, tolph street, in the fashionable Back Bay _ lecture tour of the east was arranged, and ‘W. C. T. U. convention selected the fol- RUSSIA AND CHINA. The Czar's Diplomatis". In the Treaty “'ith the Celestials. outwit England. LONDON, Dec. 14.—The text of the Bus- sian-Chinese treaty, reproduced here from the North China Daily News. has aroused considerable discussion on all sides and is regarded as a matter of the greatest im- portance. Some of the newspapers refuse to believe it authentic, as it would be such a victory for Russian diplomacy. The Spectator, however, believes it to be exact, and says: ’ “No forger would have tried so elabo- rately to protect the pride of China While Securing every Russian object. Nothing is ceded openly, but Russia is permitted to run a railway to Kirin and is expressly authorized to keep all the troops she pleaSes to protect the Manchurian stations, and she is also to fortify Port Arthur for Chi- na. NO glass is required ' to interpret phrases like these;"Which completely in- vest- Russia with iriilit'ary control of Man- ehuria and the Line Tong peninsula.” Continuing, The Spectator says it thinks the arrangement threatens Japan more than Great Britain, “which can resist when her commercial rights are threaten- ed.” . Sir Charles Dilke in a speech has ex- pressed the opinion that the treaty will place northern China at the feet of Russia and that it is wholly inconsistent with the promises of China made to England when she left Fort Hamilton. He favored the reoccupation of that port. Sir Arthur B. Foreward, member of parliament for the southwest division of Lancashire, Conservative, in a speech yes~ terdayevening said that probably China would become to Russia what India was to England and that English trade in Chi- na would be superseded by Russian manu- facturers.’ In regard to the doubts ex- pressed as to the actual completion of the treaty, the speaker said he happened to know that Russian government engineers were now in Manchuria studying the pro- posed railway. VICTIMS OF AN ACCIDENT. President Putnam and Miss Collins Were Killed by Escaping Gas. BOSTON, Dec. 14.—Samuel P. Putnam, president of the free thought congress, and Mary L. Collins, both of Chicago, who were found dead from suffocation by gas upon the floor of an apartment on St. Bo. district of this city, yesterday, were evi- dently the victims of an accident. It was found that the gas escaped from a valve at the back of the regular valve, which had been placed there for the purpose of at- taching a lamp tube, and it is thought the cock of the valve was accidentally turned on when the other valve was lighted. Samuel P. Putnam was 50 years old and was well known as one of the most prominent members of the American So- ciety of Free Thinkers and noted as a fiery advocate of agnostieism. He was a warm friend of Robert G. Ingersoll. Miss Collins, in whose room the tragedy occcurred, lectured at Central Music hall, Chicago, three weeks ago on “Free Thought” and “The New Woman.” After her meeting with Mr. Putnam a joint. they left Chicago about two weeks ago. She was regarded as a very brilliant speak- er and was only 20 years of age. \ W. C. 'l‘. U. Oflio’ers. WASHINGTON, Dec. ILL—The nonpartisan lowing oflicers: Mrs. Annie M. Witten- meyer of Pennsylvania. president; Mrs. Harriet B. Walker Of Indianapolis, vice president; Mrs. Florence Porter of Cari- bou, Me, recording secretary; Mrs. Ellen J. Phinney of Cleveland, general secre- tary; Mrs. H. M. Ingham of Cleveland, treasurer; Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks of Pitts- burg, editor of The Temperance Tribune, the official organ of the union. The Bryan Banquet. - CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The Jackson cele- bration banquet, at which William J. Bry- an will be the chief guest of honor, will be held Jan. 7 at the Tremont House. This has been decided upon at a conference of Democratic leaders. It is expected Mr. Bryan on that occasion will make a speech urging the friends of silver to keep up their fight. Governor Altgeld ,will also be present. Found 3 Skeleton. HAMILTON, Mass, Dec. 14. —Gardner Eames and his son of Reading, Mass, were hunting in the woods about Shebacco lake today when they stumbled on the skeleton of .a man. Inquiry leads to the belief that the skeleton is that of Dominick Peters. a French Canadian, who was em- ployed in this town last winter and dis- appeared about March 1. A Lawyer Disbarred. BOSTON, Dec. - 14.—-Gideon F. Haynes has been removed from the position of at- torney at law within the courts of the commonwealth by order of Judge Dunbar of the superior court on a petition brought by. the Bar association of the city of Bose ton. Haynes is now in the house of cor- rection serving a sentence of three years for forgery. She Robbed the Dead. PARIS, _Dec. 14.—A female attendant at Lariboisiere hospital has been arrested on the charge of robbing during a score of years a large number of dead patients. It is claimed that she succeeded in stealing considerable property from _the bodies of the dead. A sum of money amounting to $8,000 was found in her possession. Premier Rudlni's Plans. ROME, Dec. 14,—Premier Rudini is de- sirous of bringing about the dissolution of parliament, hoping ,thereby. to preserve the Radical vote, which is especially anx- ious of bringing about an abandonment of the triple alliance, for the purpose of forming an alliance with France. The Hog Cholera In Iowh' ' DES Mounts, Dec. 14.—Statistics com- piled by the crop department of the state showa loss of over 30 per cent of all the hogs in Iowa by cholera, the per cent be- ing from 1 to 77 in the different counties. The loss in money is given at $15,000,000. More Troops For Cuba. 'HAVANA, Dec. 14.-—The steamships San Francisco, Monserrat, Buenos Aires and Sartrustegul haye arrived here with re- enforcements of 6,000 troops. Among the passengers was the son of General'Weyler. / India Improving. LONDON, Dec. 14,—The Viceroy of India has cabled that the situation in India has becpme slightly better. Rains at Bombay have contracted the area of distress, and spring crop conditions are favorable. Battleships For China. ROME, Dec. 14.—Special Chinese :nvoys now in Italy have placed several orders for large battleships and cruisers. _ - u . ,4. IS OVER. NOW is 3 TIME _ To Subscribe ,for the \ Both: Pacers Sent to one Address fora-$.09 a Year r . TEACHING ev~ PHQNOGRAPH. remain at home, or wherever his in- THE E—vmme .quu'r'rn A Curious and Clever Scheme of a New York Professor. ‘Many novel projects have been de. vised in the way ofalanguage teach- ing, but never until just lately has the phonograph been made part of the outfit of the linguistic professor. It is difficult at first to see how this instru- ment can help along teaching of any kind, but thereon hangs a tale. The man who has adapted the‘phonograph to this profession is R. D. Cortina, and he has been so successful that al- ready he has sent but over five hun- dred machines all loaded with his in- struction and primed with his voice. His method is simple. lVith each phonograh there is sent his textbook, twenty loaded cylinders and twenty blank ones. Each lesson in the book is arranged in the form of questions and answers. The pupil ready to be- gin, puts the cylinder of the first les- son in the machine, the tubes in his cars and starts the phonograph. Keeping his eye on the book he hears the words and phrases repeated, with their proper accent, just as if the pro- fessor stood at his side. There is an additional advantage that the lessen can be repeatr d twenty or a hundred 1 time, if necesary, until every sound is familiar to the pupil. Then after having thoroughly learned these sentences, he puts one of the unused cylinders in the ma- . chine and repeats the lesson. In a little paper box the cylinder goes back : to New York, and at his earliest Op- portunity Mr. Cortina pops it into his own machine. At his side is the stenographer. As he listens to the lesson, repeated back, now stopping the phonograph, now starting it going again. he dictates his criticism, where the pronunciation is i wrong, what is right, what the mis- [ takes are and where they have been made. The letter and the cylinder 2'0 back to the pupil, who reads and listens to his own voice reproduced. Then, taking up the original cylinder once more, he is able to tell just where the difference lies. _._. __ The Costly‘Lot. Gadsby—“Those three dude sons of Van Nostrand cost him about $5,000 a year.” Miss Caustique—“Then he has been putting a good deal of money into real estate.” “How’s that?” ' “He is spending $5,000 a year on a. vacant lot.”—Brooklyn Life. The New York Man and Express says: We congratulate the Seventh Congress Dietrict of Kentucky on hav-. lng elected TV. 0. P. Breckenridge to stincts may take him, away from the House of Representatives. And we con- gratulate Congress on the sentiment that evidently prevails in the Seventh District of Kentucky. A free silver Democrat, a Bryanite candidate, is to occupy the seat that Breckenridge so dishonored; and he is ‘the only man placed in nomination by that party whose success creates in us no regret. f \ n case - in \. \- >a<a>a<a>a<>n<aea<a> A POIN "§>a<a>aca>a<aa>a<a§a<aaa»g fi 5} ., - ‘ “I. ' Brass Hinge Pins A are placed upon all the doors of the Bay%tate Fur- naces. These pins are non-corrosive,and‘you never are troubled with the doors sticking fast. Perhaps you never thought of looking at the hinge pins of a furnace to see whether they were brass or not, but it is such little improvements as this that make the completed Bay State perfect in every respect. .You would not buy a furnace becauseit had brass. hinge pins, but if it had everything else about it as you wished, you would be glad that it had this very useful“ and important improvement. Consult your local dealer. 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