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BRIDGEPORT,

THE .
D. M. Read

COMPANY.

SOMETHING
WE HAVE
OVER LOOKED.

A review of the musses and
crushes of holiday week has
brought to light- a line of
LADIEs’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
that we immediately turn
into Bargains by putting a
bargain price upon them :

Corset Covers, that were as
high as $1.00, now marked
down to 29 cents. Chemises,
that ran all the way from 50
cents, 75 e. and $1.00, new
marked down to one price—
29 cents. N ightgowns, in

‘ muslin, cambric and n ainsook
that ranged from $1.89, $2.00
$2.50, $3.50 and $4.00, now
$1.00, $1.39,$1.69 and $2.25.

Just because they’ re slightly
soiled by handling and dust ;
perhaps don’t look quite as
nicely as spiel; and span new
geods are supposed to look.
They are all new and not
inj fired a particle in any way;
one laundering and they’re as
clean, bright and liandSOme as
though they came directly
from the hands of the maker.

 

Anyone who Wants a Cape,
and wants a good one at a
very reasonable price, ought
not to miss those new ones
just in.

In spite of the odd weather
prevailing this season we’re
doing a nice Cape and Jacket
business; . doing it on the
merits of the garments—the
weather hasn’t helped us very
much.

There’s more of the
‘ Mother’s Friend’ Shirt
\Vaists, for boys, at 29 cents;
sensible and very cheap.

New Ginghamé, four special
grades—10, 12a, 15, 25 c. yd.

New cotton Dress Plaids,
good firm serge weaves. fast
colors, 8 c. a yard.

Good Outing Flannel, 5 c.
a yard. ‘

Blackfiatteen Skirts, flan-.
nel lined, made in extra
width——oiie and two. ruffles,
98 0. One lot of made up
Skirt Patterns, hemmed—
wide silicia waist-band, 39 0.
each. Also Merritt’s all-wool
Skirt Patterns, 98 0., $1.19.

 

 

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Spanish “Official” YarnsDemonstrate
Their Own Falsity.

SIGNIFICANT ADMISSIONS. ~

The Insurgents Charged With 'Burnlng
Property Everywhere and Commit-
ting Other Extremes—Tribute.
Levled From Planters.

HAVANA, Jan. 3. —An engagement be-
tween the Spanish troops and the insur-
gent forces has taken place at El Estante,
south of Alfonso XII and not far from
the frontier of the province of Havana.
The 'oflicial announcement says that the
troops captured the insurgent positions,
but that the loss to the enemy is not
known. 0n the other hand it is admitted
that 2 Spanish officers and 4 soldiers
were killed and 19 were wounded. . The
insurgents, following their usual tactics,
did not attempt a decisive engagement,
but after the skirmish they proceeded
westward, devastating the country as they
marched onward. The authorities here,
in announcing this skirmish. added the
significant statement that the .“trcops
were moved closer to the province of Ha-
vana,” which would seem to indicate that
the Spanish forces are once more in re-
treat. . '

Later in the day it was announced that
further fighting between the Spaniards
and the Cubans was taking place in the
vicinity of El Estante, which, with the
announced . movement of the Spanish
troops “closer to the frontier of Havana, ”
leads people here to believe that the insur-
gents have been in pursuit of the Spanish
troops in that vicinity. The latter are
commanded by Colonel Galvis. who was
also in command of the troops first engag—
ed in the vicinity of El Estante, which
seems to be a confirmation of the supposi-
tion that the Spaniards were worsted and
that the Cubans are making for the fron-
tier of the province of Havana in spite of
all the statements to the contrary.

In view of the fine work and rapid prog-
ress of the insurgent cavalry, Captain
General Martinez de Campos has ordered
the Spanish officials in all the disturbed
districts to seize all the horses they can lay
hands on in order to prevent them from
falling into the hands of the enemy. But
it is believed that the Cubans are already
as Well mounted and supplied with horses
as they need be, and there are people who
claim that this order might have been is-
sued some months sooner.

Damage Done by Insurgents.

The damage being done by the Cubans
is really terrible. They have burned the
best part of" the town of Jaguey and the
canefields of Perla, Rosario and Australia
in that district, and in the Navarrete dis-
trict the plantations of Vinas, Mendez,
Garey, Escalant and Haza have been de-
stroyed by the torches of the Spaniards’
enemies. ‘

In addition the Cuban forces have burn<
ed many houses in the Cardenas district
of the province of Matanzas and have set
fire to and destroyed many canefields in
the Union do Reyes. Buena Vista, J aguey
Grande and Macurijes districts. 4 .

In the latter part of the province Of Mai
tanzas alone the havoc wrought by the
Cubans is tremendous, nearly all the im-
mense canefields of the neighborhood hav-
ing been burned, and besides the village
of La. Yagua, Whose inhabiiants did not
receive the insurgents ' well as the latter
would have liked, ha. been blotted out
by fire. Between La Yagua and Cu-
manayaguay alone five railroad bridges
and three culverts have recently been de-
stroyed by the forces of the insurgents.
In fact, the Cubans are apparently using
the to‘rch with even more-success than the
machete, and the immense amount of
damage done, in spite of the efforts of the
Spanish commanders, does not in anyway
tend to confirm the stories told of their
defeats and the statement made so repeat-
edly in official circles that they are in full
retreat and utterly disorganized.

But the insurgents are not paying at-
tention to the plantations exclusively.
The houses of the wealthier classes and
the stores of the inhabitants of the invaded
districts generally are being sacked un-
less ransomed by the payment of sums of
money in proportion to the value of the
property. This is admitted by the friends
of the insurgents here, and they claim that
it is perfectly fair for them to do so, as the
planters and others are the chief support
of the Spanish government system here,
and that in lessening the revenue contrib-
uting power of the planters they are only
cutting off the sources of supply of their
enemies, the Spaniards.

The Spanish Contention.

The government officials, however, in-
sist that the Cubans are doing more than
levying contributions from the wealthier
classes: ' They insist that the insurgents
are robbing the poorest inhabitants of
anything they can lay hands on, even stoop-
ing to taking their watches and any lit—

‘ tle money they may find in their pockets.

Of course in an insurrection like this
charges Of every kind are made by hem
sides, and it is not astonishing that ex-
cesses have been committed. But the in-
surgents claim they are justified in taking
the most extreme *measures not only
against the Spaniards, but against those
suspected of being in Sympathy with
them.

It was announced this afternoon that
Felipe Rodriguez, the insurgent leader,
has been killed in an engagement with
the Spanish troops. '

The case against General Sanguilly, in
which he is charged with kidnaping Fer-
nandez Castro before the commencement
of the revolution, has been taken to the
supreme court.

The news that the insurgents are still
on the borders of the province of Havana
has increased the feeling of nervousness
which has prevailed here from the time
they entered the province of Matanzas, and
no explanations which the authorities can
furnish seem able to dispel the popular
impression that there has been no real
check of the insurgent advance and that
all the efforts of. the Spanish troops to
drive them out of Matanzas have proved
more than fruitless. As already cabled,
every man who could be spared from the
regular and volunteer forces has been sent
to the front, but this does not seem to have
changed the situation, and the military
authorities continue working night and
day in their efiorts to place Havana in

the best possible position to resist a siege. ~

Sympathy For Insurgents.

But the sentiment of the population
here, as already noted, is gradually un-
dergoing a change favorable to the insur-
gent cause, and nobody would be astonish-

_ ed to find that it had taken a more decid-

ed form than passive sympathy. The pc-
lice are carefully watching the. quarters
inhabited by people supposed to be in
sympathv with the insurgents. but this

 

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has not prevented numbers of young men
from escaping'from the city and making
their way to the insurgent camps;

In addition to the trouble threatened

from the direction of the province ofMa-
tanzas it is feared that there willbe more -
trouble from the direction of the province
of Pinar del Rio, on the other side of Ha-
vana. Although all news on this subject
is carefully guarded, ,, it is known that the
insurgents in that part of the country are
rapidly increasing in number and daring,
and nobody Would be astonished to hear
that an insurgent force will advance from
Pinar del Rioso soon as the main body of
the insurgents under Gomez and Macao is
near enough to Havana to warrant such a
movement. ~

JUDGE KILLS ROBBER.

Footpath Tackle the Wrong Citizen In the
Wild Town of Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3. —As Justice Blume oi
the West Chicago Avenue police station
was passing underneath the Alley Elevated
railway structure at Thirteenth street in
company with his daughter two masked
men sprang from the shadow of the struc-
ture and attacked him. He drew his re— (
volver and fired at his assailants. One of
them uttered a cry of pain and tried to-
run. He went a few steps and fell, with

s

,blood streaming from a wound in the ab-

domen. Before the police arrived the man
was dead. - Seeing the man fall, Justice
Blume turned his revolver upon the other
man, who was trying to escape. and fired-
several shots after him, none of which took
effect so far as is known. ' '

The magistrate, withhis daughter, was
walking over to State street when attack-
ed. After the shcoting the two went to
the Harrison Street police station and told
what had occurred. The patrol wagon
was sent out at once, and the dead man
was found lying where he foil. The dead
man was taken to the morgue.

Cold In the Northwest.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 3.—The temperature
has been dropping rapidly in the region
east of the Rockies as far as Aitkin,
Minn., during the past 24 hours. and it is
new excessively cold all over Montana,
North Dakota, the Northwest Territories
and Manitoba. The crest of the wave at
present is at Qu’Appelle, where the ther-
mometer registers 25 below zero. At most
Manitoba points it is from 18 to 22 below.

Tacoma Gets a Verdict For $787,500.

TACOMA, Jan. 3. —-A verdict in favor of
the city of Tacoma in its suit against the
Tacoma Light and Water company was
rendered. The city sued for $1,000, 000
damages, alleged to have been sustained
through fraudulent action by the defend-
ant in disposing of an inferior water app-
ply and lighting plant to the corporation.
The verdict of the jury calls for $787, 500
award to the plaintiff.

Two Moonshlners Killed.

LITTLE ROCK, Jan. 3. -The warfare
which has been waged for the past year
against the moonshiners in the southwest-
ern part of the state culminated in a suc-
cessful raid, in which two stills and eight
men were captured and two men were
killed. The men made a stubborn resist-
ance. The.larger still had a capacity of

100 gallons daily, while the other was of .

40 gallons.

Greenhalge's Third Term.

-BOSTON, Jan. 3. ——The inauguration of
Frederick T. Greenhalge as governor of
Massachusetts for the third term and of
Roger Wolcott as lieutenant governor for
the fourth term took place at the state-
house at noon today. The ceremony was
performed as usual in the presence of both
branches of the legislature, assembled in
joint convention in the house of represent-
atives. -

The Contract System Abandoned. '

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. , Jan. Bag-Tennessee
took charge of her own convicts and in the
future will put them to work in the main
prison at Nashville and the branch prison
at Brushy Mountain. Convicts have pre-
viously been worked by the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Tracy
City and the Knoxville Iron company at
Coal Creek.

Six Persons Burned to Death.

COLUMBUS. 0., Jan. 3.-—Tho residence
of John H. Hibbard was burned. Mr. and
Mrs. Hihbard. their son Allen, aged 5,
and infant Dorothy, Miss Fay Hibbard
and Mrs. Grace filibbard Lee, sisters, of
Barnesville, 0., all were burned to death.
Mr. Hibbard was secretary of the Central
Ohio Natural Gas and Fuel company.

 

 

A Greater Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 3. —Twelve square
miles of territory were added to Cincin-
nati, increasing the area from 24% square
miles to 36% and increasing the popula-
tion to 355,000. It also increases the tax-
able valuation $11,000,000, which is about
a 5 per cent increase. It also increases
the bonded debt about $1,500, 000.

The Dominion Parliament.

OTTAWA, Jan. 3.—What promises to be
the most important session of the Cana-
dian parliament slnce 1867, when the prov-
inces were confederated, opened today.
On the question of re-establishing sepa‘
rate schools in Manitoba for Roman Cath-
olics the government is so seriously divid-

ed as'to impair its stability.

Jersey’s Er... llIurder of 1896.
CAMDEN, N. J.. Jan. _3.—William Rob-
inson, a colored man, is locked up in the
Camden county jail on the charge of mur-
dering Silas Gould, another colored man.

The murder was the first to be committed

in New Jersey this year. The two men

lquarreled about a colored woman.-

‘ ' Trouble at Cripple Creek.

CRIPPLE CREEK, 0010., Jan. 3.—-It is es-
timated that 500 claims in this districton
which owners have failed to do full as-
sessment work in 1895 have been jumped.
Although armed men are holding claims
in all the outlying portions Of the district“.
no fights have yet been reported.

A Letter Carrier’s Fatal Fall.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3. ——William Ahearn,
a letter carrier. was found dead at the bot-
tom of a flight of stairs leading to the tin-
shop of Jacob Klein. Ahearn had been

calling on friends and was returning

home, it is believed, when he stumbled.
and fell down the stairs.

Murderer Woodley Hanged.

PITTSBURG,‘ Jan. 3.—Albert W. Wood-
ley was hanged today for the murder of
Mrs. Jennie Buchanan in AlleghanyCity
on May 9. 1894. He had been engaged to
marry the woman. In, a confession he
said he had killed her while he. was
drunk.

Jockey Club Meeting Deferred. 1
NEW Yonk,'Jan. 3.-—Owing to the ab-
sence of a quorum of the members the an-
nual meeting Of the Jockey club, which
was to have been held today, was adjourn-

 

ed until Thursday. Jan. 6. at 9 p. m.

' A PLUOIY ‘ WOMAN. '
Site Did Not Faint When Shogluv the
' “ Burglar, but Captured him.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-M
in tho-Ycrkville gqlice court. today com-
mitted James Han'nigan, 20 years old, to
answer on a complaint of burglary.

Policeman John Shertall was fiummon-
ed from his ppfit to arrest Hpnnlgan in
Mrs. Margaret Morrlssey’s sa’lhcn at 812
East Thirtieth street.

Mrs. Morris'sey. who occupies rooms at
the rear of the saloon, said a e was _a.W8k~

.ened‘shortly before 3-o’olock y a noise, at

the outer window. Looking out. she saw
'a man working at the winddw fastenin‘ .
She kept still and awaited devolqnmen s.
After awhile the fellow opened the win-
dow. He thrust in his head, took a care-
ful‘~ survey of the interior of the _ teem,
makings keen scrut p! of Mrs. Morriuo‘y.
whom he evidently "'elieve'd to be asleep.
She kept her eyes almost closed and re-
mained motionless. Satiéfied with his in-
spection, the man clambercd cautiously in
andtiptoed his way straight through the
sleeping room to the saloon. '-

Mrs. Morrissey heard him fumbling at
the cash register. ’ Then she slipp’ 'd opt

of bed, put down the window and unfin- ~

edit, thm shouted to'hei- son, '13:? .
who was sleeping in another room. og-
ss‘responded. and Hannigan, on lighting
the oall,.ran' (or the window. He was con-
frcnted by Mrs. Morrissey, pale, but reso-
ute. ' '
“Stop!” she shouted. “Stay where you
are and don’t you move till I tell you!"
The fellow could easily have made his
escape by way of the saloon, but Mrs.
Morrissey frightened him. He halted
when spoken to and stood still, hangin
his head likaa boy detected in mischieg
until Mrs. Morrissey's son returned wit
the policeman.

"Lexowizlng" Philadelphia.

PITTSBURG, Jan. 3. —The legislative
committee appointed toinvestigate muni-
cipal aflairs arrived in Pittsburg from
Philadelphia and began the “Lexowizing”
of this city at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
The investigation started with the depart:
ment of public works and will be followed
by an examination of the affairs of the
mayor’s office. department of public safety,
bureau of police and other departments.

Fireworks Explosion sln St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-‘-A boiler in the

basement of the building at 309 N. h

gecond street, occupied by the An ‘ or
eanut company and the agency of the
Excelsior Fireworks mpany, exploded
this afternoon with t ride for , ,‘sihpttalh
ing the building and burying even"; pu-
sons in the ruins and more or leg; hjur-
ing a number of others. The building
vvas also set on fire.

Changes In the Texas.

WAsan'ron, Jan. 3.—The Texas has
been ordered to pgoceed‘ to th 13 )rfplk
yard, where the extensive chang 8 recent
mended by the inspection board will "prob-
ably be made. First, however, the ship
will. be surveyed by a board of experts,
whose duty it will be to estimate the cost

'of theiwork and the time that will be edif-

sumed in making the alterations.

Senate Finance Cummittee.

.WAsa’me'ron, Jan. 3. —-The senate
finance committee adjourned at 12580

”-until‘tomorrow. No action was takén.
and no vote was had.

The bond bill was
discussed. but the tariff bill was not také
on up. Senators White and Welcott were
not present. '

Skillful Surgical Operation.
STAMFORD, Conn, Jan 3.—0ne of the

most remarkable surgical operations re»

corded was successfully performed by Dr.
Fred Schavoir today. He removed a tu-
mor weighing '35 pounds and six smaller
ones that surrounded it from Mrs. Albert
L. Crabbe.

Safe Blowers’ Small Haul.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Jan. 3.—Flve
men held up the night watchman at the
Delaware and Hudson railway freight-
house and then worked for three hours be-
fore they succeeded in blowing open the
safe. The thieves got but 880 for their
labor.

Sweets Company Resumes.
SYRACUSE. Jan. 3.—Sweets Manufac-
turing company, iron and steel manufac-
turers. who went into the hands of a re-
ceiver last Saturday. resumed operatiops
by order of the cgurt today. The com-
pany employs nearly 500 men.

The “feather.

Threatening; colder;
winds.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.——-Money on call easy at 6
per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 0@9 per
cent. Sterling exchange dull. but steady. with
actual busineés in bankers’ bills at [email protected]}.’¢
for demand and $4.87“@4.3§u 60 days. Posted

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northwesterly

rates. 34.88l§@4.89 a‘n' ”3:4,“ ' 5. . Commer-
cial bills. $4.81 Silv cert _. es. ”@137”: no
sales. Bar silver. 6_ . M

__ 19 do iars. 52%.
Governmentbo (18 lower.

fate hon s inactive.

Railroad bonds rm.

Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 14% New England.....|45}fi
Bur. 6t Quincy.... 76% N.‘J.Centr§.l ...... Rosa
0.. 0.. C. ass L.. 3656 North American" in
Chesapeake 85 0.. 15% Northern Pacific"
Chinese Gas ...... 65% Do. pref ........... ,
Cordage ........... 596' N. Y. Central ..... 00%
Cotton Oil ......... 18 Omaha? ........... 34%
Del. a. Hudson.. . .125 Ontario & West.. 13%
Distillers‘ Trust.. 16% Pacific Mail ....... 426%
Erie ................ 14% Reading ....... ....
General Electric. 201/1 Beck Is and....... 66
Hocking Valley... 15% Silver allion...” 08
Lackawanna ...... 159% St. Pd'ul ........... 68%
Lake Shore ........ 141% Sugar Refining... 02%
Leg'd .............. 25% Texas Petition... 8%

.‘isville &,Nash 44% U on Pacific”... 3%

25% W8. ash pref...... 1656

issburi Pacific.
W'estern Union... 84

Nérthwestern . . . .100

5 General Markets.

New YORK. Jan. 1.—FLOUR-—State and
western quiet and steady; city mills patents.
[email protected]: winter patents. [email protected]: CRIMES
clears. $3.90@4: winter straights. saweaw.

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened easier under liqui-
dation. rallied on big clearances. but again
reacted; January, 65%@6tc.: March. 67%@6794c.

CORN—No. 2 quiet and steady; January.
345m May. 345a

OATS-No. 2 quiet and steady: January.
2355c; May. 24c.

PORK—Quiet: mess. $039.25: family. 810.

LARD—Steadier: prime western. steam. 33.55
@560. 110$!)le

BUTTER—Steady; state dairy. 1ch.; state
creamery. 18@235. '

CHEESE—Quiet; state. large. 7%@10c.: small.

EGGS—Steady: western. m285§c4 southern.

malte-

. SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refinin2.,3%c.: cen-

trifugal. 96 test. 393a: refined firm: crushed.

595a: powdered. 5%0. - .
TURPENTINE—Dull at 30@30%c.
MmASSES—Steady: New Orleans. We.
RICE—Steady: domestic. 396%.: Japan. 3%

@40- .
TALLOW—Dull; city. 376% country. is.

HAY—Dull: ‘ shipping. 706750.: good i to
choice. 85@90c.

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Sketches of the Careers of the Five Able
Jurists Selected to Serve by the
President—All Are Men of
National Reputation.

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—Frederic R. Cou-
dert said today that he would act as a
member of the commission appointed by
President Cleveland to inquire into the
rights of Great Britain and of Venezuela
in the disputed South American territory
and talked abOut his appointment‘and the
work of the commission. He said:

“I will accept Mr. Cleveland’s appoint-
ment. As yet I have received no official
notification from the president of my ap-
pointment, and hence I have sent no form-
I have just learned of
my appointment from the newspapers. As
to the Work of the commission it is rather
early to talk.

“I presume that a meeting will be ar-
ranged at the earliest possible moment,
that the investigation may be pushed with
all possible dispatch.

“I do not believe that it will be neces-
sary for us to go to Venezuela as a bOdy,
for I do not see that we can get anything
there that we could not have access to in
this country. We will simply have to get
at the records. Doubtless some of these
are in the possession of Spain and H01-
land. I believe that those governments
will give us access to these records. Why
should they not? We are simply investi<
gating to get at facts. Do I believe that
England will aid us? It is hard to say
what she will do. I do not see why she
should not, since the result of our investi-
gation may be the end of the whole mat
ter.

“It is possible that one or two of our
commission may have to go abroad or to
South America to look up records, but I
think most of- the Work can be done in
this country.”

President Cleveland has not as yet noti-
fied the members of the Venezuelan com-
mission when they are to meet'for organiv
zation and proceed to the business of as-
certaining Whether England is justified in
the claim to land in Venezuela. made by
her.

The Commission of Five.

The commission consists of five members
and .wasnamed by President Cleveland.
The members of the commission are:
David J '. ’ Brewer of Kansas, associate
justice Of the supreme court of the United
States; Richard H. Alvey of Maryland,
chief justice of the court of appeals of the
District of Columbia; Andrew D. White,
ex-president ‘Of Cornell university, of
Ithaca; Frederic R. Coudert-of this city;
Daniel C. Gilman of Maryland, president
of Johns Hopkins university. .

‘ Slight surprise was expressed when it
was announced that the commission was
made up of five members. The number
of commissioners was first placed at five,
but later it seemed as if the commission
would consist of but three members.

It was thought also that possibly ex-
Minister Edward J. Phelps or ex-Senator
George F. Edmunds would be among those
named as commissioners, whether the
commission consisted of three or five mem‘
bers.

It is likely that Mr. Justice Brewer,
who heads the commission, will be select-
ed as chairman of thgit body. He is, a
nephew of David Dudley Field, in whose
ofiice in this city he first studied law. In
1858 he went west and finally settled in
the practice of law at Leavenworth, Kan.
He was judge of the supreme court of
Kansas and for a time was at the head of
the Kansas board of education. He is a
Republican and was appointed associate
justice of the supreme court of the United
States by President Harrison in 1889.

i The Other Appointees.

Judge Alvey has been chief justice of
the court of appeals of Maryland and re-
signed that office to accept that of . chief
justice of the court of appeals of the Dis-
trict of Columbia.

Andrew D. White is an ex-president of
Cornell university and is widely known as
such. He was on the Santo Domingo com-
mission in 1871, was minister to Germany
and was appointed minister to Russia by
President Harrison tofill out the term of
Charles Emory Smith.‘

Daniel C. Gilman is president Of Johns
Hopkins university. He has spent con-
siderable time traveling in Europe and is
well known there. He has written a mem-
oir of James Monroe. As a scientific
man and a historian he is known quite as
well in Europe as here.

Frederic R. Coudert is known of all
New Yorkers. He has been president of
the Bar association here and was one of
counsel for the United States before the
Bering sea commission.

The Proposed Appointment of Bryce.

. WASHINGTON, Jan 3. —-There is excellent
authority for the statement that a promo-
turely published newspaper interview pre-
vented a shrprise which the president had
in store for the public in connection with
the Venezuelan commission. Mr. Cleve-
land has always had a profound respect
and admiration for James Bryce, the au-
thor Of “The American Commonwealth. ”
Owing to Mr. Bryce’s remarkable ac-
quaintance with and attitude of fairness
toward the institutions of the United
States, coupled with the fact that he is a
loyal British subject, the president believ-
ed that it would have a reassuring effect
upon the public mind on both sides of the
Atlantic if Mr. Bryce were who invited
to serve as \ a member of the boundary
commission. While the proposal to invite
him was still under consideration appear-
ed the newspaper interview in which Mr.
Bryce was represented as saying that the
real ruler of the United States is not con-
gress or the president. but public Opinion.
That knocked the whole subject in the
head, and Mr. Bryce‘s name went down
on the list of men who were not to be in-

vited to serve in any event. It is believed .

that with the decision to drop further
thought of him ended all thought of call-
ing in commissioners from outside the
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Horrors cAniimAcr.

Flatt Says New York’s Governor “7111 De
Nominated For President.

New Year, Jan. 8.-Mr. Thomas C.
Platt'today announced that Governor Levi
P. Morton is a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for president. Mr. Platt
said:

“Governor Morton has consented to en—
ter the race, and his friends will now go,
to work for him alltloug the line. He
will not make any formal statement him-
self, but he has told his friends that he is
a candidate. From the information I havo
I am confident that the governor will be
nominated at the St. Louis conVention. I
regard him as the strongest candidate in
the race.

“It has been urged as Governor Mor—
ton's one element of weakness that he’is
too old. In reply to that his friends ha’vo
simply to point to his vigorous adminis-
tration as governor of the great state bf
New York. He is in splendid health and
in full physical and mental vigor. A
man who can stand tin strain of public
duty as he has stood it since he has been
governor is certainly not too old to be
president.

“GOvernor Morton’s great strength as a
candidate lies in the fact that he will have
a united delegation fi- N ew York state
working for him, an be is popular all
over the country. He will not have to
overcome any factional or sectional oppo-
sition. ”

Mr. Platt was asked who would manage
Mr. Morton’s preliminary canvass for dél-
egates.

“Oh, that has not been decided. I sup-
pose it will be done by a committee of the
whole,” he replied.

Mr. Platt said that the friends.of the
governor would at once begin active work
in his interest and will secure the pledges

of as many delegates as possible. He said .

there was no possibility of any division
of the delegation from this state, that ev‘
ery delegate to the St. Louis convention
would be for Morton. He said it was too
early to say what other states would send
solid Morton delegations, but that the’
governor would get votes from all sections
of the country.

Mr. Pintt said he had not heard from
Senator Quay since Governor Morton con-
sented to rim and Was therefore unable to
say how the Pennsylvania delegation will
vote. He said he had not heard any dis.
cussion of the probable candidate for vice
president on the ticket with Morton.

Thoreis an impression among Repub-
lican politicians, that Mr. Platt will per-
sonally direct the‘ preliminary canvass of
Governor Morton, and that Senator Quay,
with the Pennsylvania delegation, Will-
soon fall into line for the governor.

The Democratic Convention. ’

LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 3.—S. P. Sheer-
in, secretary of the Democratic national
committee, has received andplaced on file
the applications offive cities which as-
pire to entertain the Democratic national
convention. They are New York, St.
Louis. San Francisgo.'_Cincinnati and Chi-
cago. Sheerin'has been variously reported
of late as being'strongly in favor of either
Chicago or Cincinnati, on account of their
proximity to Indiana and the! Matthew:
boom. Mr. Sheerin denies this.

A Tournament of Roses.

PASADENA, Cal, Jan. 3. —-Bright, warm
weather like a. J une day in the east
brought out thousands of people in Pasa-
dena to witness the seventh annual tour-
nament of roses. Five hundred persons
participated in the parade. A large num‘
ber of six-in-hand coaches, four-in-hands,
double and single teams literally cover-
ed with roses, marguerites, water lilies.
carnations and smilax were in line. One
coach used 4, 000 carnations in decorations.

Connteri‘eiters Sentenced.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3. —-The five mem-
bers of the band of counterfeiters kno‘vin
as the Yehuda brotherhood, who were con«
victed in the United States district court .
recently, were. sentenced today by Judge
Butler to each pay a fine of $1,000 and
serve five years in the penitentiary. The
names of the counterfeiters are Jacob
Friedman, Max Frankel, Jacob Fineburg.
Moses Rosengarten and Henry Greenberg.

RI. Frere-Orban Dead. ,

Recess-Ls, Jan. 3.—M. Herbert Joseph
Walther Frcre-Orban, the distinguished
Belgian statesman, is dead. M. Frere-
Orban was born at Liege April 24. 1812,
and was a lawyer by profession. Hewas
minister of public works and later minis-
ter of finance in 1847 and began the re-
form of the corn laws in Brigium before
Sir Robert Peel reformed the LO?!) laws in
England.

Accepted by the Sultan.

. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 3. —-The Turkish
government has accepted the offer of the
representatives of the povvers to mediate
between the porte and the insurgents of
Zeitun, who are surrounded by Turkish
troops. Instructions have been sent to
the veil of Kharnnt to permit Dr. Herr-
mann M. Barnum, the American mission-
ary, to distribute Armenian relief funds.

Fears For an Overdue Barkentlne.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.—Tlie bat-ken-
tine Modoc is out 55vdays from Hakodate,
and her owners and underwriters fear
that she will never reach port. The aver-

age time of passage is 35 days, and the ‘
ship Newsboy, just arrived, made it in 28 .

days. The captain of the Newsboy re-
ports having caught the end of a typhoon,
which played havoc on board his vessel.

To Improve Elmira Reformatory.
ALBANY, J an. 3. —The state prison com-
mission ,willmeet on Tuesday at Elmira
to consider the application of the board of

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managers of the Elmira reformatory for '

the approval of the commission toure-
quest which the managers will make to
the legislature for an appropriation of
$80,000 for improvements to the reforms-
tory.

England Wenkens.

- BERLIN, Jan. 3.-—It is reported here in 5'35.

ofilcial circles that the German governr
ment has been informed by the gavel-113
ment of Great ”Britain that the latter,
strongly disavows the invasion of the.
Transvaal republic byjthe British Char»
tered company's forces, and that it has
sent the most positive orders to Cape
Town for the Chartered company’s trbopl
to withdraw. 7‘ _ f.

 

 

 

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