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New York, Feb. 9th.-London
news states that the American Con
v%ention is now being considered by
the Cabinet.
Mr.. Chamberlain, in the course of
a speech, re%pudiated The charge Of
sharing the land naturalization
theories of Mr.. Henry George.
1t is reported hat the Cabinet
has practically rejected Lord Derby's
recommendation to accept the terms
of the proposed reciprocity treaty be.
tween the United States and the
West Indies, the majority being of
opinion that the advantages to be
obtained thereby are of a doubtful
nature, owing to similar treaties
which America is negotiating with
regard to the trade of Cuba and the
BraziIs. The other section of the
Cabinet objects to the treaty on the
ground that it would be an infringe
ment Of the principles Of Free Trade.
Lord Wol>eley has asked the
Government for specific Instructions
IN case Major General Gordon should
he dead. The Cabinet, after three
hours discussion, replied that he
must suppress the rebellion.
The Mahomcdan Agent in Paris
expresses a belief THAT the Mahdi
would exchange Major General Cor
don for Arab PaShh.
The Italian press, commenting onthe
situation in the Soudan, urges CO.
operation with England without bar
gaming; the purpose being to open
the route between Suakim and Berber.
Guadeloupe, Feb. 7th-H. NJ. 5.
northampton" aud Dido gone
St. Kits 1890 p. m.
St. Kits, Feb. 9th-British Fleet
arrived $50 p. m.
New York, Feb Observation-Disclosures from
Cairo states that the Khedive believes that
Major General Gordon is still alive.
Lord Wolseley, telegraphing to the Home
Government, reports that General Earle
surprised a large body of the Monassin
tribe. The enemy fed leaving their camels,
rifles, and thirty dead.
Great anxiety is being displayed at the
military headquarters in making prepare
tons to send reinforcements to Egypt.
1t is announced that Italy has decided
to help England in the Soudan, without
compensation.
Martinique, 9th-At 1890 this morning
a fire broke out in a large furniture manu-
factory belonging to M. LePeyre. Damage
100000 francs; covered by insurance.
Cause unknown.
New York, February 9th.
Flour per bril-, st. Lawrence brand, s4.75
Meal, best Brandywine, per bril-, 81 to
H NJ. Pork, per bbl., S153.
New Seasons Pork per Dbl $131.
Crystals per. lb 81
ous"' Fair to good refining pr ID Al to5.
English Islands Molasses, 20 to 81 cts.
Exchange, New York aud London, $4.S4
London, February 9th.
(Demerara Crystals percwt coles.
Sd.
Sugar Z Muscovado per cwt., go lis Cd.
Clayed Havana, No. IL, afoat
go las Cd.
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T Il L e G Il A NJ S.
ST. THOMAS STATION.

New York, Feby. 6th.-Reports
from the Soudan state that the Mahd',
with 10000 men, having surrounded
Khartoum, gradually introduced his
emissaries, who, acting upon the
religious sentiments of the garrison,
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induced $500 to desert and the town
was finally captured. Details have
not yet been received. General VOL
seley believes that the British position
at Gubat is still tenable.
General Wilson, arriving at khar-
toum on the 18Th ulto., found the
place in possession of the Mahdi, but
succeeded in escnping a fierce fire
which was opened upon him from
the town. His steamers were wrecked,
and his force is o encamped on an
island.
British excitement has been raised
to fever heat and the Ministry is
wildly denounced.
The danger to other British posi-
tions in Egypt in consequence of the
loss of Khattoum is fully recognized,
and a further effort in the Moslrm
World to effect a rising in India
increases the general untusincsS.
The European press generally ex-
press sympathy with England, while
everywhere the gravity of the situa-
ton is recognized.
English Officers are volunteering
for service.
Jamaica, 6rh.-1hp repairing ship
"Grappler," left Jamaica this morn
Ing for 81. Kits and will repair the
section of cable between the latter
island aud Antigua.
New York, 9Th Feby The Khar-
tOum incident transcends every ku-
ropean topic, nothing similar having
occurred since the >epoy rising in
India. The press criticisms continne
wild, but the better papers unite in
demanding that all slIades of poIitl-
clans rise above party lines and make
"a supreme effort for the vindicatlOn
Of England's honor.
The Cabinet is willing to give
Lord WoIseley carte blanche, al
though it has been somewhat aston
ished by his asking for instructions,
and by the intlmation that he will
require five weeks to reach khartoum.
From Cairo it is advised that the
British should concentrate their
forces for the capture of Berber and
that fifteen thousand Indian troops
be despatched to Suakim, ten thou
sand troops ATE available in the
Mediterranean.
1t is now recognized that the Mahdi
tempted the English to advance,
Major General Gordon having been
long since practically a prisoner.
The Mahdi's Agents in London de-
clare that Gordon's safety is assured.
The Mahdi has sent a message
claiming that Major General Gordon
has turned Mussulman.
ST. Lucia, 5th-Fleet left for
Guadeloupe at 8 a. m.
Gu~adeloupe 6th.-"Northampton,"
and Dido" arrived 8 a. m.
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II. B. NJ. war steamer FGntOm, paid a
flying visit to Frederiksted on Thursday.
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Just Received
and for sale at the Avas Office.

Writing paper of various descrip-
tons ruled, tinted and plain.
Envelopes, Monier's black
Office ink in pint and J pint jugs, Monier's
blue black copying ink,
red ink, blue ink, red tape,
pieces pencil eraser,
apron files for letters, inkstands, %porcupine
quill penholders, blue and red pencils,
STEEL PENS, BLOTTING BOOKS,
Scrap Albums,
Birthday and Wedding Cards.
Birthday text books, Picture
toy books, NOVELS and
tales by various authors,
.TLENENTART SCHOOL SERIES on READERS
&rc. &c. &c
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
ADouble Tragedy in st. Paul,

On the afternoon of the 18th inst, Harvey W.
Kellogg, late proprietor of the Buckeye res
%taurant, No. ISL East Seventh street ST. Paul
IAN establishment that failed two weeks before, J
left bis family in their room over the restaurant,
9stensibly to so to Minneapolis to get work.
This was the last seen of him by his family.
Hls dead body was found lying by the dead
apartments at No. 3l4 East Seventh street. over
Anderson and Co.'S saloon. TIL theory for
mulatea is that Kellogg killed the woman and
then made way with himself.
Years ago Il. w. Kellogg was q merchant in
Knapp, Wis. He came to st Paul frequently,
consln friend, Mrs. b. Z. Barrette. the wife of
q noted .gamblcr-Dave B~srrette-from whom
che had separated. Mrs. Barrette was in
needy circumstances, and Kellogg befriended
her.
Something over a year ago Kellogg came to
81 Paul with his family, opened the Buckeye
restaurant, made some money, lost it all, and
. short time ago failed in busin :ss. He was
infatuated with Mrs. Barrette, and wouldh haunt
her rooms continually. Recently she called
on Dr.. Westlake and told him that Kellogg had
threatened to kill her and then shoot himself.
MIS-. Barrette was shot in the right temple, and
80 was MI. Kellogg, there not being over an inch
dl1erenc elm the relative location of the wounds
luIoa each. Death must have been ~instaa-
t!neous. Mrs. Barrette was dressed in a loose
Mother Hubbard gown and Kellogg clothed
Just as he came i'll from off the street. Kellogg
was forty-tive years old, and had a family con.
sistins Of a wife and five children-one a son.
twenty-one years old, living at Knapp, Wis.
He was not exactly sound i'll mini, was trou-
bled with insomnia and melancholia, and had
made threats to kill this woman. As yet, no
one knows if he was ever criminally intimate
with her. Mrs. Barrette came to St. PAM
from La Crosse. She was about forty years
old, and her mother is at Neillsvilise, Wis.
Her husband was a painter by trade, but has
bein living away from St Paul for some time.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Women Worth. Millions.

The reported resolution of the widow
of Mark Hopkins to erect a palace at
Great Darlington, Mass, has turned
attention to our millionaires in the fe-
male sex. 1t is difficult to enumerate
them all at once, Mrs. A. r. Allen, of
st. Louis, pays taxes on ST. 1877, COO,
and Miss Bernice Morrison, of the
same city, is taxed at 1864, 99O. A cat
tie queen named Rogers, living near
Corpus Christi, Tex, owns 40, 600
head of cattle and is worth over 81,
600, 000. She is the financial agent Of
the ranch, keeps the pocketbook and
oversees the stock, while she sends her
second husband to the Texas legislat-
ure. Catharine Wolfe, of New York,
the daughter of old Peter Wolfe, &who
married Lorillard's two sisters and got
$1,000, 600 with each of them, has an
income of $500, 900 a year, and she
owns real estate to the amount of
about $4,000, 600. She is about fifty
five years old. and plain IN all her hab.
its. She is single, too, and lives alone
in a big house. Mrs. VIM. Astor is
O. Roberts, the wife of the mining
king, who died some years ago, is said
to have assets which will foot up 49,
000, 000. Mrs. A. T. Stewart might be
added to the list. The wealth Of
women is more likely to attract atten.
ton than that of men, because the lat.
ter are far more apt to distribute it in
various ways, and thus deceive r.
public as to the aggregate amo'
Utica Observer. ~~
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
A Slight Mistake.

An amusing incident took place the
other night at a house in the Fifth
Ward, where a oma lay dead. Al
a late hour three young men who had
known the deceased went to the place
where the body lay for the purpose of
attending the wake. They entered
the front door quietly and passed into
the front room, where several women
were carrying on a conversation in a
low tone Of voice. The excellent quail
ties of the deceased were being re-
hearsed and all seemed to be bowed
down under the great affection. On a
sofa in the lay the form of a
woman. The three young men cross
ed the floor softly, knelt beside the
sofa, and uttered tervent prayers for
the welfare of the spirit of the depart
ed. The women in the room ceased
talking when the young men knelt
down, apparently awed by the solem-
nifty of the occasion.
The prayers were finally concluded,
and the young men rose to their feet.
In rising the skirt of one young mans
coat touched the face of the form on
the sofa. Instantly her eyes opened
wide, and she raised herself on her
elbow. The feelings of the young.
men can better be imagined than de-
scribed. Their hair stood on end and
their eyes bulged out, but they did not
move. Suddenly n of the number
gave vent to a piercing yell, and ran
from the house, closely followed by his
companions. The corpse was in the
next room. and the perSon oyer whom
they had been praying was a relative
of the deceased who had laid down for
a short rest.-OsWego Poladiun7.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Where the Storm King Reiens.

Many of our severest storms form
in the region just west of the Missis-
slppl river, pass eastward off the At
lantlc coast, and augmenting in force
as they cross the ocean, continue their
course over Europe until dissipated
by e%ncountering some range of noun
tains. Between July and October the
United States is usually visited by from
n to three heavy storms, which come
up from the West Indies, crossing the
extreme Southern states in q north
easterly direction. and then following
up the coast. Violent gales ALWAYS
attend. 1t is claimed that millions of
dollars annually are saved to shipping
interests of the Atlantic ports by
means of the warnings displayed by
the signal service several hours n ad-
vance OF these storms. Acold wave is an
immense river Of air flowing from the
Arctic regions southwark through
British America, and entering the
United States between the Rocky
mountains and the great lakes, whence
it spreads out East and South. 1t al
ways comes from the same direction,
Inc usually takes about twenty-four
hours to travel from st. Paul, Mimi, to
New York and Washington. As the cold
waves come from the Northwest, it
would be natural to suppose that the
warm waves come from the equatorial
regions. But such is not the case.
They also come from the Northwest.
When observations become more gen.
eral over the entire world, it is pre-
sumed that this seeming inconsistency
wifi be explained.
No storm of the Pacific coast ever
reaches US, as in crossing successfully
the several ranges of mountains inter-
vening, the atmosphere is forced up
to such an elevation that all moisture
is condensed by cold and it descends
the eastern slope of the Rocky noun
tains a perfectly dry air; indeed, so
void of all humidity that hunters cure
fresh meat in the middle of summer
by simply hanging it on the limbs of
trees, and the region for a hundred
miles east Of the hills is a barren waste
-New York Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Judge Baxter of the Seventh District.

Col L l. Baxter of Fergus Falls has been
appointed as additional judge of the Seventh
judicial district by Gov. Hubbard. Col. Bax-
ter was endorsed by twcnty-one members Of
the Otter Tall county bur; thirty
eight members of tho bar of the dis
trict outside of Otter Tail county; 122 business
mon of Fergus Falls and Judges Vandcrburg,
Mllkln. koon, Young, Brown and Lochren.
Bakers principal opponent was Mr.. Mason, a
lawyer OF Fergus Falls and a Republican. -.
when, in 1857, he arrived in Minnesota from
Wisconsin,, having spent two years in the Badger
state, into which he came from his birthplace in
Vermont He became a resident Of Scott
county, and Sept. so, 1852, was commits
stoned as captain of Company A, Fourth
regiment of infantry, Minnesota volun-
teers. He was promoted to the majority of
his regiment during the siege of Corintl, in
April, 1862, and resigned in October of that
conclusion of the Corinth siege. Return
ing to the practice of his profession. he
soon after the war removed 10 Chaska, Carver
county, and in 1868 he was elected senator in
the twelfth legislature from the Twentv-frst
district. He continued as senator through the
thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
legislatures representing the Thirty-third dis
trlct IN the reapportionmenD and IN the seven
teenth WAS q member of the assembly. In the
twenty first and twenty-second legislatures he
was again a representative, in tho intervening
years having served as county attorney. He
twice ran against Judge Macdonald forthe hon-
ors OF the bench in the Eighth judicial district,
but was defeated. In 1881 he moved to Mime
apOlls, where lie lived more than q wear, and
eighteen months ago, settled III Fergus Falls,
Otter Tail county, whore ne now resides.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
New Observation-Disclosures

The President has appointed ex-Gov. James
D. Porter of Tennessee, assistant secretary of
state, and John D. Atkins of the same state
for commissioner of Indian affairs.
Hon. James D. Porter, named for assistant
secretary OF state, was twice elected governor of
Tennessee, first in 1874 and again in 1876. For
several years he has been president of the Nash
VILE u Chattanooga railroad. In the exciting
controversy over the payment of the state debt
which prevailed i'll Tennessee a few years ago,
MIR. Porter was one of the most prominent advo-
Gates OF maintaining the good faith and credit of
the state, and 1t was when Mr.. Buyard visited
the state several years ago to discuss the tinan-
clal question that he became intimate with Mr..
Porter. At the outbreak of the wal Mr.. Porter
was q Union member OF the legislature of Ten
nessee, but went with his state into the confed-
eracy. He served during the war as adjutant
general on Gen. Cheatham's staff. He is alaw-
yer by profession, graduating from Lebanon
university. lie has regular features and iron
gray moustarhe and goatce and curling iron
gray hair. He is six feet in height and about
fifty years Ole. His wife is q sister of Senator
Jackson of Tennessee.
John D. Atkins of Tennessee, who will as
sumo direction OF Indian affairs, Is fifty years
old, and a native OF Tennessee. He graduated
from the east Tennessee university in 1916,
studied law after leaving the university; was a
member OF the state legislature in 1919 and
.S'i,a seHa'oE III looo, d presidential elector
in 1886, a representative in congress in 1851,
and a presidential %elector AGAIN. in 1850. When
the War broke out he went into the confederacy
as lieutenant colonel of the fifth Tennessee regi-
ment, but was subsequently elected to the Con
fedcrate congress. He was a member of the
Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-tfth, and
FoTty-sixth congresses, and was appointed
chairman of the committee on appropriations
height, with Il thin frame and slightly bald.
His thin, sandy brown hair is just beginning tc
turn gray. Hrs long service in congress has
rendered him familiar with the operations OF
the Indian bureau,
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
A writer at Humboldt, Iowa. on the

A writer at Humboldt, Iowa, on the
question If western farm mortgages,
gives Bradstreet's financial journal the
following interesting points: GAIL
northern Iowa was formerly a spring
wheat country, and like others had its
prosperous and its disastrous years.
Very many of the mortgages then made
were foreclosed, and the mortgageo1
went on west. "All wheat" was fol.
lowed by more corn, timothy, clover,
blue grass-short horns and Poland
chinas were introduced, and after q
time it was found that first quality but.
ter could be made here. Farm mort;
cages multiplied-not that the mort.
gageor would buy a self binder and
steam-thresher, but that he might buy
some dividend-paying COWS, or build 6
big barn or q creamery-foreclosures
dropped of, and the lawyer bewailed
the great falling off in business. I have
been here in northern Iowa thirty-five
years-have seen this country prosper
GUS and PROSTATE from our crop farm.
ing-but have never known a mortgage
foreclosed on o dairy o stock farm"
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

pose I have a hundred and risin' hins
and pullets, and they're livery last
mothers son av thin yer rig'lar gina
vine American domineckersSfhat
psome folks calls the Plymouth Rocks
BARN four phazents an wan waller
buff scotchan." =
do you like that breed P"
"Troth an 1 do, MI. Corey: THEY'RE
the barrels for me, an / don't want
no bother. They're as tough as an
1fls1man on a spree, an wan av thin
can bate me two b'ys diggin' for wur.
rems. Sure, it's no feed yen have to
give them at all, intoirely. They'll
scratch for Themselves, an kape fat on
It, an grow to the bigness of small
tHlrkeys-an' not so very small, aither.
They're the h'arty barreds-tough as
a duck, an their mates as swate as
good beef at the ind av Lint. Take
the eggs, Mr.. Corey; they'll be a i'y to
yer honor, l know they will"
Just then an old rooster walked up,
c1eRped his wings, and had his little
say~bout the election; but the echo of
his crow had scarcely got back from
} the other side of the creek, when a
halt-grown cockerel of opposite poll
tics darted after him, and the two dis.
appeared from view behind a hay.
stack.
God sayln' yer honor's presence,
Mr.. Corey" said Mrs. Dempsey, "that
ould ROSTERS the biggest fool ye liver
saw in all yer borren days"
"Why, sure, the bla'g'ard's afraid
av his own son an he'll run at the
sight av him, livery time, as we've seen.
But take the eggs MI. Corey, that's
the good soul. T don't behave ven
find anlther spalpeen like him in the
w-lole lot. [ think he has a taste av
the yaller buff scothan blood in him,
an, her head'n come of mkt Sunday.'
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
The Senate on Central America.

In the executive session Of the senate the in.
junction OF secrecy was removed from the fol-
lowing resolution introduced by Edmunds and
agreed to by the senate:
Whereas, The senate of the United States has
learned that the government of the republic Of
Guatemala has on foot, or threatens to set on
foot, an invasion of the territories of the re-
p1lblics Of Nicaragua, Costa RIGA and San Sal
y,ador, with the protested object of consolldat-
ing into one governments the republic OF Cen
trail America by force of arms and against the
wishes of several republics concerned; and,
whereas there is pending between tho United
States and tho republic of Nicaragua a
treaty for the construction of an
nter-oceanio canal across the CONT
ncnt and in the republic of Nicaragua, for the
general benefit of all the Central American re-
publics az well as the United States, which
treaty it is understood the republic of Nicara.
qua has ratified; therefore be it
Resolved, as the Judgmentcf the senate, That
in view of the special and important interests
of the United states in conjunction with these
republics of Nicaragua and Costa Riea in inter-
oceanic transit across tho continent now il
progress of adjustment, any invasion of the
territory of Nicaragua or Costa RIGA by the
forces of Guatemala under the circumstance
and with the purposes before stated, is regard.
ed by the senate and ought to be treated by
the United States an act Of unfrieraly and hos.
tile interference with the rights of the United
States and of tho republics of Nicaragua anC
Costa Rica in respect to tho said matter.