A GRAND DIIIIII’S VISIT
Cyril of Russia Talks Interesting-
ly of the World’s Afi’airs.
AMERICAN WOMEN LOVELY
l‘he Partition in China Certain and Eng-
land‘ France, Russia and Germany will
(ictthe Spoils. Hot Disturbed by lingo
land's Altitude.
ew York, Jan. 4.—-The Grand Duke
il Vladimirovitch, cousin of the
1 of Russia, who arrived in New
k Monday night on his way to l-J;1~
e after two years‘ duty in Chinese
waters, visited the Russian Orthodox
:hurch, at No. 323 Second avenue, yes—
:erday.
The grand duke 5 stay W111 be brief.
He sails on the Fuerst BiSmarck to--
slay, to attend the wedding of his sis-
ter the Grand Duchess Helena, to
Prince Maximilian of Saxe. The duke
1eceived the representatives of the
press in the state parlor of the Wal-
dorf— Astoria, which was profusely dec-
orated with palms and roses. Lieu—
tenant Koube was in attendance.
The duke looks to be 26 or 27 years
old. He is six feet tall and good look-
ing. His face is rather feminine in
feature. It is almost too perfectly oval
for a man, and the high cheek bones
3f the typical Russian are absent His
eyes are large and very intelligent. His
mouth is small, and he wears a little
brown moustache that is not at all
iussian. His hair is straight and
brown and he wears it short.
His highness speaks good English,
and speaks it as if firing off orders—-
sharp, quick and curt.
The duke thinks that the American
success in the late war with Spain,
while it is a source of congratulation,
will also bring about new obligations
and burdens not easy to bear.
He believes that we will have much
trouble with the natives in the Phil-
ippines, in fact, will have war with
them sooner or later.
The presence of the United States in
the Far East, he said, was entirely
satisfactory to Russia, and would lead
".0 peace in the Orient. The opposition
of England to all Russian possession
In China did not disturb his people.
He thought the partition of China is
only a question of time, and France,
England, Russia and Germany will
share the spoils.
The grand duke spoke enthusiasti-
cally about the Trans-Siberian Rail—
way, and thought that it would be of
the greatest value in colonizing Sibe—
ria, and also in affording easy access
for troops to the Pacific.
The American women will be happy
to hear that his highness considers
them “the most beautiful in the
world. "
Bishop Nicholas, retiiing prelate of
the Russian church in Ame1ica, who
will take ship with the grand duke,
to-day. presided at the church service
yesterday and made an address. The
little church, which occupies the front
and back parlors of a residence house
on Second avenue, vas decorated es-
pecially for the occasion.
The church, by the way, is the gift
of the czar to the Russians of New
York in return for the sympathy cx—
messed at the death of his father. He
sent the clergy over and pays the ren-
tnls and expenses to a great extent
Shoxtly after 11.30 the duke and his
aides arrived from the Waldorf in a
carriage. He was escorted up the
steps of the house and into the hall-
way.
There Basil Pankevitch, president of
St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Brother—
1ood. advanced with a salver and r1
oaf of brown Russian bread, with a
ittle gold salt cellar upon it. He pre-
ented it to the duke, and invited him.
fter the Russian custom, to taste of
he bread and salt, welcoming him on
shelf of the orthodox Russians.
Then Bishop Nicholas stepped out
mm the inner chancel as the duke ap-
roached and greeted him. He bowed
nd handed the cross for the duke to,
iss.
He then addressed to the duke a
elcome on behalf of the church and of
e people present.
This was followed by the Litany and
rayers.
Dingley's Condition Critical.
Washington, Jan. 4.—-The hope for
he recovery of Representative Ding-
cy, resulting from a slight improve-
ent in his condition and the tenacious
old on life be exhibited, gained a lit-
le added strength yesterday, though
'5 condition remains decidedly criti-
al.
Dr. Deale, the‘attending physician,
aid that he was certainly no worse
-"nd that this was a good sign, con-
idering his age.
Breathing, perhaps, was slightly eas-
er yesterday, but it Is expected that
' t will be at least several days before
.ny marked improvement can be ex-
. lected.
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Firms Deny Bad Army Beef.
1‘ Washington, D. 0., Jan. 4.—Commis-
ary General Eagan is steadily prose-
' uting the inquiry into methods follow-
I -d by the big meat packing houses of
. utting up the meats supplied to the
rmy during the war.
He has given out for publication the
tters addressed to Lieutenant Colo-
e1 0. M. Smith, purchasing commis-
'; ary at Chicago, which came from all
1" ».ve one of the firms which supplied
' he army meat, either refrigerated or
anned.
All deny supplying beef that was
' tangerous as food.
Affairs of Paper Company Settled.
'1 Cleveland, 0., Jan. 4.—The Cleveland
'aper Company, which was placed in
he hands of a receiver a year and a
alf ago, with liabilities of over three
undred thousand dollars, has been
absorbed by the Standard Paper and
Bag Company.
Since Receiver Horr assumed charge
of the property 87 1- 2 per cent. of the
liabilities have been settled.
Wayne Mocveagh Improving.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 4.—-Ex-At-
torney General Wayne MacVeagh’s
condition is about the game as yeéter-
day, and he co ilpues hold the li-
movement. sh‘o
WEEKLY-Nonw'
__2‘10V. HASTINGS SPEAKS PLAIN LY.
33:1 - state Treasury r-uzmdals. Better Bal-
inr- Luv \Vnuted,
Harrfsburg, Pa, Jan. 4.——Governor
l‘cniel H. 329.er 1‘s who will retire 011
January 17,s215r:t h 5 annual message
LL the legislatuie yesteIda}.
The message shows the state reve-
1.163 for the 3"ea1 1 ads d November 30,
15‘ 92, to have been $13,325,”.-0, and the
expenditmes $13,973,803. The public
debt is $6,815,299, to the credit of which
there is a sh king fund of $5,789,317.
The net debt of the state is, therefore,
only $1,025,982, no part of which can
be paid until 1912.
Concerning the state
governor says:
The management of the state treas-
ziry has for many years been the sub-
ject of public criticism. While it may
be true the state has lost no money
deposited in the various banks
throughout the commonwealth, it can-
not be questioned that in the past the
public funds have been used for politi-
treasury the
cal purposes by depositing them in faai
vorite banks, where such deposits were
expected to yield returns in the shape
of political influence. This system
cannot be defended. It should not be
in the power of any man to say that
banks shall handle the millions of dol-
lars that are annually paid into the
state treasury. It would be far better
for the state to receive no interest upon
deposits rather than to suffer a sys-
tem to continue which can be used for
political purposes, and it is submitted
that the evil will never be corrected
until the state keeps its own money
in its own vaults, as do many of the
states and as is done by the United
States.
The governor criticises the new state
capitol. The new building, he says, in
its present condition “is hardly fit for
human habitation, much less the offi-
cial abode of the representatives of the
great commonwealth.
“There are scores of farmers’ houses
in Pennsylvania more attractive in ap-
pearance than this building. It is
made of common brick embedded in
cheap mortar, looks like a hastily
erected factory building and is repul-
sive to the eye. Although the act of
the assembly requires that the build-
ing Shall be ‘made as nearly fireproof
as possible,' the roof and most of the
interior fittings are as combustible as
EX-GOV. BLASK TURNS TO LAW.
He Comes Here Prepared for Practice of
His Profession.
New York, Jan. 4.—Ex—Gov. Frank
S. Black started in yesterday on his
career as a New York lawyer. Imme-
diately after Governor Roosevelt had
been installed in office, Mr. Black be-
gan preparations for his momentous
departure in professional life. He tel—
egraphed his partners, ex-Judge W. lll.
K. Olcott and Abraham Gruber, that
he would be on hand yesterday ready
for work.
Yesterde" morning he left his old
home on 'tla Hill, in the city of Troy,
and boarded the 10.30 train for New
York. After a lunch at the Holland
House, where he will make his home
for the present, he came down town
and at 3 o’clock was ready for busi-
mess.
it is the (ax—governor's intention to
return to Troy every Friday evening
during the winter and spring. Four
days of the work he will he at the Hob
land 1301‘s“. Mr. and Mrs. Black live
during the sunnnmv- in the Berkshire
Hills.
The r the title of which is
Blink . ("rubei' and Bonynge,
hay. '- =52» suite of offices on
the; .2"? ' 1 of the hinge1 building,
No. l" ‘ ’ihc ex- -governor's
room 1‘ '21i1.£ly.
Tit-:- ‘l' :11' ill-the DIint.
Phiiall-lehia, Pa, Jan. 4.——More mon-
cy has been coined during the past
year Philadelphia mint than
any time since 1890. The total coinage
during 1898 was 100,258,433 pieces, val-
ued at $2?,654,4.52.39. Of this there was
coined a subsidiary coinage Valued at
$11,770 359. "rig,
Besides this, the mint coined for the
goveinment of San Domingo during
1898 511,873 pesos, a coin about the size
of an American dollar.
Olders have been ieceived to turn
out two hur dred thousand more of
‘hesc coins. Superintendent Boyer
started yesterday to coin $40,000,000 of
the gold bullion which lies in the vaults
of the mint.
Of this three million dollars will be
coined into double eagles and the re-
mainder into such denominations as
the treasury department may order.
.
Ell. in“:
Gulf of California Storm.
San Francisco, Jan. 4.—A communi—
cation has been received by the Mer-
chants’ Exchange from Captain Von
Helms of the steamship Ciracao telling
of a storm in the Gulf of Califor-
nia.
It began on December 23 and lasted
through Christmas day.
Three hundred feet of the breakwater
at Santa Roselya was washed away,
and some damage was done to the
ships Star of France and Falkland
Bank.
The Mexican schooner Rebecca, for-
merly of this port, sprung a leak on
Christmas day and had to be run
aground in La Defensa bay. She will
probably be saved.
Fatal Loconlotive Explosion,
Reading, Pa, Jan. 4.——-The boiler of
an engine on the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway blew up near Bowers
Station, a short distance from this
place, yesterday morning, instantly
killing William Weaver, engineer, and
probably fatally injuring Joshua Robe-
son, a conduc or.
The engine was drawing an extra
freight at the time of the explosion
and the injured men. together with
two others, were on the locomotive at
z the time of the explosion. None of the
cars were wrecked.
The Nebraska Legislature.
Loncoln, Neb., Jan. 4.——The Republi-
cans will organize and control both
houses of the legislature. After a
midnight caucus, which terminated in
an apparent split among the House Re-
publicans, a. second caucus was called
which continued until nearly day-
light. N
The five recalcitrant members came
in after concessions had been made to
» them in the way 0 appointments to
, , M, - 3 offices.
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N0 FIGHT YET AT ILIIILII
Gen. Otis Thinks 3. Conflict Can
Be Avoided.
N0 AMERICANS YET LANDED
Advice-5 from the. Scene of fi'ouble. lst
California Regiment; Embarks in Trans-
. pors at Manila Presumably for Iloilo,
Gunboat Castlne to Go to the Philip:
pines.
Manila, Jan. 4.——Advices from Iloilo
were received here yesterday by the
steamship Bolinao which left there on
Sunday.
At the time of the departure of the
Bolinao the insurgents were still in
control of the city and no American
troops had been landed.
The First California regiment em—
barked here at four o’clock yesterday
afternoon on board the steamshins
Campania and Martima, presumably to
report to General Miller at Iloilo. The
steamships were convoyed by the gun-
boat Concord.
Though it has not been officially an—
nounced, it is supposed that the ex-
tension of American occupation will
now be systematically begun in the
southern islands.
General Rios, the Spanish governor
of the Visayas, who arrived here yes-
terday from Zamboangs, on the island
of Mindanao, where he took the Span.-
ish troops when be evacuated Iloilo.
visited General Otis in the afternoon.
General Rios denies the imputation of
his Collusion with the insurgents, say-
ing that he gave up only when he was
ordered to do so by the government at
Madrid.
Aguinaldo is evidently organizing his
followers to oppose the Americans.
Yesterday he hastily summoned the
Filipino cabinet and congress to assem-
ble.
The British gunboat Rattler left
here yesterday for 110110 and Cebu to
protect English interests at those
places.
Washington, Jan. 4.—A dispatch
from Major General Otis, dated at Ma-
nila, was read at the meeting of the
cabinet yesterday morning, giving re—
assuring information in regard to the
situation among the insurgents at
Iloilo. island of Panay.
General Otis said that he believed
the disquieting reports from the scene
of the disturbance had already proved
unwarranted. and he believed that a
conflict of arms, at any rate, could be
averted.
The dispatch was evidently based 011
direct and recent information from
General Miller. the officer in charge of
the United States troops sent from Ma-
nila to the Panay capital.
The belief now is that the moral
effect of the presence of the United
States soldiers will be sufficient to im-
press the insurgents with the folly of
provoking an actual encounter with
General Miller’s forces, and that the
native troops will therefore submit
quietly to the authority of the United
States.
In response to a suggestion from Ad-
miral Dewey. and on account of the
serious situation in the Philippines, the
navy department yesterday ordered
the gunboat Cr .stine to Manila for use
in shallow rivers and harbms. The
Castine is at Havana and will proceed
to the east by the Suez route.
Alleged Heiress Arrested.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 4.—Mary Parson
Foster. claiming to be one of the heirs
to the estate of George Washington
Newton Yost, the inventor, has been
arrested here on a charge of obtaining
$1.600 under false pretences from John
C. Fredericks of No. 12 City Hall ave-
11119.
The allegation was that Miss Foster
called upon Mr. Fredericks about a
year ago, represented that she had :1
quarterly income of $1,500 from Ward
and Cameron, trustees of the Yost es-
tate at Albany, N. Y., and wanted a
loan
Another warrant was issued on a
similar charge, the amount being 81,-
200.
It is claimed by her friends that
Miss Foster obtained the money in a
legitimate manner.
The- llartl‘ord Evening Post.
Hartford, Conn, Jan. 4.—-—The Times
yesterday afternoon announced that
the negotiations which have been
pending for some time for the sale of
the Hartford Evening Post have been
practically completed.
An agreement is said to have been
reached by which the controlling inte1~
est in the paper is to be transfen ed to
E. L. and H. D. Clark of of New Ha~
ven. ‘
The new officers of the company will
be as follows: President, E. L. Clark;
vice president and treasurer, H. D.
Clark; secretary. Henry E. Taintor of.
Hartford; business manager. J. A.
Spaulding, recently of New Haven.
Fatal Fire. at Providence.
Providence, R. 1., Jan. 4.—A fire
broke out in the building, No. 6 Lime
street yesterday morning, and before
all the eight families who were ten-
ants in the house, could be rescued,
Frank ’McDermott, twenty-four years
of age, was suffocated, and Mr. and
Mrs. John O’Brien were overcome by
smoke.
McDermott was rescued alive, but he
died on the way to the hospital. Mrs.
O’Brien is in a. serious condition.
Cartridge Making in England.
London, Jan. 4.—It is announced
that the Kynoch Company of Birming—
ham has begun making ten million
cartridges for the United States, at the
rate of one million weekly.
An American inspector examines the
work, and profiting by the war expe-
riences, a. special metal is used to pre~
vent the cases from jamming in the
barrels.
Drawing Trade In New York
New York, Jan. 4.—The Merchants’
Association has made arrangements
with the railroads by which round
trip tickets can be bought for country
merchants at one and one-third the
single fare rate.
It is hoped that this will bring a
flood of spring buyers to New York,
c1ty.- I
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THE CONN lac-flour “sums?
[ts Meeting To:day. Military and Judical
Reforms.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 4.——The state ‘
legislature, which meets to-day, will
contain a Republican majority of four
in the Senate and 108 in the lower
house, with the seats of Senator Calla-
han and Representative Bree of this
city contested.
The latter had a. majority of several
hundred votes, and his seat is contest-
ed under an almost forgotten but ex-
plicit law disqualifying a candidate
who talus part in the count of the bal—
lots.
It is reported on good authority that.
the state commission on expenses Will
recommend to the legislature the abo-
lition of a number of the lower state
courts on the ground that they an
unnecessary, and.the pay of cour1
clerks by salaries instead of by fees,
which in the larger counties now am-
ount to two or three times what the
highest paid judges of state courts re.-
ceive.
The new governor will have two ju~
dicial nominations to make for th-
places on the supreme and superiox
court benches now filled by the tempo-
rary appointment of Judges Hall and
Roraback. But both will probably suc~
ceed themselves.
A mor ‘ interesting question is that
of the reappointment of Insurance
Commissioner Betts, who was a strong
Porter man, and whose nomination will
be regarded as a test of the relations
of Governor Lounsbu-ry with the Re—
publican machine.
Applications for new trolley roads
now call for nearly four hundred miles
of tracks, or about the whole length
of operated trolleys in the state.
Nearly one hundred and sixty miles
of the proposed layouts parallel exist-
ing steam lines.
Quay Curries Caucus.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 4.—Desplte thc
efforts of the opponents of Senatox
Quay to obtain a. postponement of the
senatorial caucus, the adherents of the
senior senator carrried their point last
night and secured the indorsement 01
their favorite by 109 of the 154 Repub-
licans of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture’.
This is nineteen less than the num-
ber necessary to elect a United Stotes
senator on joint ballot, the total mem-
bership being 255, of which 128 is a ma-
ioritY-
Senator Martin was not present, but
Senator Magee was, and it was on his
motion that the nomination was made
unanimous.
The' anti-Quay leaders are jubilant
over the result of the caucus and as-
sert that the man they are fighting
can never succeed himself in the Sen-
ate.
“Burrows Beats Plugroe._ _
Detroit, l\lich., J-an. 4.—Governox
Pingree has given up hope of defeat
ing Senator Burrows for re-election
and is now bending every effort to saw
his candidate for speaker of the house
Seventy-three legislators have signer;
the Burrows call for a. caucus to-night
and'there is no question that all tlu
signers will vote for him. Sixty-sever.
votes are all that is reqfiired to elect
Pingree is trying to arrange an oper
ballot for the speakership when th-
house is organized, hoping to swing;
the votes of Democratic members f0!
his candidate, John J. Carton of Flint.
Representative Adams of Grand Rap—
ids is suppOSed to have the support 0:
Burrows members.
New Horticultural Buildings.
New York, Jan. 4.—-Ground was bro.
ken for'a range of horticultural build~
ings at Bronx Park yesterday. Park
Commissioner August Moebus dug thi:
first spade full of earth, and member:
of the Botanical Society delivered ad-
dresses.
The city g1anted the lands in Bronx
Park fo1 a botannical garden. and th.
buildings were designed by Lord and
Burnham.
John C. Sheehan has the contract for
building the buildings, and it is ex-
pected the work wll be completed in
eleven months.
The city has appropriated $375
complete them.
000 t1
To DIanul‘acture corduroy.
, Pawtucket, R. 1., Jan. 4.—«The Chari—
ton Manufacturing Company of thi;
city, which has a. mill at Ingraham-
ville, has leased a mill of the United
States Cotton Company at Central
Falls, and will fit it up for the manu-
facture of corduroy, and will consid-
erably increase its production.
The mill will accommodate Several
hundred hands.
Conn cticnt Labor Statistics.
New Haven, Conn, Jan. 4.—The an-
nual report for 1898 of the Connecticut
Bureau of Labor Statistics, just issued.
gives xeturns from 564 manufacturing
establishments, which in 1898 employ-
ed 65,669 persons, an increase of 51::
per cent. over 1897.
Wages disbursed were 832,498,659. (1‘
14.6 per cent. .more than in 1897.
, Senator Allison Out Again.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. l!.—.—Senato:
Allison of Iowa, who has been con—
fined to his home with the grip, was
able to be at the Capitol yesterday
afternoon.
IBITS OF NEWS.
The police of Brooklyn made 35,221
arrests during 1898.
General Isaac S. Catlin of Brooklyn:
has been awarded a medal of honor fm
bravery at the battle of Petersburg.
by ,President McKinley.
Russia has ordered a payment of
seventy-five million roubles to the Im-
perial Bank, and it is denied that the
government has been seeking loans.
Governor Roosevelt of New York
has refused to pardon Decker, th~
Tottenville wife murderer, and he wit‘
be electrocuted at Sing Sing next
week.
'The main sewer at Blevres, Franco.
burst Monday and much alarm is fell
P? 'T’
in Paris on account of the danger to
the exposition buildings from recent
rains.
Reports from Paris say that oppo—
nents to Dreyfus’ revision declare that
the court of cassation has waived its;
intention of recalling Dreyfus from
French Guiana. It is stated that the
fear of lynching and riots can-ed this
determination.
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HULL BILL IS FAVORIID
President Prefers It to the Miles
Measure.
COST OF A STANDING ARMY
“’31- Department Estimates It. Will Cost
Between Fifty-five and Sixty Million
if Mr. McKinlcy‘s Ideas Are Adopted
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 4.—-NOW that
it is certain the peace, treaty will be
ratified by the Senate, the anti-expan-
sionists will level their heavy guns 0‘
opposition against the bill to increase
the army. ‘
This bill probably will be the herd-
est fought and longest debated of an)"
measure during the next two months.
The anti- expansionists will throw ob«
stacles in its path at every opportu-
nity.
During the recess the president has:
talked to senators and representatives,
and openly has stated his prefeience
f01 the Hull bill, as against the one
prepared by General Miles.
The Hull bill aims to increase the
present army in numbers rather than
regiments, with very few officers. The
Miles bill, on the other hand, increases
the number of regiments and the num—
ber of officers.
It is acknowledged to be a good one,
but not one to meet the favor of Con-
gress, and those who are anxious for
legislation to increase the army say it
never could be passed, and as the ne-
cessities of our changed territories
make it necessary for an increase or"
the army, they are willing to take the
Hull bill. rather than to lose all.
A calculation has been made at the
war department in regard to the in-
creased appropriations necessary for
the maintenance of the army under
the Hull bill, and it is found that it
is twenty to thirty per cent. lower than
expected.
It would require only between fifty-
flve and sixty millions. It was esti—
mated that it would be nearer one
hundred millions than fifty.
The anti-expansionists are relying
upon the public Sentiment against a
large standing army to help the bill
for an increase.
The president, however, feels assur-
ed that Congress wlll pass a bill, giv-
ing the government the necessary force
to protect and garrison the new terri-
tory required during the war, and also
a force large enough for duty in the
United States.
In talking about what Congress is
likely to do in the matter, a prominent
army official said:
“It is my opinion that before Con-~
gress adjourns it will authorize the
continuance of the army as it at pres-
ent exists, numbering sixty-two thou.
sand men, and provide that the presi-
dent at his discretion and when he
thinks it necessary fer the good of this
country and the territories, to increase
this army up to one hundred thousand.
This will not only meet the approval
of he conservative men who do not
want a large standing army, but it
will give the president the power to
increase the army to the number now
asked for. if he thinks it necessary.
It would satisfy the people, for it
would put the reSponsibility for the in—
crease on the president's shoulders,
giving him the discretion to decide
what number is necessary.
“If, during the year, the president
finds it necessary for a large force to
be sent to either the Philippines or
Cuba, he will have the power to enlist
enough men in the regular army to
meet this necessity.
“In other words, this is all the presi-
dent asked in his annual message. The
present army is now, as stated, sixty-
two thousand men, and if he has the
power to increase it to one hundred
thousand men that is all that is re-
quired.”
The following is the president's rec-
ommendations in this matter to Con-
gress when it met in December:
Sloan May Succeed Andrews.
Albany, N Y., Jan. 4.—Gov. Roose-
velt will prepare a special message
dealing exclusively with canal mats
ters.
He called a conference yesterday tc
discuss the candidates for superinten-
dent of public works. The latest can-
didate for the place is George B
Sloane of Oswego, N. Y.
Mr. Sloan is a member of the Canal
Union and an active promoter of canal
improvements. It is said that the nine
million dollar appropriation was ob-
tained in a great measure through his
efforts.
Mr. Sloane was himself one of the
conferees that met in the governor’s
private chamber to-day.
Trains Race for ( ontract.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4.--The race be-
tween the Burlington and Northwest-
ern fast mail trains concluded at Oma-
ha yesterday morning.
It was the fastest time for a five
hundred mile stretch ever made, and
the trains ran as fast as one hundred
and ten miles an hour for fifteen miles.
The Northwestern wins the first prize
of the great $760,000 contest.
Six more must be .run,' and the
Northwestern must win at least three
more to get half the mail contract and
four more in order to ask for the
whole.
This brings the time between Omaha
and Chicago down to nine hours and
fifty-seven minutes.
A Destructive Storm.
London, Jan. 4.—-Incoming steamers
at different ports report that the
frightful weather continues along the
British coasts and‘in the Bay of Bis-
cay.
The channel steamer Anvers, of 1,689
tons, trading between New Haven and
Dieppe, has been wrecked at the en-
trance of Dieppe harbor.
Five Of her crew were drowned and
her cargo is washing ashore.
State Troops Disbanded.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 4.—Govern01
Roosevelt, through Adjutant General
Andrews, yesterday directed Majm
General Roe to issue an order disban-
ding ,Troozi c c of Brooklyn and 111.
GM 3-“ ‘r' ‘ "‘ "rd Seventy-first regi-
ment of N w York city.
_unlikely
as
MlSS Simpson’s WEDDING.
the Marriage of the Admiral's Daughter
to be a. Social Event.
New York, Jan. 4.—'~Great prepara-
tions have been made for the wedding
to-day of Miss Olive Farrington Samp-
son, daughter of Admiral Sampson, to
Henry H. Scott, a wholesale coal deal—
er of San Francisco. The ceremony
will be at 8 p. m., in the Glen Ridge
Congregational church. It was to
have taken place last month, but ow—
ing to the absence of both Miss Sampq
son’s parents, was postponed.
The maid of honor will be Miss Nan-
nie Sampson, and the bridesmaid will
be Miss Annie Davis, daughter of Ma.-
jor Davis of West Point, and 'Miss
Perkins of Connecticut. There will he
a reception in the Sampson house in
Clark street, Glen Ridge, after the
ceremony.
One of the features of the banquet
will be the display and use for the
first time of the loving cup just pre-
sented to Mrs. Sampson by the com—
manding officers who served under Ad-
miral Sampson during the war.
SAMPSON.
MISS OLIVE S.
The cup is twelve inches in height
and, as might be expected in nauti-
cal in character. The handles are
composed of dolphins, and in connec‘
tion with these are two mermaids, one
displaying the laurel wreath of tri—
umph and the other proclaiming this
memorable victory of the sea.
Upon one face of the cup the action
off Santiago on that glorious third of
July is etched in a very artistic man-
ner, pictures of the flagship New York
and of other famous battleships being
adequately displayed.
Upon the other face is etched in
quaint and graceful lettering the ln-
scription setting forth for whom, from
whom, and the occasion calling for the
presentation. The base is formed of
representations of the bows of the
Spanish armored. cruisers Oquendo,
Vizcaya, Maria Theresa and Cristobal
Colon—the whole effect being in its are
tistic presentation worthy of the oc- .
,casion and of the tribute which evolv—
ed it.
LYMAN ABBOTT’S SUCCESSOR.
The Repolued Selection of the Rev.
Hillis of Chicago.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 4.—It is not
that the Rev. Dr. Newell
Dwight Hillis, pastor of the Central
Church of Chicago, will succeed the
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott as pastor of
Plymouth church.
It is very probable that the advisory
committee of Plymouth church will
recommend that Dr. Hillis be called.
It is generally believed that he will
accept and that by spring the celebra-
ted Chicago divine will be preaching
in historic Plymouth.
Dr. Hillis is a native of Iowa, and
is forty years old. He was educated
at Grinnell Academy, at Lake Forest
University, and at McCormick Semi-
Dr.
> nary.
For three years after leaving his
theological sbudies he was pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of Pe-
oria. From 1890 to 1894 he preached
from the pulpit of the First church in
Evanston. Ind.
In December, 1894, he succeeded Pro-
fessor Swing at the Central Church.
Dr. Hillis, like his predecessors of Ply—i
mouth" and Central churches, is a writ-
er. The four books he has published
are: “Foretokens of Immortality,”
“How the Inner Light Failed,” “A
Man’s Value to Society,” and “The In-
vestment of Influence." ’
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Slain by D speradoes. KN"
St. Paul, Jan. 4.'—John W'eilmer of
Lafayette, Nicolette county, was shot
in the head and hip by two tramps
whom he had given shelter.
They bound Mrs. Fellmer to a lounge
with a clothesline and e8caped with
Weilmer’s team.
Mrs. Weilmer began gnawing at the
rope with her teeth, and after several
hours of struggle succeeded in biting
the cord in two and liberating herself.
In the yard she found her husband
dead and his body frozen.
A posse of farmers, armed with the
rope with which Mrs. Weilmer had
been tied, have gone in pursuit of the
desperadoes.
Chinese Troops Fled.
London, Jan. 4.—According to a dis-
patch from Han Kow, there are alar-
ming reports from the upper Yang-tse—
Kiang region. Disturbances are in-
creasing in the provinces of Szechuan.
Hunan and Hupe.
A body of Chinese troops was sent
to attack the rebels, but they are said
to have fled before the enemy.
The Viceroy has been reinforced 5
three gunboats and three thousan
men.
The dowager empress, it is assenth.
is curtailing the authority of the vice-
roys, especially in the Yang-tse-Kiaxfi
districts. - . r.‘
Washington in the Grasp of the Grip.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 4.—-Tbo grip
is now raging here with all its fore.
Following are some of the prominen
persons who are ill:
Justice Gray of the supreme court,
former Secretary of State Foster, Jus-
tice Weldon of the United States
court of claims, Chief Justice Alvey
and Justice Morris of the district court
of appeals, Chief Justice Bingham an -
Justice Fox of the districtsupreme
court, Senators Allison, Carter, Sew- ..
ell, Cockrell and Turpie,land COlonel
Schuyler Crosby. 5 ,
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