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2. THE KOBSTDsTG OBEGOIIiJSu .WSipisESBAY, PEBBUABT 13, 1895. Instead of the reduced force reported by the appropriation. Coombs defended the pension Item of the bill against criticism. He then branched off Into a financial speech. Mr. Bland and Mr. Snodgrass sought to Interpose, and the counter-assertions became so warm that Coombs ap pealed to the chair for protection. He said congress dare not shut Its eyes to the recommendations of the president. No wonder, he exclaimed, our securities were returning. "If you allow the country's credit to fall before the world," said Coombs, "it will cost us untold millions; it trill bring a ruin and a destruction exceeding that of the rebellion." Snodgrass Interposed the point of order that Coombs was maligning the upper branch of congress, when a free-silver bill had today been reported to that body. There was great confusion and laughter as Coombs excitedly demanded protection. Another uproar arose when Van Voorhls replied to Coombs. He arraigned the ad ministration for Its course on the financial question. "I make the point that the gentleman is out of order in criticising the chief execu tive," Interrupted Coombs. There was some more laughter and a lively Interchange between Coombs and Van Voorhls, which could be heard above the confusion. "The gentleman has wheels in his head," said Van Voorhls, resuming. "I had suspected as much, but now he has proved It." Coombs joined In the general laughter and made no further rejoinder to it. The vote was taken on Pickler's sub stitute, and it was defeated, 63 to 132. When this bill was reported back to the house, the contest was resumed against the provision for annual clerks to con gress. Dockery pointed out that the an nual clerks would cost J33S.OO0 before the next congress actually assembled. The Intensity of feeling aroused by the struggle brought out many humorous in cidents. DeArmond criticised what he called "congressional vultures." Bartlett resented the Imputation and declared that DeArmond was not a vulture, but a raven, continually croaking, "Never more." Bartlett said his fight in behalf of the tlerks involved nothing personal to him self, as he was serving In congress at the loss of his New Tork lav. practice, worth $20,00) annually. Thereupon Caruth cre ated much amusement by running up the aisle and pleading that this abandoned law practice be turned over to him. Dockery moved the previous question. An aye and no vote was taken on the amendment for the annual clerks, and it was defeated,' ayes 94. noes, 142. Most of the republicans voted for the clerks, and the democrats against. The democrats who voted aye are Bartlett, Boatner. Cadmus, Cobb of Missouri, Cockrell, Cooper of Florida, Crain, Davey, Everett, Griffin, Haines. Hayes. Kribb, Layton, Livingston, McAleer. Meredith, Meyer, Pigott, Robertson, Busk and Tur pln. The following republicans voted no: VBrosius, Daniel, Hitt, Lucas, Scranton and Wadsworth. The legislative appropriation bill was then passed without division, and the house at 4:23 adjourned. HERMANN'S PENSION" RILL. Provide for the Survivor of the J.ntcr Indinn Wars. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The house committee on pensions today received a report from the pension office relative to the bill of Mr. Hermann, of Oregon, for pensioning survivors of Indian wars. The law of 1S92 pensioned those who partici pated In Indian wars between 1S32 and 1S12. The act omitted the names of some wars, for services In which pensions are sought. The purpose of the Hermann bill Is to include all recognized Indian wars up to and including 1856. The report of Commissioner Lochren estimates the cost of pensions of survivors and widows un der the" Hermann bill at 5730.656 for the first year,tand the total cost at $5,601,695. This computation Is made by the "Ameri can table of mortality." The average pen sionable period is given as 7 2-3 years. The wars include those with the Seminole, Winnebago, Cayuse. and the wars in Texas and Mexico, California, Utah, and Washington and Oregon territories. In these disturbance, some 2S3.000 troops par ticipated. The number of pensionable sur t Ivors. Is estimated at 4707, and the num ber of widows at 2924, making a total of pensionable persons of 7631. The commit tee will consider the measure at its next meeting. THE ELECTION OF SENATORS. Mr. Mitchell' Bill Reported Ilnck to the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. The senate committee on privileges and elections to day decided to report back the bill intro duced by Senator Mitchell of Oregon for a constitutionil amendment providing for the election of senators by a direct vote of the people. The majority and minority leports were afterward submitted to the senate. Turpi. Palmer and Mitchell say in their report: "The object Is to place one department of the government wholly in the control of the people. The legislative or lawmak ing department of the government ought, in our opinion, to be so placed. The laws of the United States are made by congress and in behalf of the people. It is there fore a matter of the highest importance that the lawmakers in both branches of the national legislature should be chosen by the people." OTHER CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. A Protest From Tneoinn. TACOMA, Feb. 12. The Tacoma Cham ber of Commerce has forwarded to Wash ington a vigorous protest against the pro vision of the sundry civil bill by which a portion of the coast and geodetic sur vey force is to be dropped. The chamber is informed that the work of triangulation and topography on the "Washington. Ore gon and California coast will occupy the present force 10 to 15 years, not to men tion that the extended coast of Alaska, with 25,000 miles of shore line, is almost untouched, and navigators of the United States navy and revenue marine service, of the fleet of whalers, sealers, traders and llahermen are today using charts based on old Russian nd English authorities for lack of accurate surveys by the Ameri can government. "Wanton Gnmr Umtructiun In Alaikn. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The senate committee on territories today made a report recommending favorably to the committee on appropriations an amend ment to the sundry civil bill, authorizing the secretary of the treasury to order an Investigation by Inspectors of the salmon fisheries In Alaska and of the alleged tak ing and destruction of the eggs of game and wild fowl in that territory, and the alleged wanton destruction of deer, fox and other animals, and report on the ad visability of adopting suitable regulations as to close seasons to prevent such de struction in the future. The National Military Park. -WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Speaker Crisp today announced the appointment of the following mombers on the part of the house of the joint congressional commis sion to arrange a programme of exercises for the opening of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park next September: Messrs. Kllgore. Morgan, Wheeler of Alabama, Cox of Tennessee. M&dd&x, Grosvenor, Klefer, Strong and Avery. DonntinK Land to Wyoming-. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Senator Carey today introduced an amendment to the sundry civil bill donating land In the abandoned Fort McKlnney reservation to the state of Wyoming. Aiisocintc JuKtlee of Ncvr Mexico. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The president today tent to the senate the nomination ofGIdeon D. Bantz to be associate jus- tice.iof the supreme court of New Mexico. GettjKbnrjr Park. WASHINGTON. Feb 12. -The president has sbjned the act establishing a national ra 1'tery rari t Gett; sburg, Pa. THE MHOJTS WARDS ANNCAI, REPORT OF THE BOARD OF1 INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. It Snys That the Sensational Charges AsraJnut the Service Have No Foundation in Fact. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. The board of Indian commissioners today submitted Its 25th annual report to the secretary of the Interior. The report states that the award ing of contracts for Indian supplies has been fair and impartial, and the goods delivered fully up to the samples. There have been but few complaints from the agencies and schools In this regard. The sweeping charges of fraud In the Indian service, which are sometimes published, are founded. It says, upon traditions that have come down from former times. The report reviews the situation in the Indian territory; refers to the graphic picture drawn by Senator Dawes of the state of affairs among the five civilized tribes, and urges an earnest effort to settle the Im portant and vexing question which has kept the attention of congress for many years. The report recommends that a government should be devised which will give to all the people, without distinction of race, the usual protection of the law, and make all citizens of the United States. Under wise legislation. It says, the Indian territory will soon become prosperous and be admitted, a strong and wealthy state. Into the American union. The report strongly recommends the education of the Indian children at public schools a3 a step forward toward the transference of the whole work of Indian education to the states and making un necessary specific Indian schools. In conclusion, the report says that some of tho Indian agencies can soon be dis pensed with, but it will still be years be fore all can be cleared, and the present talk of abolishing them is idle conver sation. The Indians now need the advice and help of some trusted friend. These, recommendations are made: A modification of the laws relating to the leasing and sale of allotted lands; the placing of the entire Indian service under the regulations of the civil service law, and an increase of appropriations for edu cation. THREE SENATORIAL DEADLOCKS. The Oregon Situation Attract the Greatest Attention. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. (Oregonlan of fice, Corcoran Building.) Although there have been three senatorial deadlocks for two or three weeks, all of which are of more or less interest to Washington, yet it Is true that the greatest Interest cen ters in the Oregon contest. It is prob ably because none of the men In the other contests have acquired national fame. Senator Higgins, of Delaware, has been six years in the senate, but has ac quired no distinction. His loss If he were supplanted by another republican would not be felt. Senator Shoup, of Idaho, is well liked by those who know him, but in his four years' service he has not won any great distinction. Representative Sweet is popular In the house, and his friends are much Interested in his success. But In Oregon the contest seems to have taken on additional interest. It is asked if Pennoyerism really has such a strong hold on the state that It can best Senator Dolph. The fact that Senator Dolph has served 12 years in the senate with dis tinction, and made his name a synonym for procuring for his state what ho wanted, has added great interest to the fight. The feeling among the republicans that he ought to be returned is almost universal. ' A report of the emoluments of the va rious customs officers shows the 'following for Oregon and Washington, for the year ending June SO, 1ES4: Willamette district Thomas J. Black; salary, 51000; fees, 5333; services to Ameri can vessels, $1798; storage, 51473. Yaqulna Royal A. Bensal; salary, 51000; services to American vessels, 515 23. Southern Ore gonFrank A. Stewart; (to April 17. 1SS4, salary, 5796 70: services to American ves sels, $26 50; John S. Locke, salary, $203 30; services to American vessels, 527 40. Ore gonEdward A. Taylor, to September 30, 1SS3, salary $750; storage, S225; Charles H. Page, salary, $2250; storage, 5675. Puget sound James Saunders, salary. $3500; storage, $2009. Alaska Benjamin P. Moore: salary, $2500; fees, $326; services to American vessels, $2S9 25; commissions, $530 50. Senator Mitchell has received telegrams from Portland urging him to support the bill for sugar bounty claims now pending In congress. These claims are something enormous, when it is considered how much the sugar Interest has already cost the government. It appears that the sugar men, having been buncoed by the trust with the Havemeyer law, now want a part of the bounty. If the Louisiana men to whom most of the 5S.000.000 bounty will go, had forced the senators from that state to oppose the tariff bill it would have been defeated. There was a time when the Louisiana men could have saved them selves and the country, but they did not. Nor will they secure the bounty claim. X INCOME TAX RETURNS. Time Extended and Addition Made liy the Semite Committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The senate finance committee today authorized a fa vorable report on the house concurrent resolution extending the time for making returns under the income tax law from March 1 to April 15, with the following ad ditions: Be it further resolved. That in comput ing incomes under said act, the amounts necessarily paid for fire insurance pre miums aid for ordinary repairs upon any real estate shall be deducted from the rents accrued or received from such real estate. It is also resoluved. That In computing incomes under said act. the amounts re ceived as dividends upon the stock of any corporation, company or association shall not be included. In such cases, dividends are liable to the tax of 2 per cent in the net profits of said corporation, company or association, although such tax may not have been actually paid by such corporation, etc, at the time of making returns by the person, corporation or as sociation receiving such dividends. j '" It is further resolved that no taxpayer shall be required in his or her annual re turn under said act to answer any inter rogatories unless specifically provided f.or in said act. The resolution as amended Tras after ward reported to the senate. LETTER-CARRIER'S OVERTIME. HI Hour and ray When on the Civil Service Board. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12,-The postmaster-general today rendered the fol lowing decision regarding letter-carrisrs corving overtime, by reason of employ ment on the civil service boards of the various offices throughout the United Staes. Hereafter, a letter-carrier, who is a member of the local board of examiners, shall receive full pay for each day he is engaged with the other members of the board in conducting a civil service ex amination, and the substitute carrier who serves his route on such day shall be paid at the rate of the compensation of the letter-carrier. The orders of this of fice, fixing and defining the duties of letter-carriers, shall not affect a letter carrier on the day he is actually em ployed as a member of a local board of examiners conducting a civil service ex amination. The eight-hour law. however, must be strictly complied with, and under no circumstances should a letter-carrier be permitted to consume more than eight hours per day as a member of the local board of examiners. IAVork nt Mare Inland. VALT . CaL, Feb. 12. Two hundred J and twenty-five of the Olympiads crew will take quarters on board this evening, and 70 more will arrive shcrtly from the EasL She Is being coaled and provisioned and ammunition is being prepared at the Mare island magazine. The Albatrcss and Patterson have been made ready for service, and work on the Boston is being rapidly completed. Asrienltnrnl Appropriation Rill. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Mr. Call, from the committee on appropriations, today reported the agricultural appropriation bllL It shows a net reduction from the house bill of $26,200, the total amount car ried being $3,252,500. The Personnel of the Nn.vy. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. The cham ber of commerce of San Francisco today adopted a resolution Indorsing the pending congressional bill for the reorganization of the personnel of the navy. The Ranger and Alert. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The cruiser Ranger-has sailed from Acapulco to Buena Ventura and the Alert has arrived at Acapulco. A LYNCHER CONFESSES. A Geo rein Kn-Ulnx Tells the Story of the Crime. ATLANTA. Ga., Feb. 12. Anse Black, one of the Murray county Ku-kulx, plead ed guilty In the federal court yesterday to attempting to lynch Henry Worley, an informer on the moonshiners. He said that he was one of the CO men who rode up to Worley's home one night last spring and called him cut. All of the men were armed. Black's story created a sensation among the witnesses and other defend ants. Black said: "Several men took cotton-balls saturat ed with kerosene, which burned brightly, as they approached the house. The leader of the crowd knocked at the door and asked for Worley. His mother cam-; to the door and asked what iyas wanted with Henry. We told her that we were going to hang him for reporting: that her son had been a traitor to her people, and she ought to be willing to have him put out of the way. Worley was terribly scared, and on his knees begged for mercy. He looked at his mother and asked her if she, too, was against him. She said yes, she was going to let the men take him for all she cared. Worley broke down then and cried like a baby, and told the men that If his mother Ijad gone back on him they could take him and do what they pleased with hlrn. He never resisted us, and when we told him to get on a horse he did it. Worley was tied with his hands behind him, and rode in the middle of the crowd of men on horseback. He never spoke. Worley was swung up to a tree and left hanging by the mob. He succeeded, however, in getting away, but was killed a few days later by members of the band." A BOY'S ACT. Attempted. Snicidc of One of the Al leged Lynchers of BInir. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., Feb. 12. Charley Rattllffe, the 17-year-old boy, who swore out a warrant for the arrest of Detective George Drake the day ex Jailer Best was arrested, charged with being one of Blair's lynchers, attempted suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting himself in the breast with a 38-callber pistol. He was calling at William Spencer's, four miles from Mount Sterling, on the Winchester pike. In the presence of a number of young friends Ratllffe pressed the muzzle against his left breast and fired. The bullet entered two Inches above the heart, and came out under the left arm, producing a dangerous though not necessarily fatal wound. He was brought to his home here. -The grand jury-Is still working -on-both the lynching of Blalr-ahd of Murphy and it is said a number of indictments' have been found. These will not be returned until Saturday, when It is expected over 100 true bills will be found against the lynchers. Yesterday Margaret Hammond, an inmate of the disorderly house where the mob is supposed to have planned, testified before the grand jury. Her testi mony is said to have incriminated the son of a prominent county official. m A HOTEL MURDER. A Tennessee County Official Kill His Former Deputy. CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 12. Robert E. Craig, trustee of Hamilton county, shot and killed A. M. Womble In the corridor of the Russell house today. Womble had been In Craig's employ as a deputy. Early in December, be was removed for causes not stated, though it is said there was nothing wrong with his af fairs. Womble called .on Craig at his room shortly after noon today and the fight commenced behind closed doors and was a terrific one. Mr. Craig fired one fatal shot at Wom ble in his apartments, who imme diately ran out in the hall, pursued by Craig. Half way down the stairs Womble fell exhausted, from the wound. Craig descended, and, standing over him, snapped the pistol several times, one ball entering the abdomen and passing almost through the body. Any one of the wounds received would have, caused death, and Womble expired in a few minutes, mak ing an ante-mortem statement that Craig had Invited him to his room and then shot him from behind. Intense excite ment followed the shooting. Craig was slightly wounded in the fight, and tonight Is being guarded in his room. PAN-A?AERICAN NEWE. PreMidcnt IJnrrlos "Willlus: to Submit - to Arbitration. GUATEMALA, Feb. 12. President Bar rios has stated to a newspaper correspond ent that, although he has every hope of a peaceful settlement between Mexico and Guatemala, the settlement must be on the basts as outlined by Guatemala. As to the question of indemnity, he said that Guatemala cannot concede Mexico's claims, but he was willing to submit that question to the arbitration of any neutral power Mexico may select. Attacked by Mexican Bandit. CITr OF MEXICO, Feb. 12. Word has been received from Pueblo of an outrage on a party of Americans by a band of Mexican bandits. At a camp on the In teroceanic railway. Captain William Scott, an ex-captain of the Texas Rang ers; his brother John, an American named Franklin, and a woman, were surrounded by 60 Mexican bandits, who shot the men down, robbed them of everything of value and abused the woman shamefully. The men will hardly recover. The place Is 20 milts from Pueblo and when the news was received the Americans and English men started after the bandits. It is re ported a number of them have been caught or killed. The governor of the state of Pueblo called out the rural guards and ordered them to bring in the bandits dead or alive. No Development in Mexico. CITr OF MEXICO. Feb. 12. There were no developments of Importance in connection with the Guatemalan situation tonight. Telegraphic news from the state of Guatemala is that Mr. Rock, the chief of the Guatemalan commission, was sud denly called from the border to the city of Guatemala In connection with an ar rangement with Mexico. i Hnglies May Be Removed. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. A Wash ington special says: It Is learned from a reliable source that President Cleve land has decided to remove Governor Hughes of Arizona, on account of repre sentations made to him that Hughes has been guilty of maladministration. Several congressmen were at the White House today to urge candidates to succeed Hughes. m HONOR 'OF LINCOLN HIS BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATED IN 3IANYPLACES. At Albany Governor McKinlcy Spoko on Lincoln, and General Horace Porter on Lincoln and Grant. ALBANY, X. Y., Feb. 12. The dinner of the Unconditional Republican Club In honor of the birthday of Lincoln was an event of large importance, because It brought together such a number of dis tinguished men arid orators. Among those who sat down to dinner at the Hotel Ken more were Governor Levi P. Morton, Lieutenant-Governor Charles T. Saxon and General E. a. McAlpln. The speak ers of the evening were Governor McKin ley, who spoke on "Lincoln," and General Horace Porter, of New York, who spoke on "Lincoln :nd Grant." Governor Mc Klnley, In the course of his address, said: "Magnanimity was one of Lincoln's most striking traits. Patriotism moved him at every step. At the beginning of the war he placed at the head of the three most important military departments three of his political opponents Patter son, Butler and McClellan. He did not tfropose to make it a partisan war. He sought by every means in his power to enlist all who were patriotic. The world now regards with wonder the Infinite pa tience, gsntlencss and kindness with which he bore the terrible burdens of that four years struggle. Humane, forgiving and long-suffering himself, he was always especially tender and considerate of the poor, and his treatment of them was full of those little words which are of the same blood as great and holy deeds." The reception of Mr. McKinley was a re markable one, 300 guests rising to their feet and waving handkerchiefs as they cheered thems-jlves hoarse. AVATTEROVS TRIBUTE. He Think Lincoln Wan Inspired for Hi Life Work. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The eighth celebra tion of the birth of Abraham Lincoln by the National Union tcok place this even ing at the Auditorium. The celebration took the form of a concert and address. The musical programme consisted of se lections by the Chicago Marine band and several of Chicago's best quartets. At the conclusion of the musical entertainment the spiaker of the evening, Henry Wat terson, made- an address. In the course of his remarks he sild: "Throughout the wild contention that preceded the war, amid the lurid passions that attended the war itself, not one bitter or narrow word escaped the lips of Abraham Lincoln, whilst there was hardly a day when he was not projecting his big. sturdy personality between some South ern man or woman and danger. After the formal interview at that famous Hampton Roads conference, when the Confederate commissioners, Stephens, Campbell and Hunter, had traversed the field of discus sion with Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Seward, the secretary of state, Mr. Lincoln, the friend still of his old whig col league, though one was now pres ident of the United States and the other was vice-president of the Southern Confederacy, took the slim, pale-faced, consumptive little man aside, and, placing his arm over his shoulder, pointed to a sheet of paper he had in his hand and said: " 'Stephens, write Union at the top of that page, and yon may write whatever else you please.' "In the preceding conversation Mr. Lin coln had Intimated, that payment for the slaves was a possible agreement for re union and peaoe. He based that statement upon a proposal he already had in hand, to approprJateJHoO.OOO.OOOJ.o this purpose. I am not .gojagiaa. tell any tales out of school. I am not here for controversy." After paying- a tribute to Lincoln's power in debate, he continued: "I gather that he was not a civil-service reformer of the school of Grover Cleve land, because I Jlnd among his papers a note to Stanton, In which, with not he faintent anticipation of such apostles of culture as the Hon. Carl Schurs and Mr. Theodoie Roosevelt, he bluntly says: " 'I personally wish Jacob Freeze, of New Jersey, to be appointed colonel of a col ored regiment, regardless of whether he can or not tell the exact color of Julius Caesar's hair.' " The speaker concluded with an eloquent tribute to the dead hero's virtues, accom panied by an argument that he was in spired by heaven to his life work. , By the Marquette Clnh. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Five hundred gen tlemen attended the Lincoln memorial banquet given this evening at the Grand Pacific hotel by the Marquette Club. Be fore the banquet commenced, an informal reception was held m the parlors of the hotel. After the banquet, the following toasts were responded to: "The Marquette Club," Frank Hamlin, of Chicago; "Abraham Lincoln," General George B. Peck, of Chicago; "The Na tion," Hon. Robert G. Cousins, of Iowa; "The Republican A'ictory; What It Means," Hon. John Dalzell, of Pennsyl vania; "The Municipality," Hon. George B. Swift, of Chicago; "The Honest Dol lar," Hon. Frank J. Cannon, of Utah; "The Emancipation Proclamation," Chas. Anderson, of New York. The speakers were introduced by Presi dent Gordon, of the club. In the course of Mr. Cousins' remarks, the name of William B. Allison was suggested for the next president of the United States. A DECIDED SENSATION. An Attack oni Cleveland nnd Carlisle at Philadelphia. .PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12. At the Lin coln banquet of the Young Men's Repub lican Club of this city, held In St. George's hall tonight, a decided sensation was caused by a speech of Representative James H. Walker, of Massachusetts, who achieved a degree of fame by his par liamentary encounter in the house with Bourke Cockran. Mr. Walker, who is a member of the ways and means commit tee, vigorously denounced President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle for their actions in the present financial crisis. He said, in part: "The treasury, of course, Is a mirror wherein to see the patriotism of the coun try, but those in power were ashamed to tell the ways and means committee that they had made a contract for $60,000,000 at 6 per cent a higher rate of interest than the bonds sell for in New York. Sharaeonthem! Traitors! They oughttobe impeached. I mean what I say. They made a contract which they were ashamed to reveal to the ways and means committee, and then pledged the qomralt tee to secrecy about the contract. The secretary of tho treasury refused to an swer a question about the contract; if there had been the slightest genius of government, of truthfulness or good faith, the bonds could have been sold from 2& to down to 2 per cent. Oh, shame on these men! The Union League Club also celebrated Lincoln's birthday with an elaborate din ner, but there were no distinguished out siders present. OTHER LINCOLN CELEBRATIONS. At Bnltimore. BALTIMORE. Feb. 12. The memory of Lincoln was honored tonight by a grand dinner In the Hotel Rennert. given under the auspices of the Young Men's Repub lican Club. There were more than 150 guests present, including nearly all the representative republicans of the state and many from other states. A copy of the generally accepted standard picture of Lincoln resting on an easel built of fence rails, met the view of the company, as they filed into the banquet halL At New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 12. The Republican club held its ninth annual dinner tonight i at Delraonico's, and at the same time cel- ebrated the S6th anniversary of the birth of Lincoln. President Elihu Root eulo gized Lincoln, saying that the people of this country are the possessors of the In destructible benefits of his achievements. Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, delivered a stirring address. Hon. Nelson Dlngley, jr., of Maine, responded to the toast, "The Republican Party;" Senator Burrows, to "Protection:" J. Sloat Fasaett, to the "State of New York," and the Rev. Edwin Hollis, D. D., to "Pulpit Orators and the War." AN UNPAID DEBT. It Finally Brought the Lender Fortune. SCRANTON, Pa.7Feb. 12. Dr. Allen Norton Leets. editor of the Sunday News, has been notified that he has been be queathed $50,000 by the will of. the late Henry B. Cary. of Los Angeles, Cal. Back of the bequest is a story of .an un paid debt that brought the lender ulti mately a competence for life. In 1862, Dr. Leets loaned Cary 5500. At that Ime. both men lived in Newark. N. J. Cary emlgratcd to California and made a for tune, but he never, during his lifetime, repaid the money. When he died, not long ago. his will was found to contain a clause acknowledging his debt to Leets and stating that the $500 was the founda tion of his fortune, and in consideration of this he bequeathed him 550.000. To Recover From Sureties. NEW YORK. Feb. 12. The state of South Dakota is plaintiff in an action just begun in the supreme court of this state to recover a judgment for $250,000 against the sureties on the official bond of W. W. Taylor, the defaulting treasurer of South Dakota. Kidder & Melcher, of this city, have been retained by the South Dakota authorities to prosecute the action, and papers have been served upon John T. Mc Chesney, of this city, who was on Tay lor's bond to the extent or $50,00t. Similar actions have been brought against other sureties in different states. Trouble Aenin Among Insurance Men SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. All of the local insurance managers have gone to Monterey to confer regarding the pro posed amendments to the constitution of the board of lire underwriters, organized a month ago to replace the former insur ance compact. The new compact is al ready in trouble over a rule prohibiting the employment by a company of a so licitor or agent who had been dismissed for cause by another company. Disrup tion of the new organization is threatened. Unable to Meet Obligation. PITTSBURG, Feb. 12,-The Linden Steel Company has gone Into the hands of a re ceiver on the application of a large num ber of stockholders, who claim that owing to the financial stringency the company is unable to meet its obligations. Henry Warner was appointed receiver. The lia bilities are $4S5,000, with estimated assets of 5653,000. SAN FRANCISCO HORSES. Favorites AVon Only the First Two Races. SAX FRANCISCo7Feb. 12. Favorites won the 'first two races, but they failed to show" after that. In the hurdle race Empire broke down. The results were: Five furlongs, selling, Ross In 1:10; six furlongs, selling. Rear Guard in 1:25; six furlongs, selling. Hoodlum In l:2Si; l-mile hurdle. Red Pat in 3:37; six fur longs, Miss Ruth in 1:24. On Eastern Trncfci. At St. Louis Five and a half furlongs, Silent in 1:11; six furlongs, So-So in 1:23; 4 furlongs, Fauntleroy in 0:59; 5 fur longs, Swlfty in 1:14; seven furlongs, Jor dan in 1:33. At NewDrleans One mile. Robert.Latta in 2:00; five furlongs, Le Banjo-In 1:16&V; six furIong3, Rancocas in 1:27; handicap, five furlongs, Black Ball in 1:20; six fur longs, Cave Spring in 1:30. Clearing Ont Prizefighters. TOLEDO, O., Feb. 12. Last night, at Lum Mohr's roadhouse, Fred Brown, of Detroit, fought Frank Ray, of Troy, N. Y for 5-"00. Brown was much the better man and scored a clean knock-out in the second round. Brown and Ray and Al "Woods, the wrestler, who was behind Ray, were arrested. Brown gave ball, but Ray and "Woods are still In Jail. The police have started in to clean out prize fighters. The Grand CIreuit. BUFFALO, N. Y Feb. 12, At a meet ing of the stewards of the grand circuit at the Iroquois hotel today, the following dates were decided upon for race meets this season: Saginaw, July 15-20; Detroit. July 22-27; Cleveland. July 29-August 2; Buffalo, August 6-16: Rochester, August 10-23; New York, August 27-September 3. The Racquet Championship. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. In the second series of games for the racquet champion ship at the racquet and tennis club this afternoon, the contests were between J. S. Tooker, the Boston expert, and J. S. Hoyt, of this city. Mr. Tooker won rather easily in three straight games. m THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Board of Directors Are In Ses sion in Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The board of di rectors of the Associated Press are in Chicago transacting regular business. Those present are: Victor F. Lawson, Chicago Record and News; S. S. Carvalh, New York "World; Clayton McMIchacl, Philadelphia North American; Fiederlck Drlscoll, St. Paul Pioneer Press; F. B. Noyes, Washington Star; Charles W. Knapp, St. Louis Republic; E. H. Purdue. Cleveland Leader; J. Barr, Pittsburg Post; James E. Scripps. Detroit Tribune. To morrow the annual meeting of members of the Associated Press will be held in Recitat hall. Auditorium. In the even ing a banquet will be given at the Grand Pacific hotel. Though many have been delayed by storms throughout the coun try, a large attendance of members Is ex pected, and It Is believed there will be present the greatest gathering of news paper men that ever came together in the United States. The Governor's Guards. COLUMBIA. S. C Feb. 12. The gov ernor's guards of this city, the company whose flag was the first raised in the City of Mexico in the Mexican war, last night withdrew from the state volunteer troops, and furled its battle-scarred flag, refusing to enlist under the new administration militia rule, which requires each member to take an oath to obey for two years any order the governor may give. This Is the company which, during the Darlington war, upon hesitating about going to Dar lington, was summoned to the executive mansion by Governor Tillman and repri manded, whereupon the men threw their scabbards and accoutrements at his feet. Additional Ont ra fees in Armenia. VIENNA. Feb. 12. According to advices received from Armenian sources at Con stantinople many outrages by Turks, In addition to those reported some time ago in Sassoun, have been committed in the province of Harsen. Between 40 and 30 villages are said to have been burned, and all the flocks belonging to the people have been stolen or dispersed. The people have made no effort to rebuild the villages, but have gone to other portions of the province, Spanish. Orange Destroyed. LONDON. Feb. 12. "W. N. "White & Co., London fruit brokers, and extensive hand lers of Sicilian and Spanish oranges, have received a dispatch from Algeria, Spain, saytngthat half a million boxes of oranges, awaiting shipment there, have been de stroyed by the Intensely cold weather. White & Co., however, had no news or any damage being done the orange crop of the island of Sicily. Corner Third and GREAT SPECIAL SALE Hnnaal Bargain Offering Continues in Every Department Jtfeu funi?y laleptipes FULL STOCK OP CrEPE RXit) TISSUE PAPERS 5e Mdsie 8c Novels BHSY caSSmGES SlrD CAGES New Goods at Sale Prices in Every Department GOLDEN RULE BHZHHR A GLORIOUS WELCOME SCENES AT THE DOCK UPOX LA GASCOGXE'S ARRIVAL. The Delay of the Vcmcl "Was Due to the Breaking." of One of the Piston nods. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. The French line steamer La Gascogne, with the assist ance of tugs, reached quarantine at 9:37 this morning. She left quarantine at 10:20 for her dock, which was the teene of great rejoicing from the earliest hour this morning. Friends of passengers on La Gascogne were at the dock from peep of day, and remained there until La Gascogne arrived. The joy of the wait ing crowd ov3r the news of their friends safety was great. So great was the rush to go on the pier that persons admitted had to show evidence that they had friends on the steamship. At 0 o'clock there were about 1300 persons gathered about the entrance unable to get on the dock. The passage of La Gascogne from quar antine to the pier of the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique was somewhat in the nature of a triumphal progress. Every steam craft in the channel and along the river saluted the belated steamer with whistles, and many flags were dipped to her as she passed. She showed no sign of ill usage. On the way up the official report of the captain was obtained. In substance It says: 'The delay was caused by the breaking of the piston, the disarranging of ma chinery and tempestuous weather through out the trip. Only one steamer was passed and that was yesterday." A number of passengers spoke freely of the trip. All agreed in saying it was an eventful one, but that there never was any real danger. As one passenger put it, "We had more anxiety for our friends on shore than for ourselves, for we knew that many would think the vessel lost. We passed the time in playing games.? . All the passengers agree in praising the ondupt.aof,the Aiptaln. When the vessel arrived at rhe pier the" dock aria". its 'vicin ity was actually black with people. As the steamer neared the pier cneer after cheer went up from a thousand throats. Relatives and friends of those on board went frantic with excitement. Pretty girl-s climbed upon boxes and freightage on the pier to get the first glimpse of dear ones. As the vessel was being warped into her berth, a man with the American flag mounted one of the highest boxes and waving it led the cheering. The captain of the vessel was cheered time and again as he walked down the gangplank, followed by the passengers. Captain PoJfot, of La Normandic, threw his arnfs around the neck of the captain of La Gascogne and hugged and kissed him. Eugene Martin, the chief engineer, haB been with the Compagnie Generale Trans Atlantique for ZZ years. He took charge of the engines of La Gascogne five years ago. When seen aboard the steamer this morning, he said: "LaGascogne left Havre January 26, and proceeded without incident until 10:15 the morning of the 29th. The piston rod of the third intermediate cylinder then broke transversely, necessitating the immediate stoppage of the engines. The cylinder head was not blown out by the break, as is frequently the case in such accidents. The ship lay-to for 17 hours while the dam age was being repaired. La Gascogne's engines are of the quadruple expansion type, this being her second voyage since the old triple expansion set were taken out and replaced. The third cylinder had to be entirely disconnected from the crank shaft. Besides this, the steam-pipe con nections leading to the cylinder had to be cut off. The whole force of SO men were on duty while this was being done. The ship had been steaming IS knots an hour, with 62 revolutions of the screw, but the speed after the break was reduced to 11 knots and 40 revolutions. From January 29 to February 4 this speed was main tained, but on the latter date the bearings of the crank shaft were found to be heat ed and worn so that a new set had to be put in. Duplicate bearings were on board, and in ordinary weather it would have taken about 20 hours to remove the old ones and adjust the new ones; but the weather was so had that It was almost impossible to make the careful adjust ments necessary, and 40 hours were con sumed in accomplishing the task. After the engines were again started a speed of rather less than 8 knots was maintained, in order, to avoid heating the bearings. It will take about 55000 to repair the damage, and five days will probably be time enough In which to do it. The Ship and Her O'Bcer. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. The officers of the steamer La Gascogne are: Baudelon, commander; Bianqule, second captain; Gontier, first officer; Pltou, second office.-; Landegren, third officer; Martin, chief engineer; Le Bars, second engineer; Gouv erne, third engineer; Hammau, fourth en gineer; Kaphet, purser: Darandeau, as sistant purser; Gervais, doctor. La Gascogne is a two-masted, steel Fcrew steamer, built in 1886 at Lazyne, France, by Forges and Chantiers. She registered 4331 tons net and 7290 tons gross Her dimensions are 480 feet in length; 52.3 beam and 34.1 depth of hold. She was last surveyed in New York, in February, 1834. Pnblie Rejoicing: in Paris. PARIS. Feb. 12. The news of the safety of La Gascogne last evening spread rapid ly throughout the city. In the theaters, cafes and on the boulevard It was the sole topic of conversation the public rejoic ing at the safety of the ship. The direc tors of the Compagnie Generale Trans Atlantique have voted a gold medal to Captain Baudelon, of the La Gascogne, and have adopted resolutions expressing their felicitations on the skill, courage and coolness shown by him en the peril ous voyage just ended. ALL HEARD FROJL The Steamer Alnitka Tovred In by the Excelsior. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. -The steamer Alaska, from Wilminerton. N. f Feb- J ruary 7, with rhosphate and cotton, at- Morrison Streets rived at the bar at i:S0 P. M. She is bound for Berwick, England. From the time of leaving port she had strong north west gales. Increasing gradually to hur ricane force, and accompanied by snow and tremendous seas, which broke cor tlnually over the ship. When 70 miles east-by-south of Cape Henry the steamer Excelsior, from New Orleans, took her In tow and brought her safely into port. The Southivnrk: in the lee. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1.-The big American steamer Southward, which left Liverpool January 30. and was the only vessel that spoke La Gas-cogne during the 12 days out. is stuck in the ice in the Delaware a few miles below Chester. She has 300 steerage and 23 cabin passengers on board. A Pllot-Uont Heard From. CAPE MAY. N. J., Feb. 12. The pilot boat F. Knight, about which some anxi ety has been felt since she put to sea Thursday, reached Cape May at noon to day, having experienced terrible weather. -a NEEDS TO BE LET ALONE The Indinn Mostly Suffers From Too Much Government Coddling. Captain P. H. Ray. agent at Fort Washakie. Wyo., where 1S00 Shoshon- and Arapahoe Indians are located. Is at the Ebbltt," says the Washington Star. He and all the principal Indian agents of the country are here or coming at tho direction of the secretary of the interior to hold an important conference in regard to Indian matters. "The Indian," says Captain Ray, "needs to be let alosv. He Is suffering from too much reforming, too much Interference and too much coddling by the government. Some In dian reformers make the mistake of thinking that the Indian needs a clas sical education. It will be utterly useless to him. "At Fort Washkie the Arapahoes and Shoshones would now be self-supporting if the government simply stepped aside. We have young Indians who have been taught to make shoes, saddles and har ness, but there is no chance for them to work at their trades because the gov ernment or the' traders supply those ar ticles, Itr shoultl.j3ehornelij mind that the Indians wara self-supptfttlrig derore they ever saw the whites, and would be now without white interference or white aid. "We have built seven miles of canal, 16 feet wide, with Indian labor, and put n stone headings throughout. With this canal we are going this year to irrigate land and raise all the wheat which Is needed on ihc reservation. If I am there J am going to build a flour mill, and then flour will only cost the government 51 50 a 100. instead of 53 25 as now. We have 300,000 acres, which, when irrigated, will be as fine agricultural land as there is in the state. "The Shoshones are mountain Indians. Lewis and Clarke met them in 1801 at the head of Jefferson fork. The Co mariches are a Shoshone tribe, which went south some 200 years ago, but they still speak the same language. The Shoshon-i are fine Indians, and have never been at war with the whites. They and the Arajahoes, though once at war vvith each other, get along together without fric tion." b .WIccp Eleven Yenr.i. ". y There is a nirl named Marguerite Bouyenval at Thenelles, in the north of France, near Saint Quentin, who is report ed to have been asleep for the past It years. A good deal of doubt has been thrown on this phenomenal slumbering ca3e. not only in Paris, but also in Thenelles and its vicinity, where there are two camps, one of the believers and the otherthose who maintain that the so-called sleeping beauty rises at night and has a good supper. The matter has been in vestigated, by a Parisian, who has sent tha girl, and foimd her as lean as a skele ton and as stiff as a corpse, but still living, says the London Telegraph. Her mother injects milk, peptone, and some times wine, through a broken tooth in the girl's mouth. Marguerite Bouyenval mad" away with a oaby 11 years ago. and tho gendarmes were sent to her house. The girl was so frightened at their approach that she had an attack of hysteria, which lasted several hours, and at the end of which she feel into a trance. The doubts thrown on the continuation of the trance have evidently been caused by the fact that the mother of the sleeping girl has made a good deal of money by exhibiting her. A local doctor, who has observed the case during the 11 years. Informed the investigator from Paris that Mar guerite Bouyneval had really been sleep ing during the whole time. Occaslonally she has hysterical crises, but did not awake after them. Other doctors have also agreed as to the genuineness of the phe nomenon, and the sleeping girl of Thenel les remains a human mystery. O' (.old for the United States. LONDON, Feb. 12. The Majestic, which sails from Liverpool tomorrow, will take 51,290.000 in gold for the United States. Saturday 53,710,000 in gold will be shipped from here. That Tired Feeling So common at this season, is a serious condition, liable to lead to disastrous results. It is a sure sign of declining health tone, and that the blood is im poverished and impure The best and most successful remedy is found In Sarsaparilla Which makes rich, healthy blood, and thus gives strength to the nerves, elas ticity to the muscles, vigor to the brain in and health to tee whole body. In truth, Hood's Sarsaparilla. Makes the Weak Strong Be sure to get Hood's and only Hood's. SI; six fo- 5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass. i Hood's Pllis cure nausea and biiicusness. t