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RESOLUTION KILLED.
HOUSE VOTES IT DOWN BY
A PARTY VOTE.
Mrm1cri on llnlli Side Wero In Attend
ance Urtrly nnil tlm HtniRRln Iti-gun Im
mediately After tlm ItruitliiR of the
)ournnl l'nrly Lender Active
Washinoton, Feb. t. Tlicro was
great activity among the leaders on
botli sldo before tlio lloit'O tnct to
day, in anticipation of mi I'vcitlng tic
bate over the Teller resolution, passed
by the Scinita, declaring tho bonds
of the United States payablo In
gold or sliver nt tho option of tho gov
eminent Tlioso In control had dc
clciod to defeat tho resolution In tho
House, before sundown to-night. Tho
members on both sides had been noti
fied in advance and the attendance,
upon tho floor was very largo.
The struggle oponcd Immediately
after tho reading of the journal, when
Mr. Dlnglev, chairman of tho ways
and means committee, reported bade
the resolution with tho recom
mendation that "It do not pass."
Mr. Henderson of Iowa, ouu of tho
leaders of tho majority, followed this
by presenting tlm special order agreed
upon by tho committee on rules, pro
viding for tho immediate considera
tion of tho resolution and a voto with
out intervening motion at 5 o'clock
to-day.
The Teller resolution was voted
town by a strict party voto.
WAS WASHINGTON'S ENEMY
Joliu lluneorh'a Tell-Tulo Letter Hook
It Hits Just lleen 1'imiiil.
Rostov, Feb. 1. A startling histor
ical discovery has just been mado hero
which Indicates that John Hancock,
tho famous statesman and patriot,
was not onlv an embezzler, but a bit
tor onoiny of Oeorgo Washington.
Hancock, who served his country as
tho president of tho Provincial Con
gress In 1774-73, and again in 1775-77,
nnd also was tho first signer of tho
Declaration of Independence, left a
tell-tale letter book. This has just
been brought to light In Quincy, Ills
birthplace, whero it lias lain unnoticed
nnd undisturbed since tho death of its
owner, in October, 1703.
According to letters written by
II uncock, ho had an iucossaut yearn
ing for power, a typical lnstnnco of
which was ills dostro to bo command
er-in-chlcf of tho Continental army.
Itlsprobablo that ho never forgave
Washington for his success in obtain
ing command of tho country's first
military organization. Hancock, it
would seem, roally believed that the
glory which befell Washington should
have boon his, nnd, further, thnt tho
great gcnoral robbod him of what ho
consldorod his just duo.
Tho well known scrupulous exacti
tude which Washington exhibited in
financial matters was In marked con
trast to tho methods of Hancock. Ills
career as treasurer of Harvard college
Is Lho instance of tlioso methods which
to molt readily accessible, and one
upon which It was hoped that his let
tor book would cast some condoning
light, if this, indeed, bo possiblo In
tho fnco of tho many records and let
ters still ok taut.
In 1773 tho cnllogo corporation
eloctod Hancock treasurer. He quali
fied and, as such, received tho college
funds, but when tho tlmo arrived ho
gavo no account of his trust. When
he continued in default a meeting be
tweon him nnd tho corporation was
appointed for March 21, 1775, but on
that day, Instead of Hancock nnd his
accounts, cumo a lottcr pleading for
rJay.
Hancock caused nil tho papers and
securities to bo taken across country
from liostou to Philadelphia, where
they wero in great danger from tho
onemy. At last tho college, in great
and warranted foar of losing not only
tho income, but tho principal of its
funds, sent a messenger for tho secur
ities, because Hancock, though pressed
In tho most dollcato yet urgent man
ner, refused to resign or return tho
funds. He was removed from his of
flco as treasurer in 1777. Meanwhile,
tho college funds had been much re
duced, but this loss the collego was
willing to assume, and ovon to pay
Hancock's salary for his term of office.
WHY YOUR BREAD IS DARK.
Joioph Loltor Cauict Trouble to Coobi
and Ilniuevrlv, (.rnrem mid llnUon.
Chicago, Fo b. 1. Joseph Loiter,
according to experts in tho trade, is
forcing thousands of people to eat
darker broad than lias over been seen
in America since tho introduction of
the patent roller process of making
flour. His control of 15,000,000 bttslio.s
of contract wheat means, they say,
that tho millers are grinding tho best
grain they can procure hluco their
supply of choice No. 1 hard spring
wheat lias become exhausted. Gro
cers and retail Hour dealers have- been
receiving complaints regarding bread
stuff from cooks and housewives who
have returned sucks and barrels of
Hour marked with tho fancy brands
and bought at tho highest price
Tho loudest protests havo been
raised by tho restnurantours and
bakers, who buy Hour nt wholesale.
A REAR ADMIRAL DEAD.
Oaulnl I.nwrenoe Ilralno a Vlotlra of
Heart Failure.
Nkvt Yoiik, Feb, 1. Daniel Law
rence Mraluc, rear admiral of tho
.United Stntes navy, retired, died at
his home in Mrooklyn last night from
heart failure, following tin attack of
rheumatism. Ho hud a distinguished
career. Ho served In tho navy In tho
Mexican and civil wars. Ho com
manded the Juniata of tho Polaris
bcurch expedition iu 573. He was re
tired in ISsitl.
EDISON FLYING MACHINE.
Thumai, Jr., Tlilnkt lln !! Holved
Aerial Navigation With fluid.
Nrw Yoiik, Feb. 1. Thomas A.
Kdison, Jr., is experimenting with an
air ship, which ho bolloves will be
successful, Tho ship Is tho invention
of Frank Sauther, of Mllwaukco, but
Edison hit, by accident, upon a gas
which ho boliovci Is tho only tiling
rcqulrod to tnnko tho ship practical.
Sails wero substituted instead of nny
propelling power. Mr. Hdlson says:
"It was at that point that I con
eolved tho really now principle. It
struck mc that It would bo n good
idea to I n Ha to tho sails with gas, thus
making them serve us balloons, ns
well as supplying tho sailing power.
It will not do to make baggy
balloons of tho calls, so they
woro divided Into numerous com
partments, which" when Inflatod
rosomblo thin water bags. Tho gas
tu bo running to tho balloon was tap
ped in three places to supply gas to
tho main sail and rubber tubes carried
gas to tho two jibs. Tho compart
ments of tho main sail wero connected
by narrow openings, tho gas thus fol
lowing freoly through tho cntlro salL
"A rudder completed tho air-ship.
After many failures wo woro success
ful. Tho ship actually How, nnd wo
succeeded in steering it. I bcllovo
that the Inflated sail idea is tho one
that Is going to solve- tho aerial nav
igation problem,"
VETERAN GENERAL DEAD.
Harrli M. rialited of Maine Hart a Stir
rlnsr Career In Tr mid Politic.
IlANnnit, Malno, Feb. 1. Ex-(5ov-ornor
Harris M. Plalstcd, who died
this morning, was born at Jefferson,
N. II., Nouombcr 21. 1828. Ho was
graduated from tho Albany school
of law In 1353 and practiced
law in Ilangor until August, 1801,
when ho enlisted for tho war in
tho Eleventh Mniuo regiment. He
was commissioned lieutenant colonel
Octobers, 1SUI; colonel May 12, ltio2,
and commanded his regiment in tho
penlnsulnr campaign of ISO.', talcing
part in tho Hi ego of York town, the
battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks
and tho Seven Days' battle. Ho wus
a brigadier general commanding a
brlgado in tho slogo of Charleston in
1903, and in tho great campaign ol j
1S04-G5, against Richmond and l'otcr.s-.
burg, in which his "Iron brlg.ulo" had
men killed and wounded on fifty-nine
different days, losing 1,395 out of
2,1109.
Willie in the service his command
never moved to front without him. Ho
wns twlco promoted by the President
for "gallant and meritorious conduct
in tho field," nnd was warmly com
mended by nil his commanders.
General Plalstod was elected to the
Forty-fourth congress as a Republican.
In 1N78 ho loft his party, having taken
a stand for government currency, as
opposed to bank currency, nnd ho was
nominated as tho fusion candidate for
governor in Ifjli) and was elected for
two years. At that time tho green
back movement was strong nnd tho
Main election excited prodigious in
terests throughout tho country.
STARVING NEAR PLENTY.
tea Knepi Cnnadlnn VomrU Front Holler
Inc Newfoundlander.
Nr.w Yoitic, Feb 1. Tho lied Cross
lino steamship Portia arrived to-day,
four days overdue, from St. Johns,'
Newfoundland, nnd Halifax. Tho
crew tolls of n desperate encounter
with pack leo olT tho Newfoundland
coast, and a harrowing talo of bliz
zards and destitution in tho coast sec
tion of that country.
Hundreds of men, women and chil
dren, dead or dying from cxposuro
and starvation, with abundance closa
by, and hundreds moro threatened
with a like fate, uro tho brief details
of tho condition of affairs brought by
tho Portia.
Four days tho Portia was penned in
hupo Arctic floes, in plain sight of St.
Johns, unablo to move. She managed
to escape by tho merest accident
Many other craft, several of thorn re
lief vessels sent by tho Canadian gov
ernment to succor destitute Jlshermcn,
had to abandon their errands of mercy
and return to St Johns. They wero
still In tho leo when tho Portia strug
gled Into clonr water.
Closo to where tho Portia lay, tho
big steamship Virginia was locked
tight She had been sent by tho Cana
dian government with food for tho
starving fishermen, but a short als
tanco up tho coast sho found tho route
securoly blocked and was forced to
return to port to prevent being ico
bound all winter, Hcforo hor depart
ure news hnd reached St Johns thnt
unless nssl.stanco should bo promptly
dispatched tho unfortunato Inhabi
tants would soon bo beyond relief.
A Cullfornlt MoN'.ill.
San Fuancisco, Fob. 1. State In
surance Commissioner Clunlo has de
clared Invalid and insufllcient tho
bonds of all fire and marine Insurance
companies doing business in Califor
nia, and not Incorporated under tho
laws of tho state. This applies to do
mestic as well as foreign companies.
As iv result it is contended that nono
of tho clghty-two companies nffeotod
by tho order aro now qualified to
transact business.
A COLLEGE BURNED.
United Ilrethren limitation Thought to
Have lleeu Fired hy Inocndlarlet.
Coi.usmufl, Intl., Feb. 1. Harts
vlllo college, an Institution connected
with tho United Ilrethren (Radical)
church at Hurtsvlllc, together with
thu library and museum, win burned
yesterday. It is believed to havo been
started by an incendiary. Tito loss is
540,000; insurance, 85,000. The collogo
has been in financial difficulties tmd
- i ' ..- ....,
tho buildings havo becu unoccupied
eluce last Juuo.
COAST E0KTJFJCATJ0N
CHAIRMAN
WE ARE
CANNON SAYS
PROTECTED.
All the Money 1 hit! C'nti he t'nrd .hull
rlniiftlr If itf lleen Appropriated Only u
Hiiuill Amount Nr i-siiry l.'ui li Yi-iir
The Ntutrincnt it Surprise.
Washington, Fob. if. Mr. Cannon,
chalrmuu of tho houso appropriation
committee, has been asked to explain
how It was that tho appropriations for
coast defenses tills year were only Si,
111,012, whereas tho estimates sub
mitted by tho War department were
threo times that sum. In reply he
said:
"Tho coast dofonses aro now in
much better condition tlinu the gen
eral public Is awnro of. The last
Congress appropriated nearly 817,000,
000 for coust defenses, and with that
sum tho fortifications havo been
pushed rapidly and wisely. Much
less Is appropriated now bcause much
loss is needed, and from tills tlmo
on, unless there should bo some
special emergency, Si, 000,000 will bo
about tho amount set aside for coast
defenses. Hy tho end of tho next
fiscal year all tho great clttcs of tho
country adjacent to open harbor will
be in condition, by means of fortifica
tions, together with submarino mines,
torpedoes and tho navy Itself. The
original plan of coast dofenso ndopted
by tho Kndlcott board provided for a
total oxpendlturo of about 8100,000,
000. Since then wo havo expended
about 840,000,000. Progress in gun
nery Is so rapid that it would bo un
wlsu to equip our fortifications fully
with expensive guns und machinery,
only to lime thorn become out of date
in a short time.
"Wo aro now in a shapo whero wo
can rcpol invasion nt tho great cen
ters of population nnd commerce. Wo
havo not attempted to fortify small
ports which give access only to small
blocks of population. Tho general
theory of our coast defenses must bo
to prevent destruction of largo com
mercial Interests and tho levying of
blaokmall by strong naval powers.
Tho advance of modern railroads
with which this country is gridlroned
lias made it possible- to con
centrate largo armies at nny given
point on tho coast on short notice.
No foreign country would attempt to
bombard a harbor except for tho pur
pose of destroying n large city. A
landing on one of tlioso .smaller places
would be for tho purposo of opera
tions by troops. Those operations wo
would havo to meet with tho army,
and tho enemy could mako a
lauding in an obscure inlet quite as
well as in a harbor in front of a
HiuaU city. With 310,000,000 already
expended, and an annual addition
of ten per cent of that sum or less, wo
can and will keep our commercial
ports free from danger, and that is
the proper policy for us to pursue in
view of the present condition of the
treasury and the great demands of the
public sen ice."
Mr. Cannon's statement coming so
soon after General Mile's warning that
tho coast cities aro at the mercy of
any naval power, comes as a surprise
to many.
AGAINST A PRIVATE CANAL
Nlci riKim Snreul the Aiiierleun Company
No I'lirther l'e for It,
Ni;w Yoiik, Feb. 8. Tho IlcraUl
prints an Intorvieu with President
.elaya of Nicaragua, obtained by Its
correspondent In Managua.
"Nicaragua would prefer dealing
directly with tho United States," said
Zelayn, "In tho matter of a canal
across our country. Tho canal com
pany has not lived up to its obliga
tions those included In tho conces
sion und wo consider that it has
deceived us, and wo believo that fur
ther dealings with it would only re
sult in further deception. For this
reason wo would prefer dealing di
rectly with your government, know
ing thnt It Is stable, which tho canal
company is not.
"Wo consider that tho concessions
which are now held by tho canal com
pany expired somo tlmo ago and that
they are, therefore, void, although tho
canal company thinks differently.
"We havo nt) objection to tho Con
gress of tho United States passing a
bill looking to tho support of private
capital in building a canal, but when
It comes to the United States nctually
controlling tho canal this govern
ment would havo somothinir to sav
about that Hut in tho event of a
possiblo transfer of control the mat
ter could bo discussed by this govern
ment nnd tho United State."
"Would tho concession granted to
the Atlas company of England inter-
fcro at nil with tho operation of u
canal.'
"Not at all. Tho concession was
granted to tho company for navigation
right on tho hau Juan river, and it is
not such ns to retard the construction
of a canal. This government took
good care, In granting that conces
sion, that it should not bo such ns to
load to any international complica
tions." For the Murder of 111 Hrlde.
Los Anoklks, Cal , Feb. 2. Juan
Orosco has boon arrested on tho
charge of having murdered Modcstu,
I ill. brliln of 17 ditva. lust 'I'unuiliiv.
Wlno nt F.iRht Crnta u U.Utnn.
Stockton, Cal., Feb. 2. Charles A.
Wotmore, a wine man of Stockton,
has just returned from San Francisco,
witli tho information that a sale of
240,0'JO gallons of wlno has been made
by tho Anglo-California itik to tho
California Wlno association. The
price paid for the bulk of the lot wns
eight cents und tho balance, including
tho choicest dry wines und about
I 1"'oou w ot 1'". wus sncriiiceu
at nine cents. Tito growers can fir-d'
no market and many will havo to go
out of business.
BLAND-ALLISON ACT.
(nit llocnn nt routine Mloh., to Dotor
tnlno Its tonNtltntlonallty.
Dei iioit, Mich,, Fob. 2. A frlondly
I nit in chancery was begun in tho cir
cuit court ut Pontine to determlno tho
constitutionality of tho Hland-Allison
silver not of 1S7".. Stepen llald'vlu, a
Detroit capitalist, purchased somo
land upon which there Is mortgage
held by Fred A. linker, chairman of
Democratic state central committee.
Mr. Haldwln tendered S-Jiil in .silver In
payment of tho amount duo on tho
mortgage. Mr. Maker declined to
accept silver dollars unless enough
of them wero tendered to equal, at
tho present bullion value of silver, 3rt4
gold dollars. Accordingly, suit was
begun to obtain n decree compelling
Chairman Maker to cancel tho mort
gage and accept the tender made.
Ex-Congressman Timothy 10. Tnrsncy
is complnlnnnt's attorney. All tho
parties aro prominent silver men, and
will carry tho case to the United
States Supremo court In any event
Chairman Maker says: "I will contend
boforo the courts that the Hland
Allison act is unconstitutional because
It did not provide for freo coinage. It
provided only that tho government
should buy silver at its depreciated
price in gold and pocket the seignior-
i age. Us, legalized the stealing of
tho seigniorage. "
TO KLONDIKE BY RAIL.
Tho Chllknot I'an Hallway nnil Over
head Cabin la About Flnlnhed.
Taoo.va, Wash., Feb. 2 Half tho
terrors of tho trip to Dawson havo
been overcome. Hugh C. Wallace,
president of the Chilkoot Mailroad nnd
Transportation company, received ad
vices yesterday from Nelson Mcnnett,
tho representative of tho company,
who lias boon pushing tho work
at Talya, that the tramway and over
head eablo of the company nro now
completed to such an extent that con
tracts may be entered into to carry
freight over tho Chilkoot pass to Cra
ter lake. Following tho advices from
tho North, Mr. Wallace, on behalf of
the company, entered into a contract
with tho Canadian government to
transport over tho pass supplies for
tho different mounted police stations,
the contract amounting in the aggre
gate to 8100,000. From this date con
tracts will bo entered Into by the
officers of tho company at Tacouin,
nnd theso contracts will bo recog
nized at Talya only by priority of
date.
FOOD SUPPLIES SEIZED.
( aptnln Hay Take Charge of Fort
Yukon Store In Nanio of Uncle ntu.
Washington, Feb. 2. Tho war de
partment has received advices from
its agent at Dyca, Major L. J. Hueker,
Fourth cavalry. In ono dispatch,
dated January 12, tho major savs that
W. 11. Uank, just in at Dyea from
Dawson December 10, had dispatches
from Captain Hay, the army o Ulcer
sent into the mining country by hec
rotary Alger to report upon conditions
there.
Rank said that Hay, who was at
Fort Yukon, had seized all the sup
plies of tho Alaska Commercial com
pany anil of tho North American
Trading company In tho namo of tho
government and was issuing them to
tho people, selling at tho company's
prices to those who could afford to
pay and giving to thoto unablo to pay.
There were 000 people nt Fort
Yukon. Hank further said that Ray
would ask the government for 500
troops, to bo stationed at Circle City
and vicinity. There havo boon sov
oral cases of starvation recently.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
I'rotenor I.nurent llawn, Knmai Geol
ogist nnd 1'loneer, No More.
Leavenwouth, Kan., Fob. 2. Pro
fessor Laurens llawn, tho geologist,
was found dead in bed this morning.
Ho was 00 year old, apparently In
good health last night, and his death
was a surprise, Professor llawn camo
to Weston, Ma, in tho early '40s, and
to Leavenworth In 1S4. Ho helped to
inako tho survey for tho original town
slto and was one of tho last four sur
vivors of tho thirty-two Incorporators.
As a civil engineer Prof. llawn
helped mako tho original survey for
tho Hannibal ,fc St Joseph railroad,
and ho wns assistant geologist for
Missouri in tho '40s. Melng a rclntlvo
by niarringo of General John Calhoun,
surveyor general of Kansas and Ne
braska in tho '50s, ho helped to Bur
vey and pint much of Kansas. To
Prof, llawln belongs tho credit of dis
covering coal iu this section.
NOVEL LABOR AGREEMENT
Indlitnit (Hum Worker and Kmployort
Itniind In Court for it Year.
Andihison, Intl., Fob. 2. Tho Indi
ana labor commission has effected n
settlement for ono year among the
1,000 workmen in tho plate gluss
plunts in tho stnto. Agreements were
entered Into on wage and working
regulations, und nrtieles drawn up
covering a year. It will bo filed in
tho county court nnd will be regarded
as a civil action, vloation of which
during the your by either workmen or
tho company will bo considered and
punished ns contempt of court
FIVE BURNED IN A HOTEL.
Tho Atvord Home In (IliirFTJVlllo, X. Y.,
Destroyed hy Fire.
ru.ovr.nsvii.u:, N. Y., Fob. '.'. Tho
Alvord house, n five-story briok hotol,
was burned nt 7 o'clock this morning.
Every room was occupied and many
narrow escapes occurred. Flvo livci
wero iost. Tho list follows: Henry
C. Day of (iloversvillo; Moll Moy Ru
pert; E. C. Kimball, wlfo and daugh
ter of Indianapolis, Ind. Tho losb to
the property Is 5100,000.
WHOLESALER AIL DELIVERY
Klglit Ileilii-rmloen i:it npr- nt Tori Srott
AskiiiiHciI tl o Deputy.
FoT Scott, Kan., Fob. 2 Eight
desporato federal and st.ito prisoners
confined In tho combination prison
horc, including George W. Finch of
Pnola, under sentence to bo hanged
for tho murder of Frank SwafTord of
Piedmont, Mo., and Has ltoblnson,
alias "Mlack Kye," n Missouri post
ofilco and bank robber, who has been
hunted for years, broke jail hero at
0:30 this morning by ussaultlng Dep
uty ShcrllV Males and robbing him of
Ills keys and gun.
During tho night they had sawed
the iron bar that automatically locks
all their cells nnd thus reached tho
corridor. When Mates went in they
pounced upon him. D. Harmon, the
ox-policeman of Armourdale, charged
with ubductlnir a 19-yonr-old
girl, nnd whoso wlfo was hero
to testify against him at his
trial to-morrow, assaulted tho
jailor with u cot log broken from ono
of tho cots and knocked him uncon
scious. Securing tho jailer's keys nnd
pistols they frightened ills boy away
from tho outside door and escaped.
Mcsidcs tho three montionod, George
Hill nnd Frank Rogers, Kansas City
boys sentenced to tho reformatory
for burglary, Itoy Wolf, similarly sen
tenced; James Cardiff of Galena, n
postofllco robbor, and John Wilson, a
Pittsburg, Kan., countorfolter, all
escaped, Rogers and Wilson wore re
captured west of town. Olllcers nro
In pursuit In all directions. They aro
especially after Harmon, Finch and
Mlack Eye.
BY A VOTE OF 1S2 TO 132.
I ho
Home Tablet the Taller Ileaolatloa
by SO Majority.
Washington, Feb. 2. Tho nouso
burled under tin ad verso majority of
fifty votes tho Teller resolution de
claring tho bonds of the t'nltod States
payable in sllvei. Tho Republicans
wero solidly urruyed in opposition,
with two exceptions, Mr. Linnoy of
North Carolina, who voted with tho
Democrats and Populists, and Mr.
White of Nortli Caroliun, tho only
colored member of tho House, who
answered "present" when his namo
was called.
The desertions from tho Democratic
side woro Mr. MoAIccr of Pennsylva
nia and Mr. Elliott of South Carolina.
Moth voted with tho Republicans
against tho proposition. Speaker
Reed, although it is not customary
for him to vote, had his name called,
und, amid tho cheers of his followers,
went on record in opposition to ttia
resolution.
ANOTHER DUN FOR SPAIN
Tho
Hull Claim or S7i1,noo to no rallied
by tho Htnto Depiirtmont.
Washington, Feb. 2. It is said that
another demand 'i to bo mado upon !
Spaln for tho payment of 875,000 in
demnity to tho widow of Dr. Rlcardo
Ruiz, for the murder of her husband iu
Aguanabacoa jail. Tho state depart
ment is preparing instructions to
Minister Woodford which will be sent
to that official in a few days in which
he will bo directed to call tho atten
tion of Sagasta, minister of foreign af
fairs, to tho fact that tills claim was
presented last summer; that it has not
yet been paid, nor, in fact, has a de
tailed answer been received to tho
noto addressed to tho late Minister
Canovas. Thu only reply mude has
been a formal acknowledgment of tho
"occipt of tho claim.
EAST BLIZZARD SWEPT.
A Urent Htoriu Unci or From the Lakes
to the Coait
New Yok, Feb. 2. Tho entiroenst
em portion of tho country is snow
bound. In Rhode Island, Massachu
setts, Now Hampshire, Malno and in
the Canadian provinces nearly all tho
-wires aro down us tho result of last
light's storm.
New York city is under snow to an
average depth of flvo inches. Moro
titan 8,500 shovolcrs we rev working to
rcmova tho snow in tho boroughs of
Manhattan nnd the Mronx alone.
Chicago, Fob. 1. Reports from va
rious towns in Michigan, Wisconsin
and Indiana tell of a severe billiard.
FORTY-FOUR DROWNED.
1'nMiienKor
u Fob In
Steamer Wrecked Durlnc
tho Enclhh Channel,
Plymouth, England, Fob. 2. Tho
.steamer Chtiunol Queen, which ran bo
tweon Plymouth and tho island of
Jersey, struck on tho rocks during a
fog tills morning and sank. There
woro slxty-fivo persons on board, and
it was at first reported that nil except
two had been saved. Tho latest ad
vices, however, havo it that forty-four
lives woro lost. The others wero saved
in tho steamer's boats.
Fouudrynieu Combine to I'lijlit Ktrlkot
Clkvki.ani), Ohio, Fob. 2. Tho
foundrymon of tho country havo just
completed the formation of an organ
ization Intonded for their mutual pro
tection. Tho main object is to pro
vent strikes, and, in caso they cannot
prevent them, to light them together.
To this end, wages nro to bo itept th
sumo in nil parts ot tho country.
Fmir no leo Famine.
Nr.w Yomr, Fob. 2. Unless Jack
Frost docs somo tall hustling tho next
month, nn ico famine iu likely this
year. Tho agents of the Ice companies
aro anxiously watching tho present
cold spell. They all say it depends on
February.
Nmr Ciililu to thu Vet Iudlei.
Kingston, Jamaica, Fob. 2. Tho
opening of tho now cable via Turk's
Island nnd Merniuda wns celebrated
yesterday. It gives tho United States
n li fl Pnn niln n intin,il 1 ti rs.i . .
Ia wtlllllMII t V.WI1I iV vtvuu tuittu Vfc
cablegrams to tho West Indies.
ARE YOU 1 O LIVE IN ALASKA
Soma Itequlrrturnl Thnt Will lie Found
Indlxpt inn le.
Tho universal article of diet In that
country, depended upon und Indispens
able la bread or biscuit. And to make
tho bread and biscuit, either in tho
camp or upon tho trail, yeast cannot bo
used It must bo baking powder, nnd
tho powder manufactured by the pro
cesses of tho Royal Making Powder
Company, minors and prospectors havo
learned, Is tho only ono which will
stand In that peculiar climate of cold
and dampness and ralso tho bread und
biscuit satisfactorily.
Theso facts uro very Importnnt for
every one proposing to go to Alaska
and tho Yukon country to know, for
should ho bo persuaded by somo out
fitter to tuko one of tho cheap brands
of baking powder. It will cost Just no
much to transport It, and then when
he opens it tor use, after all his labor
In packing it over the long nnd dlfllcult
route, ho will find a solid caked mass
or a lot of spoiled powdor, with no
strength and useless. Such n mlstako
might lead to the most serious results,
Alaska Is no place In which to experi
ment In food, or try to economize with
your stomach. For uso In such n
climate, and under the trying and
fatiguing conditions of llfo and labor
in that country, everything must bo
tho best and most useful, nnd above
nil it Is imperative that all food sup
plies shall have perfect keeping quali
ties. It is absurd to convey over such
dlfllcult nnd expensive routes nn arti
cle) that will deteriorate In transit, or
that will bo found when required for
uso to have lost a great part of IU
value.
There Is no better guldo to follow in
those matters than the advice of thoso
who havo gone through similar experi
ence. Mr. McQucsten, who Is called
"tho father of Alaska," after an cxporl
enco of years upon the trail, Iu tho
camp, and In the uso of every kind of
supplv. says: "We find In Alaska that
tho importance of a proper kind of
baking powder cannot bo overesti
mated. A miner with a can of bad
baking powder Is almost helpless In
Alaska. Wo havo tried nil sorts, nnd
have been obliged to settle down to uso
nothing but tho Royal. It Is stronger
and carries further at first, but above
all things. It is tho only powder that
will endure the sevcro climatic changes
of tho arctic region."
It Is for tho same reasons that tho
Unltod State3 government in its relief
expeditions, and Peary, the famous
arctic traveler, havo carried tho Royal
Daklng Powder exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and Is
the most highly concentrated and effi
cient of leavening agents. Hence it is
Indlspensablo to every Alaskan outfit.
It can bo had of nny of tho trading
companies in Alaska, but should tho
minor procure his supplies before lcav-
lng, he Bhould resist ovcry attempt of
the outfitter to palm off upon him nny
of the other brands of baking pow
der, for they will spoil and provo tho
cause of great disappointment and
trouble.
PEDDLERS IN MEXICO.
Why an Old Woman Wonldn't Sell All
Her Honey ut Oun Time.
"While traveling in Mexico a few
years ago I had a funny .cxperlcnco
with a Mexican vender which goes to
show what little business ability tho
lower classes have," said E. F. Gulg
non of St. Louis. "I was en route to
look at somo mines away up in tho
mountains. At the station where we
left the train to take the stage I saw
an old woman selling some honey. Sho
did not have more than ten pounds of
It altogether and oa It looked so good
I wanted to buy It all to take along with
us. I asked our interpreter to buy It
Much to my surprise the old woman
would sell him but two boxes, claim
ing that If she sold It all to him she
would have nothing to sell to other
people, neither would she have any
thing elso to do during the remainder
of the day I"
FADS IN FLOWERS.
Florists' shops abroad are much dif
ferent from the ones In this
country. In London, for ex
ample, funeral freaths and em
blems aro displayed in tho windows,
with thoir prices ottached. Somo are
attractive, others very hideous. Lichen
is fashionable thero for crosses and
wreaths, and from this grisly-gray
background calla lilies and whito rosoa
peer.
Set pieces, the "gates njar," broken
columns and floral pillows, aro always
painful, for, in tho first place, tho nat
ural grace and beauty of the flowers li
destroyed, and in tho next thero la no
excuse for the emblems. Flowers for
the dead should bo scattered in care
less handfuls then only nro they com
forters, with their graceful beauty un
impaired. Tho modern custom of add
ing to a death notlco tho words,
"Frieuds will pleaso omit flowers,"may
bo traced to tho reluctance of tho sur
vivors to bo confronted with those
ghastly sot pieces which have raged S3
long.
Tho best artists havo always recog
nized that flowers should bo allowed to
arrange themselves. Masketfuls, arm
(uls or great bunches ot loose (lowers
are Justifiable, but crushing thoir beau
ty Into nny systematized outline is un
forgivable. Florists abroad havo
frightful habit of "making up" bouton
nlers for men's coats, und theso bunches
ot threo or four violets a spray ot fern
and a branch ot forgot-mc-nots ure
cccu on the Inpols of tho men who do
not appreciate truo fitness. A single
gardenia tuberoso or a knot ot mis
nonetto Is better than one ot theso hor
rlblo mixtures.
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