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AGREED TO FORECLOSE Government Will Settle With Bankrupt Roads. THE COMMITTEE'S GUARANTEE Vanderbllt Syndicate Will Bid Amoanl sTqaal to Original Vend, LH I'eyinsnU Already Made.a New York, Jan. 26. The announce ment ii made by the Union Pacific re organization committee that it has oome to an agreement with the govern' ment, in accordance with which the latter hag begun proceeding to fore close its lien upon the Union Pacific lines, inclusive of the Kansaa Paciflo - line. The reorganization committee guaranteed a minimum bid of some- thing over $45,000,000 for the govern mant's claim upon the railroad, and Tor the govornmont Union Pacific sink Ing fund, and has deposited $4,600,000 . an earnest monoy. Kuhn, Loeb St Co., bankers, for the reorganization com mittee, have assured the committee of jfunds required to carry its agreement with the government into effect. People well informed on the Union Pacific situation intimate that, in order to limit the present issue of first mort gage bonds of $75,000,000, whioh, it appears, is the intention, some junior issues of bonds will have to receive less than it was at first intended to give them. It is understood that Kansas Pacific consols and the sinking fund bonds will be modifiod as to terms be fore the plan becomes operative. The Attornajr-Oanaral'a Staiemsot. Washington, Jan. 25. Attorney- General Harmon today gave out the following statement of an agreement with the reorganisation committee of the Union Pacific railway: "Upon the, defeat of the funding bill in the house, the president directed the attorney-general to commence fore closure proceedings against the Union Pacific Railway Company, first making the best arrangements obbtainable for the protection of the government's in terest, following the lines indicated in his last report. The attorney-general began negotiations with the reorganiza tion committee. Thursday, an agree ment was made which will result in immediate steps toward foreclosure. The chief subject of the negotiations was the protection of the government against the risk of sacrifice of its claim by sale at a price which would leave nothing substantial after paying the prior liens. This protection is now assured by a guarantee that the govern ment shall receive for its lien on the aided portions of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific lines, including the sinking fund, not less than $45,764, 000. The sale will be public, so the government will receive the benefit of any higher bids up to the full amount of its claim, principal and interest. The sum of $4,600,000 cash was on Thursday deposited with the United States Trust Company, of New York, by General Lewis Fitzgerald, chairman of the committee, as security accord ing to the terms of the agreement. The committee agreed to . bid par for the sinking fund, if it is desired to sell it at any time before the foreclosure sale. "Bills in equity have been prepared, signed by the attorney-general and Hon. George Hoadley, special counsel, and forwarded to St. Louis, where they will be presented to Judge Sanborn, who has jurisdiction in that district, and whose consent to their filing is necessary, because the receivers in charge of the property are made parties defendant. They are original bills, and not cross-bills in the pending suits. Whether they will proceed as inde pendent biffs or be ordered to stand as cross-bills in 'the pending suits will be determined by the judge, but in either event the result will be practically the same, viz: the sale of the property under the government's lien, as well as under that of the first mortgage. The bills will be filed in the districts of Iowa, Nebraska, Woyming, Colo rado and Utah. "Separate bills for the foreclosure of the lien on the Kansas Pacific are in course of preparation. These will be filed in Missouri and Kansas. "The proposed arrangement was sub mitted to the government directors be fore it was closed. They all recom mended its adoption." Draft Moil Ba Paid. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 26. United States Judge Gilbert gave a decision here -today that the Northern Paciflo Railroad Company must pay a draft for $4,200, cashed by the late Paul Sohnlze, at the local London & San Francisco bank, just before his suicide. The draft was on New York, and payment was stopped because Schulze used the proceeds for personal purposes. The case was tried in Portland. Judgment Against tha Ferris Wheel. Chicago, Jan. 25. A judgment for $84,000 in favor of the World's Colum bian Exposition Company was entered today in Judge Burke's court against th s Ferris Wheel Company. The judg ment is for the World's Fair Com pany's share of the gate receipts during the exposition. Airship at LodI. Lodi, Cal., Jan. 25. The airship craze has been revived here by the ap pearance of an aerial navigator in day light. Many people in Acampo, three miles north of here, saw it the other afternoon sailing over as pla;n as the sun. It seemed as big as a small house, and looked like it was built of canvas. ' It went southeast. Some farmers also saw it the same day near here. The ship seemed to be under perfect control. NICARAGUA CANAL. Rederlgats la Oppesed O Marfan Hill. I la the Chicago, Jan. 26. ATimes-IIearld's Washington special says: It is appar ent that the time ha come when some thing must be done by this government if the Nicaragua canal scheme is to be saved from falling into the rut of fail ure. Senator Sherman, who is to be the noxt secretary of state, said to the Times-Herald correspondent tonight that Mr. Koderigeuc, minister of the Greater Republic of Central America, had doubtless convinced the senate that any further attempts to arrange for the building of the canal upon the plan laid down in the bill must be given up. But the enterprise need not, for this reason, be abandoned, for the represcn tative of the Greater Republic of Cen tral America distinctly avows the will ingness of his government to take up the matter on a new basis, to leave the present company out of consideration, so far as the future is concerned, and to treat directly with the United States for construction of this great waterway. In the opinion of many senators this is just what should be done. It is said Secretary Olney will be glad to take up the matter of negotiating a treaty with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for this pur pose, if he only had more time before the expiration of the Cleveland admin istation. It is not impossible he may do so as it is. PRESCRIPTION KILLED HER. Brooklyn Girl Took for a Cold. ratal Don New York, Jan. 26. Miss Lilian Templeton, of Brooklyn, is dead, as a result of taking a prescription of a friend, who meant to cure, not to kill her. Miss Templeton had been suffer ing from a cold. A friend gave her a prescription, which called for equal parts of spirits of camphor, pepper' mint, laudanum and balsam of fir, This prescription was filled by the Bolton Drug Company. She took the medicine Friday evening. Saturday morning she was found unconscious, Physicians were called, but their efforts were unavailing. Coroner Coombs said tonight: "Twenty grains of laudanum is a large dose, and generally is ap proached by giving gardually, increas ing doses from three grains up to twenty. There must have been forty to forty-five grains in the dose, and that is enough to kill anybody. A Fight With Yaqul. Chihuahua, Jan. 26. At Rosales, West of here, in the heart of the Sierra Madre range, a large force of rurale guards yesterday had a battle with a band of Yaqui Indians, who had started out on their winter raids of pillage and murder against the farmers and miners of that section. The Indians had ai ready murdered the members of two families and were about to make a raid and attempt to sack the village of Ro sales when the force of rurales, or state troops, arrived at the place in response to a message, and made the attack on the Indians. The fight was a desperate one, and resulted in twelve Indians and five soldiers being killed. Tha Franco-Human Alllanoa. Paris, Jan. 26. It is semi-officially announced here that Baron de Mohren- heim, the Russian ambassador, has in formed M. Hanotaux, the minister for foreign affairs, that the czar has order ed Count Muravieff, the newly appoint ed Russian minister of foreign affairs, to visit Paris so as to be presented to President Faure and enter into rela tions with the French minister before returning to St'. Petersburg. Count Muravieff will arrive in Paris on Thurs day, and he will be tendered a banquet at the palaco of the Elyssee. Rod Schoolhouse Collap'ed. St., Louis, Jan. 26. A special to the Republic from Perry, O. T., says: A schoolhouse built of sod, near here, col lapsed and twenty-five schoolchildren were entombed for some time. The trustees of the school district built a schoolhouse of turf.' They employed Miss Jennie Jones to teach. The schoolhouse collapsed and every child and the teacher were entmboed. Sev eral children will die from their in juries, and the young teacher is in a critical condition. All had to be dug out. Rearming of tha Russian Artillery. London, Jan. 26. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Times, with reference to the rumor that Russia will spend 100,000,000 roubles in rearming the artillery with the French quick-firing gun, says: The report requires confir mation, but although the powefrul M. de Witte, the minister of finance, op poses the idea, his opposition would be of little avail against the minister of war, General Novisky. Abba Glranrt Elected. Paris, Jan. 26. Abbe Giraud has been elected deputy for Brest, to re place the late Monsignore D'Hulst It was a three-cornered contest, the other candidates being the Comte de Blois, pure royalist, and Dr. Roiseli, repub lican. Commander of the Meteor. London, Jan. 26. The Times an nounces that Emperor William of Ger many has appointed Ben Parker, of Southampton, to command his yacht, the Meteor. Train Over a Precipice. New York, Jan. 26. A Kingston, Jamaica, special to the World says: Word has been received here of a ter rible railroad disaster at Barbadoes. A train plunged over a precipice, killing a large number of passengers. No de tails are given. Pope and tha Manitoba Question. London, Jan. 26. A Rome corre spondent of the Daily Mail says that the pope is considering the compromise clauses of the Manitoba school question. AN EVENTFUL SESSION. Thraa Distinct Saniatlont Sprung In tha aauata. Washington, Jan. 25. The session of the senate today developed three dis tinct sensations. The most important of these was the presentation by Sher man of a letter from Minister Koderl guez, the representative of the Greater Republic of Central America (includ ing Nicaragua), in effect protesting against the execution of the Nicaragua canal project by the United States un der the concessions granted in 1887 to the Nicaragua Canal Company. As the bill for this purpose was about to be voted on by the senate, the presen tation of the lettor created consterna tion among its friends. Morgan, its chief supporter, at once declared the letter was inspired by Great Britain, who sought to drive the United States from the isthmus by using the Central Americans as a catspaw. He asserted that Minister Roderiguei had come here to execute such a plan, and that it was an open threat against .American control of the canal. The debate was very earnest, and the letter made a profound impression on the senators. Senator Vilas declared it struok the death-blow to the canal project as pro posed by the pending bill. Earlier in the day the senate unex pectedly found itself discussing the new Anglo-American treaty. While the treaty itself has been released, all dis cussion of it is restricted to executive session. Notwithstanding this rule, the expressions were free and fnll from Sherman, Gray, Cullom, Lodge, Hoar and others. The' statements of these senators were uniformly favorable to the high principle of the treaty, the only qualification being that it should receive mature and dispassionate con sideration. 1 Shortly after the session began, Tnr pie caused a preliminary flurry by criti cising the reported agreement between Olney and Sherman, by which no ac tion was to be taken as to Cuba before March 4. Sherman emphatically de nied that any such agreement had been made, and added that he had not had a word with Olney in that direction. These three incidents relating to our rent foreign questions made the day's session one of the most eventful in years. Washington, Jan. 62. This was private bill day in the house, and most of the time was consumed with small bills. The bill to provide for holding terms of the United States courts for the Eastern district of Texas at the town of Beaumont was passed over the presi dent's veto by a vote of 144 to 68. In cidental to the discussion, Cooper of Texas, declared the president vetoed the bill through mispprehension, and that he had vainly tried to get an audience with Mr. Cleveland to explain the measure. Grosvenor spoke sarcastically of the president's custom of refusing to see congressmen, unless his private sec retary approved of their errands. Some minor bills were passed. After the night pension session, the house ad journed. A KITE ASCENSION. Successful Experiment Made at Gov. ernor's Island, New York, Jan. 25. Lieutenant Hugh G. Wise, of the Ninth infantry on Governor's island, has just made the first kite ascension ever successfully at tempted in America. For six months the lieutenant, entirely on his own re sponsibility, has been studying and ex perimenting with kites as a means of assisting armies in warfare. The tan dem system of specially constructed kites is intended to supplant the nse of balloons, which cannot live in gales. The lieutenant's kites are cellular. They consist of rectangular frames of spruce. Cotton string and cotton cloth in strips are stretched around the ends of the frames, leaving both ends of the rectangular framework open, and also- an open strip in the center. Thus four lifting sufrace8 and four guiding sur faces are presented to the wind. When the breeze freshened to a five mile-an-hour, the lieutenant was hoist' ed fifty-two feet so that he could see over the eaves of the officers' quarters and down the bay. The force renre- sented by the pulling of the four kites is estimated at 400 pounds. I have studied the system of Pro' feasor Langley, of the Smithsonian in- stitution; Professor Markham, of the weather bureau, and Civil Engineer Chanute, of Chicago, who are making special experiments, in aerial naviga tion with aeroplanes," said Lieutenant Wise. "The expermient shows that kites are serviceable in a gale which would tear a balloon to pieces where it is de sired to observe the surrounding count ry and inspect the maneuvers of an enemy. I attribute my success to a close view of the methods of those who have studied the subject, rather than to my own effort." Denies That Santa Clara rail. Madrid, Jan. 19. An emphatic de nial has been issued from official circles of the report that Santa Clara, the cap ital of the Cuban province of that name, has been captured by the insur gents. It is further stated that the only recent insurgent attack in the province has been at Buena Vista, where, it is said, the insurgents were repulsed. Destroyed by Fire. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 25. Short ly after midnight fire started in Mingo Junction, O., a few miles north of Wheeling, which wiped out nearly the entire business portion of that indus trial town. At 2 o'clock this morning nine houses had been destroyed, and the property loss is estimated at $50,. 000. I No receptacle has ever been made strong enough to resist the power of freezing water. TURPIE HAS RUN DOWN. 1 Bnd of Bit Thraa layV Speech Against tha Canal Bill. Washington, Jan. 23. The senate was on the verge of a deadlock today, and for a time there were prosccts of a protracted teat of endurance, extend ing the session late into the night Morgan, in charge of the Nicaragua canal bill, was determined to secure a time for a final vote. This was resist ed, however, by Turpie aiid Vilas. Thereupon, Morgan announced he would ask the senate to "sit out" the bill, remaining in continuous session until a vote was forced. This evoked sharp criticism. Vilas finally made a dilatory motion, which, on roll-call, disclosed the absence of a quorum, and Morgan was obliged to give up his plan for today, although he expects to exe cute it, if an agreoment for a vote ia not reached. . , , . Turpie concluded his speech against the Nicarauga canal bill, the third day being a continuation of the former bit ter invective directed against the meas ure. During the day, Chandler presented the credentials of John . Edward Ad- 'dicks, claiming the vacant seat as sena tor from Delaware.' The claim of Henry A Dupont for the same scat has already been presented. - .. ,; . In the course of a discussion over lay ing electric conduits in the Washington streets, Hill spoke against trusts and monopolies in general, ' as a serious menace to the public welfare. Washington, Jan. 23. After a two days' debate, in the coarse of which considerable partisan passion was aroused and an ineffectual attempt made to filibuster for the ' purpose of gaining time, the house today decided . the contested election case of Yost vs. Tucker, from the tenth Virginia dis trict, by denying the seat to' Mr. Yost and confirming Mr. Tucker's title thereto. The Republicans were badly divided, fifty-four of them joining with the Democrats and supporting the claims of the Democratio oontestee. When the supporters of Yost's conten tion found they were defeated by a narrow margin of eight votes (the vote being 119 to 127 against him), they in augurated a filibuster in the hope of gaining time, and for two hours there was a quocession of roll-calls, but they were finally overpowered and the reso lutions confirming Tucker's title to his seat were adopted. Yost is a member elect of the next house, and Tucker, who is a son of Randolph Tucker, has been a member of the last four con gresses. He declined a renomination because he did not agree with his party on the money question. WANTED HIM TO DIE. .An Unnatural Daughtar Allowed Uai rather to Kill Himself. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 25. Knowing that her aged father had taken poison with suicidal intent, Nellie Cumin, 23 years old, went to bed without calling a physician, and arose this morning at the nsual hour to find the old man dead. Thomas Cm-ran was 64 years old, and has for years been employed by the railorad company. He lived at 1664 Atlantic street, and Nellie Car- ran, his daughter, kept house for him. For the pats few months the old gentle' man has been in poor health, and about three weeks ago took a large quantity of laudanum to end his troubles. Phy sicians saved his life on that ocoasion, but his desire to end his life never left him. Last night Cnrran came home at the regular hour. He secured a bottle of chloroform during the day, and, after taking it, bade his daughter good-bye and told her bis troubles would soon end. His lifeless body was found this morning and removed to the morgue.' . "This is a peculiar oase," said Coro ner Baldwin. "This old man's daugh ter told my deputy this morning, when he visited the house, that she knew her father had taken poison, but did not call a physician, because she thought it too late, and then her father wanted to die, anyhow." The young woman will be given a shance to tell her story to a coroner's Jury. STARVATION IN CHICAGO. Supplies for tha Needy, bat No One t Distribute Them. Chicago, Jan. 25. Men, women and children are starving in Chicago in sight of relief, because the county com missioners, blind and deaf,- do not al low the county agent enough help to distribute supplies. The county treas ury is rich in its surplus, and there are an accumulation of appeals from hun gry families. Hundreds of these ap plications are more than two weeks old. The heads of the families were discouraged then, and as a last resort appealed to the county for aid. They have seen their wives and children grow weaker and colder, and no aid has come, no bread, no coal. These men are desperate now. The county agent is helpless to save these famine-stricken men, women and babies. He has relief on hand, but no way to distribute it, because the com missioners have tied his hands, and are deaf to the cries of the hungry. A warning has been given that the deserving poor are becoming dangerous and that hunger is likely to drive them to deeds in which their cry will be bread." Men who gave this warning know whereof they speak. They see gaunt hunger at its worst, the glassy eye of a strong man who hears the err of his wife ami babies for bread and warmth and is powerless to give it to them. The men tell an appalling story, but nobody on earth can tell of the misery as it exists in Chicago today. 'The steamer Elsa, which sailed from New Orleans in November with a party bound for Deltero, Colombia, was wrecked on the Colorado reefs, on the western extremity of Cuba, January 9. All hands were et1 WEEKLY MARKET LETTER Downing, Uopkln'i M Company's KeJee of Trad a. There has not been any great amount of activity in wheat, nor has the inter est in the market from the outside been conspicuous this week. Trading from a speculative standpoint baa been lag ging, and commission men did not havt so many orders. Fluctuations in tin market have been fairly frequent, but the daily range has narrowed some what. Sellers have been loading up buyers all week on every little rally, and the latter olass appear to have got ten the worst of the bargain, because sellers have had many chances to buy in their wheat lower down the scale. This depression is traced to many causes and the principal one is as men tioned above, dullness and lassitude on the part of the trading public. Thi news of the week has not been sensa tional in any degree, and one of tht points emphasized by sellers, and used with a great deal of effect, is the sick ening in the inquiry for flour. The news that several mills that have been grinding away for dear life for the past six months shut down and are actually looking around for storage room foi their surplus, is one of .the factors that helped to press down.. . Whether this is a sufficient excuse for the decline re mains to be seen, as many of the mills in the Northwest are yet not experienc ing difficulty in'dipsoeing of their pro duct' ' Elevator systems in the North west, in their reports, are, of course, governed largely by farmers' deliveries at their stations. One system operat ing a line of houses in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, says that de liveries are increasing, whioh is taken to mean that receipts at Duluth and Minneapolis are bound to increase within the' coming week. This was another argument why wheat should fall off in- price. ' It is true that -Cables are steady but acceptances of offerings made from this side within the past week are not so liberal, and general oounterbids have been from the United Kingdom. Market Quotations. Portland, Or., Jan. 26, 1897. ' Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, $4.60; Benton county and White Lily, $4.60; graham, $4.00; su perfine, $2.80 per barrel. Wheat Walla Wlla, 8884o; Val ley, 86 87o per bushel. Oats Choice white, 8940o per bushel; choice gray, 8840o. Hay Timothy, $18.00 per ton; clover, $8.009.00; oat, $8.00 10; wheat, $8.00 10 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $18.00 per ton; brewing, $20. Millstuffs Bran, $16.00; shorts, $16.60; middlings, $26. Butter Creamery, 8640o; Tilla mook, 40o; dairy, 22 3 30a Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,6078o; Early Rose, 8(T90o per saok; Cali fornia river Burbanks, 66o per cental; sweets, $2.002.25 per cental for Mer ced; Jersey Red, $3.60. Onions $1.10 per sack. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.00 2.50; geese, $6.b0; turkeys, live, 10c; dncks, $4 4. 60 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, 16 17 per dozen. . Cheese Oregon, 12 Hi0! Young America,' 13'c per pound. Wool Valley, 10o per pound; East ern Oregon, 68o. Hops 910oper pound. Beef GrosB, top steers, $2. 76 3. 00; cows, $2. 26 3. 60; dressed beef, 4 4J$o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers, and ewes, $3.003.25; dressed mut ton, 6 i 6o per pound. Hogs Gross, ohoice, heavy, $3.26 8.60; light and feeders, $2. 60 3. 00; dressed, $4. 00 4. 60 per owt Veal Large, 55o; small, 6 per pound. . Seattle, Wash., Jan. 26, 1897. Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton. Oats Choice,' $28 24 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, $22 pr ton. Corn Whole, $31 per ton; cracked, $20; feed meal, $23. ' Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, $5.25; Novelty A, $4.75; California brands, $5.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent, $6.25. Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 per ton; shorts, $19. f Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, $24; oilcake meal, $28. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $9.00 10.00; Eastern Washington, $13. Butter Fancy native oreamery, brick, 24c; select, 23c; tubs, 22o; ranch, 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 1 2 o. Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16 18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60o; ruta bagas, per sack, 75c; carrots, per sack, 8545c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.26; onions, per 100 lbs, f 1 1.25. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.00. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 8c; dressed, 9 10c; ducks, $2.003.50; dressed turkeys, 1516o, Eggs Fresh ranch, 18c; Eastern, 19o per dozen. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep, 6o per pound; lamb, 6c; pork, 5o per pound; veal, small, 6c. Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 6; salmon, 66; salmon trout, 710; flounders and soles, 8 4c. Provisions Hams, large, 12o; bams, small, 12c; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry salt sides, 6o per pound. San Francisco, Jan. 26, 1897. Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 75 90c; Early Rose, 70 75c; River Bur banks, 50 (g 75c; sweets, $1.40 1.60 per cental. Onions $1. 10 1.35 per centaL Eggs SUre, 19 20c; ranch, 21 22. Butter Fancy creamery, 19c; do seconds, 18 19c; fancy dairy, 16c; seconds, 12 13c. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 10) 11c; fair to good, 7 10c; Young America. 11 12c: Eastern, 13 14a IT BROUGHT TEARS, to Joe) Jeffereon Waa atiafled with What Ma Had Written. A young Chicago matron tolls the fol lowing characteristic story about Jos eph Jefferson: "Several years ago," said she. "wbeav. Mr. Jefferson was preparing lilt auto blograpliy be waa obliged to do a great deal of tbe work while on tour. publishing house with which I was con nected at ono time recommended m to til in as an amanuensis who bad bad considerable experience In tho prepar ation of manuscript for publication an I joined the actor In Kt Ixiula. "Mr. Jefferson would spend several hours every night after the piny l making notes of what be wanted t say. Tbe next afternoon be would dic tate to me. Untidily be would brinr -In a great collection of memoranda jot ted down on envelopes and scraps of paper, and sometimes be would appear wltb a newspaper whose margtnar would be literally covered with queer JOSEPH JEFFERSON. figures and hentraeks. Walking un and down the floor, he would dictate to me slowly In that cracked Rip Van Winkle voice of his and I could follow nlm easily on the typewriter. "One day when we met as usual for work be seemed to have prepared mors elaborate notes than usual, and In stead of walking about the room h sat down, quite a distance away from me, and began to dictate the chapter treating of his closing Australian ex periences. There was a pathetic quiv er In his voice as be spoke of tbe many happy days he had spent In tbat far away land, among comparative stran gers, and added that be hoped bis book would come to them as a sort of band clasp between friends who would nev er meet again In this life. "It was very affecting. My eyes) grew misty and I bad to stop writing. Suddenly I felt a kindly hand on my head and Mr. Jefferson's voice saldr That's wtiat I wanted. Cry all yo want to, my girl. I cried myself last, night when I wrote tbat, but I wast afraid no one else would, I guess 11 . will do.'." . . , UNITED STATES MAIL FLAG. The Beautiful Pennant Now Flown by a Dozen American Veeaeta, f - An official Government flag Is seen lav this country nowhere but In tbe port osV New York, .and on the high seas only ., between tbat port and the cities of La ". Guayra, Venezuela; Havana, Cuba; and'' Tuxpan, Mexico. It Is tbe pennant of" the ocean mall service, and flies upon t the mlzzenmasts of twelve subsidised ' American vessels carrying the United -States malls by contract. It consist of a red field with a blue border, hav ing tbe American englo In blue and tbs words "United States Mall" In whit . letters. It measures fifteen feet lonjj and has been in use a little over two- . T1IB MAIL FLAO. years. Last year It was seen also la -San Francisco along tbe Pacific route to Panama and Hong Kong, but the contract wltb tbe steamship Hues that, bore It waa discontinued. Tbe St. Louis, together with tbe New York and the Parts, also of tbe Ameri can line, and already currying thav malls, but not under contract, bavs lately begun service under contract to Southampton. England. Later the St Paul, of tbe same line, will be added to tbe contract list, making In all six teen vessels flying Uncle Sam's postal flag. Fascinating; Hungarians. Princess De Caraman-Chlmay's elope- ment with a Hungarian gypsy band leader has turned the attention of 1'arisr' away from the similar case of Pallkarls Ferko, who died there the other day. He appeared as conductor of a Hun- -garlan band at the 1880 exhibition, and. though he was smnll and ugly, fasci nated a rich unmarried girl of respect able parentage. She took the violinist . to live with her, bought off bis wife for $4,000, and spent $200,000 a year on. him, till her relatives stopped her by ob taining a consell Judlclare for her. She still had money enough, however, to enable htm to drink himself to death. A Tramp Kooxter. Cbltwood, Ore., has a rooster which came there In the pilot of a railroad engine, and since bis arrival bns be haved properly; but before bis advent there bad made two prolonged stops In bis progress along the line of the railroad, and had run wltb a flock of sheep, and then wltb a herd of cattle. It makeei one awfully mad to fall on tbe sidewalk, but be has more respect for the walk tban ever beforr