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THE DAILY ASTORIAN ll ttil tlfgcst and test papei on the Columbia THE ASTORIAN has the largest circulation of an c"er on the Columbia River FULL ASSOCIATKD PKKSS REPORT. VOL XI.VIII. ASTORIA, OHWiOX, SUNDAY WOUNIXO, FKIiKUAKY ltf, S18U8. NO. 558. Klondike Supplies Miner' OtitfltH AND CnmpcrM UtctiHllM and PtovImIoiih Don't tell her That you love her Hut just send a Valentine, To le hail at (1RIPPIN & RliPD'S W. F. SCHEIBE, tfr:r- a lull iim i lyi. i.bi. aa Avkt' AilkU. 474 Comimrv tnl Ml. J. M. THE SISTERS OF TIE Convent of the ...Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON. llAVK UPKNKIi THKIH II'IAKIHV.J Al Iiav i-iikl. Pur ralv at., tdilrw ilia Hcipertora. PITH HKCKIVKt) IN TIIK PKIU AMY. OUAUUAU AND; ACADEMIC OKADXlt SHIELD ; -BRAND tv Mams. Bacon and , . Tb Boat, AtMOltitalr Pur By For felt at Tha Occident Hotel Bar, The Offloe Saloon, AAd all the leadlnc tmra D Artorla. Sun I'ViiiicIhco uni l'ortland , TJDBDUntiBy A raoiiii n u u bpv f;" ' -- - " " Lnt A Hrtfw IV Foard & Stokes Company FINE CIGARS! INSTRU MENTAL MUWC. PAINTING AND VOICE CULTURE POUM A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT Kopp's "Best A DELICIOUS DRIMC and ABSOLUELY PURE The NorUi IVlllo llrewery, of wbicb Mr. John K() ia rijrielor. make beet for clomoatic aud riirt trade. litiltldl r for family use, or keg beer stippliej at liny lime, delivery in the cily fee. WORTH PACIFIC BREWERY UNION MEAT COMPANY Ai.r. KiNiw IIK'ANNKIHKATU uarantil lite Ural i tlio Mwkrt Strictly Pure Lard Cor. rortk ud (iliua StreMS rnrtltia. Orinn. "Keystone Monogram" Whiskey SHERWOOD " SHERWOOD PACIFIC C0A8T AQKNT". Mount Angel College MOUNT ANGEl Marion CwnN OREGON Thla I juat Oia place for your boya, IVllKlitful location, large bulldlngi and grounds, good meala, plenty of healthy exerclee, excellent toau-liera and careful training- thla la what they all aay of MT. ANOEli COLLEGE. Bend for Cat. alogue and apeolal torma. P. F, PLACIDUS, Director, THE PASSENGERS AN!) CREW SAVED Gallant Work of tbc Officers ami Men of the St.Loak VFI.NIHM Ul'KNS AT XR Mrs. annus. ad tkililica I Tear Ihei Iht lomil All Tticir Nrlkly Niw Yolk. Fib 12 -The American line t om-r He I-mii whlh arrived t . 1 r fiotn Hoinhainplon r V-. r 1 (In- losa ut im-m of the llolland-Aiie rl. nn line aliuin- et Vrriidam, MlHlr Htunrr, from llo. ter.l.im In N w York. The passenger and crew w.re ml liy the HI I.011I. Oiptiiln Hl.-iin-r, who w.i la command of III" Vrendnm. hna n "llenl reenrd. .itnl la cotupuratlc !y a yming num. In January, W4, while In r. minimi, I f Uir Amsterdam, fantnln tWiiwr lost bin flral oritur und l .icunun who put on" In a small ImiI diirltm i.-rrllr weather i, i l nipt in ri ur it i r. w 'if tlir A itn rl n mlninr M.irjf W'rila. ml.! i n m Inklnc .'.ifiilit Inn. I'lipluln Kiiiw r iti H' a ft;iliiT cffiwi In rt.-iir itir iti-w Hii- M.iry Wrl'n IWI'I In ICI14 111 Hina. '.) Of u hrtt. i rM ih . i in Mm i. Prolilful rirvfliiml in iH-l-Kir nf i hi. Aiiiirkim mii. fiw li! tLiliinl arili.n ( n Ihnl or UMlttfi. Ariir iiniwn. .r illy. n lnpnitiT " i ho n'l.im.r Si lmln. I utiIiMik lh m rim iii iti- liiiln wlillu lh iwriw vna In vrirr. m n;ild 'N'nrly ll uf ih" pn tutorf n II; Hi. lmil wrrr lit lir.l ,i-n Ihr ni' liili kly pr u,l flint wrn k hiA Ih tii Itrhlril. TIiimi m- i-mi:i.J mi drtt. We -.tiVi I In- iiIutt nf ky ri krm liny lnim In fk nlr uml w muld bir I In lirfc'k nf wiimmi on Ihr VWtutaai. Th nrlti'ilii'iil mi bimr.l th Hi. ImIi n liitnimi. M i h rnl lh r -ui m I hey IiimIiI nfT fur tie Vn Vim. II in u r- llllIVK lllNT-IHUrliTII nf .in IMIUT IllfllfC lli llml IIMt rrlurvi-il. In It wi re ulwiit X rhllilmi. ull hudllrd ((. I y t- rtlifr uml rytii? Iiwilly. Oflhn r Si--rvr wan iiil; hl !. to qpi. lln m. II w.m ii nlKhl wtirth . Inic. tt-.o ay uur wwl; ilrofl Anirl mi wuibtii mm-Idt-ml ii llin oanlii of .r ixmr rr!r!:t-i! wntiirnn who rr haui'd un lnil nmr tmil fluin ll. Th ri urd jimiiih ii nfli-r lln'y hurt i.irtly mciivitM hrititn ! Ty nlniiil fur llirlr rhili! rri. and wlu n Ihry fniind Ihrm thry nird for Jiy. ll 4rnii'd 1.i mi fknt imnii nf im nmi kiiIv Inl h bit nhmit thnt Uttw. "iVlirn ihr mn mmr ilxmnt wr i-rr morr In our rli'inrnl. V Kvf llirtii kinki'y nnd H Aid thiTn tn fml ( noixl. A O"- l"t N-u. hnvr In nthl Kri' luiml nut. Tlii Wrndiim wan ni tire. Th tvwi-afd ivmwnsrm ht.dilled l".i'Ui r ,ind (H-tit up h mill. Thn had imIIiIiii; In thi warld nnvpl whnl h on Ihi-lr lia.ka." THK KANSAS J'A' IFir H HAl.i:. The llir:ii!aiitliiii Kxi u lo I'ay tho iViviTiiiiii'iit'a l.lfii I Full. Wnnhlniittm, Ki'b. 12.-Aiiormy-O'ii-rrnl UrlkT! rcri'lvnt a dltt-li fmrn Jii'lk-" llimilh'.v, govt'rnnirnt rrprimin llve In the mmiiT of ihi Kni.im I'mlln', latliiK an iirnuiKi'ini'iu had Iiwmi i'ffi'lil ly hlrh thi re-oraaiiliiillon wrmild ky the prlnripnl of thi- giivrrninent' Ih n hi full. The tfU'grum mid the roprtwnta- IKea of the Tnlon rnclflr rrnHiil Uii rimniltt,e had fu-imntwl that the gm-eriunent ahmild rewivr at t'.he unle It InliTfut In the Kunii prti'lflr on Ki'h rvmiy 1. not 1-a than W.Sitl.i"), tht amount of the prlnrliml of II IniVliti'd- iirn. Thon-npon the Hltorni'yun'n''1""' wlrort nuthortty to accept the guaranti'i'. The Hi'Cilnnct of the pioriltloii dma not , however. priTent th goveniineiit from hi'reptlng any hid In cxrena f thi iinmunt ituaranteefl. In Utter traiium--tlnna by which the government hna din- poaed nf lie lien upon the T'nlon Pailfli' nnd Kaimaa I'mdrir roiulH, receive a totnl of i!(.T,M.. Cif thla aum KT.SHMS i the principal of the debt of the I'nfcm JMilllc nnd Ul.211.711 the full nnimmt of lU'i rued mid linpnld Inirreat to dale 'f mile. From the Kiinnaa Pnclflr the gov eminent milltca (i.Hn.1.ino principal. Inalng a hiilnnce of Intereat Hniountlnt to pi, tCM.WT. Aa u the Knnaaa 1'nclHc, the olll ilula regard the mitconM' na eminently aatlMlactory. T11K COTTON STltlKKIIS. Ilolh Wilca IVtermlned Not to Yield- Men tlolng to t'nnadn. ItuHtoii. Feb. 1!. Today cloaca the fourth week of the cotton operative' Htrlko In New- ltedford, lllddcford .ind Siuo, nnd there la attll no Indlcntlon of nn early agreement between the iimiiu fuctnivra iiud etnployea. lteporta from the atrlko centera atnte that everything remains quiet, each aide apparently determined not to yield u point at the present time, Many of the French-Canadian operatlvea In pUcea where the nillla are closed to thorn here have gone to Canada nnd should some of the mills decide to start It la thought It would be dllllenlt to run the depart ments without engaging new hands. A new feature In the situation Is the np- penrnnco of the Canadian government colonlintlon ngents who have been sent here lo get the French-Canndlana out oC work and settle them on the St. Law rence river. The Canadian and Quebec governments have undertaken to aid all the settlers. The existing troubles are causing the Idleness of about 17,000 per- sons In New England. FABRE DEAD. Paris, Feb, 12.-M. Ferdinand Fabro, tho novelist, la dead. OVERBOARD IN A HURRICANE Coslyo Urcikinrldije of the Cunhing Drowned at Sea. liKAVK F.FFOKTS W'KKE MADK Dul Hctonld Not Me i td-Daaitl aililav the Uoa. liit Luit H Lilc Coaieuadcr Mcarilirnkca New York. F li. ll.KnnlKn Jom ph C. lini kltirldgn, him uiIvi- oltli r of Iho tor pi1. IkmiI fuahliig. wua waahrd over- hoard and rtrowm-d In a au.rmy puMagu from hoy Weat to liHvunn, ya iho lliivnnii ii.rr. nH.ii,!i ni of th Herald. 1'hn I'liKklnx urrlvrd Inat night wllh the body and Hlgnulbd the Maine for medlral uaalatMiicp All effurla to reauacltat kin alga Hrii klnrldge werr futllo. The lly will Im- Hi-lit by the t'uahlng In Key Wrat tomorrow. The Cuahlng bt K'y Oat Friday morning with aioren fur the M.illie. Hhn pi" iel heavily In a roilk'll mu. Klin alnwm rnglnm ut 1 o'clock In IkIiI of thp coaal of fuba. Immediately ,ifi. r ird Knulitn IIre kmrnlnc. wlm u at.iiliiniil forward, wua arrlnl off Ma feel by a heavy . lie rlul. Iml the lid line aa he awept aft. The line purl ed, however, and Knalpn Hm-klnrldgn went overboard. Hi-amen Fverrtl nll Co.ne ainrted o go tn the riw-oe la the HfelMiut, but It win MMiimi-d in low i ring urn! the men were thrown Into the water. Ktwlgn l:rei klnrtilgr'a atretgth faat falling aa he nicumln-red Wllh liiavj otl nklna uml Ixaita. The Cuatlng waa run til mi thrmiKh the na deluiKl from atem tn atem wtien Ihei klnrUge wna going under. The iimik. Inmlel Atklna went oveiiamrn to tlir n-aiue. The dialling finally obeyed tier herm and awung around la near the men In the water. Atklna. OippuK und Kvvreit re rea i ui-1 by llnea nnd F.nt ign llret kliirtdica wna .iiki on ko.ird In (lie aum manner, Atklna faatenltiK the line to hurl. (Julek nn-dli-ul aid aa neceaaury to anvc tk. MiUKn a life, and the dialling Leaded far llnvima with hir thru'tlea' oii. On ar rlvnl at 11 ivana the Mutnea aurceon wtrn ;tehore. A racaaugr waa eent to t'onawl Cenernl lee, who aeir. I r. Itwrmas. wt o wbl n waa doubtful If meJIcul aid. If nv.ill:ilili cmibl have aaveil M- ciimIku. l.levaenaiit tilepvea. romimuidi-r of tne fuahlnit. I hear' -hntecn. Ilreeklnrldee'a falhiT la InaiH-etor-iineral o(f the anrny In Waxhlnginn. WONliKKKl l. St'ItlTXKY. New operulon on a Wnniiiu's Itruln Wits Huraceaful. OaMand. ?ul.. Feb. 12. lly n oiwration ni-rfnrnied by 1 r. Ft T. Htratton at the Knet 1lny unltiirlimi, liaklaml. It tiaa turn demonstrated that a rrtlon of the airperlor liKigltudtnnl sinus, the man rliaiiM'l w'hoae function It la to carry away the blood circulating through llie braln. ran W rrmnvod without ranting death. Anvuig aurgeona thr belief luia prevalV.il (bat a laceration of the alnn Is uaually futiiL The patient . u woman, wr.s auITerlivg frian a tuowr which was preaa Ing directly on the nerve centers. It wa dlMCovered thnt the growth had iilliKhid Itaelf tn the tongltutlual slniK and cotill only be mooted by rutting away a p- tlon of that organ. After tin: patient hud IwM-n placed tmder amwthetlca two Inch Ions were muik' III Ihr skull mi Im h nn a half apart and to tlir right of the sinus. Theffv were tr-pliied and about two snunre Incbi-s oT the skull wna cut away eiixieliia Hie tumor. Ob cither ride of the tumoroti growru clann'S wore jdaced. cloatng tile blood chiiliM'ls, wild between the clamiis the surgeon used ttio knife, rutting away the tumor channel and a portion of ike membrane which separates) bo two hcmlaphercs of rhe brain. Thai ompleteil. a iila.lT dressing waa applied. and the patient, wllh tho steel clampa ettll In poHltlnn, wua transferred ftom the oiHirating rHini to a private wunJ. The operation whs performed oo l-ebbruary :, ttiul three day ngo tho clamps wore re moved and nn aluminum plate Inserted lo take the place of the skull bone removed, and while there la a alight edema. Dr. Stratton believes Ills patient will reeaver. The operation Is the first of Its kind. Sur geons who have studied the case believe that the Inferior longitudinal sinus Is performing the functions of tho closed superior. LINCOLN'S ASN1VEKSARY. Kx-l'ivsWeiit Harrison Delivers an Ad dress In Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 12. The anniversary or the birth of Abraham Lincoln was cen trally observed today by the exercises in tho schools nnd by various banquets. The principal banquet of the evening, however, wr the twelfth annual affair of the Marquette Club, which was held at the Auditorium Hotel. Fully (500 club members were present nnd speeches In reply to toasts wero received with great iipplause. Kx-President Harrison was the speaker of the evening nnd his address on "Abraham Lincoln" was re ceived with enthusiastic manlfesta lions of applause. Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the treasury, spoke on "Government Finances." 13 A RON HICKEY'S REMAINS. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 12. Tho remains of Boron Harden Hlckey, who committed suicide at the Pearson Hotel, will be taken to Sun Francisco today. The dis position of the body will be made tn ac cordance with directions 'received from the baroness at Riverside, who ordered that the remains be sent to Mrs. K. O. Hlckey. the baron's mother. The effects of the Inte baron have been sent to tho baroness at Rlversldo, BERNHARDT ILL. Paris, Feb. 1J. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will go Into a hospital next Wednesday and undergo an operation for tho re moval of a fibroid growth. STRANGE FIRE IN NEW YORK Spectacular Effects Remarkable and Observed at Great Distance VEIL OF Sl'AKKS AND SMOKE Xdijkliorisg Dallilia;p to the Xatui Cham bers Bedecked wltk Isclpieat Blaiei Other fires. New York, February li-Frora a spec tai ular atandjxilnt lust night's fire In the Nassau ''hambera was runurkable. Sparks wvr carried as far weat as the river. In Ilroudway at one time the fall ing aparka and smoke formed a flrery veil thut dosed the street. The crowds Janine-d everf ne of the street In the neighborhood of the fire and the fire of park was snore effective In keeping pallia rlear for the flrenv-n and the con atamly arriving trurka and engines than 'in of policemen. The blase started In a bicycle store In the basement of the Nassau Chamber and tho rntlre atrucfure was destroyed. Internal revenue sumps worth IIOO.OOi iiere burned. The Nasaau Chambers was nn L-ahaped structure, an office building. Noa. 114-11 Nassau and 75 Ann street. The building was supposedly a flrcproot structure. Three hours after It bad surt id the lire was under control, but at one time It looked a If the destruction mt.-ht leaili fur up Into the millions. Puddings In all directions were at one lime bura lig on the cornice and roofs, where apurk and chunk of flume had fallen. Tliere was aitoKelher In action S3 en line, ten triacks. tore water-spout and five Insurance patrols, with battalion tilcfa. Twenty mlnutea after the firemen got to work, the Are In the meantime having been ronflnavl to the Nasaau-atreet artng. u sudden buck draught set the entire Ann-street wing In flames. All of the windows frontinK- on Ann street were I lown out and the crowd tn the street tied precipitately. Flames barst through the rwf uf the building and an hour after the rtre aturtrd and a minute later the structure was a volcano, sending great shuwrra of sparks for away tkrouga the down-tnwrii section. Prunds through an air-shaft set nre to the huHH.ig at 110 and 112 Nassau street and a Ann street, the ground Door of which was occupied by Maduro Ur.., men's famishing gmt?. Ttc f.rc Is this building was quickly extinguished. The spark shot skyward under the eavea J hulldlng from 1ft to 9) stories In height on Broadway, Barclay. Nasau. and neighboring streets were bedecked with torlplent blaaea. The Syndicate building in course of erection, had noth ing more Inflammable but a scaffolding on the Sin Moor. This Mused for a few minute. At one time no less than fiiurti-mi buildings were barnlng. .and had there been a wind the loss must have been rnnrmwus. A it wua the smaller Bres were quickly extlnguHthcd. The aevea uppor stories of the VaruWrbilt building which Is a 11 story RJn.i ture. was tadh.- damaged. Ow ing to tlie height of this structure the firemen bad great ditflciigy In extinguish ing the bane. While that great tire was engrossing attentbm. another alarm waa soumhsl from liwth street and Sth avr. nue, whejw Bauer's raslno hud taken tire. Sauer'a ImlldliiK waa made of Usht ma terial and was destroyed. Iiss. IllO.OuO. CHINA CONSENTS. Peking. Feb. ll-Ohlna Kts coascnled to th ltrtlash demnnd fr a railway from lturnia to Ynnanland and sis? also agrees to IndeaintTy the kidnApcd Fn'm-kman. M. I.yamleL Next month the Cklnese biiord of revenue wtll pay salaries half m ayreee and half in dollars, owtns to the scarcity -of copper coin. Heir Pelt rln. the mramlssloncr of Chinese rus oins. haa enienxl the government er vtoe In Shan Tung province. .'0 TITLE. S.m Francisco, Feb. 12. 8iierisr Judge Hehuard haa doiided that the Hate of California hns no title to the tide land property of the Fair estate at Noun beach; that the auite parted with tt title long ago to Jamea G. Fair. The court has sustained the right of the stattf to proceed with the fllllng-ln of these tide lands, wlileh Fair Intended to use as deep-water front property. KLONDIKE DOGS. San Francisco, Feb. 12,-The steamer National City will salt tonight for Pyea and Skagway. taking hW passengers and a largo amount of ftvlgnt. More applica tions for passage have been received than the vessel can accommodate. The Na tional City will carry away more dogs than any vessel which haa yet soiled for the gold tlelda from this port. An Im mense dog house has been constructed on the forwnrd deck nnd 170 dogs will be confined In It until the vessel renches her destination. Besides tho dogs, several horses and mules nre on board. YUKON RIVER STEAMERS. San Francisco, Feb. 12,-The first of tho new river steamers and barges for use on the Yukon are now being loaded Into the ship Slntram. There are four steam ers nnd six barges In all and their build ing hns not taken much over seven weeks. The steamers and barges have been built In sections nnd 100 machinists, carpenters and painters will go up on the Slntram to put them together at Dutch Harbor. The Sintrlm will be towed north by tho tug Fenrless. Three of the steam ers aro 1S2 feet long and will carry 3o0 tons of freight on a four-foot draught. The other steamer la 150 feet long and will carry 150 tons of freight on a four foot draught. The barges are 145 feet long and will each carry 400 tons of freight. PARLIAMENT OPENS VERY QUIETLY It Kill be a foreign I'olicy Session, the Prwphcta Say. SECRETARY CUKZOVS DRAMA lustt ,lr. Davit t aad Thea Apologiztv lath Oilticaltt tipericaccd Jack to ia Stcarisg Keiadcer. London, Feb. 12.-4Copyrlghted by the Associated Press, 1K. Parliament open without anything In the shape of a great sensation, but with general feeling on both sides of the house that matter will take a livelier turn later. Moat of the prophets are of the opinion that It will be a foreign-policy session, the position 'f the government depending largely upon the extent to which It ran Justify It re lations with the power. The general ton of lobby conversation ahowed that dissatisfaction with the action of the llurqula of Salisbury was widespread among hi supporter, particularly in re gard to the Chinese loan and Weal Af rica., rhe parliamentary secretary for the foreign office, George N. Curxon start ed the scscdnn badly by making enemies. All port lea resent his brutal taunt of Mr. Michael Pavltt during Thursday' dissen sion over slaeery In Zanzibar. Mr. Dav it t asked If some of the female prison ers were kept In Irons. "Possibly they were." responded Mr. Curxon, "and perhaps the honorable gen tleman knows there are people In this , country who are not unacquainted with handcuffs." Mr. Davltt promptly replied: "Ye; I. myself." Then there were cries of "Shame!" "Withdraw," and "Apologise." and even the usual complacency of Mr. Curxon waa upset and he said: "1 have no desire to be offensive and am quite ready to apologise for having tempted the honorable gentleman's Inter ruption." At the end of hi speech Mr. Curxon said he wished to repeat his apology, and Mr. Davltt raised hi hat and smiled Kood-humoredly. The report correspondent of the Asso ciated Press at Alten, Norway, reports th.it the expedition headed by Rev. Shel don Jackson and Lieutenant D. B. De voir, representative of the U. 8. sec retary of war. ha met with great diffl-ruii-es. Mr. William KJelmann. super intendent of the government reindeer herd In Alaska, who started ahead of Messrs. Jackson and Devore, has scoured the country with six assistant, sledging miles through forests In the arctic night. Dehorned reindeer are scarce and I he had to pick Up lots of three or four which were eventually concentrated Into I six "herds aggregating 5O0. ll was diffi cult to persuade the Laplanders to leave their homes, but 50 drivers were flnally secuved. Mr. Jackson said the travel necessary- lo collect the reindeer was more dangerous than traveling In the Chil koot pass. It Is understood that Spain recently ap plied to Great Britain for assistance In raising a loan, to which the Marquis of Salisbury referred to at the opening of the house of lords on Tuesday when he wild that China was not the only gov ernment which might want money. Ac cording to gossip the Spanish legation In London and elsewhere nre suffering from long delay to their remittances and the diplomats have been forced to defray the expenses of their establishment. Prince Albert of Belgium, the .lephew of King Leopold of Belgium, and heir presumptive to the Belgian throne, will accompany his uncle to the Riviera on Uoard the team yacht Mayflower, form erly the property of the late Mr. Ogoen Govlet. of New York, but recently pur eiiased by fcls majesty. The prince will then start for the United States. The report that the prince Intends to consult President McKlnley regarding Congo affair Is unfounded. King MeneLk. of Abyssinia, Is prepar ing for a Journey to the European capi tals and Is collecting all the objects of speckil article of artistic Interest In Abyssinia, the most valuable of which he will take as gifts to the rulers. His majesty expects to be absent six months and his government during that time will be entrusted to the queen. Quite a sensation has been caused tn Dublin by the extraordinary precautions fw the safety of the castle. In addition to the regular polloe force and soldiers, a lan;e guard, fully armed and relieved every two hours, Is placed on the castle roof over the chief secretary's library. The only surmise possible Is thut an at tempt to dynamite the building Is con templated. The Riviera Is In complete carnival. The battle of flowers at Cannes on Thursday brought out 25,000 people. There was a large contingent of English. Including the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Ten tons of flowers were thrown. The Count and Countess de Castellane participated In the festivities. They will top 10 days at the Villa I.uynes and thence will enjoy a two-months cruise on board the Val halla In the Mediterranean, during which they will visit Tunis and Algiers. The Duchess of Marlborough has open ed a bazaar at Hull In aid of the sailor's charities and she intends repenting the Blenheim theatricals In London during the season, when the Marlboroughs will entertain lavishly and especially In the direction of politics, In which the duke Is ambitious. Anthony Hope hns been talking freely regarding America since his return here. Ho says he believes half the population of the United States Is composed of the Interviewers, "whose predominant char acter Is their conceit, as whllo evvryone nsked me Innumerable questions as to my opinion of tho United States nnd Its lit erature, past, present and future. No one asked me a single question regarding England or the English. Hope also re lated many alleged gaucherles of Ameri cans to whom he was Introduced, adding that they had many ways of expressing thnt they were frankly disappointed In their expectations concerning his personality. PREMIER SACASTA WAS SURPRISED De Lome Resigned Night Before Hit Letter Was rabllshed. COUNCIL AT THE PALACE .lew Milliter to Vasbiajtos to It !Ued StaiNh frei Ajainl Dt Losje Ctaisrt flit Bitterly. New York. Feb. 11-Premler BagasU made the following itatement regarding the D Lome Incident to a Madrid corres pondent of the World laat night: "W were profoundly surprised when the first Intimation of the occurrence came by the first telegram from Benor Dupuy De Lome, saying that he had been advised that the American newspa pers were about to publish a letter ha had w.ltten to Benor Canaleja. whlca contained atrong criticisms on President McKlnley. He added that this might make hi remaining In Washington un desirable. Therefore be placed ni real- , nation at the disposal of the govern ment. A we were at a loa to under stand the matter, I Instructed the min ister of foreign affairs to telegraph again directing Senor De Lome to Inform ua of the contents of the letter. Benor De Lome replied that he did not recollect them. "De Lome resigned the night before the letter was published. Meanwhile tha text of the letter was published In New York. Then Senor De Lorn cabled, re newing his request that his resignation be accepted soon, as his position waa Im possible. He desired to leave America because Assistant Secretary of State Day had called upon him to ask If he waa the author of the letter, which he ad mitted. "So we went Into council at the palace, having decided to tell the queen that Seenor De Lome's resignation was nec essary. In another council, held Imme diately afterwards, we took all the steps required to place the legation In tha hands of the able first secretary, wha la thoroughly acquainted with all the pend ing commercial and political question that will not suffer delay until a successor to Benor De Lome reaches Washington. i The cabinet discussed many available I candidates, coming to the conclusion to I let the minister of foreign affairs select j a man from the diplomats who know tha English language, have served In the United State, and are competent to con duct the coming negotiations. "I firmly believe that the Incident, al 'hough not pleasant for us. will not alteV our present highly satisfactory ' and friendly relations with the American gov ernment. Wbnt confirms my belief Is that General Woodford In his Interview with Senor Gullon declared himself sat isfied with the position of the Spanish government In this affair before he pre sented his note on the subject. "When we first heard of the De Lome letter we sent for Senor Canaleja. who assured us that he never received tha letter and that It must have been stolen at Havana. Senor Canaleja seemed as tonished that Senor De Lome should have written him so. as he had only made his acquaintance through a letter of Intro duction from Colonial Secretary Moret. when he went to Washington, and had noticed that Senor De Lome always spoke to him In the highest terms of President McKlnley. His dispatches con tributed to the excellent opinion this gov ernment had formed of President Mc Klnley' disposition and his ability to as sist us In keeping up the friendly rela tions, of which we firmly trust the crown ing act will be ere long a treaty of com merce between the United States, Cuba and Spain." Some of the Madrid newspaper organ of General Weyler and Romero Robledo show a disposition to take up the cud gels for De Lome, although the majority of the press, notably the liberal organs. Including even the Impartial and the Heraldo, censure him bitterly for hav ing played Into the hands of the adver saries of Spain In Cuba and the United States. x WOODFORD'S BANQUET. Madrid. Feb. 12.-Unlted States Mlnls tr Woodford gave a banquet last even ing to the diplomatic corps. Senor Gul lon. the foreign minister, and Senor Moret, the colonial minister, were present STARVED TO DEATH. : Chicago, Feb. 12. Mrs. Caroline Lx'xf, 7 years of age, died at the county hos pital last night of starvation, and her husband, Cornelius Lang, 75 years of uge. Is In the sime Institution, dying slowly from the same cause. When the police found them they had been three days without food nnd a week without fire. Royal snakes the food pure, wbolesoo aad dctlclwi. POVDZf Absolutely Puro not AC SMUNO POWOf a oo., aiw wax. Pill J