\ \ Big Gun “fell on Fire. PARKERSBURG, W". Va., Jan. 3.— The big Painter gas well, belonging to ' the Mountain State Gas company of this city, located in Ritchie county, has acci dentally'caught fire, and all efforts to ex- tinguish the flames have been futile. Mil- lions upon millions of feet of gas is goin, to waste, and the financial loss will be enormous. The roar from the burning gas can be heard 12 miles, and the fire illuminates the whole surrOhnding coun- try. Congressman Boutcllc Gaining. BANGOR, Mei, Jan. 4.———A private let: ter from the attending physician at Mc- ,‘ Lean asylum, Waverley, Mass, says: “I am very glad to be able to tell you that Congressman Boutclle has made some further-progress since I wrote you on Friday last.” ‘ SENECA FALLS, N. Y., Jan. 4.— Mrs. Nora Shuman, who was severely burned‘ about two weeks ago by her clothes catching fire while burning rub- bish in her yard. has just died. contents In Kentucky. 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It is surprising how many peo-' ple wake up in the morning near- ly as tired as when they went to. bed, a. disagreeable taste in their mouth, the lips sticky, and the, breath ofl‘knswe, with a coated tongue- These are nature’s first warnings of Dyspepsia and Liver Dis- orders, butif the U. 5. Army 67' Navy Tablets are resorted to at this stage they will restore the system to a healthy condition. A few doses will do more for a weak or sour stomach and Constipation than aprolongcd course of any other medicine. » If you can not get them at your drug store, send 10c. for a package of 12 to the U. S. ARMY & NAVY TABLET Co., 17 EAST 14TH ST., New YORK. VEWYORKNEW HAVEN dz HAMTlO-J) L HA ILRUAD.. —an Your: vaxsmr. DECEMBER 4, 1898. 'Imins leave South Norwalk asfo‘ilows. FOR NEW YORK ~——Accommodation trains at 9.36, 11:40 a. m., 1.11, 3.0-1, 4.07, 5.33,6.41,8.11, 10.20 p. m. Express trains at 4.55, 5.45, 6.15, (local), 6.55, (local), 7.13, (local), 7:54, (local), 8.16, 9.03 (local) 9.58, 10.35, 11.35. local) 9.. m.- 12.47 2.25, 5.10 5.55, 7.55 . m For Washing ton via Harlem River 12.53 a. m (daily) SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.05 a. m. 5.35, (local), 7.20, (local)10.10 p. m. E: press 4.55, 5.45 a. m. FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST-— Accommodation trains at 6.28, 7.42, 3.46 and 11.42 a. m., 1.12, 2.42, (to Bp’t,) 4.18, 5.27, 6.27, 7.28 (to B’p‘t), 9 15 and 11.15 perm. Express trains at 1.11 1.20' 9.11, 10.05, 11.08 a. m., 12.02, 3.05 5.04 (Naughtuck Express) 7.05, 9:05 o. m . SUNDAYS—Accommodation 7.42, 9.12 a. m. and 7.15 p. m. - Express 1 11 and 1.21) a. m. C. T. HEMPSTEAD. Gen. Pass. Agent. HERE’S YDIIII GIIIIIIIE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave one. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. Water,gas and sewer on the avenue- wm be sold at a Bargain. w. H. evmorou, Real Estate and Insurance ’ Room I. Gazettem ’l’d .. w. H. HAYWARD a. co Pagmn Attorneys and Solicitors 709 East capllol Strut, WASHINGTON. D. C ————u——— All classesol claims prosecuted oefore the Interior Departinont. Rejected pension claims a Specialty Wm p} THREE GET '10 YEARS ‘\ French Conspirators Impris- oned and Banished. TROUBLE CAUSED BY DREYF US CASE. The Convicted Ones Must Also Par, All Costs of the Trial—Condemned Men Hurried at Once to Their Destinations. PARIS, Jan. 5.——The high court (sen- ate), in secret session, has sentenced M. -,.Guerin to ten years’ confinement in a for- tified place and condemned M. Buffet and M. Deroulede each to ten years’ banish- ment. This ended the famous conspiracy case before the senate sitting as a high court, and the tribunal adjourned. The cases were an outgrowithi 0f the anti-Dreyfus ag- itation in France and at the time attracted wide attention. Out of the 75 alleged con- spirators who were thrown into prison five months ago, and who-have been since released in batches owing to want of evi- dence, only MM. Deroulede, Guerin and Buffet have been found guilty, and these three are accorded “extenuating circum- stances,” which reduces their punishmenl to detention in a fortress or banishment. There were a few cries of “Vive De- roulede!” and “Avbas Loubet!” from the o ' JULES GUERIN. audience after the sentences were pro- nounced, but the demonstration was quite insignificant. Although the anti- Scmite press is making a fuss over the outcome, the tactics of the anti-Semites are shown by the sensational caption, “Murder of Deroulede,” in'their after- noon organ, La Cocarde, which secured a few purchhscrs, who Were disgusted to find it only meant what the Nationalists affect to consider the legal murder of Deroulede. - The decision condemns the convicted mento pay the costs of the prosecution. The sentences took efiect immediately. It is asserted that M. Deroulede was hurried to the train and immediately dis- patched toward the Spanish frontier, he having decided to reside at San Sebas- tian. " M. Guerin will be removed to a French fortress, probably on the island of Oleron, off the west coast. M. Buffet will go to Belgium. MM. Bulfet and Deroulede left Paris by the Northern railway at 5 o’clock this morning. Mammoth Beet Sugar Plant. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—It is announced at Santa Fe railroad headquartersthat the American Beet Sugar company has con- tracted for the establishment of a sugar beet, plant at Rocky Ford, 0010., in the Arkansas valley. The plant will" be next to the largest in the world and will have a capacity greater than the combined capacities of the plants in Nebraska. It will cost about $1,500,000 and will have an annual capacity of 18,000 tons of re- fined sugar, using 100,000 tons of beets. “armors in the valley adjacent to Rocky Ford have arranged to plant 80,000 acres of beets the coming season, from which it is expected a profit of $40 an acre will be derived. The land is almost in thc heart of what a few years ago appeared on the maps as the “Great American Desert.” Irrigation has made it one of the most fertile places in the west. French and Chinese Fight. VICTORIA, B. 0., Jan. 5.—News has. reached Canton that a battle occurred be- tween natives near Wang Chaun and the French forces stationed there. It is said that the Chinese routed the French and pursued them for some distance. The French loss was ,30 killed. The Chinese losses “are not stated. The battle occur- red on the 10th and 11th of last month. On hearing of the affair the viccroy dis- patched three guuboats, with 1,000 sol- diers, to restore order. The viceroy also wired the tsung-li-yamen, asking what ,steps are to be taken, as he is quite una- ‘ble to carry out delimitation to the satis- ~faction of the French. The news was brought by the Queen Adelaide, which reached here yesterday. Dr. Schenl} Retires. VIENNA, J an. 5.—.Dr. 'Schenk, pro- fessor at the University of Vienna and president of the Embryological institute, who exactly a year ago published a book in which he claimed that after 20 year: of experiment he had discovered the se' cret of exercising an infiuenCe over ani5 mals and men so as to fix the sex of th offspring, has received permission from ' the minister of the interior to retire on a pension as the result of a demand by the Vienna Medical faculty for his dismissal scientific matter constituting a form of self advertisement. New York State Bar. - ALBANY, Jan. 5. —— The committee having in charge the arrangements of the ~annual meeting of the New York State Bar association has announced'that the meeting will be held in the common coun- cil chamber in the city hall on Tuesday :1ml_\Vednesday, Jan. 16 and 17, at 2 p. in At 8 o’clock in the assembly chamber the annual address before the association will be delivered by Mr. Justice Brown of the supreme court of the United States on “The Liberty of the Press.” Two Brothers Drowned. NORFOLK, Jan. 5.—New Year’s day, near Dunwille, Essex county. Va., Johr and Charles Wheely, 17 and 15 years old, sons of a leading farmer, went skating on Robinson’s millpond. One of the youths went through, and his brother tried to rescue him. The result was the drowning of both. ' Epidemic of Measles. in Newburg "that 300 8c _ . ndonoe solicited. the last few days. .. f for the alleged frivolous publication of NEWBURG, N. Y., Jan. 5.—The epi- demic of'measleshas spread so widely K I y - N!” u, w ITALY IN LINE. 1'— , ‘ inst of the Powers Addressed Favor- Open Door In China. W'ASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Italy has re- turned a favorable response to the recent iote of the state department respecting .. the open door in China. It is learned that although Italy was- !he last of the powers addressed to return an answer to Secretary Hay’s overtures that government really was more-prompt than any othem in the negotiations. This is explained by the fact that the Italian- ;overnment was addressed on the subject some time after the other continental na- zions had it under consideration owing to thefact that our cmbassador, Mr. Dra- per, was aWay, from his post on leave of absence in the United States when the identicalnote of, instructions was sent out, and it was regarded as best to make no departure from the rule which had been adopted in the case of the other gov- ernments of addressing them through the United States representatives at the for- eign capitals. ' _ Immediately upon Mr. Draper’s return to Rome at a not distant date in the past he laid the matter before the Italian gov- ernment, which therefore has acted with more promptuess than most of the other powers: The agreements have not yet been reduced to their final form, but the state department will now enter upon the 'task “Of putting. them into proper shape, and as in each case the agree- ment to the principles involved in our in- vitation is, returned in unequivocal terms, according to the department ofiicials, it is not anticipated that any difficulty will be experienced in accomplishing this work satisfactorily. Pending that outcome the state depart-‘ ment does not intend to make any state- ment for the public as to the exact terms of the agreement, though it is admitted that the ground has been covered with unusual accuracy in the press reports up to this point. AN ELOPEM ENT RECALLED. Judge Refuses tois‘entence the Man Without the Woulan In the Case. VVILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 5.——John Stephenson, who eloped with Mrs. Alice Jones to England last August, was ar- raigned in court yesterday to receive sen~ "tence for forgery. Before leaving this country Stephenson and Mrs. Jones forg- ed a deed to the property of the woman’s husband and secured $6,000. then the couple were arrested on landing at Liv- erpool, $450 was found in the possession of Mrs. Jones. Upon his return to this country Stephenson could not procure bail and was remanded to jail. \Vhen his case was called in court, he pleaded guil- ty to forgery, and sentence was deferred until yesterday. Mrs. Jones was more fortunate. She was arrested on the same charge, but her husband went her bail and took her back home. They are now living happily together. When Stephen- son faced Judge Lynch yesterday, his honor said, “What has become of the woman in the case?” ' District Attorney Martin replied, “She will be tried later.” “Very well,” responded Judge Lynch, “I will not sentence the man until the woman’s case is disposed of. There is no use of making flesh out of one and fish out of the other. Mrs. Jones was no child. She knew what she was doing.” Stephenson was then taken back to jail. Counsel for the prisoner say that he paid his own expenses of the eloping tour and that Mrs.'Jones' kept all the money. Little Lite In Ocean Depths. CAMBRIDGE, .Massq ' Jan. 5.—Alex- ander Agassiz, director of the Agassiz museum at Harvard, has juSt sent a let- ter from the island of Tahiti, in the Pa- cific ocean, to the United States fish; com- mission. Professor Agassiz left ‘ San Francisco in the Albatross, a vessel loan- ed him by the government, to study the bottom of the Pacific ocean. He made 72 soundings in the hitherto unknown basin at the bottom of the ocean. A large amount of animal matter was studied by dredging from the bottom of the ocean, with the general conclusion that there is but little life in the deeper parts of the son far away from land. The last heard from President Agassiz was a cable to the museum on Dec. 21 from the Fiji islands. ‘ Good Year For Railroads. CHICAGO. Jan. 5.—-Thc Railway Age today says: “The best evidence‘ that the your 1899 was one of general prosperity is found in the fact that it was a year almost without railroad bankruptcy. In only two years since 1875 have the roads over which receivers were appointed been so few. and in only three of those years small. Only one road of importance is found in the list, the new Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf, which defaulted in its obligations before it had time to dem- onstrate its earning capacity and was placed in the charge of receivers early in. the year. Prosperous Fishing Season. GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. 5.—-The estimated catch of salt water fish by the Gloucester fishing fleet for 1899 is 126,- 967,570, pounds, to care for which it re— quired 30,000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons df salt. About 300 vessels were em- ployed in the fisheries, and the year was a fairly prosperous one. New York Marketa. NEW: YORK, Jan. 4.——FLOUR—State and western inactive and rather easier; Minnesota patents, 333534.10; winter straights, $3.40a3.45; Minnesota bakers’, $2.85a3.10; winter extras, $2.55a2.90. WHEAT—No. 2 red opened steady, but at once sold off under weak cables and bear hammering; toward noon prices ral- lied again on covering; March, 7554a 75 15-16c.; May, 75a75 5-16c. RYE—Steady; state, 56c., c. i. f., New York. car lots; No. 2 western, 603740, f. o. b., afloat. ‘ - CORN—No. 2 opened steady. but was entirely neglected and nominal in this market, all the morning; OATS—No. 2 quiet; track, white, state, 31a35c.; track. white, western, 31:135c. PORK—Steady; mess, $10.25a10.75; fam- ily', $12a12.50. _ , LARD—Steadier; prime western steam, $6.121». BUTTER—Firm: state dairy, 20a27c.; state creamery, 24a29c. . CHEESE—Strong; fall made. fancy, ,small, 12%a13c.; fall made, fancy, large, 12%a13c. ~ EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 25a26c.; western, ungraded, at mark, 1621 23c. SUGAR~—Raw very firm; fair refining, 313-16c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%c.; refined steady; crushed, 5.35c.; powdered, 5.050. TURPENTINE—Firm at 52%a53c. -- MOLASSES—Quiet; New Orleans, 3221 4%a5c. . . eases are reported. ' Scarlet fever’ has also 'develOped during . choice. Wiggle. TALLOW—Flrmer; city-3. 5a5%c.; coun- try, 4%a51/4c. “3 HAY—Firm; “shipping, 65a75c.; good to 3 were the mileage and capital involved 50'“ 40c. RICE—Steady; domestic, M6550; Japan, '\ ‘ ” legislature met at noon yesterday and 'DlsPELsef 3%5511555593" . OVEIICOMESJ‘:7 .. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Both Branches Organize and Ben! the Governor’s Mes-age. ALBANY, Jan. 4.—Both houses of the after organizing and listening to the gov ernor’s message adjourned to Wednesday evening next. The assembly was called to order by Clerk Archie E. Baxter. After roll cat the house balloted for officers, with tht following result: - , Speaker, S. Fred Nixon of Chautau qua; clerk, A. E. Baxter of Chemung sergeant-at-arms, F. W, Johnston of Erie; principal doOrkeeper, Thomas 11‘ Murphy of New‘ York; first assistant doorkeeper,‘ Charles R. Houghtaling 01 Albany; second assistant . doorkeeper Roswell P. Warren of Washington; ste nographer,.H. C. Lam‘mert of Kings. Of the 149-votes cast Speaker Nixon re ceived 92 and Dr. J. Franklin Barnes 01 Schuyler, the minority leader, 57. . The Senate was called to order by Lieu tenant Governor Wo rufi, and prayer was ofiered by Bishop :Doane. The-lieu tenant governor made no speech, merely extending his greetings. OFFICERS PROMOTED. Bates, Wheaton, Young, MacArthur and Luallow Remembered. WASHINGTON, Jan. rte—The presi- dent -’today sent the following nomina- tions to the senate: War: Brigadier General J. C. Bates, to be major general of volunteers; Briga- dier General Lloyd Whe‘aton, to be major general of volunteers by brevet. To be brigadier generals: Colonel S. B M. Young, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur MacArthur, Lieutenant Colonel William Ludlow; also a number of appointments and promotions in the regular and volun- teer army. ~ , To be United States consuls: Thomas T. Prentis of Massachusetts at Rouen, France; George L. Darte of Pennsyl- vania at Martinique, transferred to Pa- tras, Greece; Alonzo C. Yates of Vir- ginia at Patras, transferred to Marti- uique. James E. Howey to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Portland and Falmouth, Me.; Edward H. Banks, collector of customs, district of York, Me A Chinese Wedding. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.—Thc firsl marriage in this country of a Christian- ized Chinese couple will take place here next week. The fact that the prospective bride and groom have never seen eacl other lends additional interest to the event. The future husband is Wung John, the proprietor of a Chinese restau- rant in this city, and his fiancee is St Ting Fu, who is now on her way to Phil adclphia from San Francisco, where she was a pupil in the Presbyterian Schoo. For Chinese Girls. The wedding will b( solemnized in the Arch Street Presbyte rian church, and the rector, Rev. Mcrvine J. Eckles, D. D., will perform the cere mony. Elaborate preparations are ll progress for the unusual affair. First White Hoise‘Dinner. W'ASHINGTON, Jan. 4.——The first 01 the formal dinners of the social season at the \Vhite House was given by President and Mrs. McKinley last night, the mem hers of the cabinet and their wives being the guests of honor. Invited to meel them were members of the senate and house and a few other persons. The cast room and other public portions 01 the house were appropriately decorated for the occasion. The Marine band fur nished the music. The list of guests was unusually large, covers being laid for over 70 persons. . ‘ Supreme Court Justices Appointeu. ALBANY, Jan. 4.——Governor Roosevell has designated three supreme court jus- tices to sit on appellate division benches to fill vacancies. He designated Justice Michael Herschberg of Newburg to sit or the appellate division bench in the Sec ond department to fill the vacancy causec by the appointment of Justice Cullen tc the court of appeals bench for a tem- porary period. He also designated Jus- tice Frank Hiscocx of Syracuse and Jus- tice 11‘. C. Loughlin of Buffalo to sit on the appellate division bench in the Fourth department. Millions For Defense. . ' BUDAPEST, Jan. 4.—~The Pesti-Hir lap says that the Austria-Hungarian gov- ernment conteamlates spending £20,000, 000 immediately for increasing the army and navy in consequence of the grave European situation. 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