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NEW YORK FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 TWtIR8r rHCR CF1THE ALBANYLAWMAKERSyI-

UY11 rTUB SENATE AGAINST rnts-OF invais-

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e lveS neeelntloDe Finally AdopteaTaaInvestigation to be Made by the OeaeratJ-Lavre fommltteeIlatb Heaeee Aajonrafor Ten Daye to Allow the Assembly

Camber CHg to bo Propped tpALA Fob ICAftor a bltlor fight

ngalnst a lon of Republican Senatorsgtul tlio lobby thnt dofoatod an Investigation inthe Assembly tho Ivos resolutions directingtho Commlttoo on General Laws to Invoallfcatetrusts and combinations passed tho Senatethis morning without i dissenting oto TheSenators who mudo speeches against Inves-

tigation¬

voted for the resolutions whon theythat they would bo passed without their

votesfW so that their records might bo keptstralaht In the Ass mbly tho Yates resolutionwn laid oer again nftor Mr Yates had cnethe Now York newspapers liarsother nico names because they said that howas Induced by tho lobby composed of Granvlllo 1 Hawes eCnlregmanJohn 1 Damp

and Hamilton Haris rsoluton Ho

on tho tiblo The Investigation thhands of ono of the best committees In the Bonate tho Committee on General Laws Themembers of the committee are Arnold OCon ¬

nor Walker Coggcshall Llnson hos andLirtsbeln Ivos and Langboln are from NewYork and OConnor is from Brooklyn Thoonly old Senators the committee are Walkerand Cogeefclmll Tho first tour are Iepubll-cnusandtt100thsr8

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are Democrats Tho Tam-many

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lal antitrust bills have already beenthis committee In the Assembly

tlifV were sent by the Speaker to tho JudiciaryCommittee where the Chairman is keepingthem In waco

Under the rules the resolutions which wereoffered yesterday in tho Senate went over aday They urovide that tho Committee onGeneral Lows shal Investigate all trusts andcombinations report what legislation 1snecessary to remedy the evils of tust1 anyevils exist Senators Erin hodasked that tho tesolutions should bprintedbefore being considered Tho ugbltoeRecdd-Id not appear on time today adlug half an hour Senator Ivos called up his res-olutions

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The Clerk sold that no copy of theresolutions was on his dosk They woro InBonia ono olel custody Tho object thiswin delay Tho Bonato In the meantime passeda resolution to adjourn from tomorrow toMonday Fob 27 and u delay of a day wouldmoan a postponement of a fortnight whichwould practically kill the Investigation Thorwas no official copy of the resolutions in thefionato chamber Senator Ives overcame thatdiniculty by cutting out of THE SUN the text ofthe resolutions and ottering that as his originalrllutons There

tho Wa no chance for kicks

Senator Hloan began the opposition to the invnuHritlii Hn Raid that there should first hapreliminary xumfnnHolto see whether theinvestigation Ho favored-a dollY ot two or three days only and hoped

would object to such a slight de-lay

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for that purpose bo moved to refer theresolution to the Committee on General Lawsfor that committee to decide whether ainves-tigation

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Is necessaryBenator Ives said The Sonata has just

voted to take a recess from tomorrow for tondays and a delay of two days will be a delay oftwo weeks since there will bno opportunityto report until the Senate rasmbles If theBonator will amend his make areport back to the Bonato unnecessary in casethe Committee on General Laws decides onthis intflstteation I will accept the amendmentThe henale is going to take a roossand IIn that Limo the can conduct its

InvestigatIon If the investigation is postponeduntil astor the recess thero will be no time toconduct it and tho report wl be too late in thesession to make It of value legislation

This suggestion was dec8 by SenatorBlonn who wanted delay

Benator Ives said The committee do notthink that bills introduced late In the sessionhave the slightest possibility of passing Thosewho oppose the bills against trusts will be able1handle them with ease if public sentiment

not aroudod so that the Legislature will haveto act If there is not ainvestigation thesebills will never pass

Senator Langbcln told how Chairman Tedderof tho Committee on Taxation and Retrenchmont had drawn up a resolution directing hiscommittee to Investigate the trusts and becharged that Veilder Erwin and Haines want ¬

ed to defeat the investigation because they boanot control of It

Iatrlarch Low thought that trusts might bewicked and possibly Homo of them were butho opposed an investigation until he knowmore abut It

favored waiting until morolight could bohad Ho did Benator ZerubbabolKrwln who helped flic up the Sloan amend-ment

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Benator HondrlckslnQulrd If the Committee-on by the end of thorecess Chairman Arnold saId It could andtho resolution was so amended as to requirethe committee to report on Fob27 Instead piMarch 1 Then Senator Sloanvlndicoton of his uprightness madolspeOhMSenator Italnos stated an histhat the Benatorof thoLaws and virtuous

Senator Cantor said thut tho people demand-ed

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remedial legislation He had offered thetwo Tammany Hall antitrust bills and he

no postponement In theIr considera-tion

¬nnd passage The investigation should

begin at ono nni speedilySenator told the Senate what they all

know that tho lobby had its clutches on theAssembly and that the Afembly WWstiflingan investigation The temptatonhasprovtoo strong for the Itrust it will not prove too strong forthls body

Senator Pierce who represents the workingmens dlRrlctln Brooklyn added a plea for the

of the resolutions whichtho working people demanded

Senator Uellly ban a resolution directing theAttornnyGeiieral to bring suits against thetrusts because of tholr allowed violations of therenal Lode but he said ho was not so anxiousto Insist on hil resolution as to secure somolegislation would benefit the people of hisdistrict Hn recalled the time when XerubbabelDrwln was an Assemblyman and had a com-mittee

¬Investigate the Tontlno plan insurancecompanies In a way that became a scandal

The Sloan motion to delay consideration wasdefeated 8 to ID The eight are nil Uepublltuna Hawkins Erwin Low llalnea Robert-son

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Sloan Sweet and Veddor Eleven of thenineteen aro Democrats It was then passedThe roll was called and when It was seen thatthe resolution had seventeen votes enough topass It anyhow the man who had opposed Itcame In and voted for it eo that judging fromthe record it was unanimous while really Itwas a close and bard tight

The General Laws Committee being author ¬fred to investigate trustsllS decided to haveits first suasion trh Avenue HotelNew York on Saturday 18

A statement is obtaining currency about theCapitol that some nf the gentlemen here whoaro representative for revenue only extortedIASOO front somo one of the new York artauctioneers an a consideration for the amend ¬ing of tho Auction law so that sales of picturescould be held altar dark It Is quite probablethat thero will be a row about It for the personswho really Interested tb8180lvesln passing themeasure are above Iny

A big force of men at work hung up theAssembly chamber fo that the coiling will nottell In lour holes have been put through thefloor of the chamber and tho old Court ofAppeals room below to tho ground TherewillI bo columns from thu ground up to theStone coiling of the chambrnnd then will bolatticework four stoneplllam already there and connecting thorn withthe now supporting columns The now sup ¬ports rlfn through the pit and the third row ofdesks The Assembly voted to adjourn to¬

mIrrow for ton days while the work is doneAppropriation bill passed the Assembly

unanimously after a few changes had beenmado In Ias reported by the committee nod1ldlltb011 40000 to the total appropriation

increasing the salaries of theirofficers IHsod the Henate

Among tlio bills offered In the Senate soilAsboiiiblytterothosa IJy Mr 1Iatt axrmptbig fireproof hotels from the law which roquires them to have ropes in every bedroomby Mr Kimball Chairman of the Excise Com-mittee

¬providing that a prohibition amend

infill hal bl submitted in each county on anoniillfth of the voters i byJIrforgan to hate a stenographer In the New

tork City Court by Mr Ollellly to make everycor e tllrt days notice of any Intended1 reduction waKed by Mr Martinniipioirlntiiu t for an armory for thejloOOIllifct lil Igiult Ii York by Jlr Asplnall-li IIIIt1i Minium charge fur each electric

at 40 cents a night by llrMorgan to decrease the tax on street railroadcompanies by Mr lUUPKIMau permitting the9 ol car atovea unUl I Butor-

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Aqueduct Commlolonere to 110000 and brBenator Low to the Registration lawPJfto villain of maloe90population ap

The Crosby bill was finally re ¬

ported favorably In tho Assembly It is nearthe foot of the calendar and hueon hold forsue weeksOther bills reported favorably were In theAssembly the Quarantine Foe the Dock

mltlrPillLvthe Electricity bilienalty billMontolioro nomo Tx Exemption billIn the Senate the Woman Huftrage at Munlclpal Eiootlo bilL the Cantor School andbsthe r tatousn FirDepartment billOwing to a In announcing tho dateof the hearing before the joint Judiciary Cornrnitto on the Tammany Hall Trust bills thohearing had been postponed until tho 28th InstTho Tammany however put in anappearance today headed by Roger A Pryorwho spoke strongly against trusts and submit ¬ted a lengthy brief The constitutional right tosuppress trusts was the main argument whichwas the same amade before tho Senate Com

mleAIT ZXSUItANCE-

OlalWDJf

War Hald ke wu Dead bat Do ItFonad 1st stat Prison

BTTLLWATEB Min Fob IBA life inauanon fraud has rundown by the discoveryof 1 supposed deaman I the penitentiaryhero Ho was up as August TowskyIn 1885 for throe years for shooting a womansupposed to be his wife Biyears ago Towskylived In Chicago under name of Zowatoskland took out a life Insurance policy upon hislife for 8600 Ho soon after disappeared andhis wife showed a note from him saying that howas about tdrown himself Part of his cloth-ing was found upon ono of the lako piers Avain search was made for the body About twomonths after I floater so decomposed ato bebeyond Identification was found in the lakoand claimed by MrZowatoskl athe remainsof her husband She recovered Ijudgment forthe life Insurance The paymentof judgment has been delayed and mean ¬time detectives have ben at work on the caseBy some means man was led toIUpposo that Towsky the convict was really

and telegraphed to for bintlwaterdeeription This was Monday Dot Johns in appeared at the prisonJobpson had known Zowatoski in Chicago butcould hardly identify the prisoner Q11-Upearod

apfully ten years younger than was ex-

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Upon being addressed by his Chicagoname the convict showed no surprise butmerely corrected tho officer The latter nextwont to Chicago to Interview Mrs Towsky whosaid that she refused to act In collusion withher husband tdefraud a life Insurance com-pany

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and for that reason and In order toobtain the Insurance which be had placed uponher life he attempted to murder her

When Johnson returned hare be found a lettor from the examining physician of the Chi-cago

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insurance agency delcrlbll a peculiarscar upon ono of Yesterdayamstho prisoner was examined the sear wasfound Zowatoskl could no longer deny hisidentity and be will be taken to Chicagowhore hiareal wife now as soon ho

lea i a IrJONA axELva JrDJThe Police Think They ron the Trek of

the RIght ManCnicAOO Fob lGTho mYtrou man

who loft a fashionable houson Mon-roe street near Ada Itrotwhen the dead boyof Millionaire A J 6no1 was found andhas thus for escaped eyes of every police-man

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in the United dtates is now firmly believedto be ono of the murderers of the aged capi ¬

talist For a week previous to tho tragedy hIsstrange actions aroused suspicion In the boarlog house Ho wa never at homo atWhen ho returned In the morning he seldommingled with the rest of tho boarer Ho wasalways fashionably dressed ad appeared thave plenty of money When his room wassearched by te plo oiflcers tho found alarge quantity which hadtolon from nellhbrlnl houses The ben

this plunder 13000The mysterious man left a blocksllk skullcap In hla romOne woman told Lieut Boss

today a man wearing a blackcap talklnJBo Mr Snell two days before elkpositive are the dead mans rela-

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that the Monroe street hoarder Is tho as-sassin

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that this afternoon a reward ofwas offered for hla capture Thirty 150circulars containing a description of the manhave been sent abroad ovor the country

This afternoon a heavily veiled woman wastaken to the ContralPolco Station She wasthe mistress sUJposod assassin and sheIdentified the black aa tho property ofher lover whom she called Cartwrlght She isstill In custody Tho police believe that Cartwright left tow day after the murder

J POLLAFTER TUB 31UBDKKER

Pete Dowllna Said to be In Cedar ampHurllnetoB County

lIED DAFeb 16It is reported herto¬

day Dow1nI tho murderer of RobertHamilton ha bon discovered among thecharcoal the piOs A man calledPollln while looklnl for among the char-coal

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burners to pines saw Dowllng work-ing

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among a party of colored wood choppersItecognlzlng him athe murderer ho discon-tinued

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his search for work and went to Free-hold

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and notified Prosecutor Charles Halghtof his dfsoover Tho Prosecutor it is saidgave a plaint and a pair of hand-cuffs

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and told him to arrest theman Pollln went aalnto the nlnol He sayshe saw Dowllng was party offriends and thoywero all using axes ho didnot dare to arrest him Today a party of sixor eight constables from different parts of thocounty went to the pines and it is said tOYwill be ready to arrest fowling by daylightmorrow morning

FREEHOLD Feb 16 Yesterday afternoon CV 11 Pollln a fisherman came to Ocean Iteach-Ho Is an odd character and never has rid-den

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on a train Us says he hWdiscoveredthe whereabouts of Dowlnl the mur-derer

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of Hamilton sworn Inan a deputy yesterday afternoonshertHe says Dowlln Cedar Swamp Butting ¬

ton county In a cabin with a dozen othor in-mates

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lie started out on foot yesterday forIlurllnrton county Short Drown will takethe 12O train for county todayis reported that this Pollln once traced a ItVirginia and caught him there

BPABODfO rA CLUB HOUSE

A Lot of Hard Illttlns at the New Tork-Athletle Clubs Iloxlna Tournament

A boxing entertainment was hold lastnight by tho New York Athletic Club at its club-house James Robinson and Jack Dreon ofHarlem middle wolght went at aoh other in-n hnnw VAv hltlnO An1i 1 Jno v uutbo ring Robinson bad a good loft hand butDreon could counter and then his blows wouldtell At the end of the third round Iwas hardto tell who had the best of it

George Loughran and John Conlln had ihotand heavy all over tbe stage

Frank Donovan Pastime A 0 and DanOBrien bantam welht sparred like twobantam cocks and IO looked tora towith great Interest was beiween FlaorJof Boston and Jack Kenney offought to a finish a few nllht ago Konnoyknocking out Flaherty in thro rounds Bothevidently tried to do what they could but Kenney bad all the best of It again and koptlug in a wicked left wHh great street RUDIon Flnersnok and law until Flaherty fairlyweakness and exhaustionFinally in the third round Eenneys left sentFlaherty to the floor and as ho could not gotup on tbe call of time it was decided that Kennej Was the winner

Joe Flaherty Brother of Tom Flaherty ofioston and O J McCarthy champion amateurfeatherwelgbt of America tried conclusionsIn a sixround contest McCarthys hut didgood execution on JMaliortra hObO and jaw Inthe third round both had bloody noeeH midwore puffing considerably and at tthe end ofthe sixth McCarthy by his clean leadlnl andelegant stops was awarded the

Jack Farr ll who la matched to tight JackHaveltn shortly to a finish for 1000 and EddieGraham had allot eetto of four rounds

Tha event of the V Dlld was between theheavy weights Jim Fell Harry LnngdonThy went right to smashing right andleft Langdon was knocked down jureo timesby Pelt Every one of tbo blows toldand Langdons loft eye was oloied up completely by twowlckml riirlithajirters Tboy fought at closequartorslnd BO hot and fierce wore tho blows

went down all In TheIreferee decided Veil the winner heap

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Acquire Ueaesty eek liaullliy 41LITMUS Iq5QJIfl4SUtEi4I5I h

THE CRISIS IN THE STRIKEM4Nr OF TUB XOCKKDOVT MINERS

BEPOnTKD TO UK IfEAKEHZHaThe Company Claim to be Able to Man Their

Mine Eatlnee and lumps If tba Men areCalled Out Today and they the Order

READKO Fob IGThor Is an cosier footlog In tho coot regions tonight as it becameknown this afternoon that tho Hooding Com ¬

panys oiUcluls had received many applicationsfrom practical cnllnoor to go to work at thomines to take places of any who mightstrike if ordered to do so at tomorrows moot ¬

lug of tho Strike Committee I is given outthat the Reading Company upon a days noticecan Ievery vacancy with good engineers andpumpmen Whothor this Is simply a bluff ontho eve of tomorrows meeting is not knownThe officials claim to bo in earnest while tholabor loaders smile and say tho companycan do no such thing Tomorrows mootingtho public believe will amount to very Itolint It must be romemborod that very blieved that the minors woul strike at tbo ¬

Idnnlnl of tho roar same state of affairsnow as thou and tho temper of the on

cineera and pumpmen may bo mistakenThey may prove moro loynto their order titanmost people now Tho meeting willbe interesting and exciting and Ithe majorityrefuse to strike it will bo the first open rebellionsince the great struggle began and may bo thebeginning of a general brooking of the lines oftho strikers

Many evidences of weakening wore reportedtoday t3everaiongineorswljidre front theorder anti large numburl of tho HoudinI Com ¬panys miner got work url col ¬

lieries to be turned awayall the miners <they wanted No doubt Imfmen would co to work at tho companys col ¬

leresl a simlelont numbor could bo mus ¬

start a breaker The number of menreporting for duty at the mines of tim com ¬panys collieries Is Increasing dally and thoconservative element 1is becoming more cour-ageous

¬as tho riotous ncntlmont Is ap ¬

panty subsiding At Tower City oneprincipal members of the Knights

of Labor ut a late meeting of the localassembly declared that he had fought throughthe war to put down treason and that he wasnow ready to wade ankle deep Iu blood to putdown monopoles What the region needed hosaid Molly Miigulros Tho nextmorning this agitator was scabbing it atDrookside At Treniont ono of the most furi-ous

¬Knight of Labor members preached etrlkont the afternoon meeting of thu assembly de-

claring¬

that ho for ono would never consent to-n compromise but would stick until Gabriel

The next morning ho tookan appointment ns a special policeman and Isnow escorting scabs homo from tho Old Lin-coln

¬colliery

John E Richards a minor of Shenandoahmakes a vigorous nubile appeal today for thominers to go to work nt tho old wages confi ¬

dent that the Heading Company will do therlallt tblnt Ito Inn hvauvlnir Nwnr minithe StrLkiCornrnittroieaoi i i I themi out of tboquestion for they are all right with their f25 uday while you and your family have not got tho-nocessltesof life Several of the Strike Com ¬

front tim west eUI of SchuylUllunablo to Induce the men work to giveup theIr jobs

The outbreaks by tho women and boys aboutTromont Tower City nnd llranchdale are twcoming less frequent in consequence of th >vigorous and determined work ol Lieut Tan-ner

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and his detachment of armed policethe company can In case of a strike man Inine engines und pumps with now men an theyclaim they can I is believed tho companywill soon have a fow moro thousand men atwork In Its col lories The public sentimentcreated by the true friends of tho strikers Incalling a halt apparently has a good effect

TUB STRIKE IlYESTIOArIONBfiumaer Whiting of the Readlnv Coal and

Iron Company Under ExaminationPnttADEWHiA Fob 16 General Manager-

A H Whiting of tim Reading Coal and IixnCompany was the witness boforo the Congressoommlttoo today Ho said that on Dec 20a committee bended by John U Davis waitedon him and asked that tha contract grant-Ing tho eight per cent advance upon thoold basis which had been mao in Septemberand was to terminate on Jan 1 bo ex¬

tended On Doc 21 the request was re¬

tho minor claiming that tho sameconditions existed and were likely to existas when the advance was granted Hoadvised tho men to wait Ho said that thereceivers who then controlled and operated theroad would probably be retired by thlcourts inJanuary and that if they returned work onJan 1 on the old basis which they hind agreedto dp 1ln the contract then the now managersprooaoiy wouiu roan up ineir petition antimake a now and satisfactory basis nothingdefinite como of this Intlrlol The agree-ment

¬of September ofthO a com-promise

¬The men hail demanded an Increaseof Sheen per cent nail agreed to take an eight

per cent advance He wroto the ngreomouthimself submitted It to the solicitor of thepany and to Mr Corbln nail It had COUapproval of all the manacersof tho company Thecontract which specified Jan 1 an its limita ¬

finn of time contemplated A olianco of thu ox ¬isting system of fixing tho v ages of tho minersIn answer to a question by Mr AndersonMr Whiting said that the reason tha companydid not wish to continuo tho advance or keepIn force the contract after Jan 1 was that Itwas proposed after that to change the entiresystem which was not considered a good oneWitness admitted that all of the mines in tlioSehuylklll region except the lloadutigare openanti paying toe 8 per cent advance which theHeading refuses hut they wore able to do thisonly bucnlso tie llendlnu mines nro not In op

Itoadlug men wont to work tlioprice of coal which advanced n ton In 1hlladttlnhia would drop and Iindividual col ¬

lieries would ho compelled to roduco wagesalso But the witness could not explain whyoltnough the output of coal from tho anthraciteregions In January 1888 was grouter thanthat of January 1887 prices were bo muchhigher now than thou

General Manager A A McLaod nnd Georgedo B Kelm President of the Coal and IronCompany wore afterward examined at greatlength

A omnambalUt Frozen to DeathBOSTON Feb IOTho body of llr John M

Underwood a wealthy resident of Oak KnolDanvnra was found this morning aquarter of a mile from his house For someyears Mr Underwood had boon aflllctod withsomnambulism antI within a few nights pastho had boon found wanderlnlabout tho housein his sloop As ho appear at tho usualhour this morning his slstor wont to his roombut ho was not there Word wan sent to tbanearest eigbborsthe HonStephen Fhlllipaand Mr Flab that Mr Underwood was missingThey Instituted a search Mr Fish going to-ward

¬heaver Brook Station and Mr Wiilllns

taklnlnn nnnoalto direction Mr IMtlllfna unaquickly rectiFied by it shout from Mr Fish whobad found Mr Underwoods body lying Iu tlioroad He was clad only in his night dress anddeath Lund undouhtclyensuud hours beforethe hn must haveleft the house at about midnight The mercuryrtood at daylight at from 8 to 10 ° bobw zeroYears ago Mr Underwood left his house undermuch tho same circumstances Tho night wasTry cold but ho was seen by a neighbor iusave his lifetA Dinner to Col Cockerlll

The Now York Press Club gave n banquetlast night at Delmonlcos in compliment toCoL John ACokorl Its newly elected 1resldent Cover wore laid for 235 gentlemennearly al of whom wore connected directlywith newspaper profession Ashley WColo tho VlceProsldont of the club presidedAmong the uosts of tho club were Guy BandBennett 11111 Chnuncey M DIIlWiHenry Hilton Daniel Uoswoll VFlower oxMayorGrace Charles HTaylorCol Alex McClure Editor Frank HattonManager A l Palmer Congressman AmosJ dimming There wore sixteen speechesand n distinguished personal meeting of Govlull anti Clmuncoy Ml Dopow who mutuallycroetuti euch other as future candidates for thoFrisldency Tha entire company was photographed by flash light during th dinner oy theeditor of the IhotograpMo Times

Smith for PresidentDr McGlynn was asked last night If ho

was going to run for President Ho said thatso far ns ho know that had not been seriouslytalked of in tlio imrty nut that ho had nevercon ldoroil It Thmo wanu talk ho Mildof making Congressman hoary Smith of Mi-lwaukee

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the uurtyv candidate

FIfth VXDElt TUB FOVltTU NATIONAL

The Electric Lamps O Out In Vermtlve itsCos and tk Firemen Go In

Georgo W Mills colored had Just finishedcloBnlnl up tho banking offices of Vormllyo k

tho white marble building In Nassaustreet In which tho Fourth National Bank isquartered when nt7X oclock last evening tha-oloctrlo lamps wont out Simultaneouslysmelled stooge a moment ho MISItongue of flame leap upward In thostroot end of tho offices and south of tha maincorridor Ho ran out of the building and yelled

Flrol In 4 Engines houso around on Libertystreet

Tho firemen wore soon smMblnlVorrallyo ACos big plate glass windowl an extremelythorough manner When Chief McGIll arrivedlie sent out a second urm Knglne No 1hail to stop work for lark of water aThe floor above the ofllco of Vormllyo it Co Inoccupied by the Fourth National Bank Thefiremen burst in tho doors there and hacked aholn In the floor to put n hose through whilethoflrn patrol covered what of the office furnltOre they could The lrpatrol also enteredthe Third National nnd tho offices ofHess Bros t Co and W T Inch A Co andcovered tile furniture there not die ¬

turb tbo Gornianla Lifo Insurance CosThe lire hud come from the ofculbig hole was cut In the loorol Yormllyo A Cas-omcesand tho lire wits out In quicktuna Little waburned but Vormllyo Cosofllco was in sorry 1llht Almost every ¬thing of glass In around It wassmashed some of lift furniture broken Itsfloors worn flooded with wator al theregaping holes In the floor wall and werthe clerks office National Bankescaped with a big hole in one corner of Itsfloor und water oor the rest ol tim lloor Thewhole buildlngwaa well smoked up

The building Is owned by tho 1ourth Nationalflank nnd the GormautuLUe Tho damage willnot exceed J300HPresident J Edward Blmmon of the FourthNational camo down In a big furtrimmed Ulster and fur cap Cashier w

Bloodgood of VormilekCo was on hand too1cinx sKitricB IIEVOIIMKBS

The Behavior ofthe Brooklyn Civil fterrlee-Commliilon Did Not Suit Them

Tho annual mectlns of the Brooklyn CivilService Reform Association was held last nightand tho eight members who assembled re-

elected William G Low President and namedeight VicoIresMentB and a bll ExecuthoCommittee to carry on the work reform dur-ing

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the > onr Tho Treasurer reported that585 had been received during tho past year to

carry on tho work of which 17810 had beenexpended In the annual rpor regret Is ex-pressed

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that there has no national legis-lation

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touching tho civil service system duringthe present s sslOI and that 1 iIs Improbablethat uny bill Importance will boItcforcncnI is made to alleged Irregularities eddnrthn Intn PKII Knrvlpn fnmmlalnn Itprtnlrlyn and Its Secretaryi andi the deflancoandnOIJec of the provisions of the law by thedepartments The general adminis ¬

tration of the law under that Hoard Is pro-nounced

¬a travesty upon decent government

Great things urn predicted for the presentCommission appointed n few weeks ago byMayor Chopin who Is strongly commended forthe selections ho has made nnd Itlio associationpromises tho now Commissioners nil tho aid Itcan In perfecting tbo system from which sotouch is expected

Tho eight reformers resolved to have ap ¬

pointments of bridge employees placed undercivil service rules IIf possible

A SLAV AT CLYlNDAccused of Insulting Americas by Bendtna

A lre ent to tne Pope

In tho Pilgrim CngreAntlonl ChurchMadison avenue yesterdayafternoon tho twentysecond annual mootingof the Young Mens ChrKtinn Associations ofNow York began There are at present 13-5Msolatonsln this State representing about

Nearly all the associationswero represented

The lion Dr Abbott Klttredgo pastor theMadison Avenue Reformed Church deliveredthe opening address In It he said

There have been periods when the CatholicChurch has given Its attention to the outwardsplendor of its tomile and to tho beauty of Itsritual and she has made a certain impressionupon tho word by tba splendor and beautysuch as a few weeks slnco Inthe city of Homt when tho President of thisgreat republic for the sake of securing votesInsulted tho religious convictions of tho vastmajority of our population by his gift in your

name to tIm religious head of thoPanal Church

llipsoofficers wororlocted President Theo¬dare Voorliees Assistant General Manager ofthe Now York Centralt Railroad First VicePresident W H iratwlck of Buffalo SecondVlcoProldent II 1II Ito Ilivan of CohoosThlrdVicePresident the HonHT Johnson ofFalls SecretaryC iE Hurlburtof Oenl

In tile evening a dinner nnd reception by thoNew York Association was given nt Sulzsrshuh About 1000 persons sat down to tableAddresses woro nindo by Dr L Warner thoROT Dr Henry hurter 8t James ME Church Theodora voorheos tho newlyelected President W K Dodge anti AlbertMonroe President of tho Now York Association

LOST fOLICEUAIf dtOUAJf-

Ho TVn > In Dlieraee and He ha > BeenMissing Now Two Month

The relatives of John Crohan a young goodlooking its foot poltcemia of tile Thirty terentb Stree-tsttioe who disappeared two months alo eye anxIousto know I b Ili alive < r not tie 10111 disgrace byappearing at the Jefferson Market lnloe Court on Sun-day DeI Intoxicated He took off bli uniform aunttbltlil and gave them to Sergeant Tbomal saying thatbe was unworthy to wear them ran The Birgeant-advlud him to stand trial anil mkan torllrorlie laid be would and tonlgbt lie returned To the ilatlon at ti oclocl Taentaymorning cud went to tue buirdjug hon 3t SailThirty sereath street

The publication of lilt dlfirac In thmorning papenSheeted lilin very muh He eat with bliI fel-low bourderi that afternoon and declared that be wouldnever far his sister Solo who had iromlned to call onhim that lay He wool out the tack way to avoid bottlEIota br the boardun Ph landlady and hli bruiSer who1a pilot on the Urehawken ferrr nail hJi sIsters h-Ut moon him tuCe

ills name baa butt droppdram tbe rolls of tbe de-partmentday without

becauseleare

ot bl abUC for more tuflre

Commodore Oerrr le a SallormanTho Steamboat Inspectors investigating

committee lucId an < cute aetilon during tbe morn-ing at which Inspector waa examined Hesaid regarding Commodore Elbrldge T Gerrys license

He was examined the > ame as any other applicantfor a pilots license I consIder blm equal to oarlgatlngan Liofti in thbarber I hove trequeetiy sattact Withhim on the Yurk yacht Club cruise and AIWSfound him qa11 any enueruleacy No thiluouc could-

brottytut 1uu a license to Siru rr UO Wa IIjUplnwallI Kuller fjeiilenl of the Marine EngineersNational Anoclalloa who wI suspended by ImpectarUarsland and suburquentl remiiaiedI submitted bis-charnei sualntt Maryland embracing fifteen counts allalleging that licen es bad bush granted to inefficient andIncompetent mill-

Comtnodut terry ny he was subjected to an examtnatlon the fame as otlirr IUt sad cOUidc blouelf-aVYtnntmt tt iiracl triMMA

The JTap Whipped a blnamnn who WisbedIIlDS a Happy Hew Yeur

Horace Klbby formerly manager of the Japa-

nese¬

village at the Alnerkan Institute end lately aJapanese gentleman of leliure a preIn the Conrtofijiectal tImsiotil I r harper toads a-

Cliopto of SIiSUII a giliIt liii isp ii was flnsij cn Tieesutl Out tII morlnj lailn an I IrolLthe oeenrro juigry nilt who bid

tuulppY hew Veer iiiitattfl Sir kliiby for a Chitisman After dolnj up the cut dlk onlolu Pus Jspturned to Uororh 110IOU ooj

Must Mother llulilmrde Ge with HangsCapt llellly of tho Nineteenth precinct made

a raid on aa alleged dliordtrly bon a111 West Thirtylecond street Wedueidar nlclit The proprietress LucyNewall and sue inmatei were arraigned at JeffersonMarket Court yiilerday J iiuir OTtellly held the proprlelress and alstliargeil It l s The coinilalntsIoreil that the Inmalfnl OPTS 101r llnbbards LawIfr who oPlarolor accuied Mild

I olIUOId honor enieruin thl Moiher-lluhbarilt clmrge it jou abbot 10 Uolherllubbariland anoiher Justice eoudernna banifs some day we willilelir uf a lady bottlE arrmt J fur daring 1 wear anything aIL

abe Hlubel tulle wIth a Caae-iooplo In the 1 llhbrhoo of the City Hall

la Newark at I t were entertainedwith a lively semi A tall well dreseed man and a

Monde both un IOU n lolhe nniooVers met nnieTI1 allllMl In ut ll tush 1 hey siiokendI Ihe WSihi s banJ oil her still Iniuiitlv sho drew aratiau cane prow f newspaper wrapper and begin lostash tim over the head and sot illaappeared dual

a moinint hut soon recovered and look to his heelslot followed him and got in lbr e or four good outs beloisUdUUncedber TUlaPQ4 N4fiHU dItlul4ulL

WILL VENEZUELA FIGHT f-

AD UAS VXCLE BAM AffrTlttyo IO SAYTO JOhN nvLiss-

Entlnnd3I1J

said to Slave Seized tie TnrnarlOold UlalBK Kecloa nntl to Stare latTroops There to llnforee the llohherr

Tho Venezuelan Consul hero Gout Francis-co da Sllva has just received news thnt thoEnglish Governor of British Guiana Hlr CharlesBruco acting of course titular tho orders ofLord Salisbury has sent a body of British sol-diery

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into tho Venezuelan region of the Ylrunrl for tho purpose of securing to Grout Britainall of tho territory Venezuela as tar west asthe Caroni Rivori In this territory are said tobe tho richest gold mines south otf tbo Equator

mines which produced last year crudelyworked ns they wore moro than JlOWOOOworth of gold oro

Gun da Silva said yesterday that while thoboundary line between Venezuela anti BritishGuiana has long been In dispute Kncland Inher eighty years of encroachments his noorassorted the slIghtest title to the region altohas now seized

Tho original boundary between Venezuelaand English Guianawhen the two Status winosimply Spanish and Dutch Guiana respective-ly

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was the Essoqulbo River though there worono Dutch settlements as far north as the Domerara River oven But In the Irst quarter ofthis century England to Holland hadcoded Dutch Guiana claimed that there hadbeen some Dutch forte north of the EBsequlhoand that this rhor must not remain tho boun ¬

dary Since then the location of tho boundaryhas never been settled but up to within twentylive yours Gen da Sllva Bald England nuvurtuoiiKlit of claiming north of the rlerMorocoor Pomerow In 1H3B Sir Porterthe English Minister to Venezuela adnitttudthe sovereignty of Venezuela ut far up hunma PoInt at the mouth of n Ori ¬

noco nsklll the Venezuelan Govern ¬

mont to lichthoubo thero Hutin 1840 Sir hobart SchoinburKk an Englishtraveller who explored tho rich region wont oftho Lssoiiulbo Himouiiccd the pleaslnc tlienrythat all the region drained by tho Ktequlboought to belong to EnglandUnit Is lo sayhnuland ought to control the coast to nud In ¬eluding 01 the Unincico with a siroteltwestward Into Venezuelan territory severalhundred miles doep Even this stretch how ¬ever does not include the region of the Yuruarljust seized

Schoinburcks theory was not adopted by thoBritish Government nt onco and the latter In ¬formed onoztiola that some monumentswhich hohomburck had set up at the mouth ofthe Orinoco wore indicative of no claim on thopart of Lngland Later England oven hudthese monuments removed and her Ministersoften proposed the rivers Potuorow or MorocoOB tho boundarIn It50 10th nations bound themselves bytreaty ventur upon new territory whiletho hoiintnrv 1otAIn 1K83 Ouzmun Blanco as the VenezuelanAmbassador to England agreed with LordGrnnville to submit the entire niatturto arbi ¬

tration but Lord Salisbury who canto shortlyInto Iower ns the held of the British Ministryrefused to keep Lord Urnnvilles promise Andat tho oryhourwlillo Lori Salisbury was re ¬fusing thus to arbitrate the muller uuenm ofthe Governor of llritisu Guiana who Intel sailedup the Venezuelan coast to the mouth of thoOrinoco and oven down tbo Orinoco Itself tothe mouth of the Amacuro Jlher wore postingtilt nt liarlma Point and other Commandingpiaioa notices declaring tho Burroundlngcountry to bo lirltlsh territory and warning In ¬truders that is the Venezuelans 01hadlived there all their lives British constablesarrested tho natives for potty offences and cur ¬

tied them off to Doraeraru jail Hut ovenafter this seizure of tim mouth of thoOrlnoCI England laid no claim to tho miningregion of tho Yuruarl perhaps because she didnot know of it This region It between 00 and400 miles from tho Orinoco theboundary line between upprolchlnl thoUnited Mates of Colombia Even ichomburgksclamiodettoWon what constituted Britishtterritory In South America could not ten doSllvn says bo made to Include the Vuruarl re ¬

glen unless the Caribbean Sea In to be locatedfurther south nnd the Orinoco River bo made atributary to tho Ksseuulbo The Yurunrl mineshiuo always paid royalties to tho VenezuelanGovernment They have boon worked morn intho last few years than overtwforo Aboutonotlurd of Ito stock In the minus In held by citlzeus of the United Mates A few months agowhen President Illanco began to nuHli a schemefor running it railroad from the Orinoco to themines England Intimated though Indirectlythat she Intended to claim the minus herself

And now Gap da Sllva says that ho has justreceivedI word thatKlrCIinrloHllruco has Issueda proclamation warning Intruders fromtho uruarl region end nipent soldiers thoroto keep nil Intruders Out Most of tho peoplein tin mining region are English nearly nil thelaborers In tho mines being KnyllRhmen TheroIn therefore not a grant deal of1 disaffection Intho region with title step of the English Gov-ernment

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but tim move linn excited of coursetremendous sensation in VenezuelaOf course what Enulnnd IH trying to do

said Gen da Silva yesterday Is to assume nprotectorate over cuezuola and over as much-of South America as she cnn Sho wants tomako a second India of my country Our peaplo will never submit to It They will die firstThe United States oucht to help lie not merelyfor justices saLe but because of tbo principlesit Imrmsln tho Monroe doctrine and for rom ¬

reasons Why the United Spites could Ihave the trade of Venezuela mind of othor SouthAmerican States for tlio n klnl We are readyto make mull sorts of All our moneynow goes perforce to England

I is rumored that certain Americans whoInterested In the Venezuelan mines whichEngland Is threatening will organize a mUms ¬

toning expedition to go to Venezuela in castEngland does not release tho mines

Nome Krnnlllcaa Hu Ills OvercoatMillionaire J M B CaroUiera of 180 Wash-

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park Brooklyn has beon in a state ofmind einco ho attended tbo Lincoln banquetgiven under the direction of tho RepublicanLeague on Monday night Ha was not onlyobliged to listen to a MUlwumpsrleoch but gothomo without his now beaver overcoatwhich his wife hnl presented to him only n towdays before also life 7 Derby hIlt undwearing In their place a shabby overcoat fromwhich three of the breast buttons wore missinc and a lint about half n size too small Inthe rush of departing Republican guests someone It Is conjectured who haul been toastingthe 00 1P in too lively a fashion had made nmistake In taking Mr Carothersslmt and coatInstead of life own He Inserted n notice ot timfacts In a local paper which resulted in the re-turn

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of his missing hat by Cotton BrokerStephen F Kusrell who earrled It off by mis-take

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but he hits not hoard of his overcoat

Afr and Mrs Htock ReconciledConstable Schmidt of Flushing arrested yes-

terday¬

John PI Stock a publlilicr of advertisIng novel-ties at 85 Broad street Neir York on warrant ob-

tained by bis wife olia accuven Mia of lureatenlnir toSlIm her The prisoner was arralitntil before Justicebmllli of FlushlnK later In the day but upon Sri blockrefusing to fires the coaijlaliii the prboner Wee dls-cliMrxMl

The cauie of the quarrel Is a womnn Hick say shewai a servant and that Ills coluluct wu entirely propertile wife he sa > a was ury Jrulmis smut dlspiayed at un-governable temper The couple tell the court togetherreconciled

Ue Wa ted Three Nquarn Heals a Day on-

u hailer u WeekEdward Finn was hold at Essex Mantel Court

yesterday on a cbarire of atutuiloiilui hit site stud childFinn Is 23 years of see and tines at AS East Twelfthstreet The wife U 0 rears nf sue and vrrr good tookInf In Waking her coui laiut Injustice Iauerson theisidmm only Kites Inc a dollar a week sod expects threesquare meals a day

A Weston Iralee for n firemanThe Fire Commissioners yesterday received

a utter trout Mrs W IB Levy calllni aitemlon to betrescue during a Ore at tier rrildence 111 Pelanceystreet on the Bib Init Site says the d > i alredof beinglaved front the mire which 1usd cut oil al Cleans of etcape by the staircase and ffols thin > h ewes her lifetn the Coolness and good juilifment i f r Iranian MichaelItflllyor Hook sad Ladder in I li imok tier from athird story window by meant of a ladder The letterwm Dlared tilt ills

llr Fries e Convlclrd ul MiiiisliiualittrThe trial In Newark of Dr Frederick Trlons

for malpractice In canilnif the death of Mrs harshKutaa whom lie attended In ehildhlrth lPot ApriL chuteSyeitsrday In a verdict of guilt uf iuan uuubler D-

rrleu was greatly mrprlief and deeplr moved He haddefended his case personally In court on an assuranceobtained tn answer to prayer that if be 1U IP he scaldbe acquittal

Newarks New Prcabvlrrlau ChurchTho now building of tho Second Presby irlnn

Church in Newark was dedloalid test nlirlit The congrtgatlonltneit to the nldstt in Newark Thus churchwas criranlasd In October 1611 The corner stuns of lbsnew ediaea was laid In Kovember IHHA It is one of lbslarKMI anl handiomist ebSLtchil ta to city situ everlecii Wu lDMa falk

MISS TAVLAWa RESCVR-

ke and her Escort Take at Cold Plnnge Tatthe Ioetalc

Henry IJlepo of South Avomlnlo koops aroad house on the banks ot the Passaic andentertains many sleighing patties On Wed-nesday

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night two ot his visitors Charles Haw-kins

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nnd Miss Lucy Taulane of Jersey Cityleft their companions and wont out upon theriver Hawkins dragged Miss Taulane on asled Tho ice Is covered with snow and Istwolvo Inches thick except directly In front ofthe hotel whore Mr Elope has boon cutting icefor his summer consumption There the icewas less titan nn inch thick on Wednesdaynight but the snow covered It so that Hawkinsdid not detect treacherous character untillie was upon It with the sled It gave way un ¬

dor them nndethey plunged Into the cold andrapid stream Hawkins who lis n good swim-mer

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paired the young lady and brought her tothe solid Ico to which bo clung while no shout-ed

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for helpRlope hoard him and instantly divining the

nature of the accident ran out nn tho firm iceand dragged Miss Tnulimo to n place of safetyThen he tried to assist Hawkins who was be-coming

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helpless from cold In trying to pullhim out Mr Rlopo lost his footing and slippedinto the water but he held fast to Hawkinscad by boating his way through the thin Icesucceeded in dragging mm to the shore

MAYOft AMESS PltEJtlCTIOK

lie Say Minnesota will tin In the Demo-cratic

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Column Next FullHIKKCAFOLIS Fob 1G Mayor Ames of

Minneapolis candidate for nomination forYIco1reftidout on the Democratic ticket laconfident of Democratic success In the North ¬

west next Salt Ha said today I believefrom what I can hoer that Wisconsin Minne-sota

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and Iowa will go Democratic next fall Ihave no fear as regards Minnesota She willwheel Into the Democratic line and from thenext election will never again bo consideredamong the doubtful States

Ames Is very sore over the Iron title of PatKelly boss or Minnesota and member of theDeinoemtlo National Committee Ho says Isee that P U Kelly assorts that ho has beenbadly trimled by hue Democrats and that theDemocrats will be seeking his aid shortly Theopinion of tho Democrats who are now takingmuch Interest In publIc atTaIns Is yet to bo hoardWo aro becoming tired of men who occupy falsepositions sItu from this time forward thosewho tire welgiod in the scales and found want ¬

lag will bo thrown aside

Sin CJIILDS FOSITITKLY DECTHTES-

He TVonld Not Accept the PrcileeatlalNomination Nor the Office If Elected

PHILADELPHIA Fob 16The Public Ledgerof Friday will say editorially

It ought not to be neceisary for Mr George W Chlldaor for lie rubllc Ledger to say another word concerningthe connection of his name with a nomination for the1reildeucy yet It appears to be Indispensable It U em-barrassing to add refusal to denial and then to beobliged to reiterate both with emphasla Tbe Teellngwhich prompts such nse of bis name la too generous tbsexpressions of good wilt show too kindly a disposition onthe part of thus who make them to ret for answer acurt and peremptory No Yet It Is Inenmbent uponhim that he elta I say what Is equally decisive via i thatUnder noclrcutnitanceii can be or wIlt he permit the useof his name as a nominee for the Presidency or fur anyother pultllcal office

Ihe recOn which makes this additional refusal In-evitable Is brought about by a publication In the Ualtlmore American of yesterday a journal that standsamong the fnretnont In thus country In character and in-nuence Itefvrrliiff to Mr Childaa repeated objectionsto being brought forward as a candidate or being con-sidered for nomination In any way the Americas save

n e can etch however from the very beet authoritythat hU mind has undergone a change and thata cordial tender of the nomination be made he wouldnot decline It U hen this fact Is well known the presentmovement In Pennsylvania In his favor will quicklymulttpy Its enthusiasm

It Is ueoeisary to say conrtennity but deotslvelr thatthe Amrrlean Is wholly mltlnformed itt Chllds has toutchanged his mind In the sail degree and It Is rot poutkite lust he win chance his mind In that rejiaril As todeclining ann refusing to be a candidate for frenidenVhis mind to nrm sad unalterable It is awkward to de-cline

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what is not authoritatively offered but so far aa itIs In contemplation br any persons few or many organled or unorganized to put Mr Chllds tn nominationfor President of the United Statea be repeats his refusalto be a candidate or to be voted for and adds that be-vrould be compelled to decline the office honorable andexalted as U Is If br any chance In the chapter ot unforeseen events he should happen to be elected

Accident an the Grand TrunkHAMILTON Ont Fob 16The passenger

train on the Grand Trunk Railroad from To ¬

ronto due hero at 115 oclock collided with afreight train bound for Toronto near the cut be-yond

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the junctionBoth engines ware wrecked The baggage

car was shot over the top of the engines anddown ft llftyfoot embankment and two orthroe of the freight cars were smashed havingbeen dashed over the embankment The ex-press cur was telescoped and Its wreck mingleswith the ruins of the engines The killed areRobert Archibald fireman of the Toronto ex-nrnRR anti ThnmftR PmtAn hAircrRfrnmAn nf theexpress Both are Hamilton men The injuredare Robert Peacock braLoman on the freighttrain and Robert Hutchison driver of the exprose who wora both seriously injured aboutthe bend None of tho passengers was injured

Jnvadlna OklahomaWICHITA Ran Feb 16FroBli ejectments

from Oklahoma have taken place at the handsof n company of colored troops who are saidto have handled tho settlers In anything but agentle manner The prisoners wore taken toFort Reno und there in most part they woreturned loose though some were held for trialnt tho next term of the Federal Court Thoughthe leaulers of the thueo Oklahoma colonieswith lieadQunrtera hero say no attempt will bematte to make a forcible entry ot the Toni ¬tory those In command seem surprised andhave called for reinforcements of troops Twocompanies of regulars passed through heroyesterday en route for Fort Reno

Fatal Railroad AccidentWATEKTOWN Fob 16A freight train came

Into collision with a north bound express trainon the Rome Wntertown and OgdensburghRailroad at noon today at Canton The ex-press

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car was thrown from the track and onepassenger conch was badly damaged One manwas killed From papers found nn his personit is thought that he IB DT lllller of SyracuseHo wore Masonic emblems Biller wan killedbetween the cars while trying to escape Onewoman was hurt

Another Dakota nilczardGRAND FOURS Feb 15One of the worst

blizzards that has boon experienced here thiswinter raced all last night and today untilsundown Thin velocity of the wind which camefrom thn southwest was something frightfulNVben the breeze moderated Dr U Wheeleraccompanied by a number of friends took asail on his famous snow boat riding over theenowcoverod prairies at the rate of twentyfivemiles an hour Trains were abandoned on alllines

Kdltore and tko Canine CampaignINDIANAPOLIS Intl Feb 16At the moot

Ing of the Indiana Republican editors todaythe general sentiment favored making tho cam ¬

paign In favor of protection a free ballot sada lair count The latter features taking theprecedence there wax u strong feeling in favorot pushing former Senator Harrison on mill ¬

anas candidate for the Presidency

The Chances In Fiivor erSeynionrM-

AIIQUETTE Mich Felt 16The electionin tim Eleventh Congressional district Is stillIn doubt with tho chances In favor of SeymourRepublican Ho U ISO ahead with severalscattering prvclncU mind Humor Island to hearfrom It way take the official count to dooido

Crier Ilarrleen ou Deck

Cmcioo Fob 11 Carter Harrison althoughon a tour around the world boot forgotten by the pollticians nor ham tho former llsvor forgotten the pleastires and eirlteineni of a campaIgn In a Presidential

lie wilt be lit tlilcago before tie UemooraUa Narear uiiventliii iiirulu and lP will tie nue of the dele-gates alan Iruui IlllniU lie U the Urn delegate o-

cltlur r > rly lo Uu puuhcly uauieu

Out Married In aplia or Ills ThumpingToritKA Kan Tub 16Gus llhodehame was

awaulied by two highwaymen on his way borne earlythis itnrning robhoi or itot amid frightfullyAitttouit his nluriei are pronounced dangerous Rhodehuantet rafueci to breal iii Weddlny octgaemeui lbsCeremony LuCIJC dd tom today and no wa maxrtsd

< aid Knoilgb Any SlowYesterday was tho coldest day of the year

according to lluduut whose tbermomiterwsnl down to1

° below sari U was the eoldeit day but one accordingto the loverntuenl thermometer which went down teLI ahoy sero only soul went lower ea Jaa its It will bea teea deal warmer Utiaj

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TilE NEW FISHERIES TREATY

T4LU4nW coxcssszoNaI-TIIUOUT

4CQV13ZCOSTLY BAdttriCB

All Commercial Privileges Secured to OMPFishermen Erept the flight to PnrehauHalt la Canadian Watere anaullaal RISeappointed but Oar fishermen Pleased

WABiirNaToN Fob iBTho fisheries treatywhich was signed last evening was the subjeMof much speculation anti discussion at tht i

Capitol todiy While declining to give anyspecific Information as to its provisions Beentary Bayard tonight said that for many yearthe great contentions among American fishermen had been for a fair and just conntructioaof the treaty ot 1818 and that the present trcatr tu

haul boon framed by tho American negotiators I

with a view to moot the needs and necessitiesol our fishermen anti ho bellovnd that If hatreaty la ratified that end wilt have been ae-compllshod

From a trustworthy source It Is learned thatto our fishermen are secured all the commer-cial

¬privileges for which they have been eon

tending with the exception of the right to put¬chase bait in Canadian waters which la exprossly withhold TheIr right to outer Cana-dian

¬ports for fuol water and repairs IIs eon

ceded Certain bays which more specified artto remain under the exclusive jurisdiction otCanada

There iIs nothing In the provisions ot thetreaty It is said which necessitates the re-moval

¬ 4of the duty on Canadian fIsh or in ant

way changes our tariff system In Its Impor-tant

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features the treaty Is favorable to the jUnited States and while now and valuable l

privileges have been acquired this hits beendono without any costly saorlflcn on our part

The American negotiators left for theirhomes today Sir Charles Tupper and MrChamberlain will remain iu Washington a fewdays longer Tho latter expectS to saIl forEngland in about a week

CANADIANS Do NOT LIKE ITOTTAWA Fob 16The announcement

which comes from Witsbtngton that the newtreaty surrenders to the United States nearlyall the demands mole without Canada recolvInc any concessions In return has caused con-siderable

¬excitement In political circles herTile Minister of Marine anti Fisheries who hasjust returned from Washington says that

while the necessity for reaching a fair agree ¬mont which would tend to settle the points otdispute which since 1818 bavo constantly booncoming up has been recognized the reporttelegraphed from Washington have been pure JJr guess work and are very wide of the markThe Washington reporters he says in toipgraphing the purport of the treaty had no basisto go on He declined to gofurthier than to cyy slthat the Interests Canada wore not lost sightof when the treaty woe drafted and that whenits character Is outdo publIc the people of tiioDominion will bo pleased with their bargainphi iecnt fnil innnn 040 rn Ih Isaysitt evident that the WashIngton floTernment believe

that It has done a goall stroke of business U would ap¬

pear that the tatiadlan contention respsottng the beaoland or bay question baa been dTen up In return forthe eooeesslou of commercial privileges and of be eae-ot her harbors and railroads to American fishermenCanada has obtained no tort of equivalent There la nota nerd In the new treaty about reciprocal trade or evenabout free fish Itts obvious that a serious blow kai Ibeen struck at the welfare of the maritime provincesAs a matter of fact It was foreordained tbatthe liomlnton should suffer Mr Chamberlain told ns In so manywords that he had eome to America to terminate tkefishery dispute somehow and the English Journalfrankly stales that Knirtand could Oct afford to quarrelwith her best foreign cnitomer for the sake of our danIt has been the fate ot Canada from the beginning tosuffer for Imperial Interests bat Iu this Instance the CODpresented u our Ups appears to be an uausually bitter tonMoyvrcrn Feb ICThe greatest surprise ii c

expressed here at the announcement that atreaty buss tueen decided on by the Jirltish aM 4AmencanlFlsherlos Commissioners e7gen-oral opinion liars and in fact In all teadtngcentres of public opinion In the Dominion aafar as heard from Is that the treaty If the pub¬lished forecast of it la correct la a great victoryfor thu Americana and a cry 13 already going upagainst It as it is claimed that It Is a completebook down on thepart of Canadawhichhoweverwill have to submit to whatever Great Britaindirects Some of the papers hero openly advo-cate

¬annexation to the United States at once aa-

a settlement of all the troubles There la Overy intense reeling here against any settlemont that recognizes the right of American ivessels to touch and trade at Canadian portsThe Dominion Parliament meets in a few days iand an exciting debate is expected on tkiJQuestion i

ITHE sunns FISHEBMKN ruussD

PORTLAND Feb 16 Maine fishermen wboJhave been interviewed today though not 1willing to commit themselves until they havoofficial Information ore much pleased with thenegotiations effected by Mr Bayard and nilassistants and so long as fish is not to bo pason the free list will be generally satisfied withthe treaty President Trefethon of the Port ¬

land xlshory Exchange takesa pleasant view otthe settlement though be bus some doubtsnilAll t nnnrrivlnn th A AY Andin ft t nn Chessmile limit to four miles

Secretary Whltt said Tarn much pleojwd 1There no free fish in it We do not care sibmuch if we do have tn pay small taxes In touch Iand trade licenses If wo are to have all tht I

commercial privileges we asked forE U Wlllard said ho did not care to talk too I

soon but If fish watt not to be put on tbo free iIlist and our vessels wero to have all tbe com t2imerdal privileges asked for he was highly csatisfied Ho sold Bayard had been right all ithe time t5

Mr Bargent of the firm of Sargent Lord A I t iSklllln did not believe In paying any tax or imoney of any kind to Canada

The opinion seemed quito general that tfaUnited Bttttes negotiators had done a goodthing and that the treaty would be ratified bythis country and England Some thought tbat i

Canada would not ratify It while others belleved that she would do just as Tuppor saysOn the whole the fishermen eooruod greatlypleased

LONDOW Fob 16 In the House of Commontoday Sir James Fergusaon said bo was happyto Inform the House that a telegram from llrChamberlain reported that a fisheries treatybad been signed at Washington This treatythe Government believed to be satisfactory al¬ ithough they wore as yet unaware of Its preoitoterms He could not admit that the dltfnrenoas regarding the American fisheriesamounted to serious disputes Hn said thatquestions relative to Alaska hail been dli-cuued by the plenipotentiary at Washington h 4but he was not yet awuro of the result

Tke Weather yestorda Ii

Indicated by Hudnutn thermometer 9 JL s jH Mbelow I A M 1

° below IHA M i aboveiTiuv Jtjr M l16 e HM l45t iN ia °i limnidnizhue Average yeiterday 53 Avtiag Ms 4Feb IU tasi 41W

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Hlcnal Once PredlctloaWarner fair weather fresh to brisk windiJeneruly westerly i ltii

joixixaa AJIOVT XOWH

Oar Hill Is at the Hoffman HomeRooms for the Municipal Chinese Clrll Service Board e 4nave bun obtained in thus Cooper union buUaina at2500 a yearJoseph K ritcpatrlek of B4 Vanderbilt avenue Brooklya shot himself In tile head last iilghl at Rot Bowarjk

lie waa taken to JJellevueThe Sinking Fund Uommlssloneri yMterdayantboriaei

the Comptroller to ml a ten year frauchlie ef Ike Booaavail street tarry for ten years at puuu a year

Wolff Outset 5 Sons got a verdict let UOM M veeter isday In the Court of Common fleas against DolourKlralfy for eouunes furolshed fur the play Stags e<rruy fr

Judge Patterson has granted aa absolute divorce bo tRUa A Knapp from Harry B Knapn Judgelugrabara jbas granted a limited divorce to Laura BClmepp troutLeo DChuepp

Harry Mill baa bought an Interest In the saloon atItIBoth street sod Tidal avenue on the HarUm River lawake a porting resort of lu He will wove his eagle and Iclock up there stem Houston street I

Hermann Never former Secretary of Beer DrivenUnion No l at IMl Beccnd avenue ass convicted be¬ Jfore Judy Otlderileeve yeiterday of W lix 7uu ot this tImoney belonging to the union lie wiii scull to ILe fcimica ttefcrmaiory

lb ISurrogate Ransom yesterday granted Utters of admln tititration 01 tbe estate ef the fur Public AdmuiUiraior LiAlgernon B kulllvan lo lii wIfe Wr Mary U Hulllvan fMrs ttilllvan renounced iu fsvnr or her son Tue Mlaonal eitate 1s estimated ai fiuuuWhen yire Chief Hofab Was removed Foreman Peter 1

U Snort was wade a banall chief When the courtsrestored Chief JlcCabe rblif hhuri WI med a for mmagain Ills suit lo be elismated lit liU rsuib as chief wasargued yesterday before lbs oeuerul Tcru of the Bo-preme court Si

Th second annual banquet of Hie New York BnuthernSociety In comniriuoraii f tte lrtli of Washltuionwill be held at the IIi tel Urunmi u Hfih scene studTwentreevenlh drel ua WeUii dav evenlox Sib XLalT oclock JmilceMinir henaluri liaulel Vaneean4 iGordon and oilIer w llkuown men haul been iavlted-

At a special meeting Ct the members pf the Germanawl Irtiii imtgrailon bocletlei at the Umlgranu saglogs Sink yesterday it was decided lo request alavor-lliwllt 10 atltnd tbe utsl meetlug of the Buard of Statration whit tlie view of prevenilng the removal of tha-

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Tlie llollirixik lull apartment house at Iark aveuneand t4uzty itriiitI urett whloh was von tensed tiy tbe jUulldlug Heiiariiunt lit now being tore down II willlIie replaced Ljr a aaron story brick stone and terre cottafront nreproof spsritotnt heuss ItSiluo Tbe IMUCOUbrick In lbs preesmul bu ldiog situ be used Ig the n r-lUneine The pr MUl ewaUi an the iUwiwkilaIaensss CeieluASZe

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