At laU , after about three months of utter weariness , hu got out on ball Haggard and un < haved and covered with dirt he loft the court house and hastened to the telegraph ofllco and wrote a message to friends In England. It contained just ono w ord : " 'Free. ' "Then ho disappeared for three hours , vlu-u back he cume to the tclvsranh otfica. n w truuners rolled u , ) nl the to't ' > m ' ( \ new white' shirt nten at Hu thioot mil n new tlk hut on the nr > rth < vr t ronier of his head Therp was a roll to hl i gnlt nnd an unslwdv look In his ry s , but , tnk- ing a pen In his hand , ho braced hlm ell nnd wrote another inp ngo n * brief and to the point na the former ono. H nld " 'Drunk. ' " Illl l.ltnt l'lll > . "By the way , adverting lo Toolhplcl Davis , do nn > f you gentlemen know wha finally became of him ? " asked n man fron Missouri , with an air of Interest. "Oh , he got killed finally , " answered tin man from the nouthwesl , "It was somewhori tt | In Uunnlson county , 1 believe , over li what they call the Tin-cup mining district Toothpick wan plajliiK tdro btnk one nigh and went broke. Ho turned lo 11 mild-ojci little limn , who was sitting on his left , nin Bald 'Stick fifty on the queen fur me pird' The mild little man did as tcqucstM and the queen lost. Ilo borrowed anothei fifty and lost It the SHIIIO wa > Follow hit these two defeats Davis stiolled out , bin after being nwny half an hour icturnec with $20 Ho went against the game ngatn and soon had his twenty up to live or sh hundred. By this tlmo the meek llttio mat who had lent him the $100 was broke. " 'I'm broke , Davis , ' said he , 'suppose jot pay mo that hundred. ' " 'Go awny from mo now , ' said Toothpick savagely , I don't want to be bothered now. " 'But 1 didn't talk like that when I ad vatlced It to you , ' icmonstratcd the llttlt man. " 'You keep on bothering mo about thai hundred , ' stld Davis , with a dark frown 'and I'll do something that will make joi sick. ' "At Toothpick's second retort to the mcol little man , the dealer pointed a steady flngci at Davis and said : " 'You cash In what chips jou have ; jot can't set down another bet on this lajout. ' " 'Oh , ves , I think I can , ' nsseitcd Tooth pick , 'I can gamble against this bank all I like. ' " 'I'll be > hanged If you can,1 retorted the dealer. 'You cash In > our chips nnd get a move on jou , or you won't ' gel jour inonov ' "Davis wanted hla moncv He ohoved over his chips with a scowl and the dealer cashed them. After he had the incncy In his pocket Toothpick arose- and left the room. H was about an hour later when he sud denly entered at the rear door annex ! with a butcher knife about as largo as - \ cavalry sabro. There were a dozen men In the room , Including the meek little man over whom the row was started. Everybody was expecting trouble. Piesently Toothpick bent n red eye upon the dealer , who VMS now behind the bar , and remarked generally for the benefit of the crowd " 'Kvcrjbody takes a. drink here except vou , jou horse thief ! ' pointing at the dealer. "The moment the round of drinks hod been disposed of the faro man took his turn , and , mimicking Divls In tone and gesture , said " 'Now then , everybody here takes a drink , except jou , jou hoise thief ! pointing nt Toothpick. "That was Toothpick's cue Ho came nt the faro sharp vUth a wild rush , butcher knife to the front. But he had tackled ( lie wrong man Ho had hardlj stalled when , bang' ' vtnt the card sharp's pistol , nnd n bullet went through his brain and he pitched headlong to the floor. That was the end of Toothpick Davib " FHK'NCII S11IMAHIM2 11OATS. Itciiiarkiililr nxperlfaou viltli tlir GiiNtn > o-Zvtle nt MnrnolllfM. The Pails Temps contains n long article Insisting strongly en the capabilities of the GnsUive-Xede , which It decJarcs Is a formi dable engine of war. In proof of its stabil ity and seagoing qualities the' Temps calls attention to the recent trials which the Gus tavo-S5edo h'ns succeasfulry undergone at Snllns d'Hjercs , Marseilles. The boat pro ceeded from Toulon to Sallns In a strong breeze without Inconvenience or hitch what ever The dome only was visible above the water , and when the waves commenced to trouble the llttio vessel It was immersed , rising at intervals to correct Its course and verify its position , which It , however to a certain extent was able to check and control while under water bj means of special in struments The Journey from Toulon to Safins , however , is comparatively short un 1 the Oustavo-Zede's seagoing powers vvcio put to a muUi moro severe test on n run from Toulon to Marseilles , a distance of foi tj-one nautical miles. By way of extra precaution the Gustavo-Zode was accom panied on this journey by a government tug , but notwithstanding a heavy sea , thovovage was performed without any Incident at in average Rpood of e\\ \ knots nn hour The v < s- sol remained on ( do surface of the water , but dining the entire journey nil apertures on board were kept o'oacd , as though the vcs- eel had he-en navigating beneath the- sur face For seven consecutive hours the crew , therefore , remained under conditions sim ilar to those which would have exlstml had the vessel been entirely submerged The Temps adds that at the close of the Journey the vessel's accumulators weio allll In a condition to tnko If bick to Toulon , but bv way of an experiment they wore reclm el fiom the mains of the municipal clectilc supply at MarHeillcs. With regard to Its powers ns nn engine of war , the Tempo sajs It Is not for them to glvo details Its offensive powers eoiiBldt In Us torpedoes , and ns proof of the effort Ivo manner In which they can bo uned hy the Gu tave-7edo Uio Journal points lo ri'ccnt experiments , already mentioned In thr ' Han'daro in December last. A vessel llko the Gustavo-Xode cannot bo distinguished from n crulse'r at a greater distance than a mile Hero It takes Its plunge , reappear ing for llttio more than a second at a tlmo till within striking distance. It then haste to launch Its torpedo , and oven supposing the larger vessel Is able to bring lt quick- firing gunK to bear on the boat , It will have to accomplish UB task and the pigmy will have paprlflccd Itself In Killing the giant But Its only visible ) part being the dome , the Temps thinks U will be pnimtblo to build this part of the vessel Hiifllclently strong to resist ttio projectiles of the qultk- flilng gmiH Ono of the pilnclpal objections to the submarine torpedo boat Is lib pat tlal bllndiuns under watei , but this to n great extent Is got over by the olllcer In charge of the boat calculating the dlHtanco and speed of the two ships before plunging and making mome-ntaiy appealances to verify his cenirse Various experiments are being cairled out In order to provide thebo ve > s- bels with "e'jm " and notably with an ap paratus known ns the periscope , which is based on the principle of the darkroom In photograph j , and which by moans of a tube can bo raised to the BUI face of the nater , the vessel remaining stationary while .ho observation Is made In conclusion , Rays the Temps , "It Is n day torpedo boat even morn terrible than the present torpedo boat , Ahlch should especially bo used at night [ t Is blind , but this Inconvenience can bo ivorcome For the present , however , lis leld of action Is small , as It ean only bo laeil In the coast defcneo ecrvke , br > lng in fact , a vessel of defense" tiiKUHlr Vli'liiilu at lllii'iiN , I ATHHNS , March 13 Arrived- Augusta , 'lrtoria from New York on Orient cxtar- ilon , all wull Brings baclc the strength you used to have-Take 110 StiUtitule. RETURNS FROM THE KLONDIKE j Harry Wilkins Tolls of Hlfl Experience in ) the Tiozsn North ! MINERS NOT THE MEN WHO MAKE MONEY Ceiuutij of ( Sonil I'riiNlii-i-lx feir Tleiiko A\ tin lie 'I line ami IZi in Iliiiliirni * Ku * t < Tll Ixl-N. Harrj' Wllktns , ono of Omnha's repre- nontnllvcs In thu Klondike country , has just returned. Mr. Wllktns was not lured Into the polar regions through hotica of mining success Hu went ( is the representative of one of the big South Omaha meat packing establishment ! ! nnd snjs that tlunnclallj ho has tie complaint to mnko of the trip "I left Omnlm last May , " said Mr. Wll- klim , 'and went to Sin Fraclsco , where I took a steamer for St. Michael's. Before goIng - Ing wo made arrangements with a trans portation comp-xnj to carry our merchandise * from St Michael's up the Yukon to Circle City nnd Dawson. When wo rcachod St Michael's wo found that this transporta tion companj had failed and were compelled to make nc-vv arrangements for the transpor tation of our goods. Tills ilfltijod us some what and it was August before we rcachud Da\vson. "Shortly after reaching Daw son 1 experi enced about the only really dan- gcious adventure of ilia ( rip. When wo left St Michael's wo had been forced to ship our goods bj two steamers , owing to the failure of the coin- pan j with which we had first made con tracts The last steamer having a portion tion of our goods nboard managed to got caught In the Ice Just below Circle City nnd wo took a steam launch and started out to look foi It. The liver was rapidly fllllnc with lee nnd n great manj tlnu-.s wo found oursrlvcM jammed In so completely that the ice had to be cut away before wo could piocced. Altogether it was nn awful ox- perli-nce. Wo got stranded upon bars nnd had to work for hours before wo could net oft again. It took us flvo dajs to reach Circle Cltj. The morning after we left the launch I went down to look nt It nnd found that the Ice had crushed It com- plotelj. Vlillli'5 In Sflllnu ; CooiU , "The people of this section have no idea how bad the cold is on the Yukon. The ilvei freezes to the bottom with the ex ception of where the current Is veij stiong. No bent can live In it The Ice would crush It llko an eggshell I think this boat on which the lost of our ptovlslons weio shipped was the last ono to ascend the river before It closed for the winter and It had a terrible expoilenco getting to Ciitlo Cltj "I staid In that region flvo months , being sometimes at Dawson and sometimes at Circle Cit > , as our firm had a btoro In each place In January , when we left for tha states , we had little or no < llluculty In mak ing our way over the White Pass route The dllllcultlcs of the ascent to the summit have been greatly decreased , as a railroad Is In operation to that point now. "There are gieat prospects In Uiat coun- trj- , but they are principally along business lines These me the people who nro making the mouey. There nro veiy few becoming rich digging gold. The gold brought out last jear wnt > not as much as had heen anticipated , but It Is thought that the output this jcar will bo much greater , owing to the greater facilities for mining. Of course some of the speculators who have a monopoly on much gold land nro making mcne > j , but with very few exceptions they are the only one-a among the miners who are The merchants get high prices for everything , though there wjs no famlno while I was in the country The only thin , ? that I remember as almost impotslble to gVt was condensed milk At the time 1 left that aitlcle was selling nt $1 a can mid hard to get at that " wnnoTiircns Scarles & Searlos SPECIALISTS. 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