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Reunited After Many Years.

Mira Tracy, formerly Agnes Ethel, at one
time the leading actress Of Mr.. Augustin DaIy's
company, was last Tuesday evening married to
Mr.. Clinton Roudebush OF New York city, the
brother Of Lorenzo Roudebush, at one time .
member Of the stock exchange, and who mar
ried the only sister Of Mira Tracy. Mr. and
Mrs. Roudebush were once engaged, but they
quarreled and the engagement was broken
They both married, and until . little more
than year ago their interests were separate
In July, 1889, Mr.. Roudebush's wife. who was =
former lovers we're again free, Mrs. Tracy's
husband having died more than three years
before. leaving her large fortune. They have
gone 70 Europe.
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promoted TO first lieutenant May ~, 1873.
Soon after the war he was detailed to the sig
nal service and in 1881 was selected to COM
mand the expedition sent by the United States
government into the arctic regions. The ex-
periences of the party, their privations and
hardships and their wonderful rescue at q time
when slight delay must have been fatal to the
entire party are all matters that are still fresh
in the public mind and that will all have last
ing place IN the history of arctic explorations.
After the death Of Gen. HAGEN in 1887 Gen.
Greedy was appointed by President Cleveland
az chief Of the signal service corps with the
rank Of brigadier general. In 1885 he received
the queens medal from the Royal Geographical
Society Of London, and he also received q gold
Commander F. M. Barber, U.S.N., is the only
active naval member Of the Institute of Mining
Engineers. He entered the navy in 1861 and is
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The ssRippero Again at Work.

The sack the Ripper" scare has again
caused q sensation among the London police
aud the residents of the South Hampstead
locality. Last night, in a secluded part Of the
neighborhood. passers-by were shocked by
finding in an obscure alley the dead body of a
woman whose head had been very nearly sew
cred, while her body showed evidences of
kicks and bruises in themselves sufficient to
cause death. While up to the present time no
knowledge has been obtained az to whom the
victim was, IL seems very evident that she was
q woman of very low repute and this was suf-
hcient to start the cry Jack the Ripper has
been at work again" The police actively be-
gan operations in a search for the murderer.
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Road Agents Secure $1,000.

Thursday morning 40 the south-bound train
on the Santa Fe pulled out of socorro. N. M,
three men were seen to step on board. After
the train had passed san Antonio they entered
the Pullman sleeper and locked the door, then
drew their guns on the porter and conductor
and relieved them Of theiksurplus cash. They
then introduced themsolvestto the passengers,
going through most of thoni aud making quite
a haul. They jumped fromths train on the
Basque do Apache grant, taling to the hills. 1t
is estima ted that they got 1880. The robbers
were dressed ~ cowboys, whose caps and
muffiers were evidently Intended to disguise
them a. much as possible.
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The steamship City of Peking. from China
and Japan, reached san Francisco yesterday,
bringing advices that the survivors Of the
wrecked Turkish frigate Ertogrout will be sent
home in two japanese men-of-war.
The excitement in Japan over the treaty re-
vision has somewhat quirted down, but pre-
cautions are still being taken for the safety Of
foreigners.
No date has yet been fixed for opening the
imperial diet
A number OF government nominees have
been appointed 10 the house OF peers
Cholera Is gradually disappearing and Yoko-
hama Is SAID to be practically free from "A
There have been $1,000 cases aud 2S, 900 deaths
up 10 October
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II would seem as though no committee Of
scientific and learned men could ever be quite
complete unless Prof. s. P. Langley were
member. Prof. Langley first made his name
famous as an astronomer, though he is best
known probably to the people of the country
generally through his connection with the
Smithsonian Institute. He started life as a
civil engineer. was afterward An architect, but
finally devoted himself entirely to astronomy.
he was professor Of astronomy in the Western
University of Pennsylvania in Pittsburg when
he was called to this city in January, 1897. to
the position OF assistant secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute. He succeeded to the full sec
retaryship in August of the same year.
Prof Thos. Corwin Mendenhall is man of
the sort that Americans are proud to show
to Erglishmen-a self-made man He was
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The Ohio Legislature Adjourns.

The extra session of the Ohio legislature
called by Gov. Campbell to consider alleged
corruption in the municipal boards at Cincin-
nati, concluded business yesterday afternoon
and adjourned to January 6, 1891 when the
adjourned session begins. The bill having been
passed by the House, published in last
nights STAR, became law providing a nom
partisan board of Improvements for Cincinnati
to be appointed by Mayor Mosby. and to hold
until April, when their successors shall be
elected. Joint senate and house committees
were appointed, one to investigate the work
ings of the departments at Cincinnati, and an
other on municipal plan and the best system Of
city government, both to report at the ad-
iourned session
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FORGING LETTERS OF CREpIK
A Gigantic Conspiracy 60 Defrsud
Drexel, Morgan Il Co

George johnson and John Phillips we're q.
raignee in London In the Mansion House police
court yesterday on . charge Of being impli-
Gated in . conspiracy 20 forge letters Of credit
upon the banking firm OF DreKel, Morgan %.
The existence of the conspiracy Was revealed
to the police by man named Fregherm, Who
testified at the hearing today that he met Philips
in Rotterdam and came TO London With him
The witness said he had seen the prisoners
making the fraudulent letters Of credit
The accused we're remanded The con-
spiracy is . gigantic one. Acoompnces d
the forgers have been arrested st Liege,
Madrid aud Marseilles Tools used In MAKING
the letters of credit we're found in Johnsons
possession.
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Hon. Ben Butterworth's Denial.

Hon. Ben Butterworth emphatically denies
the charge that he had been silenced in his
advocacy of reciprocity by the promise of the
position Of secretary of the worlds fair COM
mission. 'The story is absolutely false" said
the secretary. II absolutely and unhesltat-
ingly deny that l ever entered into any deal
whatever to secure this or any other Office.
always have been, am now and expect TO be an
advocate of the reciprocity doctrines. One Of
the last things did before leaving Congress
was to plead with Mckinley to pat my bill ia
voring free trade with Canada on his Ny
position as secretary of this body came to me
unasked. / entered into no deal Of any kind to
secure il"
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had been its secretary from the foundation Of
the society. Mr.. Jeans has written large
number Of books on variety Of subjects, but
largely on such railroads, manufacturing
and the iron trade. He is also secretary of the
British Iron Trade Association, one Of the
duties Of the Office being the compiling Of an
annual statistical report Of the iron trade of the
world.
FREDERICK sfKMENs.
But few names are better known in the
metallurgical world than that Of Siemens.
Fifth in . family Of eight sons is Frederick
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Sinking of the Yacht Katrina.

Mr.. +. ID. Morgan's steam yacht Katrina,
bound from Newport, RI. for New York. with
the owner and crew of thirty men on board,
ran on a rock at Matinecock Point, LII, yester-
day morning. The vessel filed rapidly and
sank. Mr.. Morgan and all the others aboard
reached Matinecock Point safely. Mr.. Nor
gans torty-foot yacht, which was In TOW OF the
Katrina with three sailors aboard, was cut
adrlit and nothing yet has been heard from
her. The accident was due to the heavy storm,
which drove the vessel in shore and the pilot
was unable to distinguish the lights or take
soundings
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HONEYMOON I'm the Clouds.

Mr.. Thomas S. Minis and Miss Gertrude Pit
man Of Brewton Ala, were married at the
state fair in Birmingham, Ala, yesterday in
front of the grand stand in the presence of
10000 people. The young couple then stepped
into the car of a monster gas balloon and sailed
off on a bridal tour. The balloon took a south
erly direction, and at height of some mile
and half went over the Red mountain. 1t was
last seen passing over Axmoor, seven miles
south of Birmingham, and still heading for the
mountainous region of Shelby county.
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born in Ohio in 1S4l
and his early education
was OF the most meager
description. Yet it was
enough, for il gave him
a start, and little by lit
tie, by dint OF his own
efforts, he acquired an
education and a scien-
tlfic training that have
placed him in the front
rank of American scien-
fists, though his repu-
tation is by no means
confined to this conn
try. Thrown on his
own resources at an
early age he still kept
up his studies. In 1873,
on the organization of
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SECRETARY KIRcHoFY. transportation commit
tee and he has the rather arduous duty Of look
ing out for the comforts OF more than half .
thousand travelling foreigners, including ladies,
and incidentally has had to manage three
special trains Of palace cars in their course
around the states.
In addition to the general committee loca
committees were early appointed at all the
cities where stops were to be made all along
the line to Chicago and back along both the
Canadian and the southern excursion routes.
These committees have been busy for weeks
past making all the preparations for the enter
tainment of the guests and at every stop that
was made there was plenty for the travellers to
see and do. Although sightseeing was the pri-
mary object Of the trip, little incidentals like
bsnquets, receptions, rides. side excursions
and things Of that sort have been by no means
neglected.
THE LOCAL COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed in this city has had
all it could we'll accomplish, for it is no small
matter to prepare hotel accommodations and
arrange for the diversion and entertainment Of
so guests. The committee consists of Major
Powell superintendent of the geological sur
vey chairman, DR.. David T. Day, in charge of
the collection Of mining statistics, Prof. T. G.
Mendenhali of the coast and geodetic survey,
Prof ). p. Langley, secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute. Gen. Greedy Of the signal serv-
ice and Commander Barber, United States
navy.
Maj. J. ". Powell. the chairman Of the local
committee on arrangements, is a man too well
known in this city to stand in need of many
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ness In 1859. in connection with his brother,
he established the firm Of VIM. Whitwell & Co.,
which was succeeded about two years ago by
the present limited company Of Vim. Whitwell
d Co. Mr.. VIM. Whitwell is the chairman and
managing director. He is a member of the
council of the Iron and Steel Institute and Sue
ceeded David Dale as president of the board of
arbitration and Cancellation.
r. WINDSOR RICHAKs.
Few members of the institute are as we'll
known personally in this country as E. Windsor
Richaks. one Of the vice presidents. He trav-
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Of the world as the president Of the British
Steel and Iron Institute, Sir James Kitson, bar
onet He was born in Leeds in 1885 and may
be said to have been born INTO the steel and
iron business for his father was the founder
of the Airdale foundry near Leeds, one of the
first factories to engage in the building Of loco
motives. Sir James Kitson was educated at the
Wakefield Proprietary School and later at the
University College, London. but he left the
latter institution at the age of twenty to 60 into
the iron business with his elder brother in the
Monk Bridge iron works. These works were
purchased for them by their father and under
the care of the two young men they proved q
great success. Later in life his name was con-
nected with a number Of public movements,
and OF late, since he has acquired fortune,
much Of the management Of his business has
been left to others. Sir James Kitson has been
much interested in all movements looking to-
ward an improvement in the social condition
of the working people Of Leeds, especially in
the line of providing them with comfortable
and sanitary homes. During the years 1901
he was president OF the Leeds chamber Of
commerce. Of whose council he had been q
member for q number of years. He is con-
nected with number Of scientific trade and
philanthrOpic organizations.
GEORGE J. sNELUs.
George James Snelus Is one of the vice presi-
dents Of the institute. He was born in London
in 1887. HIS father died poor when George was
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business. and In 1870 be-
came the editor of the
Glasgow Euen,ng Star.
one of the first evening
papers established in
the provinces. He after
ward became the editor
of the Stockton and OAR
lington Times, q North
OF England weekly, and
remained in that posi-
ton until 1877, when he
was appointed secretary
OF the institute to sue
coed John Jones, who
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English in appearance
as well as in spirit. He
was born in 1885 and was
educated at Tulketh
Hall, near Preston. At
the age Of sixteen he
was placed in a carpet
factory, but three years
later he left there and
entered the colliery of
Joseph Pease Il Co. at
Darlington, with whom
he stayed for several
years, mastering all the
dotoila of tho iron husi.
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Railways in Palestine.

The J,triSh World of London saws that the
Sultan of Turkey has granted concession 70
London syndicate headed by Lieut. Gen. Sir
Andrew Clark for trading aud constructing
railways In certain parts of Asia, including
Palestine. The developments Of the resources
OF the Holy Land will form a leading feature
in the program of the company. which viii
make IT. appearance in Asia as a limited liabil-
ltY comnanN
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-"
good time and all the
fun there is to be had,
q very large share of the
work has fallen upon his
shoulders. To say that
he has worked b ar d
since the committee was
appointed is to express
a very large fact in very
small terms. He has
been more than busy.
The number Of details
that he has had to look
after in making the ar
rangements for enter
tanning 600 guests would
be enough to brighten q
lazy man. Even down
to allotting the visitors
to their rooms at the
b o I Q Is and making
preparations in advance
g. lI. L =:
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words. But his reputa-
ton is a broad one among
scientific men every
where, not only on ao-
count of his position as
the executive head of
the geological survey,
but because of his own
scientific attachments as
well. Maj. Powell was
born at Mt. Morris, n.
y, in 1884, but spent
his early life in Ohio.
Wisconsin and Illinois.
At the outbreak of the
war he enlisted as a
private in the twentieth
Illinois volunteers and
raDidly arose tn be lem
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tute he has been one Of
its hardest working and
most valuable vice presi-
dents. Educated at Har-
row, he was warden of
Dulwich College for
eight years. but after
ward he followed his
bent and became an iron
worker. In 1851 he mar
ried the youngest daugh-
ter Of Sir Henry Fitz-
herbert and went to Bar
BADGES to manage the
latter'a estate. In the
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q graduate OF the Naval
Academy. He was .
member Of the naval
advisory board which
constructed the Roach
cruisers and has devoted
much attention to the
manufacture and use Of
high explosives in war
fare and 70 matters per-
tanning to ordnance and
arm or. Commander
Barber is we'll known in
Washington and his so
cial accomplishments
make him q particularly
valuable member of the
reception committee.
Commander +. NJ. Bar
Der has Of late taken
rank as one of the most
l.a~4.l 1880 - A.
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SleIuenb. Ills career
has been one Of more
than ordinary interest.
He was born In 1926,
and when scarcely six
teen Joined a merchant
ship as an ordinary
sailor, but after . few
years passed in the,
merchant marine he
left that profession at
the instance Of his
brother, DR.. Werner
Siemens, in whose tele-,
graph works at Berlin,
then newly established,
he continued his tech
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mense amount OF luggage that the foreigners
brought with them. all fell to him, and thou
sand and one things besides. But everything
WAS done rightly and in order. Even on ord-
nary occasions DIR. Day is not a man of elegant
leisure. for ne has had a hand in the census and
is at the head of the department of mineral
statistics. DIR. Day has been a member Of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers for
several years aud though young man he ia
by no means unknown in the scientific world.
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following year he entered the Butterfly iron
works. and later became the general manager
Of that company, position that he held until
1880. Among his greatest engineering feats
were the construction Of bridge at Cordbrecht
for the Dutch government and the erection of
St Pancrss Station in London, designed by w.
II. Barlow for the Midland Railway Company.
WILLIAM wHITwELL-
No one would ever mistake William Whitwell
for the subject Of any other country in the
world than old ENGLAND for he ia thoroughly
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Real Trouble.
Robert ]. Burdette

hoDert .. bufuette.
II am SO troubled about my husband" said
Mrs Badman. seeking sympathy from the pas
tors wife. HE goes from bad to worse. He
10 an infdel and an atheist and now he says he
y an agnostic and doesn't know any thing and
doesn't believe anything and doesn't think
anything"
my dear sister" replied the pastors wife.
You don't know what trouble il Ny husband
thinks he knows how to cook"
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A Rich Vein of Silver.

Messrs. Hill and Wolf have returned to Supe-
rior, Wis.,, from Fon du Lac, Mimi, where they
had gone to inspect the silver find on the island
owned by J. c. Scoville. The two gentlemen
made a careful inspection of the land on which
the vein was discovered and spent some time
in prospecting for further indications Of the
existence Of precious metal. They report that
without doubt a rich grade OF silver exists on
the island and are confident that the supply is
almost unlimited
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eled through the iron
districts OF the United
States several years ago.
making a close study as
he went and becoming
acquainted with many OF
the leading American
iron manufacturers. He
has been connected with
two of England's great
est steel works. He de-
signed and erected the
Elbow Vale works and
WAS the general man
ager for sixteen wears.
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The Apaches Elude the Troops.

The troops who were called to pursue the
band of Apaches who murdered two sheep
herders about twenty miles from Silver City,
N. NJ, recently, met the band in an unfre-
quented spot near the scene OF the murder
early yesterday morning. A conflict ensued,
but the Indians beat OFF their pursuers after
two of them had been killed,
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Blown Down by the Storm.

During the prevalence OF = storm in Brook.
Ign yesterday a brick building in course of
construction at the corner of Halsey street and
Pathen avenue Was blown down and entirely de-
molished- There was no one In the house A
the time. John Lindsay had his leg broken.
The house is owned by J. McDegens Damage
$1,000
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BURYING THE CHOLERA.
"A CHASTITY Swindle Perpetrated on Mo-
hammedans in Calicut.

grim story of q swindle comes from Cali
cut, where cholera has been raging, especially
among the Moplahs, who are Mohammedans
and very fanstical, says the London Telegraph
The other day young man appeared and an
nounced himself as an especially holy priest.
able to heal all sickness and capable of even
destroying the cholera People hocked to hear
him preach, and when he said that if 4.CO0
rupees could be collected for him he would
undertake to cleanse the city Of its awful
scourge the poor SEstches gathered together
all their small savings and laid them at his feet.
In surprisingly short time the sum was
collected, aud then notice was given that pro-
cession was to be formed the next day, when
the ceremony of the election of the cholera
would be performed. The following evening
the streets along the beach were thronged. and
a most extraordinary scene ensued. First came
the priest riding a led horse. After him fol-
lowed strings of nearly naked men, with ashes
on their heads. who worked themselves into a
frenzy by dancing and yelling.
Next came palanquin, closely shut which
was supposed to contain the cholera. After
this again crowds and crowds of Mohamme-
dams grooming and shrieking. "Allahr' Ii Was
weird beyond description. They proceeded to
distant part of the shore, and then with
much ceremony the palanquin was buried.
Then the prophet addressed the people.
60 home, he said, shut yourselves in your
houses, and fast and pray for three days"
which they obediently did.
In their weakened and excited state this fast
ing of course resulted in fearful increase of
the disease. In every house the dead lay. Fury
hled the hearts of the survivors. Where was
the false priesH They poured forth in hun
dreds hungry for vengeance.
Where was the priest, and alas! alasi where
were their rupees? Echo answered, Where2
During three days fast priest and rupees had
alike disappeared and up to this time have been
no more heard Of
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He then designed and built the great Eston
Steel Works of Bolckow. Vaughan & Co., at
Middlesborough. Of which he was for thirteen
years general manager and is still director.
He is now the general manager Of the famous
Low Moor works.
Mr.. J. STEPHEN JEANS,
the secretary to the institute, is a literary man
by education and training, as he was brought
up to an mountaineering with the printing
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andvery little credit for
the good, and he was put
on the committee pre-
sumsbiy to see to it that
the visitors get q good
dose Of English fog and
rain. Gen Greedy was
enlisted in the nine
teenth Massachusetts,
regiment July 3, 1861,
and in March. 1866, after
rising through the sew
eral grades, he was bre-
vetted major of volun-
teers for faithful SER
vices during the war.
He was appointed Sec
ond lieutenant IN the
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q boy, but he was edu-
Gated thoroughly as =
teacher at st. Johns
College, Battersea, and
afterward taught for q
number of years. Dur
ing this period he
studied at Owens Col
lege, Manchester, de-
voting himself to chem
istry and physics. In
1864 he received the
first Of the Royal Al
bert scholarships, a free
education for three
years at the Royal