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Charges, with Numbering raj. SON.

BERLIN. Feb. 27.-Emil Ncumau. well
known to musicians all over the world 10y
his ''History of Music was arrested yes
tertlay on the charge. of numbering his
son, aged y. who was found hanging To a
bed post with all the appearances of sui
eide. The motive for ths, crime il. sup
posed to he the sons discovery of his Ia
thcr's systematic criminal conduct with
many of his pupils who belong tn the best
families.
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1silbs introduced.

WAsi,INaroN. Feb. Among the bills
introduced in the house was one ippropri-
ating <1j.UO for "a public building AT Nir-
giuil City. Ecv. Waite. from the commit
tee On labor reported to the house favor
ably the Gcst bill. requiring United States
l,horers. workrncfi and mechanics en-
ploycd since. June -. tssis. to bc paid on
the basis of eight hours for IA days work.
From the commerce committee Senator
Frye to-day reported "a bill To extend the
provisions of the immediate tr.,nspa,rta-
tiou act to San Diego aud Wilmington.
luI.
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The Ruu,vr n. Denied.

CRY of MENICo tvia Galveston, Feb.
21.-Thc statement made by several Cali
fornia newspapers to the effect that tho
Mexican delegates to the Pan American
impression that covet portion OF
Mexican territory. are denied in official
circles here. IL is asserted that Minister
Romero and General Media, the Mexican
representatives i'm the congress. are both
able statesmen and animated 10y the most
friendly feelings towards the United
States and desire n continuance OF the
harmonious relations bctwcsn all the
American governments.
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A MAIL CAR BURNED.
Ssnr uunslred and FiOS-etghs sacks "i
Through Mail Consumed.


DENVER, Feb. 3s.-Au Ogden. Utah
sIsrial tn the Rsp.i,ficon says: There
was AN interesting aud exciting race os,
the Central Pacific this morning near
blue creek. - miles west of here. II wa.
a race against time, and the goal ahead
was the water tank, six miles distant. As
the wcst-bounti fast mail reached n point
six miles east of Blue creek the engineer
discovered that tho mail ear, which wa.
fillssl with through mail. was on fire. An
effort was made tn put il out. hut thcr,
bs'ing mo- water near. the engineer threw
ols'u thu. throttle and resolved tp reach the
water tank IL possible i'm time tai save the
valuable cargo. Each minute the burning
train WAS mile nearcr the promised res
cue. AMI i'm six minutes he landed the
burning train under the spout of tli.. tank
but u was too late. ths. interior was n
ssething mass of flames and 15s sacks .,f
through mail were almost totally con-
s,iBnssl. Word was sos,n spread through
the coaches that tho train was on n rc and
tln. grsatcst excitement prevailed, and
only the lightning speed OF the train pre-
veuNsl the passengers from Jumping
from the ears. Thomas Orili:lrsl, chief
clerk of the railway mail service at Og-
den. was on the train. He says hs. il uT-
able to- give even theory of the firing of
the train as IL seems impossible that 1,
shoniti have caught from flying sparks.
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They Hole, Din-r-n. OpInion..

NEW YORK. Feb. "A London special
says British Minister Paunccfotc holds
divergent opinions from Lords Salisbury
and Stanley. This is the reason Tuppcr
has been sent to- Washington to aid i'm the
Behring sea matter. IL ~ ruInored in
per~etletl soon.
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STORMS AND FLOODS
Latest Reports From Arixona-The
Floods Along the Ohio-At
Memphis and Other
Points.

CiNCINSATI, Feb. :..-At II IA. m. the
river had reached 54t. inches and is still
rising with prospects of rain. While
there will bc much discomfort and con-
siderable loss there is no apprehension of
a. devastating fiood like those of 1883 and
1854, when the watcr reached Il feet, un-
less there should he phcnominally rainy
weather within the next few days. The
present stage drives ont many families
In the low grounds of Cincinnati, CovinR-
ton, Newport and other points along the
river.
Az a late. hour tonight the rain which
had beesh falling since daybrcak stopped.
Cnlcss another very heavy fall comes i'm
the next few days there will he no dan.
ger and no serious damage done here, and
II IL thought the river will not rise much
more. Some of the railroad tracks arc
covered and n way to- the Central depot
for those roads Is impossible. III the
weather clears 10 is thought tlc situation
will materially improve tn-rnorrow.
The storln is reported central about
Nashville. Tenn. At this writing III
O'clock il il causing grave apprehension
here. IL the precipitation in tine next IA
hours should bc AS great i'm the Ohio val
ley as il has been at Memphis and NASH
Vile from the storm approaching from
that direction, II W ill doubtless cause a
great flood.
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Tn. situation mt Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Feb. 25.-The unusual rain
fall over the entire watershed of the Miss
issippi and Ohio rivers and their tribai-
taries since Saturday last, predicts evil to
the low lands protected by levecs i'm the
Yazoo delta and Tcnsas basin. The worst
Is feared for the newly constructed leyecs
along the Tensas basin. The outlook m
the section through which the White and
Arkansas rivers pass is not encouraging.
Both streams arc rising fast, and people
living along tho banks are moving their
stock to places of safety.
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DEs MoiSEs, Ia. Feb. 27.-1hc newly
elected democratic governor. ISoi'.s. was
inaIIgIratcd this aftcrnuoii. In his in
;,ugur;,l hc dwrit sit length on prohibition.
saying that il had been IA dead letter in
the large cities of the state from the bt'-
ginning; that the passage of the proliibi-
tion law was "a violation of onc of tho,
most valuable of human rights; that mill
lions of capital invested in this business
have been wiped out; that the result of
the last election showed tlic sentiment in
regard tn il, and tho plain duty of their
representatives to pass "a license law for
localities desiring il.
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TIL. ,,,,,,.ra rourn.,,.n,.

NEW York. Feb. 21.-So,in,s Ives won u
brilliant game in the billiard tournament
this afternoon from Itciscr. He tna,l., 4,
good lead on the start. scoring. 1U, points.
The sror'. was. Ives, "a; Hcis.r. rr,.
Th" 10Th game in the tournament was
played tonight between schacfcr and
DaIy. Tho Wizard played Ii-inrli balk-
line To- Daly'-s. The scor. was: Schicfcr
40. with an average OF X i-..; DAILY PA.
with AN average of IA lila.
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THE GOOD SHIP RETURNS
An Awful Tale Of Inhuman ffeatDeof
BY Commander McCalla.
a Fireman Cut Down for GETTING
Drunk Other Acts OF Brutal
ity Reported That are Al
most Incredible.

MEN YORK. Feb. 21.-Dn board ah~
United States steamer Entcrprise, which
arrived to-day are two of her officers wbS
werc brought on under arrest to be tried
by conrt martial. They are Chief Ea-
uincsr Entwi-tic ard Ensign Kline. Thup
chief engineer is accused of imp,itlcncc -
the commander and the ensign is sax-
c'ised of s!eeping at his post. Her com-
Uauder. Mc(s.llss, ~ very strict disri-
piinarian. IL IL said, among naval oflicgr,s,
that he is overbcaring and tyrannical and
aroused. However this may may b.,, IL - q fart
that much disoricr and discontcnt hsss
been manifested i'm tho vessels last "trip.
Over sixty of the crew deserted at various
ports AZ which she touched ON Europcas
stations.
Th" Tribune of New York will print IN
Interesting story of the peculiar actiolns
OF Commander Mct 'aila, which will sioul,s-
less b.' investigated by the navy depart
,nsnt. ne i:nerpriss' has been on a
months and was Commander McCsllass
first s''a duty The vessel left the yards
at brooklyn with well selected crew and
officers picked ont by Mcf'alla himself.
She returned probably the most unhappy
ship that ever came into port. Life abnarsi
sicscrii,cd by one of the Junior offlccr.
to-day as having been one continual
again" One incident which is related Is
almost incredible. When the ship was "a
t,hristiaua a hrcuian named Walker wssn
had him brought tn task. When the ON
GERS on deck questioned him Walker re-
Piled that Ia. was drunk and glad OF it,
Thcrcupon Mct'alia orslcrcsl the officer On
deck to cut the man down with his sword.
The officer refused and Mccalla himself
cut the man down. sis.luging the deck with
blood and SO severely injuring the mos
that he was under the snrgeon's
care for some time. Many other stories
are related. Among them one OF an al
venture at Aiscrs. At this place Capitals
McCaila gsllantly offered to mount tbs
| box of Lady Playfair's carriage and
| drive her down to- the city from a picnis
| which had taken place. Her coachman
laid for them and next when Mct tallu ana
his officers cam. ashore they were sol
| upon and roughly used. Ia the cosIrse al
| cruise. nearly every officer in the war;
room had been suspended several tifusv
| notions.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN IMPROVING
The son "f Minister Ltncoim IunvsrSsS tng
and Hops. Renewed.


LONDON. Feb. Master Abraham
Lincoln. VIII" Was thought dying last
night, has rallied. The abcess from
which hc has been long suffering was
ianced during the night aud much relief
was afforded him. His physicians state
that his vitality is wonderful.
Inquiry at the residence this afternoon,
ciicitcd the information that the patient
appeared tai In further rallying.
Minister Lincoln stated this afternoon
that the doctors say that his surprised
all around him by not only surviving the.
night hut by having sUtiici-
cnt strength this morning to
permit tapping operation h..-
ing performed. which greatly relieved
tlis, heart and lungs from cifiision. IL was
pronounced that this operation i'm the pa
tents feeble condition would bc fatal, but
il was not. This afternoon another opcr-
alton was performed, "a drain inserted in
the affected part and matter ~ now flow
ing freely from IT,. Though still i'm great
danger tho physicians and parents are not
without hope. of recovery.
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EnxIan.l's Army aud Navy service.

LONDON. Feb. 21.-Thc report Of the
Marquis Of HnrtinRton's commission .,r,
tho army and navy service and ON the war
office system. aud which il finds cxtrava-
gent, s,Init,.'roIs anl inefficient. proposes
to- abolish the position of cosirnssnslcr-in-
chief. now held 10y the Duke Of fCanibrisllsc.
and substitute IA military chief Of staff to
bs. assisted by am advisory hoard. IL de-
cl.irs.s the, navy well organized and asi-
mifably arranged.
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Arrest of a l,efsuiser.

BLooMISUToS. Feb. PA telegram
from New Orleans says that W. +. Furr-
man. the Pontiac defaulter and forgcr.
was arrested thcrc to-day. lie skipped
from Pontiac last November, having de-
faultcd Hudson. Burr 4 TO. of thi. city
and eastern loan agents out of S1O.Do 10y
forged mortgages.
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s,a.c Hall Spin,cu,ti--.

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Paper- in tn.
s,iit against Buck" Ewing were filed ts,-
siiay. also the contract with the New York
league club which terms Ewing has said
he would not comply with. Bell, in his
affidavit. says he paid Ewing =, ,ts0. Under
the contract FOR iss9 IL. appentls ~ note
sent Ewing last October notifying him of
his reserve for tho season of ls.U.
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Mur,NEERs OF the BOUNTY.


H1oor0 Erusxna A<<ttef~.
PmiLADELPIiIA, A, Feb. 27.-The most in-
tcrcstinR mail ever brought to tire Phiin-
slelplsia DsostofIicc has been landed hcrc
by thc t,ark Carrie winslow from valIss-
raiso, Chilli. II contained II b'ndlc OF let
ters written by I'D persons. composing the
population of Pitcairn island, whose
lonely home I'm the South Pacific ocean IL
far out of tho patl, OF travel that mas
ters of vessels trading ON the Pacific
rarely sight il. Captain Barrett of the
winsiow says that while heating down in
the Pacific trade winds he was hailed by
two boat loads of men who wanted tn
board his vessel. Their toats were
full of tropical fruits which they
offered to exchange for anything there
might he on board thu bark. The mon
said they were the descendants of the
nlutinccrs of tho famous ship bounty.
Captain Barrett insisted seeing some
of the young women of the island and I'm
- short time three girls-Miss No'ii.Hs Miss
Mccoy and Miss Christian-wcrc brought
ON board with presents of fowls, eggs and
fruit. Articles of clothing. flour. etc.. wcrc
given i'm exchange. The island mail was
soon written and sent board. The
islanders stated that their only fear was
that their ocean home would become over
populated. Ii H. only three and u half
miles long and mile wide. and is iiical.-
able of producing much more than enough
to supply the wants of its present i'oi'ula-
ton.
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ROME, n. ". Peb. 2-.-(;corgc Bush ot
California and an unknown calling HIM
self Mccarthy. fought lOdespcrate rounds
at Frankfort last night Bush had the
hest Of the fight from the third round and
in the tenth Knocked Mccarthy out with -
blow on the IuQlar
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I'm the Hot,ss.

wAsHISGToS. Feb. :T.--ln the hous. to-
day, Mckinley. from the committee ON
rules, reported u resolution making "A
special order for March 4 and 5 for bills
reported from the committee public
buildings and grounds. Adopted. The
house then proceeded i'm committee of the
whole to consideration of the urgent de-
ficiency bill. and after some discussion
Adjourned without action.
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wAsaiNGroS. Feb. y7.-Jame, Good
win and Charles Walker, local puxiiists,
fought two fierce rounds tonight. Walker
was declared the winner on "A foul. one
OF his eye being gou2.i cat 10y Good
win
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For Fun.linR virginia.. Debt.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 27.-The senate
to-day passed a joint resolution, which il
is thought will pass the house. providing
for n committee to receive proposals. for
funding virginia's debt on the principles
of the act of February, 1es3.
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LONDON. Feb. ...-Ferguson denied il,
the hotiss. of coiunon> to-day that the
Bchring sea question WAS settled. nego-
,ions arc still proceeding.
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.ArixOlan's Floods.

SAN FEANcIsco. Feb. 27.-Hcavy rain
continue to prevail i'm Arizona. Last
night the floods washed out n large IDor-
ton Of the Prescott 4 Arizona Central
railway. Telegraph communication has
been cut of from Prescott SD tho exact
damage il not known.
PRESCoTT, Feb. 21.-Captain Hunt, late
of the United States army, who was on
the watch with Superintendent Walsh
when the dam game gave way. says the
first sign of n break was tho swapping of
the large steel cable connecting the tower
i'm the middle of the draw with the hank.
next instant the tower tottered and il
seemed as IL the entire draw containing
$4,000 tons of rock. all moved at once.
the stream To where the bodies were
found. Reports from outside pieces show
outside of the Walnut Grove disaster great
damage has been done by the recent
floods, though no lives are reported lost.
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wAsHISGTON, Feb. .1.-Following are
the con nfirnations i'm ths, senate to-day !:
Chief Justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico, James O'Bricn of Minnesota !;
associate Justice of the supreme court of
Arizona. Joseph II. kibi,cy; United States
attorney. Harry Il. Jctfcrtls for Arizona /;
rcCistcrer of land offices: John 4. Martin.
PRESCOTT, Arizona: Alfred Il. Dixon,
S,,sauviIis., California; Aloneso Cleaver.
La Grande, Oregon; j. 4. Russcl. Coucr
ID AIcnc, Idaho: w. III. Clark, Lincoln
Nebraska; F.. e.. Cross. Walia waila.
Washington. Surveyor general at
California. William Pratt.
liam B. Moslcr, fiftl district. Postmas-
iers: California. solomon ID. Hoswortll,
more; Fred Axe. Eureka; NJ. ~. Bait
hachc, Martiusa; w. =. vawter. Santa
Monica: Oregon. Jesse T.. Baker. la
Graraic; Washington, Alfred STRONG,
Spollane Falls.
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Elns..i at LoMi.xille.

LoUIsvILLE, Feb. 27.-Thc Ohio river
has reached the flood stage. A scare was
started tonight and a number Of fam
lilies in the districts submerged in
f&srs moved out, but there IL little fear of
such a dclu.yc as then. The river is still
rising. e.. 4. Wooster. who has just re-
turned from Middlci,oro,igh and intcrmc-
tliatc points, says the Cumberland il
higher than il has ever been and the rum
away waters created havoc all along.
There has been landlslides and i'm places
big tracts of country are submerged.
Several towns have suffered considerable
damage. The floods have crippled thu.
railways tn "a considerable extent. News
from the. mountain section of landslidcs
and washotits are numerous.
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Nuairs in Great Fails.

special to the Standard.
GREAT FALLS. Feb. Although tiss,
cold stitl continues stock owners in tisis
region cvincc no anxiety for the cattle %
the ranges.
The SNOW il light in most places and
cattle can readily find good grazing. The
snow fail has been Of much service. 10
has provided water where it was much
needed and IL ~ saturating the ground for
the next crops. Sheep arc i'm good con-
ditiois everywhere. This has been the,
scvcre-t February for some years. Hut
ranclincn expect that the will In
succcssicd 10y goHal spring weather and
abundant rain in the early summer
months. Builders await eagerly the break
,ip al the winter, as it will give - strong
very brisk i'm the coming spring.
Bach. Cory company's store will ts.
closed to-norrow on account OF the death
OF Mrs. Cory. Much sympathy is ex.
pressed for Mr.. Cory and family. whs
have many personal friends here.
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Train. Ina Goiti.iou-

NEWARK. y. J.. Feb. s1.-Thc Chicago
limited dashed into the rear of a Lehlgh
Valley train Tonight at q strcet-crossinR.
I'll" passengers were badly shaken up,
but mo one. seriously hurt.
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KANSAS CITY, Feb. .27.-Disl'atchc- from
Missouri and Kansas state that n blizzard
from the Northwest prevailed throughout
these states to-day. The wind blew at n
high rate and the Thermometers fell to
about zero.
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Much D.,uwuc by Floods.

ToERENCE. Miss, Feb. 2T.--Icstcrtlay
afternoon ~ heavy wind and rain storm
struck this place. doing an immense
amount of damage. A heavy rain il still
falling and the streets ART. flooded.
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a n ueunl Delight

From las, Chicago Times.
lit ticklcs me greatly to know that
can raise a moustaciic," said the youth.
"It tickles me. too" confessed she.
shyly.
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Greatnes. Demonstrates.

rom TN. Chicixo Tfssir>
''The orator is certainly great fr.an."
His speech was good. that's certain
"ie- ard short"
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GATHERING THE People.

Text OF the Morning Discourse Of Rev
Thomas Baldwin.
Rev. Thomas Baldwin. at the North Sc
attic Baptist church. spoke from:
Genesis il:2-Unto Him shall the gathering
OF the people be.
1T is o prediction" he said. "of the
work of the coming Messiah-the gather
ing together of the race. The breaking up
of the human family into separate tribes,
and the development of such variety of
character has caused scientists to dispute
that the whole race was, as the Bible
says. made from one blood. For over
fifteen centuries. from the creation 70
the flood, the race appeared to remain as
whole, and after the food for ia years the
race was unit and spoke the same Ian
guage; bu. their dispersion occurred at the
tower of Babel. where the Lord confoundea
their language. and they were thus distrib-
uted over all the earth.
Hence we have through separate lam
guages and diversified conditions of Climate
and mode of life the wonderful variety o.
human character. But this text predicts
the gathering together in one of the people,
Notwithstanding this diversity of character
IL is strikingly eoincideni that the distri-
button took place through the confusion OF
tongues and the unity is secured through
the understanding of tongues: as in the
days of Pentecoss, when one man is APP
pointed by the Most High to describe how
CHRIST died for the whole world
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that people representing twenty different
languases we're present in his congregation,
and each Of these people heard in their
own tongue the story Of redemption by
Christ. thus showing the truth Of the text,
that Unto Thine shall the gathering Of
the people BE-
Thus showing a. historical fact that
the attitute Of the Creator in the creation
Of man forms one into many natiOnalities.
and their redemption BY one person divine
y appointed and born into the race is made
to represent eli the families Of men; there
fore, His attitude in redemption CORE
spends exactly with His attitude in
creation, thereby creating the race
in one. He recognized the whole
race IS represented in the one-Adam.
and therefore they ara represented in the
second Adam-Chnst Moreover the passage
shows that divine impartiality where the
Most High treats oil classes Of men alike.
Unto him the gathering of the people ire
spective Of tribe or color or degree of guilt;
all are invited to enrolment in the book Of
life and to unity in the family Of God in
Heaven. The text Is true, unto Him
shall the gathering of the people be. for He
shall gather together in one that which is
in Heaven, that which is in earth and that
which Is under the earth I"
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CHURCH NEWS.


The Christian Church Building Will BE
Enlarged.
The Christian church building. on Seneca
street, between Third and Fourth, is now
in the hands Of carpenters, who are enlarg-
ing it so that its seating capacity will be
greatly increased. The congregation, since
Rev. Callum has been pastor, has been
steadily increasing, until the old church is
much too small, and the enlargement will
only suffice for temporary expedient, a
new $4,000 church being seriously talked
of by the members.
The Baptist university board of trustees
have formulated report to the national
society setting forth the prospects here and
making application for $50, goo to aid in its
establishment. The board pledges itself to
raise $100, 600 in the next two years in addi-
ton to the $4,000 already secured. Rev.
D. J. Pierce has besn appointed to secure
the balance OF the bonds for land not yet
closed.
The foundation of the new Catholic
school building, at Spring ana Sixth streets.
is laid, and the frst strong joists will be
put down today. 1t is expected that the
school will be ready to open about January
l. Forty regular scholars are now being
taught in the basement of the church, at
south Fourth and Washington streets
The Ministerial Association meets this
morning to discuss the question: How
shall we preach in view of the conscious
ness in the community that Jesus is the
Christi"
Rev. Levi Gilbert, of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, intends soon to start .
weekly or monthly church paper.
The Battery Street Methodist Episcopal
church is to be redecorated and otherwise
improved this week.